tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46143484175944749962024-03-14T10:55:22.107+11:00Mrs Sew & SosMrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-27016472025240876952011-06-15T20:16:00.000+10:002011-06-15T20:16:07.190+10:00Handmade Market - Oh how I love thee!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hi there! Remember me? I know I'm so slack at the blogging thing, but I'm great on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/The-Cherry-Tree/139993166062716">facebook</a>! It also doesn't help that my internet connection is not a fan of blogger and really dislikes uploading photos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Last Saturday was the ever-amazing <a href="http://canberrahandmademarket.blogspot.com/">Handmade Market</a> in Canberra at The National Convention Centre. Oh...My...Golly-Gosh! Not only was this THE best market ever, but it was also the first time that my new business <a href="http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/The-Cherry-Tree/139993166062716">The Cherry Tree</a> was at Handmade Canberra. The Cherry Tree is a collaboration between myself and my gorgeous friend - the very talented Vanessa Thorley (Savvy Sparrow). As I now live in the cherry capital a business name to reflect where we are from was absolutely necessary!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We had THE best day! Our customers were lovely, neighbouring stallholders were great fun and all of our hard work and effort really paid off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here's a couple of snaps from the day:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Can't wait to do it all again at the Handmade Market Canberra Mega Market on Saturday October 1st and Sunday October 2nd!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Lou x</span>Mrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-3292632738971615792011-04-13T19:36:00.000+10:002011-04-13T19:36:27.344+10:00Look what we bought!!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDai5eNnDH3PrWzjoPbKQL7kKvs23unOJEBiGgSb1FzB_T_LL_BQbGcTW3NXzpEvOU_QqWMGq6_qIQn3y2a_0T3YoKaeZjIboGXtW__OnfgHGgq5dNVLt_uoMDBPh5rNoCg0qp4Pl1IAE/s1600/IMG_2565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDai5eNnDH3PrWzjoPbKQL7kKvs23unOJEBiGgSb1FzB_T_LL_BQbGcTW3NXzpEvOU_QqWMGq6_qIQn3y2a_0T3YoKaeZjIboGXtW__OnfgHGgq5dNVLt_uoMDBPh5rNoCg0qp4Pl1IAE/s320/IMG_2565.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I know I have been a bit MIA of late but we are now all unpacked and settled into our new house. The move itself went pretty well, although at the last minute we needed to order another truck as we had filled the first one to the brim! Needless to say we have had quite a clean out as we unpacked - no junk has entered this house! Let's not talk about the garage then...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We now live on 10 acres and I have learnt a few new things since living here - reliable internet access is a beautiful thing, using a ride on mower, living on tank water and pool maintenance!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I have also had quite a few towel orders come through since Christmas and I thought I'd share these ones with you. They are for 2 sisters who both love pink and green so I made these for them:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<img height="64" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULR9GR7uaLRAHJcquBsz_4zZF-sQawYD0X6tFGWnHSrOLsBf2NHPWmAN7P1yfB1pNfHuh5qqUDTJ2MQI71KTZ6w9V7t90Q8SWuj-4lbzQDj0Iq7CfaalOPcUjtGu1zO38CgCleY6GKiQ/s200/IMG_2384.JPG" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 124px; mozopacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 375px; visibility: hidden;" width="96" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I wanted to make them slightly different though so one has been stitched with pink thread and the other with green. Didn't they turn out nicely?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Lou x</span>Mrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-81162115472293246372010-12-05T22:57:00.004+11:002010-12-05T23:28:25.624+11:00Another Handmade Market success!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yesterday's market was a resouding success! The lead up to the Christmas <a href="http://www.handmademarket.com.au/">Handmade Market</a>, launch of <em><a href="http://canberrahandmademarket.blogspot.com/">handmade living</a></em>., preparing my own stall for the market, and keeping everything up to date with <a href="http://www.handmademarket.internetbasedfamily.com/shophandmadecanberra.html">Shop Handmade</a> has left me little time for...well...anything really!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Canberra has experienced it's greatest rainfall in many years and for the first time in 12 years our dams are at 100%. The week leading up to the market has seen localised flooding and power outages all over the Nations Capital and it's surrounds but it all stopped in time for the market. So after all of this rain what should I wear? Gumboots of course!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was in the<a href="http://canberrahandmademarket.blogspot.com/"> <em>handmade living</em>.</a> marquee with the greatest bunch of designers who feature in the book who had travelled from near and far to be a part of this exciting event. Tanya from <a href="http://www.sevenblueberries.etsy.com/">Seven Blueberries</a>, Kirsten from <a href="http://www.paperbyforgetmenot.com/">Forget-Me-Not Paperware</a>, Kathy from <a href="http://www.studioamara.com.au/">Studio Amara</a>, Katie from <a href="http://www.misschiefmaker.com.au/">MissChief Maker</a>, Wynona from <a href="http://www.ivydesigns.com.au/">ivy designs</a>, <a href="http://catalinavoroneanu.blogspot.com/">Catalina Voroneneau</a>, Rachel from <a href="http://www.ricochetart.com/">Ricochet Art</a>, Sarah from <a href="http://www.madeit.com.au/winterdesigns">winterdesigns</a>, Caleena from<a href="http://www.littlemissdoily.blogspot.com/"> littlepeopleclothing</a>, Hilary from <a href="http://www.hwp.com.au/">Hilary Wardaugh Photography</a> and the amazing <a href="http://www.taniamccartney.blogspot.com/">Tania McCartney</a> - author and creator of <em><a href="http://canberrahandmademarket.blogspot.com/">handmade living</a></em>. At several times throughout the day we had a line up of eager customers trying to get into the marquee to meet all of us and we all soon got used to signing copies!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">No time to relax for me just yet! I have 3 days left of work, 2 Christmas parties, 40 orders to finish, book signing and selling on Saturday, another market on Sunday and then the mammoth task of moving house on Tuesday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Mrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-8442974021909773612010-11-18T14:56:00.000+11:002010-11-18T14:56:37.244+11:00Young...Here we Come!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I know...it's been a while - sorry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">They say buying a house is one of the most stressful things you can do. I think in our case it has been the most stressful thing we have EVER done. I should add here that we have bought and sold houses before so we knew what we were in for, but this particular house takes the proverbial cake!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Like I said in my last post the vendors of the house we were buying needed to sort out some things and we were stuck in the middle. My dream house is now just that - a dream.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Our decision was made to move anyway - especially as I have already enrolled the children into their new schools, so the next hurdle was to find a place to rent until we can sort out what to do:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">a) wait for the dream house to come back on the market</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">b) find another suitable house</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Today I was told that we have been approved to rent a 4 bedroom place - with a pool and spa! on 10 acres just 5 minutes out of town. I am feeling the tension being released from my shoulders already!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So in less than an hour I have booked the removalist, given notice to the current estate agent here, organised garden clean up, booked in carpet cleaners and end of lease cleaners. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Now all I need to do is get through the next 4 weeks!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Lou x</span>Mrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-57510624432075388882010-10-31T15:56:00.001+11:002010-10-31T15:58:42.106+11:00Moving to the country...gonna eat me a lot of...cherries!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well hello blogworld! Long time no post!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Things are, of course, very busy here - preparing for the <a href="http://www.handmademarket.internetbasedfamily.com/market.html">Handmade Market</a> on December 4th, making stock for <a href="http://canberrahandmademarket.blogspot.com/">Shop Handmade</a>, psyching myself up for the dreaded end of year school reports, and the biggest of all moving! I can finally reveal that we are moving to <a href="http://www.visityoung.com.au/">Young</a>, NSW (the cherry capital of Australia) which is a really pretty town about 2 hours away from Canberra. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We found THE house in July, negotiated the price and agreed on all the terms and conditions. Since then it has been a waiting game to exchange contracts. We enrolled the children in their new schools, I have taken long service leave from my teaching job, organised (and paid for!) solicitors and inspections on the house and other general moving business.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And then last Monday it all came to a crunching halt. After more than 4 months the people we are buying the house from have withdrawn from the sale. I won't go into too much detail as it is not a nice story but we will hopefully have better news on Friday. However, we have made up our mind to move there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Fingers crossed for more positive news on Friday!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Lou x</span>Mrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-42222359425711255652010-09-28T19:58:00.001+10:002010-09-28T20:47:16.401+10:00Eight Years Ago Today I Was Busy Doing This...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EB230sPJ-oPGtkRbI0jDWLqohzJk-KJQZynSzwaL2QUvzNwGOTgX_9DzDlJEXf1LxxIt_95XYjX-XWGk11_lasXIh4pto5TSj0zkh50odubFVq_VFdg8Cd6Yh0xk2gF9Nx1oxU5M6J4/s1600/Our+Weddng+-+Reception+030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EB230sPJ-oPGtkRbI0jDWLqohzJk-KJQZynSzwaL2QUvzNwGOTgX_9DzDlJEXf1LxxIt_95XYjX-XWGk11_lasXIh4pto5TSj0zkh50odubFVq_VFdg8Cd6Yh0xk2gF9Nx1oxU5M6J4/s320/Our+Weddng+-+Reception+030.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Apparently the traditional gift for eight years of wedlock is Bronze or Pottery. Hmmmm I think I'll pass. The modern gift is Linens or Lace - still not fussed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'll take a nice weekend away in Sydney for the NRL Grand Final thanks!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">(and an extra one for Brendan who is away working today X)</span>Mrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-70316794459407483462010-09-22T20:15:00.000+10:002010-09-22T20:15:29.916+10:00Wishlist Wednesday<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">More from the ever increasing list...</span><br />
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</div>Mrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-40093447104076272222010-09-19T16:41:00.000+10:002010-09-19T16:41:09.623+10:00How To Make Your Six Year Old Daughter Love You...Even More! (Part One)<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Miss M loves to play with her make-up. She loves to do make-overs on her unsuspecting Nan and her little brother. She loves looking at herself in the mirror. She loves brushing her hair whilst watching herself in the mirror. So what does this six-year old need? A dressing table of course! She was so excited when I told her what we were going to do and she said many times throughout this process "Oh, I love you Mum" awwwww :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So the challenge began looking for one for her. After fruitlessly searching the net I started scouring the second hand shops to no avail. I also went to Revolve at Pialligo - no glory there either. So on our way home we stopped at the other Revolve near our house at Hume and found this...</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It cost all of $20 and it seemed perfect. But Miss M is quite a tall girl and she couldn't fit comfortably under the low middle section and there were too many drawers (read: too many spaces for junk to accumulate). A lot of the paint was flaking off at the bottom already s</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">o I took to it with this...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Pretty good stuff this. But soon I realised I was trying to strip about 6 layers of paint off plywood - argh! I needed to move the mid section up anyway so I ripped off the top 3 sections of ply and filed them in the rubbish.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am planning on putting a sheet of mdf along the top. But this was as far as I got today. Project is now on hold for at least another 4 days - when I start 2 glorious weeks of holidays!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Lou x</span>Mrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-42716967064904626892010-09-17T07:25:00.003+10:002010-09-17T07:25:00.546+10:00Friday Funny<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.funfani.com/cartoons-and-comicality/sooo-funny-comical-cartoons-t6733.12.html"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfH-B7V2FP-LRD87h86gIunkhGFCPu-Q-SxB5Fkb-6wuU0tR_Ycp9ZOmLjDoS28XshWCoOFavgEtf0vJ0Weo4xAJ3zGIbPmH1_l9X-YZuu_cBSN61lfhGkIgfto5QJfG9G1zNX6SitT0M/s400/funny_comical_toon_04.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><br />
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</div>Mrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-168584620446936962010-09-03T21:30:00.000+10:002010-09-03T21:30:10.052+10:00Friday Funny<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One of my all-time favourites...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But we will definitely take him out for this......</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Lou x</span>Mrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-66728860795447550692010-08-26T13:03:00.000+10:002010-08-26T13:03:58.395+10:00Starting to think of Christmas...<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We are in for a very big Christmas this year in our household. We have my husband's parents making the big trip down to us from Longreach, Qld and what with all of the other happenings at that time of year - concerts, parties, school reports - I will also have the <a href="http://www.handmademarket.internetbasedfamily.com/market.html">Handmade Market</a> and <a href="http://canberrahandmademarket.blogspot.com/search/label/Shop%20Handmade">Shop Handmade</a> to keep well stocked as well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I ordered these gorgeous gnomes by Lecien from </span><a href="http://quiltfabricdelights.com.au/store/Default.asp"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Quilt Fabric Deights</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> a couple of weeks ago and can't wait to get started on them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Lou x</span>Mrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-90580814061577747192010-08-25T16:52:00.004+10:002010-08-25T16:52:00.710+10:00Wishlist Wednesday<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have an ever-growing wishlist of beautiful things to adorn my dream home. Here's what I wish for...this week!</span><br />
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</div>Mrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-32474690251333087372010-08-24T16:56:00.001+10:002010-08-24T16:56:00.151+10:00Uber-Nerd strikes again!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am a nerd. It's a fact. I love anything that is technologically new and I just HAVE to have it! The girls at <a href="http://canberrahandmademarket.blogspot.com/">Shop Handmade</a> have affectionately nicknamed me "Tech Support" and I often fix any technology related problems for them</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On the weekend we went to our local shopping centre to get a new mobile phone plan and we ended up getting one of these too - the new T-Hub from <a href="http://www.telstra.com.au/homephone/phones/thub.html">Telstra</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Lou x</span>Mrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-25258980439886841512010-08-23T18:54:00.000+10:002010-08-23T18:54:08.348+10:00Let the challenge begin!<span id="goog_684543597"></span><span id="goog_684543598"></span><span id="goog_684543588"></span><span id="goog_684543589"></span><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_684543590"></span><span id="goog_684543591"></span><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_684543592"></span><span id="goog_684543593"></span><span id="goog_684543583"></span><span id="goog_684543584"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We have been struggling with Miss M to get her to stop sucking her thumb. She only sucks it at night and when she is really tired in the late afternoon. Nevertheless at 6 years of age it is time for this habit to be stopped. I searched around a while ago and found this helpful chart on <span id="goog_684543595"></span><a href="http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2010/02/kid-giddy-helps-to-end-thumbsucking.html"><span id="goog_684543603"></span>Kid <span id="goog_684543600"></span><span id="goog_684543601"></span>Giddy<span id="goog_684543604"></span><span id="goog_684543596"></span></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I met up with some of the regular stallholders and learnt some great new techniques - although there wasn't enough time to join in with the workshops :(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One of my favourites was </span><a href="http://www.misssampsonsdrapery.com.au/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Miss Sampson's Drapery</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> - all the way from Swan Hill, Victoria! I bought a gorgeous quilt kit from them last year (which is still on my to do list) and this year bought some gorgeous Babushka double gauze. Their stall was in prime position and was set up beautifully. I also picked up one of these beautiful panels of dresses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Next it was on to <a href="http://www.marallycraft.com.au/site/index.cfm">Murally Craft</a> from Orange, NSW. They had THE best craft bags there and I bought 3 of them! I'm actually planning on using the smallest one for all the bits and pieces I need on busy market days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Next stop was <a href="http://www.margaretsfabrics.com.au/">margaret's fabrics</a> who had a fantastic set-up and <a href="http://moonshine-designs.com/">Monica Poole</a> was there showing her great quilt-as-you-go technique. Check out her book <a href="http://moonshine-designs.com/">here</a> for more details!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Canberra fabric store <a href="http://www.patchworkshop.com.au/">Rosemont the Patchwork Shop</a> was there too with a huge display of quilts, fabrics, patterns and craft supplies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And I snapped up this Jelly Roll (for a quilt for Master T) for only $25 from <a href="http://www.justpatchwork.com.au/">Just Patchwork</a> along with these lovely fat quarters - 5 for $10!</span><br />
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</div>Mrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-18144591695148045632010-07-25T15:17:00.002+10:002010-07-25T21:53:35.113+10:00A New Look!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have been playing around with the idea of creating a whole new look for my blog, business cards and other associated advertising. I am so in love with anything red and aqua at the moment - I have been scouring the internet for fabrics and have found some fabulous pieces that I can't wait to make into a quilt. I'd love to show you some photos but hubby is on a 4wd trip to the Simpson Desert and he has taken MY camera with him :(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now I am certainly not an expert in html or web design and but even little old me managed to create this blog design with the help of </span><a href="http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">the cutest blog on the block</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. They have a link there for </span><a href="http://paint.net/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">paint.net</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> which is a really easy to use program, similar to photo shop - but the best thing is it's free!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So what do you think? There is another reason for the cherries - but that's a secret to be revealed later...</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Melanie BT; font-size: x-large;">Louise x</span>Mrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-74308634317724475362010-07-04T21:41:00.000+10:002010-07-04T21:41:56.661+10:00Chocolate Pizza!!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Anyone who knows me knows that I am <strong>NOT</strong> a cook. I cook only out of absolute necessity, never for fun or to try new things. It just isn't my thing. My husband is the cook in our household which makes it life very difficult for the kids and I when he works away for 4 and half weeks at a time!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Miss M recently celebrated her 6th Birthday and invited a couple of her little friends over for a Pyjama and Pizza Party. The Pizza thing was easy to organise - a quick call to the local takeaway shop took care of that. But then there was the cake. I have always made my children their Birthday cakes (albeit a bought slab sponge from Woolworths). I painstakingly decorate and ice them to look exactly the same as the ones in the book and they usually turn out pretty good. I guess I want them to look back at photos of when they were young and remember the time that Mummy did in fact make something edible in the kitchen!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This year I took an even easier option - the Chocolate Pizza! In keeping with the Pizza theme of the party I made this:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This would have to be the easiest cake I have EVER made! All it needs is:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sponge Flan (store bought of course)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Nutella for the 'sauce'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Mini M&M's</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Marshmallows (pink and white cut in half)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Strawberries</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Banana</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sprinkles</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Put them all together like a regular Pizza and there you have it! I served it with cream and ice-cream and it was fantastic. The girls loved it and the best thing was it only took about 5 minutes to make!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Happy Birthday Miss M x</span></div>Mrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-77231226292592783592010-06-13T17:35:00.001+10:002010-06-14T01:21:08.069+10:00When Work Invades My Home!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For those of you who don't know, I'm a Teacher Librarian 3 days a week. At this time of year, for teachers all around Australia, it is one of the most stressful. <strong>Report Writing Time!</strong> I am lucky not to be a classroom teacher as their workload is massive and is becoming more demanding with the added pressures of performance based ratings such as NAPLAN and My Schools, the introduction of the new Australian Curriculum as well as considering school based policy and programs, and those of your local state or Territory. Not to mention to find time to mould their students into responsible citizens, teach them to be courteous, how to dress themselves, monitor their eating habits, social behaviour...oh and to read, write, spell and add!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Even though I am a mere TL, I still have a big workload. I teach 210 students in 3 days and that means marking 210 assignments! This is what my kitchen table looks like today:</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>Mrs Sew & So'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03191067053707296204noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614348417594474996.post-776851109252438612010-06-06T10:42:00.003+10:002010-06-06T14:05:25.775+10:00Handmade Winter Warmer - Wonderful!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Another <a href="http://canberrahandmademarket.blogspot.com/">handmade market</a> is done and dusted. For the first time I had my own marquee as my lovely friend Rachel was busy at <a href="http://www.handmademarket.com.au/home.html">Shop Handmade</a>. I missed you Rach :-( but I did have you with me - albeit in print form!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPR3k0N6Dy3jIhPDbtOT7W2IRp_JxN_YWcB8ZYhXu-SP14i4Yua-iNt7cckk0z84fVgE2Qw7_6aA6Y8fDkdacBOY0KLu2jj-l4MxD28rlXhnq65AldVL2Rz8669br19F90X5zr5vY63MM/s1600/IMG_0688.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPR3k0N6Dy3jIhPDbtOT7W2IRp_JxN_YWcB8ZYhXu-SP14i4Yua-iNt7cckk0z84fVgE2Qw7_6aA6Y8fDkdacBOY0KLu2jj-l4MxD28rlXhnq65AldVL2Rz8669br19F90X5zr5vY63MM/s320/IMG_0688.JPG" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was in a perfect spot on a corner and had a nice bit of sunshine streaming from the side of my marquee for most of the day. The marquee is a new purchase as Rachel and I have always shared a large 6 x 3 and I had a lot of comments about the arched window!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVocI1l4_Wv2XMEOB-_Yoj4T9l4tjXZl3uoRVVv0tt1xA_f6C2PxLL_xl4dXZnFslg9flJKc8rq8xssot_eqYjGw0LprvP7QQyxzNDPwgcAV6ShI6OW33SgaLLW2VgGYrcUEcX_HlHSgA/s1600/IMG_0684.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVocI1l4_Wv2XMEOB-_Yoj4T9l4tjXZl3uoRVVv0tt1xA_f6C2PxLL_xl4dXZnFslg9flJKc8rq8xssot_eqYjGw0LprvP7QQyxzNDPwgcAV6ShI6OW33SgaLLW2VgGYrcUEcX_HlHSgA/s320/IMG_0684.JPG" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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