Final finish for 2010.....

This is my final project for this year,I have many more that are nearly finished but I'll try and get them done and posted about in the new year.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE AND I ALSO HOPE YOU HAVE A SAFE AND CRAFTY 2011!!

A finish for Christmas....

This is the candle mat I've been working on over the past few days.I've made it for my Hubby's aunt for Christmas as she loves to use candles throughout the year.I used a pattern from Sandra's blog if you would like to make one for yourself or make one as a gift go to http://alegacyofstitches.blogspot.com/ just remember it's for personal use only and please respect this. It's a very easy pattern to put together....may just have to make one for myself now lol.

I've been very busy....

For the last few weeks I've been making up pencil rolls,33 to be exact!

These pencil rolls are going to be given out tomorrow at the grauation ceremony for the ones graduating from kindergarten to school next year.I can't wait to see the looks on their faces when they open them up :)

I'd also like to thank my sister Anne for helping out with the final 1/8th" seam around all 33 of the pencil rolls.Thanks Anne,the help and motivation was very much appreciated XX

Maree's Christmas swap.....parcel is on it's way!

This is just a photo of the pressie's heading someone's way....... I hope my swap partner likes what I've selected and made for her??

Lookie,Lookie,Lookie......

Look what arrived in my letter box.Lots of pressies all for me :) I just wanted Laurie to know that they arrived and I've only prodded and poked them a couple of times each lol.

Thanks Laurie for being my swap partner,I can't wait till Christmas to be able to open them.

I promise I'll be good!

I'll be sending of my parcel of presents to my swap partner this Friday.I hope she'll have as much fun poking and prodding them as I have with mine.....but remember no peeking till Christmas day!!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...tra...la..la..la.la

Just a couple of photo's of the Christmas decorating starting at my home.It's now begining to feel like Christmas is just around the corner here.....better get on with making the rest of my gifts on my list!

Guest designer on the Among The Gum Tree Blog

A little while ago I received an email from Jenny from http://gumtreedesigners.blogspot.com/

asking if I would liketo design a downloadable freebie for their Christmas countdown of gift ideas and off course I had to think about it......for about a nanno second,just while I was jumping up and down for joy and trying to collect myself so I could reply with some sort of coherancy LOL.

Of course I said YES and then quickly started to jot down ideas and hopefully I've come up with something you'll all enjoy making.If you'd like to see the design I've created just for you pop over to their blog at http://gumtreedesigners.blogspot.com/ this Monday the 15th November and download it and then come back and tell me what you think I'd really love some feedback on what you think and if you do get to make it for Christmas this year I'd love to see some photo's.

Oohhh forgot to say that I answered a few questions about my crafting journey so have a read and hopefully my photo won't break your computer screen LOL.

The photo's above are a couple of other designs I've had published in handmade magazine this year.The cushion is in the handmade issue Vol.27 No.11 & the christmas bag is in Handmade Vol.28 No.6 if you want to have a go at making them.

I also want to thank all the Gum Tree designers for giving me the chance to put myself out there in blogland and get my name more known through their generosity in letting me design a freebie for their blog.Thanks girls I really do appreciate it :) Barb.

What to do with hair you no longer want??

Remember a few days ago I had all my hair chopped of well I've decided that instead of chucking my hair in the bin I'll be donating it to a wig maker so they can make a wig out of it for cancer patients who lose their hair through chemo treatments.All I have to do is pop it in a padded envelope with a little note saying it's donated hair and they'll make it into a wig for someone who needs it more than I do.

It feels good to know my hair can still be useful rather than end up in the hairdressers bin :)

15 inches is a lot to carry around......

The new me!!

Still deciding on whether to add a colour but after seeing these photo's and all the grey emerging I think I'll be heading back to the hairdressers in the next couple of weeks to ask their advice lol.

A finish for October....

I finally finished those last 120 squares,stitched them together and added them to my project I've been working on over the last few months.You probably guessed it was a knee rug I was working on and you'd be right! This knee rug is for me,I'm always making things for other people....family,friends,new bubs so I thought it was time I made one for me.I love how the colours work together.

I'm still working on more squares as I thought a cushion or two in these colours would like nice on the couch next winter when I have the knee rug keeping me warm.I'm glad the rug is finished as it's starting to get hotter where I am and soon it will be too hot to crochet....mmmm will have to get back into organising my sewing room now the warmer weather has finally arrived.I'll post some photo's when I get a bit more done on it,at the moment it looks like a herd of elephants have run through it lol :)