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Today is hot and the sun seems to burn within minutes. So of course, I'm making snowflakes.<br />
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We have spent the morning out and about, a little bit of gardening, a little bit of sport and 4 new gold fish, but this afternoon we are hiding indoors.<br />
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Craft is the order of the day it seems.<br />
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George and the kids are making images with small beads that get ironed once finished. The children are quiet, engrossed and happy to be next to dad (who finds that his fingers are too large for this delicate work!)<br />
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I've made some more snowflakes using the Crayola Model Magic recommended, and although I like it, it seems a little fragile for my liking, I love how it is rounded and soft.<br />
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I prefer the silver glitter, but as it's for Christmas, thought these might also be popular.<br />
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Hope you are having a lovely day in or out of the sun :)<br />
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<br />Little Cootieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822176968963725398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957947568530901079.post-55711128439414487502011-10-30T19:30:00.001+11:002011-10-30T19:30:33.391+11:00Gearing up for Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This long weekend I am spending time on <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMrPH0LO8mze8DXLBVlmBQBIbTDkQ84cpoRt0FPGujKRi2qzQfdwBm9Gp8pSkSn84OHbR322mVkJAxSxaqpqJ2a4xJ3QVf69pUHyJ1_j0QykS-lh12vlj5JtMmxbhaDv-gqMKX9xr1SvLl/s1600/IMG_1154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMrPH0LO8mze8DXLBVlmBQBIbTDkQ84cpoRt0FPGujKRi2qzQfdwBm9Gp8pSkSn84OHbR322mVkJAxSxaqpqJ2a4xJ3QVf69pUHyJ1_j0QykS-lh12vlj5JtMmxbhaDv-gqMKX9xr1SvLl/s320/IMG_1154.jpg" width="240" /></a>getting some practise with
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I was inspired by Jill Dubien from <a href="http://meetthedubiens.blogspot.com/2010/12/snowflake-christmas-tree-ornaments.html">Meet the Dubiens</a>, who made some gorgeous snowflakes with her children.<br />
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I thought they would be lovely thank you gifts for teachers and carers who give so much to my children during the year.<br />
After some fun moments with Eva making the decorations and then making cookies I started decorating them. I'm not sure which one works best, although I really like the silver on the outside snowflake.<br />
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A great tip to make sure the cutter slides out of the cookie dough easily is dipping it into cornflour before cutting with it. Works a treat!<br />
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<br />Little Cootieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822176968963725398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957947568530901079.post-63268897255181499112011-06-08T20:47:00.001+10:002011-06-08T21:47:24.749+10:00My creative Space: Brooch Swap 2011 Take 2Unhappy with my other two brooches that I made for the <a href="http://flowerpress.blogspot.com/2011/05/big-brooch-swap.html#axzz1OgEvguxl">Flowerpress Brooch Swap</a>, I searched and searched within myself thinking again about what I could make that I would be happy to receive, and after searching through some online amigurumi patterns, I came across a gorgeous little <a href="http://greatamigurumi.blogspot.com/2010/04/little-geisha.html">Geisha girl</a> that would make the perfect brooch.<br />
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Here is my Geisha Girl Brooch.<br />
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Take a look at what the other swappers have been making <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1686611@N23/pool/with/5810997251/">here</a>Little Cootieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822176968963725398noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957947568530901079.post-27308129873098717062011-05-19T09:45:00.000+10:002011-05-19T09:45:01.527+10:00My Creative space - Booch Swap<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcEhFndlMiuKwV4_9nmtXGL4QQ0F2qS0Gblzed6p4fRy7Q3piJAj6eK-CClLyWDQpDGsdHQTYC0o37jqBmIJ7B1f_YH7B8cqCzOlXUfExEUTsbsWwDyGBorcCrtJkti4cwYCz0WMbUbzq/s1600/start.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcEhFndlMiuKwV4_9nmtXGL4QQ0F2qS0Gblzed6p4fRy7Q3piJAj6eK-CClLyWDQpDGsdHQTYC0o37jqBmIJ7B1f_YH7B8cqCzOlXUfExEUTsbsWwDyGBorcCrtJkti4cwYCz0WMbUbzq/s320/start.jpg" width="320" /></a>This week has seen me thinking a lot about brooches and has had me trawling through the <a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?q=fabric+brooch&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=TaE&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=rkrTTdSwBZSmsQOWt9SeCQ&ved=0CDcQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=868">net</a> looking at all sorts of brooches out there.<br />
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I've joined Flower Press in her <a href="http://flowerpress.blogspot.com/2011/05/big-brooch-swap.html#axzz1MgJXrxug">brooch swap</a>, though the only brooches I've ever made where when I was making silver and gold jewellery, so it's taken a while to get my head around making one of of my current hobby of fabric and wool. <br />
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After hours of think time, visualising different approaches and discounting most of them as either too hard, too juvenile, or too easy, I have made a couple that are visually striking and that I hope are wearable for an adult woman, one will be for my swap partner and the other will be used as a present during the year for a special lady. <br />
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I have used scrap pieces of fabric that I have been collecting this past year, and although simple, I like the striking contrast between the white cotton and red felt.<br />
The back is a simple blanket stitched pouch filled slightly to give it a more 3D effect.<br />
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All I have to do now, I buy some brooch clasps and post!<br />
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There are more lovely creative spaces for you to view <a href="http://ourcreativespaces.blogspot.com/">here</a> - it's a new site tooLittle Cootieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822176968963725398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957947568530901079.post-85323101848432576982011-05-11T14:43:00.000+10:002011-05-11T14:43:56.172+10:00Cushion Swap 2011I entered the <a href="http://punkysmamma.blogspot.com/2011/05/cushion-swap-show-em-off.html">2011 Cushion Swap</a> hosted by Vic at Punky & Me and was very excited to be a part of another swap. It's been sooo long!<br />
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Although my original idea for this cushion was going to be a little different, I decided when I mocked it up that it looked too "shop" bought style, so I had to rethink my original idea.<br />
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I just have to finish off the back of it, and send it!!<br />
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I hope the receiver likes it and enjoys it.....Little Cootieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822176968963725398noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957947568530901079.post-91440533142097773162011-05-04T18:25:00.000+10:002011-05-04T18:25:18.687+10:00My creative space - CushionsI'm making cushions this week, some for my caravan and one special one for the 2011 Cushion Swap.<br />
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I went to the block again the other day with the intention of going for a walk with the kids.<br />
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After some hard core cleaning and some wishing that we had power and I had a vacuum, I finally was able to see the floor again.<br />
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At long last a dream of 20 years is realised with the purchase of a block in Flowerdale, Victoria.<br />
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My Dear Hubby has wanted to move to the country for as long as I have been his partner - Waaaaay back in the early 90's, and although we have never made the move to the country, we are now proud owners of a little block in the bush an hour from home. It's small, bushy and quiet. It smells like eucalyptus and the sounds of birds and insects fill our ears.<br />
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I hope that this is the start of many memories that we will make here.<br />
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I would like my children to know about bush walking, camping under the stars, fishing and relaxing away from noise, traffic and technology. Something they will never find out about in suburbia.<br />
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Congratulations George on the dreamLittle Cootieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822176968963725398noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957947568530901079.post-1217691865573729842011-04-21T11:19:00.000+10:002011-04-21T11:19:42.461+10:00My Creative Space - Rocket<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1f4MW4VNz2msO8gbjHsHV_3L3AiCxWTgirheZav79vm1VSJKV5EwKYpi4t1jjSIuVF1DEYuMyxn5AeuokTcWI8yYkWfxogKne9_gVVm6xXEByZGoSDXlQ9N4CPzpjL6RLijkKXOv_Tox/s1600/IMG_0487.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1f4MW4VNz2msO8gbjHsHV_3L3AiCxWTgirheZav79vm1VSJKV5EwKYpi4t1jjSIuVF1DEYuMyxn5AeuokTcWI8yYkWfxogKne9_gVVm6xXEByZGoSDXlQ9N4CPzpjL6RLijkKXOv_Tox/s320/IMG_0487.jpg" width="240" /></a>These last few days Lucho has been sick and either flopped on my bed or on the couch. His fever has gone up and down for two days, so today when he asked if we could make a rocket, I knew that he was on the mend.<br />
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Today's creative space is about putting a smile on his face.<br />
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for more creative people, head over <a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/">here</a><br />
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I went along to Spotlight and quickly ran out when I saw the prices on pleated curtains. I then made my way to <a href="http://www.rathdownefabrics.com.au/">Rathdown Remnants</a> and fell in lust with a double sided curtain fabric. As you can see, it has a beige floral thing happening on one side with cafe / latƩ stripes on the reverse. The stripes will be visible from the outside.<br />
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It is an interesting project as I have never made them before, however, how hard can they be?<br />
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Well, the answer is - they can be quite hard if you buy a fabric with a pattern on it and you want the pattern to match up on the curtain once it's hanging!.....<br />
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It has been joined, finished and the pencil pleat strip stitched and now they need to be hung for a couple of days before I hem them (on advice from the lady at RR).<br />
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I am pretty nervous, having never made curtains and then having chosen a fabric with so much happening on it. I just hope they look good!!!!!<br />
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Oh, and now that my creative space is nice and tidy, I am managing to make some other things that have been on the to do list, like this small shoulder purse :) <br />
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Lately it has been used as a holding spot for the "to do later" stuff, but as our lives are busy busy, the pile just grew and grew!<br />
And every time I walked past it I would try to blur the edges of my vision so I wouldn't notice it begging for my attention... <br />
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Today, as the children are both out for the day, I decided to give my creative space some loving and change things around while I was at it.<br />
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And after quite a while.... ahhhhhh, space to create and make :)<br />
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Happy at last.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/">Here</a> are other possibly more productive spaces to visit<br />
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Ohh, and before I go, did you see the <a href="http://littlecooties.blogspot.com/2011/03/owl-at-our-window.html">post</a> about the owl that came to visit over the weekend?<br />
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It's one of the owls that lives in a nearby tree filled walking track.<br />
I have posted about them <a href="http://littlecooties.blogspot.com/2010/11/owl-family-visit-thornbury.html">before</a>.<br />
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I had thought they had gone, as I hadn't seen them since the storms earlier this year when the nest and little babies fell out of the tree.<br />
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Seeing this little one is a welcome surprise, and I am glad they have survived.<br />
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He / she is so close I could almost stretch out my hand and touch him through the window, and I resist the urge to find a mouse for him to eat!<br />
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I was originally thinking that I would make lots of them and give them as presents for Easter - instead of chocolates, but she has been quite a lot of work, and I just can't see myself making 6 of them!!<br />
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And this is the original with the pattern <a href="http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=182600.0">here</a>:<br />
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I found a pattern when I searched for amigurumi animals.<br />
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It has been a process of learning how to read a pattern and also how to make new shapes....<br />
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some of them look like little sperm... or teeny cod pieces!<br />
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can you guess what it will be?Little Cootieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822176968963725398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957947568530901079.post-65986530164476804302011-02-17T09:48:00.000+11:002011-02-17T09:48:50.686+11:00My creative space - Amigurumi heartsWow!! it's been a long time since I've been able to have any space to myself, let alone creative space!!<br />
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When I was there in September, I gave my grandmother a sewn heart, that she sleeps with and prays with. It reminds her of her daughter. But it has seen so much attention that it needs a replacement, and after a few attempts at creating the perfect one, I finally feel confident in sending her this one.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/2011/02/my-creative-space-4.html">These</a> crafty people might get you inspired to make something today as wellLittle Cootieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822176968963725398noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957947568530901079.post-20491425323618091282011-02-16T19:15:00.000+11:002011-02-16T19:15:34.348+11:00Banana Muffins<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfUTdtJ36XJ_BH2IqAoW0FS6Qn3dfHk3aazvFUqhD6Ac3QCC1zHxs808-NybLnttsV_Xtf4__GB_g11cZSnCgKlI1_OTj3X93ssALC46BMhTAngscfSIVvNuPgpSD_LMlNEm1JV6Kno0b/s1600/IMG_0050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfUTdtJ36XJ_BH2IqAoW0FS6Qn3dfHk3aazvFUqhD6Ac3QCC1zHxs808-NybLnttsV_Xtf4__GB_g11cZSnCgKlI1_OTj3X93ssALC46BMhTAngscfSIVvNuPgpSD_LMlNEm1JV6Kno0b/s320/IMG_0050.jpg" width="240" /></a>Lucho started prep this month, and it has taken a bit of getting used to the new routine of pick ups and drop offs. plus there is cricket, and martial arts during the week... and I still haven't got used to stopping everything for that 3.30pm pick up.<br />
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And then, i made a lovely coffee to go with the fresh warm muffins... mmmmm yum! <br />
Recipe was supplied by Amanda, the cook from his childcare centre.<br />
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Here's the recipe, they were so easy to make, and tasted like coffee shop ones:<br />
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<div style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Banana Muffins</b></span></div><div style="color: #cc0000;">1/2 cup butter</div><div style="color: #cc0000;">1/4 cup caster sugar</div><div style="color: #cc0000;">1 egg - beaten</div><div style="color: #cc0000;">1 1/2 cups mashed bananas</div><div style="color: #cc0000;">1 3/4 cup self raising flour</div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
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My dear son would like to have a snake or lizard (NOT cudldy or sweet!)<br />
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So, for Christmas, we (me) chose to purchase and love some guinea pigs - renamed teeny pigs by the children because they're small. We have Flames (all black and short hair and the scaredy cat of the group) Franklin Mott (black and brown with long hair, named after my favourite vampire) and Biscuit (white, black and brown)<br />
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So these teeny pigs have a double storey hutch and also a large yard. We joke that they are planning to install a pool and deck chairs next, along with their gazebo.<br />
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I think I should have got a cat instead....Little Cootieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822176968963725398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957947568530901079.post-30605073969500681212010-11-17T10:06:00.000+11:002010-11-17T10:06:44.958+11:00Owl Family visit Thornbury<div style="color: #45818e;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7x1Zs-szY4l7mxhty20KUfnisLK-N-YvLBAOMbgTtjPr40HxE_7jV7-lgdzQCj30Wlo_6SfPnwN8cmTWN0PWBvBdYZZjO8r69bvIEaEBHGObT5oSfAPBcllEcmetq1h9YpFLPunxkx-gV/s1600/IMG_4794.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7x1Zs-szY4l7mxhty20KUfnisLK-N-YvLBAOMbgTtjPr40HxE_7jV7-lgdzQCj30Wlo_6SfPnwN8cmTWN0PWBvBdYZZjO8r69bvIEaEBHGObT5oSfAPBcllEcmetq1h9YpFLPunxkx-gV/s400/IMG_4794.jpg" width="400" /></a>Last night my husband came in from the back yard and excitedly told me about how he had spotted some owls on our fence. Owls! On our fence! Very Cool! I wished that I could have seen them too... then...</div><div style="color: #45818e;"><br />
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This afternoon after a big morning of our favourite music class, Stomper Room and then the park with friends we came back home and decided to harvest some of the delicious and bursting-with-goodness broad beans that have taken over half the veggie patch.<br />
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I hope that we are instilling a love of home grown food and also the desire to eat what they grow - so far, we have had success with them eating peas and carrots, but not parsnips, leeks or beetroot! <br />
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Shelling them was also enjoyable and quite peaceful as we discussed how we might make them for tonights dinner.<br />
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It was decided to have them as a salad with a bit of lemon and perhaps some mayonaise on the side.<br />
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now I'm crossing my fingers that they will actually eat them!Little Cootieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822176968963725398noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957947568530901079.post-86165399766803593322010-11-04T11:23:00.000+11:002010-11-04T11:23:51.507+11:00My Creative Space 4 November 2010<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifqMv8QPtLdBVn_JfgCdQ0ye9Ma_vIttLEcX0ulkmNG6PHslYzhm9VGMMtUxACAUMaskN4MzS7-gvlNNlrozNbU1kacauSi7NDe4-xcYoG6PZ_0dcWLHXK1jEmfj8eqdfVjvEKzOf2VIQp/s1600/IMG_4599.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifqMv8QPtLdBVn_JfgCdQ0ye9Ma_vIttLEcX0ulkmNG6PHslYzhm9VGMMtUxACAUMaskN4MzS7-gvlNNlrozNbU1kacauSi7NDe4-xcYoG6PZ_0dcWLHXK1jEmfj8eqdfVjvEKzOf2VIQp/s320/IMG_4599.jpg" width="240" /></a>My creative space is a little all over the place this week;<br />
I have redesigned this blog which I am very happy with!<br />
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I have found a name for my caravan - thank you <a href="http://willy-wagtail.blogspot.com/">Willy Wag Tail</a>!!<br />
Her new name will be <span style="color: #cc0000;">Gypsy!</span> and I hope that under my ownership, she will resemble her name.<br />
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This morning I have taken Lucho to his new primary school for his transition program... and much to my surprise I bawled my eyes out as he excitedly walked away with his assigned buddy... they grow up so fast!<br />
I had to call the hubby to calm down, and now wonder what my reaction will be the day he starts school next year!!??<br />
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These earrings have been gifted to my sister and I by our aunt in Chile.<br />
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They were my great great grandmothers earrings!<br />
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My aunt gave them to me when I was there this year and asked that we make rings out of them, so that my sister and I could share the gift.<br />
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They are beautiful earrings and I don't really want to destroy them, but hope that by keeping the flower and stone part intact and adding a band to it, I will be able to keep the original design intact.<br />
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Take a look at what <a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/2010/11/my-creative-space.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Kootoyoo+%28kootoyoo%29">others</a> are doing today over at Kootoyoo....Little Cootieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822176968963725398noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957947568530901079.post-78964349140797329942010-11-03T18:42:00.000+11:002010-11-03T18:42:04.612+11:00New Look!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJ0FYm5DUayso0DZDeP-cS7tP-FSPFTWl3_E_jwTDFGWrhcYA8jkIxwLNcHaBm42tdIwRlxjnWox_m_XM7o9rE72HaU0kCi13t3iI5H1GyhG44ab5VBNlXib2_XJT7ykNY6dukOimfXv1/s1600/little+cooties+avatar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJ0FYm5DUayso0DZDeP-cS7tP-FSPFTWl3_E_jwTDFGWrhcYA8jkIxwLNcHaBm42tdIwRlxjnWox_m_XM7o9rE72HaU0kCi13t3iI5H1GyhG44ab5VBNlXib2_XJT7ykNY6dukOimfXv1/s320/little+cooties+avatar.jpg" width="320" /></a>In my last post, I had decided to let the business of Little Cooties rest.<br />
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To celebrate my new decision, I have changed the look of my blog.<br />
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Now that my business is on hold, and this blog is not necessarily to market myself as a maker, I thought I would update it.<br />
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It feels cleaner than my previous layout and I love the highlighted post area at the top! I would like to tweak it a little and put beautiful images there, but for now, it is a little taster of things to come.<br />
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I wish I had taken a snapshot of what it looked like to show here, but, we will all have to rely on our memories now!.<br />
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What do you think of the new look? I hope you like it.<br />
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So come and say goodbye if you can at my last market - <a href="http://www.northmelbournemarket.com/">Thread Den</a> in North Melbourne. Every item will be 50% off the market price - you can't do better than that!<br />
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