Down on the Farm....

This was the theme of a recent swap on Our craft Forum. The requirement was the item needed to have something to do with farms so the scope was fairly wide. As boiled eggs are a favourite breakfast of mine, but the timing for having the toast and the eggs both hot/warm at the same time can be challenging and, I thought my swap partner may encounter the same problem, so I made her a set of egg cosies with some cheeky broody hens on to keep her eggs warm while she organised the toast.

Australia Post finally deigned to deliver them to her house (after nearly 3 weeks!) so I can now post a picture of them without giving anything away.

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Thanks for visiting!

Cheers,

Robyn

Sense-ational Summer Comp

This is the third month of this six month competition with Soul Scrappers but we are only required to do one layout a month. Here are the 1st and 3rd challenges as I've only just realised I haven't taken a photo of the second challenge as that's when the computer crashed. Missed the points score on that one!

This comp is points scored and the highest total at the end of the comp wins the overall competition. There's also prizes for each section of the comp so you can jump in anytime to participate and have your go at being a winner.



The Smells of Summer (Challenge #1)

Compulsory item for this was the technique of stitching. I machine embroidered on some cloud fabric I had as I haven't machine stitched on paper or card before and thought I'd make a mess of it .Stitching through paper/card is not kind to your needles either. Bonus items for more points were using string, using ribbon, using a tag and 2 or more photos. I scored highest for best photo with these - thanks Mother Nature!

Journaling reads: "I love a storm coming in on a hot summer's day. You can smell the moisture in the air when the breeze blows and then when it does rain it's like the bush releases all it's aromas and suddenly it seems like you can smell every blade of grass, every tree and even the soil they are growing in all at once." January 19, 2011.





The Textures of Summer (Challenge #3)

Compulsory item for this one was distressing.  Bonus items were using a journal tag, staples, 3 different fonts in the title and ric-rac trim. This comp hasn't been judged yet.

Jounaling :" Rascal is showing Opal how to enjoy a nap in the soft cool grass under the shade of a tree on a hot day in Summer 2010. A cat always finds the BEST places!"



Hope you enjoyed viewing these,

Cheers,

Robyn

On My Mind.....Swaps and slow mail

This is a Friday feature over at Down To Earth that anyone with a blog can join. To take part, post a photo on your own blog, write a short caption explaining it and link it back to the Down To Earth blog by saying you're part of 'On My Mind'. Please write a new post, don't link to an older one. When you’ve done that go to Down To Earth blog and add a comment below the “On My Mind” post with a link to your blog. 

This is a sneak peak of a swap I mailed about 10 days ago to Queensland. My swap partner mailed to me a few days before I mailed hers...so where are our swaps now? I know it's near Christmas but it's usually only 2-3 days to/from mailing to this area :(.
Hoping everyone's mail arrives where it's supposed to and in the condition it was sent as AusPost seems to be dragging the chain a lot this year and it's not even December yet!
Cheers,
Robyn

FNSI

Lol, I almost forgot to post this. Pardon the tassel, I had to make one and I haven't done it before. The tassels I had weren't where I thought they were so I  did a trial run of this stitching case and I'll keep it myself as a couple of things didn't quite meet so I'll need to alter the pattern a bit.

Cheers
Robyn

On My Mind - Bargains

This is a Friday feature over at Down To Earth that anyone with a blog can join. To take part, post a photo on your own blog, write a short caption explaining it and link it back to the Down To Earth blog by saying you're part of 'On My Mind'. Please write a new post, don't link to an older one. When you’ve done that go to Down To Earth blog and add a comment below the “On My Mind” post with a link to your blog. 

If you don't want to join you can start out by looking and maybe commenting :)!

Who said 13 isn’t a lucky number? Yesterday whilst looking for something else in the Red Cross Op-Shop I spied the items above. Anyone recognise the Tupperware Biscuit tin? I’ve had my 2 originals for about 25 years and they’re looking a bit tatty so when I saw this one for 20c I grabbed it. I even asked the cashier was that the right price! I was glad to pay $5 for the other item as I’ve wanted a flower/paper press for a while but there wasn’t any way I was paying $20-30 to purchase one.

I visited my Mum on the way home and she’d been to the Pro-Ag at Macksville where she found this:

 

No, not my battered chair  but the odd looking thing attached to it J.

They are called the Easy Sit and are made in Five Dock NSW, Australia. My dear Mum gifted me what she termed an 'extra' she'd bought. I have had this back support on my  old computer cum sewing chair all morning and it makes the chair sooooo comfortable to sit in now. An elastic strap fits around the back of your chair/seat to hold it on. Being 157cm(5’2”) I have trouble finding a comfy chair within my price range and usually resort to ‘shaping’ chairs with pillows, which has it’s downfalls(yes, there is a double meaning there, lol). As the flyer that comes with the chair has pics of campervans, tractors etc as well as household uses I’m going to trial this in the car next time I do the 8okm return trip to town. The flyer claims it’s UV treated so it should be ok.

Have a great weekend everyone J!

Cheers,

Robyn