AJ's Antics

So I  have this friend. We've never met. Yet I feel I can still call her a friend. A good friend in fact. When I learnt that her 4th beautiful baby was on its way (apparently it is the last but we'll see) I knew she would love something quilty as a gift. Back in March I started a FB conversation with some online quilting friends that we have in common and of course they were keen to make something too. The easiest option is to make a bigger quilt and each make blocks, like we had done in the past for Tristan, Madelyn and Miss L and of course my own sweet boy got one too. I knew Miss Dove was a fan of Kate Spain and cute little animals so 'Central Park' seemed like a good choice and the fact that I had a fair amount of it in my stash just made sense. The others agreed and I sent out 13 or 14 packs of 3 x 5" 'charms' so that fabrics from stashes could be matched. Then after a few months the blocks started arriving at my house...and I must a...

I'm actually surprising myself with keeping up with this challenge . I've just finished book number 11 The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown  and that means I have plenty of time left to read the last 2 books!   Being 1 or 3 sisters this was a interesting read. We often butt heads like the sisters in the book but we wouldn't be without each other. As we've gotten older I think we've grown to appreciated each other more.   Love you Sissy's!  

It appears my son loves the beach. I'm not the greatest fan...I get sunburnt too easily! But it looks like we will be going a little more often this Summer.

How sweet is a friend that sends you unexpected gifts! Thanks muchy Love. It will be well used!

A new host this year in Michelle at Shells in the Bush  from Perth WA. I'd not been to Michelle's blog til today but it looks I'll be popping back again soon. She has offered up some daily prompts to keep your blog posts flowing. Mosaic Monday caught my eye...and just now, right this very second now,  after going back to her blog to check, I have just realised that it is Tuesday :( Being on holidays will do that to you! So I'm going to go with that anyway....nobody's perfect right....so what if I'm a day out! I want to show you this *new* thing I found. It is called Instagram. Not sure if you've heard about it?? You have? I had too but I was resisting.....for such a long time.....but then well......things happen and now I'm on Instagram. I think 40 posts in 9 days means I've worked out how to use it right?? These don't have all the cool photo effects on them like they do when I post them but here is what I have put on Instagram so fa...

Aden has his last day of DayCare today. Daddy is going to be a stay-at-home Daddy for a little while.  He hasn't been keen on going to DC for a while now. I don't think it is matching up to Kindy and he says it is 'boring'. I feel his level of care has been declining the last 6 months so I am happy to have his home where he can learn and grow and bond with Daddy. Daddy is planning all sorts of 'manly' adventures, like bike riding and fishing and exploring. I can't wait to come home from work and hear all about it! So being totally pinspired by all the great little teacher gifts out there and realising that our income is now less that half what is was, I wanted a cheap cute easy gift for the 15 staff at the centre. A cute little  paper bag, a small tube of hand cream, a nail file, a chocolate and a cutout of Aden's hand seems to fit the bill. Hopefully the staff will like it.   The little bags are super easy to make...if a little time com...

Ok so it appears I have a sweet tooth. 80% of the food related Pins I have are for desserts, cakes and slices!   Being 'Lactose Intolerant' is not fun as it counts out all of the delicious chocolate/cheesecake things I have pinned and that said this is not 'Dairy Free' either but you can make it that way if you want.     This was super easy and fun to make. I've never made marshmallow before and it was messy! Pink dots of stickiness everywhere....okay so that may have just been the way we made it and you might not have that problem. It was well received at my quilt group meeting yesterday! As it was a demand from a certain member that I bring something sweet! Recipe comes from here This counts towards my 'totally pinspired' challenge  for the month of September. But I have a few more up my sleeve.....