A little Shopping

Just thought I would share some shopping I did on the way home from our Northern holiday...It is good to be home....especially when I can smell rain in the air... we will see.

Back to the shopping .  We stopped at Wondai, and happened to be across from a little shop selling antiques and second hand items. Mr Bird decided to go have a look, which was amazing in itself...must have been meant to go.

By the way Aussie girls if you ever drive past that lovely tourist info place its well worth a look ... a beautiful display of wood carving telling the story of the timber industry in the area.

We are not collectors of antiques but we both like the odd old thing. I fell in love with this little table. I thought if I  reline the inside it would make a great place to keep some stitching beside my chair... $ 60 ..I thought it was a good price but as i said I am not into it. Did I do well??? If you know anything about it let me know???

Mr Bird fell in love with this cutlery set for sentimental reasons... His dad used this type of cutlery every  day. May be we will too. It just feels good.

In a lovely oak case

 At our last stop " Moonie" we found these... by Wrangler . We both decided Evelyn needed them.  Summer jeans for babies... LOL

Finally when we got home .. dinner was quick with produce we had bought away.

Maggie Beer's Tomato and basil  Sugo ( pasta sauce) and some Italian pasta....  

 Have you seen this pasta before. We got it in Atherton.. big Italian population in that area.  Love Italian  food.

It was multi coloured stripes, about an inch wide and serrated on the edge... Interesting .. you needed a knife and fork to eat it not a spoon and fork.  Wasn't sure if I was eating an octopus or a ribbon. Tasted good though....   Hopefully my next blog will be stitching...

Take care all our American friends who are freezing and snowed in. 

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all my blog friends.  I hope you have the best year ahead and take some "me" time to stitch  and  sew and be with your family and friends.

We went tripping around over the Christmas break we went to Atherton NQ on the way we came across this fellow.

Gubulla Munda is a 60 metre carpet snake sculpture located in Plantation Park AYRE Nth Queensland.

Gubulla Munda is a 60 metre carpet snake sculpture located in Plantation Park AYRE Nth Queensland.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87791108@N00/2176016255/

We have visited Bundaberg many times but this time we actually visited the Cooperage (the place where barrels are made. )  and then went to went to the Bundaberg drinks factory. We will visit the Rum Factory next time. In Australia "bundaberg rum is very famous and the logo is a big polar bear, you may have seen it on television.  They use the barrels in the rum factory and you can actually have your own barrels made at the cooperage.

The drinks factory entrance  ( a big barrel)  famous for its ginger beer.

Finally finished a Rosalie Quinlan stitchery, this has been totally done while travelling in the car. Its taken a while ...
It will be a cushion soon .... Sorry no iron.

The world should be full of this 

This is my next car project .......I will frame it for Evelyn's room at home. Another of Rosalie's projects but I am doing it in pink not red.

 Sorry about the photos but this is all I could manage if I wanted to get this blog done.

The Day "AFTER" Christmas

Thank you to all my blog friends who sent Christmas messages and to those I sent wishes to twice, sorry, not meaning to harass but I didn't really know who I returned mails to and who I didn't. So no need to reply if you were one of those lovely people. 

My day started with a lovely American style breakfast as my SIL in American, maple syrup pancakes and bacon...mmm.  then present time, I was so spoilt.

My SSCS present was one of the first to be opened....Thanks so much Isabel.

I hope you all had a nice day.  I was a bit worried about Denice (my SSCS friend) today as I was watching the news I heard that her area  was out of power in the cold conditions. Hope all is Ok with you Denice.

We have had a lovely Christmas with my BIL and his family. Plenty of yummy food, cool weather and time with family.

Thank you to Isabelle, my SS  for her beautiful gift. I really loved it. Finally time to open.

Opening my SSCS

A beautiful stitchery organiser / holder, 2 cup cake place mats and a beautiful piece of fabric to make something for Evelyn.

I really love the fabric used for the pocket. Lovely sayings on it.

                                                     My lovely parcel . I love the way the stitchery organiser folds up to become nice and compact...great for travelling. 

Fabric for Evelyn. Notice the little sparkles. So cute!

I think I will share a cup of tea with Isabel 

I think my SIL and niece know my favourite colour is orange. they really spoilt me.

One advantage of spending xmas with my BIL is there are plenty of mangoes, his son in law grows them. mmmm...

Breakfast , lunch and dinner.

I think Evelyn just loves her Daddy ...a kiss for Christmas..Thanks Emma for the photo .

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all my blog friends and their families. I hope you all enjoy time with family and friends and a little time for yourself too. 

Thanks again  Isabela for the lovely stocking. Santa might fill it for me ..

A quilt finish and a room reno.

Evelyn just loves this dress up .......

Today I finished this little quilt.. ..just in time for Christmas

The basic quilt technique  is by "Julie Latcham". Our quilt group did a workshop a few weeks ago. I created the snow man design just as something young and cute for Evelyn.

I have been trying to rearrange and re decorate an old boring spare room into something more child friendly. Air conditioning, a new trundle bed, with storage,  Josh's old cot and some colourful decals will do the job.  I have been wanting to change this room for a few years, its amazing how a little person can motivate you to get the job done.

After 27 yrs  Josh's cot is revived.

A new bed and a few  peel off decals transform  the room.

I just love this cute little chest of drawers .....love the colourfulness of them

My friends Gail and Jo gave me this beautiful advent train for driving them to Nundle.


Have a nice day everyone , Hope your Christmas preparations are going well.

Trouble

If your reading my blog.... please excuse it as I tried to make a change and as you can see I did not do a good job.  More work on it tomorrow .....

Secret Santa Sleigh Arrives from Portugal

Today my SSCS parcel arrived from Isabel,  Kraftier K   from Portugal. Thank you so much Isabel  you don't have to worry anymore.   I can hardly  wait until Christmas.    http://kraftier.blogspot.pt/

Check out the box 

It's open

I think I am so spoilt 4 parcels .....Thank you.

With a beautiful card 

A beautiful decoration....I love it and it is so well done 

The other side of the stocking 

Hanging in my fire place ... Isn't it lovely

The card on my card hangers 

2 exciting things happened today ... My SSCS arrived and Evelyn rolled over to find the presents  of course. I am so lucky the lovely Emma sends me a photo every day . Technology is wonderful when you are a grandma living far away.

Whoops back on my tummy again. Life has just become a little more interesting.

This is displayed in my friend Gail's living room.... beautiful

I know if you live in the snow it must be very difficult and cold, but when you live here and it is so hot at Christmas, this is what dreams are made of.  It's that "Grass is always Greener " thing.