tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-362223052024-03-13T10:08:07.531+11:00M A N D A M A D EMandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16414962426446604841noreply@blogger.comBlogger614125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36222305.post-17315220087014092072023-11-15T18:17:00.003+11:002023-11-15T18:17:47.019+11:00Don’t disappear sweet blog of mine<p> I got an email saying my blog may disappear if I don’t do such and such with google. </p><p>Please don’t disappear blog. </p><p>Maybe i will return to you one day soon. </p><p>XOXO </p>Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16414962426446604841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36222305.post-81980441309078449552012-11-21T23:32:00.004+11:002012-11-21T23:32:23.464+11:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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busy day<br />
woke up too late for school<br />
son didnt want to be there to sing holy songs in church<br />
fair enough<br />
he has church issues<br />
school did that to him<br />
so we stayed home<br />
daughter has a bit of a cold<br />
i have a whole cold<br />
i havent had one for a long time<br />
id rather this blocked nose of today than the sore throat of yesterday<br />
the kids played hacky sack with rolled up socks<br />
and i sewed and got shop orders together and sent off<br />
that felt good<br />
then i filled some little babushkas with rice<br />
the kids thought that was the most exciting thing<br />
they played with them for a long time<br />
at times they threw them too hard<br />
then i told them to go outside where the space helped<br />
im getting ready for the market in bendigo:: dec8th at the town hall<br />
its going to be a big fun day<br />
i cant wait<br />
well i can actually<br />
i still have things to do for it<br />
amongst the other things<br />
like pack a girl , well not a girl but stuff for the girl, ready for camp<br />
and pack a picnic for a 90th birthday lunch<br />
visit melbourne and the people i love there<br />
to name a few..<br />
add in some clearing sales christmas makings and doings…..<br />
i really need to get rid of this cold.<br />
goodnight.<br />
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beautiful sunshine<br />
i do love your warmth that reaches deep into my bones<br />
and the shadows and rainbows you make in our home morning and night<br />
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sunshine you also woke up the snakes<br />
and there have been too many getting too close to our home<br />
rosie warns us if theres one visiting<br />
i love her for it, and for protecting the chooks from the foxes<br />
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im torn<br />
i love living closely with nature, her beauty fills me with awe most days<br />
but its also so hard at times<br />
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i have to write down how we survived a really horrible time this year with our youngest being so sick.<br />
i suspect it was some sort of whooping type cough.<br />
i dont think we've had such a nasty, almost evil germ in our home<br />
i was sick with worry and so tired , so very tired.<br />
we survived it<br />
it feels like a horrid dream<br />
she still has left over coughs here and there<br />
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the end of the year is getting close<br />
i feel some crazy times coming up<br />
my sore throat is telling me to take it easy when i need to<br />
you have to listen to those little voices inside<br />
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next week im determined to go play with my sister and her beautiful girls<br />
ive been trying to do it for months now<br />
no more excuses im just going to do it. somehow.<br />
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sore throats hurt.<br />
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i need to be making some of the ideas in my head.<br />
but time only fits so many things.<br />
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in a few weeks i will be at some markets with the babushkas<br />
they are always big, fun days.<br />
being so close to christmas…should be extra exciting.<br />
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time for sleep.<br />
thought i would just drop by.<br />
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I'm here. Cooking for the hungry mob-I'm sure they are all sprouting upwards again, I'm dreaming about holidays, loving my family, photographing small and big moments, playing dolls and flipping coins off elbows and catching them, pulling out weeds, holding onto my beliefs, planning for spring, eating oranges and spinach from the garden…which is a perfect combination. I've been seeing so many beautiful sunrises, and early bedtimes reading Pearlie books until sleeptime. I'm surrounded by brilliant perfect yellow fluff ball wattle trees…they are magical. really. I try to imagine seeing them for the first time. I'm busy and I'm lucky and life is so complicated but so simple too.<br />
and p.s. i'm off to the Square Market in Bendigo in the spring time….September 15th ! oh jeepers! so much to do so little time. <br />
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hello…we are all still here, we meaning me, my farmer boy and our kidlets. its the middle of winter and some days we are truly aware of that with the mud that we have to get through to get off and around the farm, and the frozen windscreens in the morning and the frozen fingers that need to defrost before they will move, and the constant burning of wood to heat our nest, and the amount of baking and eating that is happening. and then other days the sun is shining and the skies are beautiful and flowers are flowering and it feels like spring. but i guess when all the blossom is blossoming and the mud has dried and become a bumpy landscape we will know its spring. </div>
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my little babushka shop has been buzzing busily which has been so much fun and has me motivated to think about whats next and what is possible. im working on a christmas babushka and hopefully i will be at the bendigo square market in spring. </div>
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ive had moments of digging through the cave of treasures that is my studio, which has become a storage room for everyones excess stuff! i feel a big garage sale coming on when the weather is right. - more spring action! ive put a few things that ive found into my shop, some of my handprinted old style babushkas. id like to do some more printing. and more dyeing with plants too. </div>
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Amelie has become the cake-maker in the house. Thankfully she has moved on from the chocolate cake which she can now make on her own….I'm hoping orange syrupy cake will be next. </div>
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the wattle tree that we planted as a tiny baby is now in full magnificent bloom. i could look at that yellow all day.<br />
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whilst on my way home from taking the kids to school this week i met the creature above. it was a little surreal to be staring into the eyes of a fox. normally they run away as soon as they see you…..thats if they are alive…..the ones we see are usually dead. this guy just stood there staring at me and even let me take photos. i wonder what he was thinking.<br />
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50 cents each on my latest garage sale adventure. and they work. and i dont need three more lamps but i couldnt resist… </div>
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we woke up very very early and with the kids we carried their doonas and little bodies to the lounge room at 5.30am to watch the olympic opening ceremony. </div>
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and now its Sunday, my favourite day of the week. the sun is shining here helping the wattle to glow even more if thats possible. bye x x</div>
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....rainbow chasing and playing with friends and feeling frozen grass under my feet while spying on flowers popping out of their pods, wondering if the moon really is getting any closer to earth because it seems to be getting bigger and bigger...., and receiving a roll of my babushka fabric in the mail, and deciding i would put some in my shop and see if anybody wants to make something with it. and tomorrow we are going to a wedding. my nephew is getting married. i remember him so clearly as a little baby which must mean i am getting old. weird. amelie is going to open her own clothing/cake shop/art gallery called Come to Heaven. (when she is older!), inspired by what she likes to do lately and her new most favourite book ever :: A bus called Heaven by Bob Graham. </div>
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i want a fish tank instead of a television. this is at our local thai restaurant the other night.<br />
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babushkas and pompoms......may as well go all the way!<br />
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sindri on a big green hill on a sunny spring-like winters day. i want that hill in my backyard. and oh how i love that sindri of mine. i love that hes 11, and he gets out of the car when he gets to school and says bye mum, love you. and then i love watching him walk in...knowing him. and knowing hes my boy. hes just cool.Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16414962426446604841noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36222305.post-9416995890359598522012-06-09T22:29:00.002+10:002012-06-09T22:45:49.309+10:00going babushka crazy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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new flags in our old plum tree<br />
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my new fabric soon to become an apron/wrap type of dress for me<br />
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every day seems to be ending like this<br />
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piles of my new fabric<br />
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winter is here. its cold. its not very rainy. the spiders and dew are leaving magical art all over the place in the mornings. the sun is still shining. but did i mention its cold. fog comes out of your mouth with the words.<br />
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instead of doing goodness knows what else i fill my days with....i am now busily buzzing around stitching and printing and spying on fabric that is travelling across the sea...hoping it gets here in a hurry,.... getting ready for the market in two weeks. what market? the Square Market in Bendigo Saturday June 16th at the Town Hall.<br />
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playing with ideas on how to make my colouring books look even prettier... and ready to give as a present. in the process i rediscovered how much i like to print.<br />
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and finally.....my little babushka girl is sitting over (well in an internet kind of way...) on the Umbrella Prints <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/umbrellaprints" target="_blank">Trimmings 2012 Pinterest </a>board. sitting amongst a lot of wonderful makings from all over the world. you should go see, and then vote for your favourite.....it's on for just one week.<br />
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.. this is Izzy...quite clearly shes an autumn girl. She's extra happy because her friend has been playing with her and making her clothes and giving her wonderful hairstyles.<br />
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the birthday trip to melbourne was a fun one.....the birthday boy got spoilt in all sorts of magical ways...and i think he maybe had the best birthday ever. . . topped off with a big dish of gelati and giggling away with his three cousins. he really loves to have boy company....sob sob....i wish he had a brother.<br />
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today was a great day.<br />
actually this weekend has been one of the very nice kind.<br />
yesterday it poured rain and i sewed all day<br />
and today we had our special friends come to visit and play. a super dad with his three little boys.<br />
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we love these boys. we played with fire, balloons, the skate ramp and soccer balls. i always promise to see them more often. im going to really try this time. tonight amelie decided they were now our cousins and so we can call them our family.<br />
....i have the Square Market coming up on June 16th in Bendigo..... and the reality of how soon that is seems to have sunk in this weekend also.. which is maybe why i brought my sewing machine in from my back studio room and dumped it (with love) onto my kitchen bench.<br />
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i have ordered lots more fabric and i got a little nervous when they sent me an email and asked me...or actually highly recommended that i order swatches first. i quickly replied no time for swatches just send me the fabric asap.<br />
fingers crossed on that one too. i seem to be crossing my fingers often these days. i think its a good sign that im just doing stuff and trying not to think about it too much. trying . .<br />
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our house is so warm from our fire....its a wonder any of us are awake when we are inside.<br />
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then we go outside and its so refreshing...that icy air.<br />
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id like to visit the snow again. we had the best time when we went a few years ago. i think its time for another snowball battle. the kids still giggle about the last one.<br />
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so anyway....ciao for now<br />
manda x<br />
<br />Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16414962426446604841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36222305.post-52251099418173898712012-05-20T21:50:00.001+10:002012-05-20T21:50:31.001+10:00birthday evetonight<br />
me and my farmer boy just blew up 100 balloons<br />
the lounge room is full<br />
one excited 10 year old boy is in his bed, too excited to go to sleep<br />
and his little sister is in our bed, too excited for her big brother, to go to sleep<br />
and his big sister is in her bed, in the darkness. i hope she is asleep, but i fear she has an ipod in there somewhere keeping her awake. she was tired....im going for the shes asleep theory.<br />
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he's going to burst when he gets his new skateboard.<br />
then we are roadtripping it to melbourne so he can skate his 11 year old body around the concrete jungle<br />
we will eat some yum food and follow the leader (him) around the city<br />
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oh i hope its so much fun....after last years birthday, our boy deserves an extra happy one. and 11 is a cool number to be.Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16414962426446604841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36222305.post-63276205173371687672012-05-19T21:42:00.001+10:002012-05-19T21:42:50.540+10:00playing with dolls and fire<br />
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we are counting down to monday when our big boy turns 11. yep. 11!</div>
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we've got his dream present for him. and he really thinks theres no way hes getting what he wants.... because thats what i keep telling him. oh its going to be a fun morning.</div>
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yesterday my big girl stayed home from school. she tidied her room, she sang, she played dolls with amelie. it was so nice.....we are having school dramas. she wants to learn singing and drama and cooking and sewing and yoga and english. not all the irrelevant crap that they learn at school. combined with the attitudes etc...of the kids at school....its slowly or maybe quickly sending her crazy. and us too. </div>
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i wish there was a beautiful school. why arent there beautiful schools. why arent all schools beautiful?</div>
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this afternoon sindri decided to make a fire. then amelie quickly joined in and made another one next to sindris. and then sindri made another one. three fires. we cooked potatoes in the fire and toasted bread on sticks, spied on a possum jumping on the shed roof, ate marshmallows, rode bikes and chased calves and declared we should do this all the time. </div>
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tonight i noticed Amelie has moved her little dolls bed into my room, on the floor next to my bed. now her doll Olive is sleeping with us too. </div>
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i love saturday nights. and i love sunday mornings too. and i smell of fire. nice.</div>
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i took brighter photos of my <a href="http://umbrellaprints.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/umbrella-prints-trimmings-competition.html" target="_blank">Umbrella Prints</a> 2012 Trimmings entry. I cant wait to see all the entries :-)</div>
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and finally :::: if you like handprinted fabric you might like to join in the <a href="http://www.lesliekeating.com/" target="_blank">swap that Leslie</a> is organising. I did it last time and it was lots of fun getting nice surprise parcels in the mail....and sending them off into the world too.</div>
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i can feel some lemon syrup cake eating coming on.......<br />
it was a beautiful morning today. sunny and icy.<br />
the kids played fishing and i did some deconstructing and reconstructing to make a snow white dress for my big girl. its a w.i.p but its looking good....she tried it on and did some twirling.....i think it may be a yay. you never know, sewing for bigger girls. tomorrow i need to finish it and id prefer it didnt take me all day.<br />
<br />Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16414962426446604841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36222305.post-68727408087528922972012-05-15T23:09:00.001+10:002012-05-15T23:12:31.992+10:00hole in my finger.i really really want to see Arrietty again. we all do. and i just found out its going to be released on dvd in Australia on May 23rd. have you seen it? and all the other wonderful studio ghibli movies? if you haven't you have a big treat awaiting you.<br />
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i need to make a snow white dress for my big girls school production performance. well, i could have bought one...and i did look, and find one on ebay. but then i went op shopping today and found the perfect big puffy yellow dress, which was half price....$3.50, and together with a a few other bits of blue and red fabric, i am going to make the most awesome snow white dress for my girl. fingers crossed and creative visualisation ;-) and i need to do it by thursday.<br />
other than that.. my farmer boy bought a cockatiel from the farmers market for who knows what reason.....i wasn't there at the time to smack him when he decided we need a bird in a cage. ? ? its in his genes....budgie breeder/farmers going back many generations...... but still! a cockatiel...really??? so anyway....we only had a tiny cage for it ...so today i had to spend $75!! to buy a new cage for this bird...who has been named Graham by the kids...because I was feeling so sad for it in that tiny cage. so i went to grab him to put him in the new cage and he went mental and pecked and bit me as hard as he could, while sindri watched me and almost wet his pants laughing at me....i even said fuck. in front of the kids.! i dont do that. but jeepers it hurt. and it was very funny.<br />
and then the cats and dog were interested to see what was going on. animal mayhem.<br />
lets hope the cage is in one piece in the morning, with a bird inside.<br />
i forget what its like to live with no animals. or kids.<br />
tonight muzz walked out from seeing all the kids in bed and said "we have three kids!"<br />
sometimes it is a freaky thought to think that we are the parents! im Mum!<br />
and one of the kids is a teenager.....next year she'll be 15! freeeaky.<br />
alright....time for zzzzz.....<br />
later. x<br />
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<br />Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16414962426446604841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36222305.post-92172930120617207842012-05-14T20:05:00.002+10:002012-05-14T20:05:57.669+10:00i love grey. with a bit of pink or yellow.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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mean cozy colourful days inside<br />
today amelie knitted for most of the day....first it was going to be a bootee for my sisters baby coming in spring time, but then, while amelie had a shower her daddy did some knitting for her to help it grow a little quicker, and now shes thinking maybe it will be a scarf. it may even evolve into something else yet.....<br />
i stopped procrastinating and finished my umbrella prints trim girl. well i thought it was finished until i took some photos and saw the photos on my computer, and now im not sure i am finished. or whether i like her very much at all. i think i have looked at her for too long.<br />
tonight i cooked roast vegies. i am quite sure i could live on roast potatoes.<br />
sindris lettuce is growing crazyhappily. thats about 1000 seeds in an old calf feeding trough.<br />
miss gingko is at her prettiest right now. the grey skies are a great backdrop for the fluoro colours of the leaves right now.<br />
okay im off to eat some chocolate and maybe do some birthday scheming.....our boy is soon to be 11!<br />
x manda<br />
<br />Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16414962426446604841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36222305.post-87838962832927966402012-05-12T23:11:00.000+10:002012-05-12T23:11:27.095+10:00magical flowers appeared<br />
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early morning painting::and my beautiful kokeshi from my visit to japan a few years ago....shes so beautiful, she makes me smile often::and oh my goodness these flowers, hakea im pretty sure, growing on an inconspicuous bush in our garden....this is the first time they have appeared:: what a surprise.<br />
<br />Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16414962426446604841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36222305.post-9766820254135381542012-05-10T22:05:00.001+10:002012-05-10T22:05:21.044+10:00marathon trainingive been painting.<br />
and swatting and swearing at flies in our house<br />
ive been doing the same with our dear dog Rosie (swearing and growling) who has taken up night time barking again<br />
amelie has learnt to ride her new (old) groovy bike in one day. on the second day she rode it about 1km down to my mums to see her cousin Hana<br />
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i ran along side her (that was today) and tonight my legs are killing me<br />
it scares me a little how unfit i am<br />
must do something about that<br />
yoga sounds nice (and gentle) would that help me to run driveway mini marathons i wonder.<br />
ive been physically attached to my iphone since i got it. i never knew. but now i do. its too much fun.<br />
ive had all sorts of weird things happening around me. theyve been making me feel tired. now i wear a crystal and find myself asleep very early. i like sleeping early.<br />
i told my farmer boy i would like to be a monk if i wasnt living this life. the silence i imagine would be refreshing....for awhile anyway... until it sent me cuckoo....<br />
i have fabric waiting to be sewn into a dress for me. it has little tiny scattered bird prints on it and its a cacky brown colour and its quite thin. i like it. it was maybe $4 at the big junky clearing sale we went to on the weekend. most of the junk i bid on and won just for fun ended up at the opshop on monday. funny.<br />
gosh its fun to bid. although i need to do more clearing out and less bidding. i have mountains of books to get rid of, and thats after keeping the mountains of our favourite ones.<br />
i want to have a stall at camberwell market if i can ever get one. its booked out months in advance.<br />
oh and i am in fact having a little shop/stall at the square market in bendigo in june. that will be fun. its in the old town hall which is very beautiful. i hope to work some magic and have something nice to bring along with my colouring books.<br />
and now i must go to sleep. i love sleep.<br />
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<br />Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16414962426446604841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36222305.post-19167543666009605992012-05-04T12:11:00.003+10:002012-05-04T12:11:43.065+10:00Hi there blog...and lovely blog friends :-)<br />
I have tried to get back here so many times but life just got busy and busier.<br />
And even now, while I would like to sit and have a blog catch up, I'm soon<br />
out the door again to have lunch with my girls..one has started full time work<br />
now that her four babies are all at school, and the other is leaving me here (sob sob) while she goes<br />
on a roadtrip to queensland for two weeks. We've also been trying to get together for a long time.<br />
life really just gets crazy all at once.<br />
I totally bombed out of the KCWC mid week.....that began with my overlocker breaking needles and<br />
becoming unthreaded. BUT KCWC was pretty awesome wasn't it. I loved the feeling of all these mummas all over the world sitting down making clothes for their kids. Its a good thing. And I love good things. And good people.<br />
Anyway...I do have to go....stuff the fire full of wood so my house is toasty when I get home with three<br />
kids....and it's Friday! Happy happy happy. The weekend is ours.<br />
And even better, this weekend there's a GIANT white elephant auction we are going to. How I love to rummage through other peoples stuff. Maybe we will find some treasure :-) Maybe I was once a pirate? hehe....okay, I'm going...see you sooner rather than later.<br />
x MandaMandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16414962426446604841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36222305.post-52915535060182609832012-04-25T17:30:00.000+10:002012-04-25T17:30:26.115+10:00KCWC day 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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a spotty top for my big girl Veda. big as in she's 13 and taller than me and making me feel like a little mumma. It feels really weird to hug her these days. Of course I still love to hug her though.<br />
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I printed this fabric a while ago with a gocco. Today I fumbled around in my room for awhile not knowing what to make. I asked the kids for their suggestions but I didn't like any of them ;-)<br />
So a simple top was all I came up with. It's the style my girl likes....she wears tops this shape over longer tighter tops....like Flashdance???? She is yet to try it on....so that may be another whole story about whether it was a success or not. but either way, I think its kinda nice. And if she doesnt like it, it will fit me :-D <br />
Have you had a look at the KCWC flickr group? there's a whole lot of great sewing going on.<br />
x Manda<br />
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<br />Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16414962426446604841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36222305.post-16894150542218867522012-04-24T19:34:00.002+10:002012-04-24T19:34:37.383+10:00KCWC day twoDay two of KCWC was a crazy kind of one.<br />
It involved searching for more wood for our fire<br />
::Getting new tyres on our car after putting up with a leaky one for awhile<br />
::Watching the rain pour down and wondering whether my boy could actually be out there doing the school cross country racing. (Yes he was. Stupid school - the bus got bogged in mud and could have tipped over. Not to mention my boy came home late, hungry, wet, muddy and shivering.)<br />
::My farmer boy surprising me with a new iphone. My vintage mobile has gone missing and has lived a long life. My boy also chopped up a heap of wood for us so I won't have to go searching for awhile. He's a sweet one.<br />
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Annnnd in between all of that, I squeezed in a pumpkin coloured woollen skirt for Amelie. It's made from a piece of fabric I found in Savers...mega thrift shop, ages ago. The colour is so so perfect. And whilst I was out in my room sewing it, I found a tshirt for her with one of my old prints on it. Perfect match!<br />
And now. relaxxxxx.<br />
Oh woops.....I also snuck in a visit to the opshop and found some fabric. You may see it later this week on one of my kids :-)<br />
Manda x<br />
<br />Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16414962426446604841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36222305.post-63172344124175232102012-04-24T09:29:00.002+10:002012-04-24T09:29:35.026+10:00Colouring Books Colouring Books!<br />
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Hello! Since it's all about kids this week....I decided to give you a present. My big beautiful happy deluxe and lovely BABUSHKA COLOURING book is now only $10. For this week only. You can get them in my shop over <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><a href="http://www.babushkagirl.com.au/" target="_blank">here</a> </span>tell your friends, stock up on birthday presents, get ready for some cosy winter colouring days.. :-) <br />
I'll be back later with day 2 of KCWC.<br />
Manda xMandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16414962426446604841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36222305.post-80625511114787813712012-04-23T13:29:00.001+10:002012-04-23T13:29:42.775+10:00KCWC day 1<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This morning I have driven the kids to school, called in and brought art supplies for my homeschooling girl and elastic for KCWC makings, and more magic iron paper for my other project. I have dragged homeschooling girl around the farm in her new wheelbarrow cart, collecting sticks and wood for our fire. I then helped her make the fire in our kitchen fireplace, left the room for 5 minutes and found her toasting herself some marshmallows at 10am when I returned!<br />
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Then it was time to sew. Outside we went to my studio. I always wish it was joined to our house. Maybe I could build a strawbale tunnel ? Amelie drew shapes, played piano and played with my old tape player which had a tape from my rave-going years. ohhh the memories hahaha..... so there I was making a pair of linen shorts, with left over fabric from a dress I made myself the other day, whilst reminiscing about the mischief I used to get up to. </div>
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And ta-da....they took me maybe 20 minutes. I made the pattern up. I had plans of cute scallop type shapes hanging all the way around the hem, but after making 2 scallopy shapes I opted for the pocket. Cute.. And not practical, for we are in autumn on our way to winter, but my girl, she loves to wear shorts. alone, or under dresses, or in cooler weather, over leggings. She tried them on so I could take a photo and they are still on. That's a very good sign. Day 1 ::: success !</div>
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Next week I am joining in with Meg's challenge to make some lovely clothes for our lovely children. I have lots of ideas including rainbows and japanese pattern books and woollen jumpers ....this is going to be fun. I hope to have something wonderful, or at least just something, to show each day, for the next 7 days. If you want to join in too, hop over <a href="http://www.elsiemarley.com/kids-clothes-week-spring-2012.html">here</a> and sign up :-)Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16414962426446604841noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36222305.post-52623383675941837332012-04-16T21:27:00.007+10:002012-04-16T21:43:31.531+10:00much pink<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFlSH6mj_W9P_ASDuH3CN9bv8czj5xf6Ee3WgXMaHqC_-iCDbyijS3Z38E9_spR8Siirmh3vr6y_M3ZfElWBxa_u78KDACoPjKw2mkf0fJoHXXb6DC8PqSfFU4ofVooplCBju_Q/s1600/DSC_0596.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFlSH6mj_W9P_ASDuH3CN9bv8czj5xf6Ee3WgXMaHqC_-iCDbyijS3Z38E9_spR8Siirmh3vr6y_M3ZfElWBxa_u78KDACoPjKw2mkf0fJoHXXb6DC8PqSfFU4ofVooplCBju_Q/s400/DSC_0596.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731961702153809506" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIlpz0jvf8Qhj5T6ZvEjeJmn-Sd8giTROZzhgV7Q8FjKyX4EvfLjFADiFs__LdD4R9esNiZku6jrUb_T7bJMaz38EGADHB0tuvg6VVl23AaNrI5UzaoCrFakDI9cC_CeTpmEH7zg/s1600/DSC_0593.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIlpz0jvf8Qhj5T6ZvEjeJmn-Sd8giTROZzhgV7Q8FjKyX4EvfLjFADiFs__LdD4R9esNiZku6jrUb_T7bJMaz38EGADHB0tuvg6VVl23AaNrI5UzaoCrFakDI9cC_CeTpmEH7zg/s400/DSC_0593.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731961691411225538" /></a><br />Umbrella Prints Trimmings 2012....I'm playing again this year....last year it was a last minute rush...this year I have my pieces of pinkness and I've been playing around with them and an iron and one of my babushka doll prints and its been fun. She's not quite ready, but I'll show you when she is. <div><br /></div>Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16414962426446604841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36222305.post-40963696911056013312012-04-15T22:35:00.007+10:002012-04-15T23:16:52.986+10:00sunday night<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik65bwSzpbYwJjZGrDRKLcEFFCS2-MQO0UKmD41ZX0LocRzrXko4VptB2RE5SUOAcOCxf1830kROVQj4K0jNkH4dNJLtjtUvEnrFgv1ICgkEBnQ2BYhnDBaqzOPZhXJeIMwZZgSg/s1600/DSC_0876.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik65bwSzpbYwJjZGrDRKLcEFFCS2-MQO0UKmD41ZX0LocRzrXko4VptB2RE5SUOAcOCxf1830kROVQj4K0jNkH4dNJLtjtUvEnrFgv1ICgkEBnQ2BYhnDBaqzOPZhXJeIMwZZgSg/s400/DSC_0876.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731614274512965330" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VGXQ6r-APqVQ-tYjgVTZWhiFgsCT28QRDCidc9KbGdA-l37nsq73ju7tIHmjPQtkgfFjHTH7TbjTzHxLTvu1Zn2t5Kv0h_uxpMSExQIfpEij8FVcEwIMmKTA6iOJbzJxXAp9JA/s1600/DSC_0743.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VGXQ6r-APqVQ-tYjgVTZWhiFgsCT28QRDCidc9KbGdA-l37nsq73ju7tIHmjPQtkgfFjHTH7TbjTzHxLTvu1Zn2t5Kv0h_uxpMSExQIfpEij8FVcEwIMmKTA6iOJbzJxXAp9JA/s400/DSC_0743.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731614264768102162" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORvqRN9oOzsxW5zBgskcRNis1VUH7wfsVgg6Oti9PPbuL0Pc0wcfZdJI0_GUd2hoNbUS6Ipc9WCRmmhHyywixz5TMJECDBvE2W8Empz4W0QW60oA2_Et1sb9Yf_I0kUwhTcDR4w/s1600/DSC_0794.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORvqRN9oOzsxW5zBgskcRNis1VUH7wfsVgg6Oti9PPbuL0Pc0wcfZdJI0_GUd2hoNbUS6Ipc9WCRmmhHyywixz5TMJECDBvE2W8Empz4W0QW60oA2_Et1sb9Yf_I0kUwhTcDR4w/s400/DSC_0794.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731614258324410898" /></a><br /><div>i think i need to visit tasmania again. </div><div>and i need to buy a beach house. </div><div>and finish reading my new book.</div><div>and tomorrow i will plant my new pomegranate tree.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16414962426446604841noreply@blogger.com0