The Zoo is growing

Thought I should add a decent pic of the flamingo that was hanging out with the blocks the other day. Also finished the Elephants & mice last night. They are quite cute little elephants. So that must be about 6 so far. That means 10 to go.

A busy day so far at Fell Funny Farm. For one thing, & I think this is rather important so have to say so, it is our 18th Wedding Anniversary! Wow! I think it is quite impressive. Makes me feel old really. Now I can hear people's minds working as Brandon is only nearly 2. Yeah we were slow to have him. I can't even say it is because I was too busy pursuing my career because I don't have one! hahahaha...

It was also the Million Paws Walk to support the RSPCA today so we all set off for the park in town where there was another huge turn out this year. Juneau was very well behaved. Unfortunately we didn't see any of her sisters. We heard one went to Rainbow Bridge in December which is sad as she wasn't even 4 yet. So after a nice walk in the park with alot of other people & dogs, (& a couple of horrid little ferrets which Juneau really wantedto get hold of!) we are doing a few things at home like raking leaves & cleaning cars. BJ is pretty horrid today so the less we do the better! (very long night last night! ) lol

Enjoy the remainder of your weekend!

My Creative Space

My space isn't changing much over the last couple of weeks. Very boring. But this week we have a little added extra in the flamingo that I had thrown on the table after taking him out of the hoop. For the rest there are just sets of blocks all over the table again. There were new ones added to my made it shop the other day. Check out the link on the right.

For more creative spaces out there in blogland, check out the links on Kootoyoo.

My very own Happy Feet

Ok, well penguins anyway. I finally got the penguins stitched. They took a few nights. Finally got the snow done yesterday when I had a little time free. They are pretty cute. Can probably still see the blue fabric marker on it though.

Last night I got the platypus done in the night. He was nice a simple after the penguins, so that was great! Interesting to have a platypus on something, as you sure don't see them often.

I hope all the mums had a nice day yesterday. I got a nice bunch of flowers on Saturday from BJ. Apparently you can't hide flowers very well! lol I will always picture him holding this bunch of flowers looking all pleased with himself & cute as can be!

My New Favourite Book

I saw this book in blogland somewhere last week. Don't know why but it appealed to me. So I ordered it from Fishpond.com.au here in Aussie. It arrived today. Wow! It is big for one thing. Bigger than A4 size. Only about 80 pages but it is the best book I have bought in a long time. Ok, I really bought it for BJ but I think Stu & I will get just as much enjoyment out of it. We did so far & I only got through about 6 pages. It is one of those books that there is so much to see that I think in 10 years time we will look at it & see something we had never noticed before. It really is awesome. It is going to be great for BJ though as he is starting to learn so many new things. He is very observant I think & this will be so much fun for us all. I love great books & I don't mind spending a bit on them if they are as good as this. I must add though that at fishpond this was really good value compared to other sites.

Also got a really cool Richard Scarry illustrated giant golden book called "Cars & Trucks & things that go". We already got our moneys worth from that one that is for sure. How to settle a horrible, over-tired kid? Put that book in front of them. Worked like magic. I will definitely keep an eye out for more of his books like that. They are really fun!

Ok, better go. Lots of pictures to look at!

My Creative Space

My Creative Space this week is just my blocks again. There are 12 sets on the table I think. Some are for orders & some will go to my madeit shop. It's keeping me rather busy in between playgroup, work, normal stuff.

The pic below is one of my favourites. It's from the book "The Kitten Who Thought He Was a Mouse". So cute. The illustrations in these books are so terrific for a childs imagination. BJ is nearly 2 & is starting to play with his toys like they are little people. You really wonder what goes through their heads but it is so fun seeing them pretend & imagining things. I really wonder what they make of all the animal stories out there that make animals seem to human.

Check out Kirsty for a bunch of other creative spaces. It's interesting to go browsing through these. There are so many talented people out there & in so many different creative ways.

Have a great day!

Some finishes

I am a bit slow to post my finished crochet bag from a few weeks ago. I kept forgetting to take a picture. It's in the lounge room full of wool & stuff so I would remember in the evening when I sit down to do something. It turned out to large for a handbag type bag so I left it as it is & lined it with a stiffener & the purple fabric. It's ok. I don't know how long it will stand up for, especially with a kid who likes to dive over the edge of the chairs into it! Anyway, that's the bag, loosely based on Lucy at Attic24's bag tute. Check her out in my side bar of blogs I follow. Even if you don't crochet or stuff, she has some lovely colourful pics on her blog & they are lovely to look at.

Next is my embroidery that I finally decided to do. I picked up this leaflet of All Creatures Great & Small a couple of years ago. I had been thinking about it a lot lately. Well I keep looking at it at work now & decided I would start some. I am telling myself I don't have to do the whole lot right now if I don't want to. I tell myself it is ok to do a couple & leave it for a little while & come back to them later on if I want to. Hmmm... not easy. I am not one to do that. I will have to finished the embroideries at least before I am happy. I do plan to make it into a quilt for BJ eventually but if I get the pictures done for now I will be pleased. There are 16 altogether. If you go to the link you can see all of them, but these are my first 2. I did the lion last week & finished the monkeys on Sunday. Started penguins last night.

They aren't hard but slower than I am used to with my cross stitch. I am not one to usually work with a hoop so that slows me down. Anyway, I shouldn't compare it with cross stitch as they are different so therefore I need to handle it differently & so there is my challenge. There really isn't much to it so far. Just back stitch, couple of french knots & running stitch. That's ok, it is good practice for my technique if I wish to develop it further. I am still trying to decide whether the interfacing on the back is necessary. Lion doesn't have any. Monkey does. I will probably do all the rest with it on just to hide thread shadow later because that is the only thing that I don't like to see. But on the whole when quilted I don't think it will matter.

So that's what I have been up to lately. Inbetween blocks of course. Stay tuned as there will be some terrifically cute sets coming to the shop.

On to something completely different - last night I declared Monday night our movie night as at the moment there is nothing on any of our 3.5 channels we want to watch. So we watched "The Boat That Rocked". It was good. We really enjoyed it. Bill Nighy is a hoot. Anything with him in it pretty much gets a thumbs up from us. I saw him on the cover & thought we will like this. We did. Very funny. Good fun. It's been an age since we have sat down & watched something all the way through like that. Next I want to watch Julie & Julia. That will probably be a few weeks away before I get half a chance but we live in hope for next Monday's movie night. We'll see if we can turn it into a regular thing. At least until someone does something about fixing out tv reception so I can watch all the other stuff I want to see.

Five Favs

Pip is back again with Five Favourites so I am going to add mine for the lack of anything better to post right now.

1. My dog Juneau - She is a Norwegian Elkhound & is just so good with BJ for one thing. But she is just so lovable & cuddly. She loves to be around us & enjoys the good days when we can all play together outside.

2. Burt's Bees Lip Balm - A must have this winter with that horrid wind that dries your lips out the instant you walk out the door. If you haven't tried it, then do. I found it at a pharmacy with all their other cool stuff. This is my favourite of the things in the sample set I bought.

3. Julie & Julia - Ok, I only got the dvd today & I haven't watched it yet but I am sure I will love it.

4. Amazing Race - The new season just started this week. I just watched it this afternoon. I really enjoy this show. Maybe it will annoy me much less than the current Heroes & Villans Survivor does!

5. Survivor - Heroes & Villans - Ok, as much as those dumb people annoy me, I still have to watch it. I don't watch much else as we only have a couple of channels we can see so some days I even have to watch this from waves or snow! Plus these shows are my only grown up shows these days as mostly the tv has kids stuff on it!

So there you go! Just on a side note though, a couple of sets of blocks are now back in my madeit shop too & hopefully in a few days there will be some more. Thanks to my kind & helpful block cutters once more! I would be in trouble without those people!