Favourite things - Tuesday

I made this angel some time ago, but I love her wings the most!!! Rustic corrugated iron !
Have a good Tuesday, Michelle.

Santa sack swap.......

Well my parcel arrived yesterday and what a surprise, this is going to be so hard not to open the pressies till Christmas!!!!
This is my sack, well  my swap partner Toni made me this beautiful stocking..........................................

look at the pressies sitting there,
they so want to be opened, but
I will wait. (it is rather a long time to wait lol!!)














But anyway this is the sack I made Toni,

This is the front
and below is the back.

I can't seem to put a link to Toni s
blog, so hopefully tomorrow I can do
this so you can all visit my new friends
blog.
So enjoy what is left of the weekend,
Michelle.

(this is the December swap by Cookies and
Cream Craft-Santa sack swap.)

21st cake

Today was spent doing a friends
(Julie) sons 21st cake.


Mixing.......







The cake........

The body.........

The uniform.........

The finished body...........

The face..........

The



finished



cake




Happy 21st Jamie.









Have a great weekend, Michelle.

Jack Frost Again

Well another slow start to the morning, as Jack Frost paid another visit this morning.............that's 2 mornings in a row!  Lucky the fire is going!   Pretty lite one looking from the back door!  Should be gone by 10am !
Thought I would also introduce Rex, this is my youngest son Codys, his pet sheep.  I think Rex will be about 6 years old? (have to check with Cody) He is such a character, when I go to hang out the washing I always take a couple of slices of bread to feed him, because if I don't, he will eat my pegs or start pulling the washing off the line!!!!

He is great when we have little visitors because he will stand there and lap up the attention, well as long as there is food!!!
Have a great day, Michelle.

Vase .................rug...........maybe????

A finish! It's amazing how it feels when you have actually finished a project and you are happy with how it has turned out. I finished the stitchery before I went on holiday ( it was a free download, that I have had for years) I wanted to make it into a vase rug - I guess that's what you call it? I have made it reversible to cover all my bases.

Well off to play a bit more, hopefully will have something else finished or close to finished by tonite, have a great Monday.
Happy stitching, Michelle.

OLD vs NEW

One of the things I liked most about Sydney is the old buildings, all the detail was amazing! The modern buildings are boring aren't they? All those straight lines, I think they lack the character of older buildings, but that is just my opinion - what do you think - old  or new??

 Hope you are having a great weekend, Michelle

Goodies

Spent Wednesday night finishing my Santa sack for the swap I am in, and posted it Thursday, so when my partner has made contact to let me know she has received her parcel I will show you the picture of mine and the one I made.
While in Sydney the family and I did a bus tour to the Blue Mountains, what a great trip and a really good price! First stop was Featherdale wildlife park. Not very keen on the snake, or the sleeping position!!

Then it was off to the Blue Mountains and the three sisters.  Was -5 wind chill, so found this very, very cold!

The rides will be remembered for ever, especially the train ride!!!! Then after lunch we headed to a small town called Leura.  Loved this little town!!! This is where I found the Christmas Cottage, it is small but floor to ceiling full of Christmas and of course I had to buy a couple of treasures!

 Then we headed back to Sydney and the Olympic Games site (which is huge!!) and our day finished with a Captain Cook Harbour cruise and a few drinks to warm up.  Sydney at nite is just beautiful.
Now here are a few goodies I brought at the quilt show, sorry I made you read all this before I got to the part you really wanted to see.........

I love the Babushka dolls, and the red, black and cream fabric above is the fabric I am going to use for our monthly project which just happens to be babushka dolls. I also brought a pattern from Home Patch so as soon as I find it I will show you! (it's a wool felt pattern.)  Hope you are having a great weekend.

Happy stitching, Michelle.