Advent Blog-a-long Day #23 - Fabric loveliness

New fabrics to keep my busy over Christmas - would be good though if Australia Post would deliver all the other parcels and packages I am still waiting on that should have been here by now! Grrr . . . .

Advent Blog-a-long Day #21 - 4 sleeps to go!

Did someone say 4 sleeps to go til Christmas!!! Oh my goodness, where has this year gone??? I finally finished the last of my wholesale orders this morning and they have been posted, woo hoo! Lets just hope Australia Post co-operates and gets them there overnight like they say they will ; )

Now for some othere stuff!

This lovely apron, buttons and necklace were received by Mel as part of the EB Sewing Secret Santa swap. Thanks Mel! Can see myself wearing this gorgeous apron on Christmas Day while serving up lunch for the mob.

The kids and I got busy in the kitchen this morning making these yummy gingerbread cookies!
I didn't make this Santa Sack, this is Master T's that we bought him for his 1st Christmas, but I have added his nae to this one with some white felt.

And this Santa Sack I did make today, for Miss M who last year shared with Master T, but this year I think they will much prefer to have their own.

Ok, lots more still to do. I have totally sold out of all my dresses I had in stock so must get busy sewing! sewing! sewing! but my first market for 2010 the first Sunday of January at Red Cliffs.

I also have some plans to travel further afield in 2010 for markets - you can check out where you can find me over there on the sidebar <<<-------

Quite a few dates are still yet to be confirmed, just depends on how well this bubba behaves and when he or she decides to make their grand entrance into the world!

Advent Blog-a-long Day #16 - New Labels

These new labels FINALLY arrived in the post today. Talk about a stuff up, unfortunately I wont be using that company again to make my labels. First lot went missing so i had to wait another 2 weeks for more. Argh, anyway, now that they are here I am not really sure I like them. Its just that the background is suppose to be white but because of the pink text the hot pink thread on the back of the label shows through quite a lot and they are more pale pink. Oh well, they will still get used.

I seem to be failing on the blog a day posting for Christmas, but its busy times here and we are heading off for a quick trip to Adelaide tomorrow for Master T to have a small operation, not much fun the week before Christmas but he should be back to his happy self by the time the big fat man in the red suit is due to arrive next week! Where has the year gone!

Advent Blog-a-long Day #9 - Madeit Christmas Finds

Some Christmas finds on Madeit today. I can't believe Christmas is nearly here!

ImaginationShop

pixelspluspaper

mimba

IttyBittyandPretty

Advent Blog-a-long Day #8 - EB Newbie Quilters Secret Santa

Thankyou Car for this gorgeous little bundle of goodies that I received as part of the EB Newbie Quilters Secret Santa.

How fantastic is the notebook/diary/pen holder, which will be a permanent addition to my handbag next year to keep me organised! And the Christmas coasters are gorgeous! Thanks again Car, love all my goodies!

Advent Blog-a-long Day #7 - Christmas Memories & a Giveaway!

This is a pic from Master T's first Christmas when he was 8 months old. It is amazing how they change and grow, he was such a chubby bubby and now he is built like his dad, long and lean.

I'm looking forward to another wonderful Christmas this year with family and friends popping over for drinks and food. We are having a big Christmas lunch with all our family plus a couple of my grandma's friends are joining us who don't have any family to celebrate with this year.

We are celebrating with a non-traditional bbq lunch this year, and outside if the weather doesn't decide to be 45 degrees as it has been some years in the past on Christmas Day!

So to celebrate Christmas I have decided to giveaway a $20 voucher to my SHOP (valid to spend between the 11th & 24th December 2009) - just leave a comment here about what you are most looking forward to this Christmas and I will draw a winner on Friday 11th December.

Advent Blog-a-long Day #4 - A Christmas Freebie

Upon a quick trip into town this morning we stopped by Coles for a couple of things and found a copy of their free Christmas magazine they put out each year. Choc full of yummy recipes, I am ear marked a few for the lead up to Christmas and for Christmas Day - yummy!

I'm almost ready for the markets this weekend, although very disappointment a parcel of button bits and pieces from the US hasn't arrived that I ordered 2 weeks ago so wont have any button bracelets on offer as a recent wholesale order bought all that I had left : (

And my new labels didn't arrive either, so have a bit of stock here that is going to have to go without labels : (

Oh well, can't be help, guess that is the postal system at Christmas time! Looking forward to a big weekend though and maybe even some Christmas shopping!

Advent Blog-a-long Day #1 - The Replacements

I had a shocker of a week last week, and to top it off with just a week to go (or less than a week now!) until Christmas markets this weekend, my sewing machine decided that it would like to just sew by itself - cruise control if you like. Well, lovely of it to offer, but not thanks, especially when trying to thread the needle! I only had this foot controller problem fixed about 6 weeks ago, and now it is doing it again. Not happy : ( Especially as my machine is only just over 12 months old and now out of warranty, how convenient ; ) So I have a couple of replacements I am using this week while waiting for parts to fix my machine.

My best friend's mum has lent me her machine, a very old Janome, which works lovely, as long as I remember to hold the threads every time I start sewing

And mum has lent me her machine. She got this little Bernina for her 21st birthday - so its OLD! lol But again, works like a dream, just that the bobbin winder function doesn't work. Other than that, the service guy that mum uses did some fiddling with the motor and sort of upgraded it, so now it goes REALLY fast! Faster than my overlocker, so I need to be very careful with my foot pressure!

And my naughty machine sitting in the corner waiting for parts : (

2009 Advent Blog-a-long

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