tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33735160446115465382024-03-13T12:56:08.173+10:00Michelle's CraftMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152297632548547761noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373516044611546538.post-70147408641135143142012-04-23T16:45:00.000+10:002012-04-23T16:45:37.424+10:00Pins of Day Week 2Hello Blog World,<br />
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Firstly I have to say sorry, I accidently deleted my first Pins of the week…(what a silly girl I am) so to recap if you missed it<br />
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<li>Saturday – <a href="http://scissorsandspatulas.com/2011/03/easter-treat-you-dont-want-to-miss-this.html" target="_blank">Jelly Bean Bark by Scissors and Spatulas</a> </li>
<li>Sunday – <a href="http://www.chef-in-training.com/2012/04/crock-pot-honey-sesame-chicken.html" target="_blank">Crock Pot Honey Sesame Chicken by Chef in Training</a> </li>
<li>Monday – <a href="http://www.twiggstudios.com/2012/04/diy-fabric-peonies.html" target="_blank">Do It Yourself Fabric Peonies by Twigg Studios</a> </li>
<li>Tuesday – <a href="http://www.bhg.com/decorating/do-it-yourself/accents/easy-decorating-projects/?page=7" target="_blank">Cheap and Chic Coffee Table by Better Homes and Gardens</a> </li>
<li>Wednesday – <a href="http://the-sweet-spot-blog.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/nutella-filled-sugar-cookie-cups.html" target="_blank">Nutella Filled Sugar Cookie Cups by The Sweet Spot</a> </li>
<li>Thursday – <a href="http://www.thebinkertation.com/2012/04/peanut-butter-cup-bars-aka-my-new.html" target="_blank">Reese’s Peanut Butter Bars by Binkertation</a> </li>
<li>Friday – <a href="http://linesacrossmyface.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/make-your-own-pillow-boxes.html" target="_blank">Make Your Own Pillow Boxes by Lines Across My Face</a> </li>
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I don’t know what I did but the original post is gone!! So check them out before seeing the gorgeous crafts and recipes that have captured my attention this week.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Saturday – </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.oneprojectcloser.com/making-wooden-owls-its-a-hoot/" target="_blank">Making Wooden Owls by One Project Closer</a></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Sunday – <a href="http://heathersfrenchpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/apple-nachos.html" target="_blank">Apple Nacho’s by French Press</a></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Monday – <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/267620/button-crafts" target="_blank">Button Clock by Martha Stewart</a></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Tuesday – <a href="http://beesquarefabrics.blogspot.com.au/2009/03/how-to-make-zig-zag-quilt-without.html" target="_blank">Make a Zig Zag Quilt by Bee Square Blog</a></span></strong><br />
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<br /><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Wednesday – <a href="http://bakingwithblondie.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/slow-cooker-parmesan-tomato-basil-soup.html" target="_blank">Slow Cooker Parmesan Tomato Basil Soup by Baking with Blondie</a></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Thursday – <a href="http://www.ladybehindthecurtain.com/?p=26551" target="_blank">Neapolitan Cup Cakes by Lady Behind the Curtain</a></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Friday – <a href="http://bakingwithblondie.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/slow-cooker-cilantro-lime-chicken.html" target="_blank">Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Chicken by Baking with Blondie</a></span></strong><br />
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There you go another week of wonderful pins. It astounds me the amazing talent that’s out there. What have you been pinning this week?<br />
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I’ll be back next week with 7 more fantastic ideas and/or recipes.<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting<br />
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I mentioned recently I went the recent <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/magnetic-photo-peg.html" target="_blank">Quilters and Craft Fair</a>, well one thing I purchased when I was there was this gorgeous material…<br />
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And the cutest little stuffed toy pattern from <a href="http://www.funkyfriendsfactory.com/" target="_blank">Funky Friends Factory</a><br />
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Isn’t she a darling?? Well guess what happens when you put them together?<br />
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You get Patty the Cow<br />
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She was a lot harder than I thought, a lot harder than <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/mrsperkins.html" target="_blank">Mrs.Perkins</a> but after unpicking and realigning and some hand sewing here and there she finally came together. I think she looks great, but I know there are a few imperfections but she is still the cutest!!<br />
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She thinks so too and is now found sitting in random spots throughout my house.<br />
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Just chilling on the laptop…<br />
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If you think she is cute, wait to you see what I did with the left-over fabric!! More on that later.<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting<br />
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Just a quick post today to show you more of my sketchbook. Nothing too exciting but something I wish to share.<br />
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I have mainly focused on animals in my past drawings but I would really love to do portraits, people are very hard though, well for me they are.<br />
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So let’s break it down bit by bit, and my first bit is an eye… just one.<br />
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I’m quite pleased with this, especially the folds on the left hand side of the eye. This was just roughly done in 2b pencil and only took about 15 minutes. But there will be more to come, practice makes perfect as they say.<br />
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I hope you’ve enjoyed another peek into the drawing side of my life, let me know what think.<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting<br />
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Finally finishing my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/black-and-white-quilt-reveal.html" target="_blank">quilt </a>the other day and ticking it off my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/2012/01/resolute-this.html" target="_blank">goals</a> for 2012 made me realise I should really go back and have a look at them and see if I am on track 4 months later. So here goes nothing… Be prepared for a lot incoherent rambling.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Goal 1 was to craft more</span><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></strong><br />
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And more specifically complete the following projects<br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: black;"><strike>Finish my quilt</strike></span> </li>
<li>Gallery Wall for Kitchen –<span style="color: #9b00d3;"><strong>I have the quilt made and bought some frames and have ideas in my mind, does that count??</strong></span> </li>
<li>Bathroom Organisers </li>
<li>Finish my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/search/label/Cross-Stitch">Cross-Stitch</a> </li>
<li>Make a handbag </li>
<li>Finish my Elephant <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/search/label/Drawing">Drawing</a> and complete 2 other drawings </li>
<li>Continue to learn <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/2011/11/butterfly-crochet.html">crochet</a> and complete and hat for Tiana </li>
<li>Make a skirt </li>
<li>Make my clown doll </li>
<li>Make at least 2 things for my niece’s school raffle </li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><strike>Make Cards for every birthday and anniversary this year (no buying last minute cards)</strike></span> <span style="color: #9b00d3;"><strong>So Far so good on this but there is still 8 months to go…</strong></span> </li>
<li>Redo my Kitchen table table and find chairs to suit it </li>
<li>Redo my book shelf </li>
<li>Make a meal organiser </li>
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Not looking too good so far, but still have 8 months to go.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Goal 2 was Organise and Declutter</span></strong><br />
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Source: <a href="http://cathhasablog.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/organizing-cupboards-pantry.html" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">cathhasablog.blogspot.com.au</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/madmim/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Michelle</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div>
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<li>My Bathroom</li>
<li>Kitchen Pantry <strong> <span style="color: #9b00d3;">Half way there, it is all organised and decluttered, just need to get my vinyl chalkboard labels and jars I want</span> </strong></li>
<li>My Craft Room</li>
<li>My Bedroom</li>
<li>Utilising a daily planner as to not forget about things </li>
<li><span style="color: #69656f;"><strike>Meal Organising</strike></span> – <strong><span style="color: #9b00d3;">I haven’t made a meal organiser as such but I have been sitting down and doing up a weekly meal plan and shopping accordingly.</span> </strong></li>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Not too bad there…</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Goal 3 was A Healthier Life.</span></strong><br />
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Specific goals included<br />
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<li>Exercising at least 2-3 times a week </li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><strike>Minimal junk food ( I am only human and know I have weaknesses, but limit my self to only one or two times a week)</strike></span> </li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><strike>Drinking at least 2 litres of water a day </strike></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><strike>Cooking with fresh ingredients</strike> </span></li>
<li><strike><span style="color: black;">Planning meals ahead of time</span></strike> </li>
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So this is really going well on paper…except the exercise. I am eating really healthy except for the occasional treat and drinking lots of water, and I have actually lost 8kg. It’s not much in the big scheme of things but I am getting there.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Goal 4 was Grow my Blog and make some Friends</span></strong><br />
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I am pretty happy how this is going, I am posting consistently and slowly building followers. At the end of the day this is just a hobby, it’s my way of expressing myself, I don’t plan to make money from this space nor do I have the time or knowledge for it. I am just having fun I work full time so I just put in what I can when I can.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Goal 5 was to Spend more time with my family</span></strong><br />
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I still feel like we’re going through the motions a bit, but we’ve had some great athletic carnivals this year so far, lovely lunches and breakfasts on Sunday and some game playing and jewellery making with my daughter. So with the time we have I think we’re doing alright.<br />
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There you go, my goals in review. It was a bit of ramble as you have all probably come to expect from me at times. Did anyone else make goals, plans or resolutions this year? Have you stuck to them? If anyone has ideas, tips or tricks to help me stay on track please let me know. I will be all ears and I promise I wont babble on too much.<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">I Party Here</a></span></strong></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152297632548547761noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373516044611546538.post-25175739910374390302012-04-14T07:44:00.000+10:002012-04-14T11:25:40.394+10:00Black and White Quilt RevealHello Blog World<br />
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So after months and months of talking about it, I finally have the reveal for you!!<br />
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Remember this <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/2012/01/quilt-panel-sneak-peek.html" target="_blank">sneak peak</a> way back in January…<br />
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Well I am happy to say that it’s finally finished!!! Weeks and weeks of hand appliqueing, losing a panel because my dog got hold of it and thought it would be nice to play with in the backyard (thankfully it wasn't ruined, only a bit dirty, nothing a good hand wash couldn't fix), and miscutting my original fabric and having to rush off to buy more before the fabric shop shut was well worth it. I am very happy with the way that this quilt has turned out!<br />
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Black and white my favourite combo!! I bought this in a kit many many moons ago, I can’t even remember who it’s by. But as I said I am absolutely delighted in the way it has turned out. It’s going up on the wall and will be a major focus of my gallery wall when I get around to completing it.<br />
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Finishing this quilt and doing a gallery wall was part of my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/2012/01/resolute-this.html" target="_blank">goals</a> for this year, so I am glad to have one ticked off…woohoo!!! It’s just over 4 months since I declared my goals to the world so I might do a quick update later this week to let everyone know how I’m going. What do you guys think?<br />
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Anyways thanks for your patience with this reveal it took a lot longer than anticipated to complete due to not actually doing any work on it for a long while, but it’s finally done and as I mentioned before I am ecstatic with the finished project. (sorry I ramble when I am excited). This is my third quilt ever and I really love making them, I will have to start planning my next one I think.<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">I Party Here</a></span></strong></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152297632548547761noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373516044611546538.post-20315010113348740022012-04-11T16:38:00.000+10:002012-04-11T16:38:26.312+10:00Hello…Hello Blog World,<br />
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Told you there would be more cards this week. It is one of my main passions and now I am involved with <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/2012/04/love-letters-random-cards-of-kindness.html" target="_blank">love letters</a> I now have an even bigger excuse to make more.<br />
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Today I am showing you a card I made using this image from <a href="http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/colour-combo-challenge-for-april.html" target="_blank">Daring Card Makers</a><br />
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Just look at those colours all propped together, how can you not be inspired!<br />
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So with that in mind this is what I came up with.<br />
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I worked with what I had, I know my colours are a bit different but I loved the colours in the inspirational photo all lined up together so much that I wanted my card to reflect the same. Hence the multi-coloured picket fence. <br />
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Mmmm sorbet! This is just lots of old scrappy bits of cardstock, some bakers twine, rub ons that have been in my stash for ever and making memories die cuts. Oh and some kindy glitz to bling up the butterflies a bit.<br />
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So this week will be the reveal of my quilt I am really looking forward to showing you all that and don’t forget to check out my pins of the day on <a href="http://twitter.com/BMadmim" target="_blank">twitter.</a><br />
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Until then Happy Crafting<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">I Party Here</a></span></strong><br />
Entering this card into the following challenges<br />
<a href="http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/colour-combo-challenge-for-april.html" target="_blank">Daring Card Makers</a><br />
<a href="http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/pink-elephant-tpe-143.html" target="_blank">The Pink Elephant TPE143 – Flowers</a><br />
<a href="http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes</a>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152297632548547761noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373516044611546538.post-87509757955074757432012-04-10T09:39:00.000+10:002012-04-10T09:39:42.187+10:00Love Letters Random Cards of KindnessHello Blog World.<br />
<br />Easter is over for another year I hope everyone had a safe and happy one.<br />
<br />Today I am here to show you another card, you will probably see a lot more in the coming weeks as I need to build to my stash up again and I have also just joined up to <a href="http://loveletterscares.org/" target="_blank">Love Letters: Random Cards of Kindness Inc.</a> This is a wonderful organisation who give cards to children in hospitals throughout the U.S. I would love to do something here but I am yet to find anything so if anyone knows of anything similar in Australia please let me know.<br />
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Also if you are a card maker and have an overabundance of cards think about donating.<br />
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I took this week’s <a href="http://cleanandsimplestamping.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/185.html" target="_blank">Clean and Simple Sketch FTL185</a> and colours from <a href="http://cr84fncolorchallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/were-growingcr84fn51.html" target="_blank">CR84FN Colour Challenge</a><br />
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And came up with this.<br />
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It is very clean and simple, but I like it. I made the flowers myself by cutting out paper in a flower shape, crinkling and layering, then popped a brad in the middle to hold it all together. I also added a touch of bling to the edges because when in doubt add glitter.<br />
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I have also used my liquid pearls to highlight the centre of each little flower on the blue paper and believe it or not the background paper is more of a peach than a pink, it’s just my stupid photography skills did not pick that up.<br />
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Exciting things this week, you will see as I said earlier more cards from me as well as the <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/2012/01/quilt-panel-sneak-peek.html" target="_blank">quilt</a> reveal! <br />
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Also if you’re on <a href="http://twitter.com/BMadmim" target="_blank">twitter</a> look me up as I have been tweeting a random pin of the day, you never know what you might find.<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting<br />
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Easter is right around the corner, is everyone ready??<br />
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Just a quick post today to show you a new card. The mood struck so I took advantage of it and came up with this.<br />
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I find it very bright and cheery and I had lots of fun cutting out the petals and distressing them. This is one for my stash, but I may just send it down to my friend in Melbourne just because I miss her!<br />
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All supplies were from my extensive stash and include but are not limited to heidi grace paper, making memories brads, and generic cardstock and paper flowers.<br />
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Because of it’s cheery theme I have decided to enter in the following challenges.<br />
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<a href="http://ribboncarouselchallenge.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">The Ribbon Carousel – Spring is in the air</a><br />
<a href="http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes</a><br />
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And yes I know it’s not spring here in Australia, it is technically our Autumn but I am in sunny Queensland and it is going to be 30 degrees Celcius ( about 86 F) so it’s still quite warm here.<br />
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The long weekend is here, I am very excited, lots of housework to do, a BBQ and hopefully lots of crafting. I am still binding my quilt, but I am only doing a little bit every night (I am very slow at hand binding). Hopefully I can get this done by the end of the long weekend.<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting<br />
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Exciting news, I am nearly finished my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/quilt-panel-sneak-peek.html" target="_blank">quilt</a>, I just have the binding to go. So stay tuned for the reveal!<br />
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But today I am here for just a quick post to show you a scrapbook page I have been working on, but not a traditional scrap page, a digital layout. <br />
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I love traditional <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Scrapbooking" target="_blank">scrapping</a> but sometimes I really don’t mind having a fiddle with my paint shop pro and creating something on the digital level. I have so many photo’s and there is only so much you can do with them, so I like to do digi’s every now and then and they look great as wallpapers and also on my screensaver. The digi below is for a proper hardcover book I am going to get printed as a gift. Just need lots more pages first!<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-j4biQq1iPPQ/T3vsk4aL-II/AAAAAAAACFU/CEmMQsnNWAk/s1600-h/melbourne%252520trip%252520004%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="melbourne trip 004" border="0" height="520" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-A08QW_6EPWE/T3vsmLglOjI/AAAAAAAACFc/VguuQWZd2Lk/melbourne%252520trip%252520004_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="melbourne trip 004" width="520" /></a><br />
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This is of my visit to Melbourne and when my friends and I visited a local art museum. I love this layout because for me it tells the story of the day, which is really what scrapbooking is about isn’t it? Telling stories and preserving memories.<br />
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Just look at those cows, ain’t they a hoot?<br />
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Anyway, this is page 1 of as I said hopefully a beautifully bound hard cover album, that I want to complete this year as a gift, I will keep you all updated on the progress.<br />
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Now off to bind…<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting<br />
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First a bit of a brag about my family life, little Athletics is over for another season and congratulations to my daughter for making the state championships, she didn’t make the state team but she is still a champion in my eye making it that far. On another note she has made the state team for FUTSAL (Indoor Soccer for people not in the know). I wish I knew where she got her athleticism from!<br />
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Now on to why we are really here, the crafts!!<br />
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With all the sporting events and work and drawing classes, there has not been too much time for crafting. I am still working on my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/green-tree-froga-drawing-and-other.html" target="_blank">hutch</a> and I am hoping to have that finished on the Easter break, I have also started sewing my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/quilt-panel-sneak-peek.html" target="_blank">quilt</a> together and hope to have that finished this weekend.<br />
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What I did manage to sneak in on the weekend before I started piecing my quilt together was a small project I have been wanting to complete.<br />
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My magnetic photo peg! You may remember these <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/photo-pegs.html" target="_blank">photo pegs</a> I made for my sister in law’s first market stall last year.<br />
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<a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/photo-pegs.html" target="_blank"><img alt="peg all" border="0" height="379" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-k2nhLFK8M_w/T3RBVK4GONI/AAAAAAAACDc/slvKWe4IFac/peg%252520all%25255B6%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="peg all" width="500" /></a><br />
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Well I really loved these and I had one left over that I kept for myself. So it’s been sitting there all naked for the last 4 months, just waiting to be made into something beautiful.<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-yNgd7wzvzQM/T3RBXrooQJI/AAAAAAAACDk/KxTKLbhKtFs/s1600-h/magnetised%252520photo%252520peg%25252001%25255B5%25255D.png"><img alt="magnetised photo peg 01" border="0" height="469" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-3gQXvfbaD2U/T3RBaEHqELI/AAAAAAAACDs/7qSVDT7LTuU/magnetised%252520photo%252520peg%25252001_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="magnetised photo peg 01" width="350" /></a><br />
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So since I had all my quilt bits out and they are blacks and whites, I thought why not work with the same theme? Grabbed my paper scraps out, found the perfect paper. Then had some scraps from my quilt and made my ruffle flower I love so much and hot glued her on.<br />
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Ta-da…fully clothed and magnetised photo/document peg!<br />
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You can’t really tell, but the pattern on the black paper is silver, so it has just the right amount of bling for me.<br />
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And I absolutely adore these flowers made out of fabric scraps, I just can’t stop making them. This time I popped a big plain black brad in the middle.<br />
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Nice side shot, see magnets hot glued to the back. I also painted the sides black to give a bit of a uniformed look I guess, but not the inside. My daughter Tiana said I should’ve painted that bit too. What do you guys think?<br />
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And here it is in use, cute and practical. Just what every girl needs. All in all I am very happy with how it turned out. Simple, cute and practical!<br />
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On a side note we had a craft fair last weekend, and I dragged hubby along, I did get some goodies, but have forgotten to take photos, maybe later. But one thing I didn’t forget to take a photo of is my new mug, exclusively reserved for when I am crafting.<br />
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Isn’t she a beauty?? I just couldn’t pass her up when I saw it!<br />
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I will be using her a lot this weekend, I have a lot of sewing planned and an announcement on a new card making venture I have just gotten involved with, but more on that later.<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">I Party Here</a></span></strong></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152297632548547761noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373516044611546538.post-51189792312177608442012-03-24T17:09:00.000+10:002012-04-15T09:15:41.474+10:00Favourite Easter CraftsHello Blog World,<br />
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Due to lack of crafting because of life getting in the way and because <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/2012/02/favourite-valentines-crafts.html" target="_blank">My Favourite Valentine Crafts</a> Post was so popular, I thought I would put out there some of my favourite Easter crafts this year, that hopefully I will get a chance to make at least some of them!<br />
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So in no particular order I present to you <br />
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<strong>1.<a href="http://chezbeeperbebe.blogspot.com.au/2010/03/tutorial-and-pattern-felt-egg-design.html" target="_blank">Felt Easter Quiet Book by Chez Beeper Bebe</a></strong><br />
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<a href="http://chezbeeperbebe.blogspot.com.au/2010/03/tutorial-and-pattern-felt-egg-design.html" target="_blank"><img alt="champagne-toast" border="0" height="400" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TgPKSVi2yoM/T207tSMdEyI/AAAAAAAACBc/y61CZJQTGjY/champagne-toast7.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="champagne-toast" width="400" /></a><br />
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I love quiet books for little kids, and this one is gorgeous especially for this time of year. <br />
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<strong>2.<a href="http://gratefulprayerthankfulheart.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/crochet-easter-egg.html" target="_blank">Crochet Easter Egg by With a Grateful Prayer and a Thankful Heart</a></strong><br />
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Aren’t the colours in this sooo sweet? She even has directions on how to make this!<br />
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<strong>3. <a href="http://allsorts.typepad.com/allsorts/2011/01/its-fluffy-its-stuffy-its-a-bunny.html" target="_blank">Fluffy Stuffy Bunny by Allsorts</a></strong><br />
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I love this because how cute she is obviously! But you don’t need to just keep her for easter, this would make a cute gift any time of the year. Pattern and directions are on the Allsorts site!<br />
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<strong>4. <a href="http://www.u-createcrafts.com/2012/03/faux-chenille-bunny-tutorial-by-sew.html" target="_blank">Faux Chenille Bunny Tutorial and Pattern from Sew Much Ado</a></strong><br />
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I love this, so pink, so ruffly looking, so cute! I am thinking of trying to get this done in time to donate to my niece’s special school raffle. <br />
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<strong>5. <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2012/03/make-a-washi-tape-spring-egg-wreath.html#more-33743" target="_blank">Washi Tape Spring Egg Wreath by Tatertots and Jello</a></strong><br />
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Look at how fun this is, love the bright colours!!<br />
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<strong>6. <a href="http://kikicreates.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/little-bunny-basket-all-about-easter.html" target="_blank">A Little Bunny Basket by Kiki Creates</a></strong><br />
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Isn’t this the sweetest? I could imagine a little girl going egg hunting toting one of these along with her! How I wish my daughter was little again!<br />
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<strong>7. <a href="http://toriejayne.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/sequin-eggs.html" target="_blank">Sequin Eggs by Torie Jayne</a></strong><br />
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Amazing what a foam egg form, sequins and pins can achieve. I just love the simplicity of this. They would look fab on top of a candle stick or a few in bowl?<br />
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<strong>8. </strong><strong><a href="http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net/polka-dot-canvas-free-printable" target="_blank">Polka Dot Free Printable by Craftaholics Anonymous</a></strong><br />
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<a href="http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net/polka-dot-canvas-free-printable" target="_blank"><img alt="Easter-Mantel-096" border="0" height="322" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3EvBXlsGP0w/T2075cZLneI/AAAAAAAACCg/AwozkuhgUUY/Easter-Mantel-0967.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Easter-Mantel-096" width="400" /></a><br />
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It wouldn’t be a complete list without a printable or two now would it? And I absolutely adore this one from Craftyholics Anonymous. So bright and cheery! And honestly you could use it all year round, I know I plan to.<br />
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<strong>9. <a href="http://blog.catchmyparty.com/2012/03/15/free-easter-printables-from-green-beansie-cards/" target="_blank">Free Easter Printables by Green Beansie Cards via Catch My Party</a></strong><br />
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Absolutely love the bright colours and patterns here and you not only do you get what you see here there are also cupcake wrappers, a happy easter banner and heaps more!<br />
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<strong>10.<a href="http://www.amatterofmemories.com/2011/04/printable-happy-easter-printable-art.html" target="_blank">Happy Easter Printable by A Matter of Memories</a></strong><br />
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I love this bunny with it’s cute little cotton tail, you can head over to a matter of memories and get one in each colour if you like!<br />
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Well that’s it. There are so many more great Easter crafts out there but you gotta stop somewhere right and with Easter only being 2 weeks away, for anyone that wants to make any of the ideas above you better get to it!<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">I Party Here</a></span></strong></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152297632548547761noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373516044611546538.post-77830351071099488202012-03-23T17:58:00.000+10:002012-03-23T17:58:20.110+10:00My SketchpadHello Blog World<br />
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I mentioned in my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/2012/03/create-canvas.html" target="_blank">last post</a> that I was starting up <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Drawing" target="_blank">drawing</a> classes. This is the first art class I have attended since moving from Melbourne over 6 years and to say I was a nervous is a complete under statement!<br />
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The main reason for my nerves besides worry if I was good enough and meeting new people was this was “real life” drawing. Meaning still lives, drawing from sculptures, life forms etc… I had only ever drawn using reference photo’s before and never still life. I tell you it’s a lot harder than I thought and also very different. But I had a fantastic time and can’t wait till next week to see what else I will learn.<br />
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In celebration of my drawing classes I am sharing with you today a couple of practice sketches I did of some branches as well as the still life I did in class.<br />
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These branches, I did a practice run when I was at a little athletics tournament a couple of weeks ago. <br />
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And wah lah, my finished piece from class. Bare in mind it’s all beginners stuff and it’s not the next masterpiece. But I am very pleased with the progression and as I said earlier I cannot wait until next Tuesday!<br />
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Not much happening on the crafty side this weekend, my daughter has her state championships for little athletics all weekend, so we will be there cheering her on. Fingers crossed she makes the state team to go to nationals!<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting.<br />
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Ok I know you have all been waiting patiently. I teased you all yesterday with this <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/versatile-blogger-award-and-sneak-peek.html" target="_blank">sneak peek.</a><br />
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And I asked you what would a person need with all these rosettes? Well now I am going to tell you, first a bit of background.<br />
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While perusing blog land a few weeks ago I stumbled across this beauty.<br />
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Isn’t it beautiful? I knew when I saw this I wanted to make something similar. So while pottering around my craft room the other day and after making my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/2012/03/fabric-flowers-tutorial.html" target="_blank">flower magnets</a> using my scraps, I saw this little blank canvas in my stash just screaming to be used. <br />
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So I grabbed some of the <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/my-first-power-tool.html" target="_blank">paint</a> I bought for redecorating – fresh breeze to be exact and painted up this little canvas.<br />
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I just love this colour!!! <br />
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I also had some Thickers fabric letters again just itching to be used. <br />
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So I dug through my gorgeous stash of material found some complimentary colours and made lots and lots of <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/2012/03/versatile-blogger-award-and-sneak-peek.html" target="_blank">rosettes</a> as you have already seen.<br />
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This is what happened when I threw them all together.<br />
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A different spin on <a href="http://www.homemadeginger.com/2012/03/lovely-home-day-1-cheery-door-hoop.html" target="_blank">Ginger’s version</a>, but I am in love with it and it’s the first addition to my craft room that is slowly being redone. My inspirational piece with all the colours I am redoing my room in and something to inspire and motivate me in my craft blocked moments.<br />
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On another note I am very excited and very very nervous for two reason. The first reason for excitement is I have started a <a href="http://facebook.com/pages/Michelles-Craft/268498536559764" target="_blank"><u>facebook</u></a> page for my site, so please stop by and look, there is not much there yet but it will hopefully grow slowly like my little place here in my corner of blogland, I look forward to meeting you all.<br />
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Secondly I have enrolled in <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Drawing" target="_blank">drawing</a> classes and my first class is tomorrow!!! I am very shy believe it or not so am nervous about meeting new people and nervous about whether my work is good enough or not. So think of me tomorrow night while I am feeling ill from nervousness by trying to branch out and better my crafts! I will let you all know how it goes.<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">I Party Here</a></span></strong></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152297632548547761noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373516044611546538.post-53750148521304692272012-03-18T08:32:00.000+10:002012-04-15T09:16:06.481+10:00Versatile Blogger Award and a Sneak PeekHello Blog World,<br />
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Firstly a big thanks goes out to the lovely ladies over at <a href="http://sisterkins.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Sisterkins</a> for awarding my blog <strong>The Versatile Blogger Award. </strong>Thanks so much ladies, what a great way to start my Sunday morning. Now go check them out. <br />
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As part of this award I need to tell you 7 things about myself and pass on to another 5 great blogs I love and after this scroll to the bottom for a sneak peek of a new project I am working on…I love a bit of mystery.<br />
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So in no particular order here are 5 blogs I love – I wish I could pick more.<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.momontimeout.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mom on a Timeout</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://sweetbeebuzzings.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sweet Bee Buzzings</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://mademarion.vagg.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Made Marion</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://partycraftsecrets.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Party Craft Secrets</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://serenityyou.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Serenity You</span></a></li>
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It was really hard just narrowing down 5, I probably could’ve added 20 more easy. <br />
This part is even harder! 7 facts about Michelle…I find this hard because what you see is what ya get pretty much.<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>I love to read, I read anywhere between 6-10 books a year. I have had a love of reading for as long as I remember, mainly fantasy, horror and thriller novels. Stephen King is one of favourite authors. Currently I am ready The Sookie Stackhouse Series, which is based on the True Blood TV series, I am just about to start book 5 of this. <br />
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>I am addicted to coffee. I cannot leave the house in the morning without one. <br /><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Don’t judge me on this one please. I smoke cigarettes! </b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>I love Australian Rules Footy (AFL) – I live and breathe it come the winter months, my team is the Collingwood Magpies. <br />
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>I love all music (except rap sorry). I have a wide variety of music and own about 7000 songs ranging from Abba to ZZ Top literally. This leads me to… <br />
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>I sing, now I am not very good at it but I sing all the time. In the shower, at work, in the car, while writing this post. I just can’t help it I have song in my soul.</b></span></li>
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So there you go 7 random things about me you didn’t know. Check out my 5 blogs, they are great and I always get great joy reading them.<br />
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I did promise ya’ll a sneak peek of a new project I have been working on this week. With work and family life, it hasn’t left too much time for crafting unfortunately but I have been working on something that has heaps of these…<br />
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Why would someone want so many rosettes you ask? Ha Ha! You will have to stay tuned, tomorrow I will reveal exactly why I need so many… so I will leave you with another pretty picture.<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting<br />
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Got the rest of my house cleaning done so after a lovely lunch with hubby, I dove into my craft room wanting to make something. After pottering for a while and tidying I came across some magnet backs and thought hmm I know what I can do.<br />
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Looked it over and was originally going to make a flower like I did for my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/shabby-teacup-pincushion.html" target="_blank">teacup</a>, but realised none of the scraps were long enough, so I remember seeing a flower done with circles, so I went about cutting out a few circles about 2” wide out of these beauties, oh and some felt.<br />
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You then just grab one circle fold it in half wrong sides together and then fold it in half again.<br />
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And then just sew it down to your felt ( you could also use hot glue, but I prefer to sew it, I think it gives it a much nicer look and without the mess)<br />
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Then sew the other 4 circles on in the same fashion and then a button, bead or brad through the centre and hot glue a magnet on the back. Wah Lah<br />
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A bit of advice though, originally I cut the felt the same size as my fabric circles but it was a bit big and you could see it underneath the pretty fabric, so cut it a bit smaller than your fabric circles. 1/2” around should do it. <br />
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I was really happy with the result so I wanted to make another one but in a different colour. So I went digging through my stash again and got out some blacks, but then found one that was long enough for my ruffled flower, so this is my second magnet of the day.<br />
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It’s scraps from the quilt I am making at the moment. I love black and whites, very classy. This time I sewed a plain white button in the centre. If anyone is interested on how to do this flower let me know and I will post a how to, and if anyone has any questions about the circle flower just ask I am more than happy to help.<br />
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I will leave you today with a picture of both my pretty magnets that are proudly holding up my daughters soccer tournament info on my fridge.<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">I Party Here</a></span></strong></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152297632548547761noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373516044611546538.post-14824452447632463112012-03-11T16:31:00.000+10:002012-03-11T16:31:20.791+10:00Baby AlbumHello Blog World,<br />
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Just another quick post today to show you another layout for my daughter baby album that I worked on last night after high pressure cleaning half my house.<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cDbq2rIkHpA/T1xF93bybRI/AAAAAAAAB50/338GNG6u4Bo/s1600-h/baby%252520album%25255B5%25255D.png"><img alt="baby album" border="0" height="572" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mEIHZBWoqWM/T1xGBSIiBQI/AAAAAAAAB58/z36dMK6fz8Y/baby%252520album_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="baby album" width="564" /></a><br />
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My gorgeous girl when she was 4 months old. Ain’t she cute!<br />
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I have had the the papers and embellishments for a while for this album, just been slack about putting them together. This is my third page for the album you can see the other two <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/2012/03/1st-wheels.html" target="_blank">in</a> full detail, just click on the pics below.<br />
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Can you start to see the colour theme happening??<br />
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Oh, I forgot to mention yesterday that I have added an about me page so if anyone is interested head over <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/p/about-me.html" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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Now I’m off to finish the high pressure cleaning. Then I might try and get that doggy bandana done or something else before the weekend ends.<br />
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Until then happy crafting<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">I Party Here</a></span></strong></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152297632548547761noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373516044611546538.post-2572736011802905302012-03-10T13:09:00.000+10:002012-03-10T13:09:09.843+10:001st WheelsHello Blog World,<br />
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Another quick post today to show you a quick scrapbook page I did for my daughter’s baby album. I know I know I should be sewing and painting my hutch but the scrapping mood hit and I took full advantage.<br />
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It’s another page for my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/on-go.html" target="_blank">daughter’s baby album</a> and this photo was taken on her first birthday with her present which was one of those car things you can sit on and ride or push. She loved it for a very long time.<br />
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Basic supplies used here, some paper flowers, heidi grace papers, hand stitching and stamps. But I do love how it turned out. I might even try to get another layout done today after I have attacked the house exterior with the pressure cleaner. <br />
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Until then Happy Crafting.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">I Party Here</a></span></strong></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152297632548547761noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373516044611546538.post-26553245762891067212012-03-08T18:55:00.002+10:002012-04-15T09:16:31.266+10:00Surprise SurpriseHello Blog World,<br />
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Just a quick post today to show you another card I have made. I seem to be back in the cardmaking business…I had so much fund making my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/2012/03/thanks.html" target="_blank">thanks</a> card for my friend on the weekend and with a few birthday’s coming up I thought “Hey why not, let’s make some more”.<br />
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So I took inspiration from the Clean and Simple <a href="http://cleanandsimplestamping.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/180.html" target="_blank">FTL180 Sketch</a> again but changed it up this time and paired it up with The paper players – <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Spring has Sprung Challenge</a> (even though it’s autumn here) <br />
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And I came up with this. I guess it doesn’t really look like the sketch too much anymore…<br />
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Very spring has sprung if I do say so myself, also used a lot of scraps up and a flower punch for the flowers. So this is for my stash as one of my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/resolute-this.html" target="_blank">goals</a> this year was to give handmade cards for all events, so I need to build my stash up. <br />
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I am going to try my hand this week at a doggy bandana for my puppy so stay tuned.<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting.<br />
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<strong>And Entering this card into the following challenges</strong><br />
<a href="http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/challenge-122-punches-and-dies.html" target="_blank">Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge 122 – Punches and Dies</a><br />
<a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">The Paper Players Challenge #85 – Spring has Sprung</a><br />
<a href="http://cleanandsimplestamping.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/180.html" target="_blank">Clean and Simple FTL180 Sketch</a><br />
<a href="http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Papertake Weekly Challenge – Anything Goes</a><br />
<a href="http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">The Pink Elephant – Layers Challenge</a>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152297632548547761noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373516044611546538.post-83141745894835531192012-03-05T17:49:00.004+10:002012-04-15T09:17:06.027+10:00ThanksHello Blog World,<br />
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I guess it’s fitting today that I am here to show you a thankyou card I made on the weekend for a dear friend that leant me her high pressure cleaner, because when I opened my email tonight before coming to write this I had an email from the lovely Alisha at <a href="http://craftybrooklynarmywife.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Crafty Brooklyn Army Wife</a> leaving me a lovely comment on my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/2012/03/raspberry-and-white-chocolate-croissant.html" target="_blank">Raspberry and White Choc Croissant Pudding</a> and <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/2012/01/white-chocolate-and-raspberry-muffins.html" target="_blank">Raspberry and White Choc Muffins</a> and awarding my The Liebster Award - So thank you so much Alisha I am very honoured!<br />
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The Liebster Award’s aim is to bring attention to blogs with less than 200 followers. If you are selected, you are meant to do the following.<br />
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<li>Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.</li>
<li>Post the award on your blog.</li>
<li>List the bloggers you are giving this award to with links to their sites.</li>
<li>Best of all, have fun and share the love!</li>
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So, in keeping with the Rules, here are my five blog choices, in no order.<br />
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<li>Liz @ <a href="http://herestohandyandy.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Here’s to Handy Andy</a></li>
<li>Linda @ <a href="http://partycraftsecrets.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Partycraft Secrets</a></li>
<li>Melissa @ <a href="http://beedevinedesigns.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Bee Divine Designs</a></li>
<li>Jan @ <a href="http://huhsothisisablog.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Huh, so this is a blog</a></li>
<li>Michelle @ <a href="http://michelleleadesign.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Michelle Lea Designs</a></li>
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Check them all out they are great and definitely up and coming!<br />
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Now onto my card, not much to say about it really. Just a quick card I made for a friend using this weeks <a href="http://cleanandsimplestamping.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/180.html" target="_blank">Clean and Simple FTL180 Sketch</a><br />
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Nothing too special, just quick and easy but straight to the point. Exactly what this girl likes.<br />
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I love the pearls!!! Had to do a close up of it!<br />
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I didn’t get all the sanding and painting done I wanted over the weekend so there will be more of that this weekend and hopefully do some more on my quilt.<br />
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Now go check out those blogs and until then Happy Crafting.<br />
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I have had another busy week with work and exercising (7kg lost since Christmas) but good news is I have started my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/green-tree-froga-drawing-and-other.html" target="_blank">hutch</a> – sanded my butt off yesterday and boy I am feeling it today, going to prime and hopefully get the first coat of paint on. I am so excited.<br />
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But I am here today to share a beautiful recipe with you. Remember for new years eve I made these beautiful <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/white-chocolate-and-raspberry-muffins.html" target="_blank">Raspberry and White Chocolate Muffins</a><br />
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Well on the same theme of that today I am sharing Raspberry and <strong>White Chocolate Croissant Pudding! </strong>I did promise you after all.<br />
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This is a delicious dessert nice in the cooler months and very simple to make. (full recipe after the shameless photo shoot)<br />
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First all your ingredients.<br />
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Then some fancy layering<br />
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More layering and cook!<br />
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Full Recipe for Raspberry and White Chocolate Croissant Pudding (adapted from Australian Women’s Weekly)<br />
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<strong>Ingredients </strong><br />
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<li>5 Croissants sliced thinly ( i just cut mine in half)</li>
<li>1/2 cup raspberry jam (jelly for my American friends)</li>
<li>100g white eating chocolate, chopped coarsely</li>
<li>1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries</li>
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<strong>Custard</strong><br />
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<li>1 1/2 cups cream</li>
<li>1 1/4 cups milk</li>
<li>1/3 cup caster sugar</li>
<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract</li>
<li>4 eggs</li>
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Firstly prepare over to 160c/140c fan forced. Grease a shallow (about 2 litre or 8 cup) oven proof dish.<br />
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Make the custard by bringing cream, milk, sugar and extract to the boil in medium saucepan. Whisk eggs in large bowl and whisking constantly gradually add hot cream mixture into egg mixture.<br />
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Layer croissant slices, overlapping slightly in your dish. Dollop spoonful's of jam over slices. Sprinkle with chocolate and berries. Pour custard over the top.<br />
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Place your greased dish in a larger baking dish and add enough boiling water to come halfway up the sides of your greased dish.<br />
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Bake pudding for about 1 hour or until set. Remove from oven and let stand about 5 minutes before serving.<br />
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I did forget to take a nice photo of it served in a bowl with cream or ice cream because it goes that fast!! I like it with ice cream but as I said you can serve with cream, ice cream or even more cold custard! It’s so easy to make but looks and tastes superb. <br />
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Next time we are thinking of using blueberries instead of raspberries, I wonder how that will turn out.<br />
Off I go now for more sanding and priming, Oh I also need to make a thankyou card for a dear friend so I will be back later with that.<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">I Party Here</a></span></strong></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152297632548547761noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373516044611546538.post-32438054610017135322012-02-26T08:43:00.001+10:002012-04-15T09:17:26.250+10:00Pantry LovingHello Blog World<br />
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First I have to send out a big thankyou to Liz at <a href="http://herestohandyandy.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Here’s to Handy Andy</a> for featuring my husband’s <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/2012/02/masculine-birthday.html" target="_blank">birthday card</a> I made last week, this just made my day today when I got up and saw it in my inbox. Thanks so much Liz.<br />
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Here’s a pic if you’ve forgotten what it looks like, now go check out Liz’s space.</div>
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But today is all about organisation!<br />
As you know one of my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/resolute-this.html" target="_blank">goals</a> for 2012 was to organise and declutter. It’s a year long process I have come to realise and while I am making a good start on it, I need to get my butt into gear!<br />
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My pantry is close to completion though I am proud to say – more on that later, but because my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/craft-room-dreaming.html" target="_blank">Craft Room Dreaming</a> post was so popular I thought I would share with you some of my favourite pantry reorganisations out there in blog land out the moment.<br />
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Keep in mind I am in a rental property so I cannot add new cupboards or screw things into walls etc…so these are more on the practical side to motivate me!<br />
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Source: <a href="http://cathhasablog.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/organizing-cupboards-pantry.html" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">cathhasablog.blogspot.com.au</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/madmim/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Michelle</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div>
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Cath’s pantry is very similar to mine. It’s just a straight up and down cupboard nothing special, but I love how she has organised it, it’s very practical and still appealing to the eye.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://classyclutter.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/kitchen-pantry-for-one-of-our-favorite.html" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">classyclutter.blogspot.com.au</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/madmim/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Michelle</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div>
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I love the pretty glass jars and labels that Mallory and Savannah have used over at <a href="http://classyclutter.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/kitchen-pantry-for-one-of-our-favorite.html" target="_blank">Classy Clutter</a>.<br />
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Love the natural baskets here and all those spices set out nice and neatly. Isn’t that yellow just the cutest?<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MXl6k1spbjc/T0lijF2zajI/AAAAAAAAB0w/q82h9Sd7kR8/s1600-h/Pantry-Finished5.jpg"><img alt="Pantry Finished" border="0" height="660" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-r4_dUAEL_Wk/T0likk1uPzI/AAAAAAAAB04/TJKehBc8RZE/Pantry-Finished_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Pantry Finished" width="440" /></a><br />
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Ok I think we have all seen this pantry from <a href="http://www.thehouseofsmiths.com/2010/07/pantry-remix.html" target="_blank">House of Smiths</a>, but how can you go past this? The stencilling on the wall, the beautiful glass jars and crates? Oh how I wish my pantry was a corner one like this.<br />
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Another small pantry like mine, perfectly organised by Shaunna at <a href="http://www.perfectlyimperfectblog.com/2011/08/a-pantry-makeover.html" target="_blank">Perfectly Imperfect</a>. Again we have the beautiful glass jars, crates and cane baskets. It looks great!<br />
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So I have to say my pantry is pretty much organised the way I want and we have kept it like that for about 3 weeks now but I still have some finishing touches before I give you the full reveal. But here is a sneak peek of before!<br />
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Well it was actually during the middle of clean up! I forgot to take a full before photo!<br />
So hopefully in the next week I will have it fully finished and be able to reveal it all to the world.<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/p/link-parties.html" target="_blank">I Party Here</a></span></strong></div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152297632548547761noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373516044611546538.post-43786059016608272562012-02-25T18:33:00.000+10:002012-02-25T18:33:10.335+10:00Instagram!!Hello Blog World,<br />
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As some of you might know I am pretty slow when it comes to some things, like blogging, pinterest and now my new obsession INSTAGRAM!<br />
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I love taking photos and so much want to get better at it but I do tend to take a lot with my Iphone so when I heard of this app I knew I was going to just love it!<br />
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So because I have been slack with crafting lately I thought I would share with you some of my instagram photos today! I have been crazily uploading my best shots to show the world and here are a few for you guys.<br />
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Sunset at Byron Bay – I am happy to say that this has had no editing!</div>
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Red Flower from a tree in my backyard, I used the Kelvin filter on this one</div>
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Some seafoam bubbles take down on the gold coast last year, I love the iridescence.</div>
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Another beach sunset – this time at Coolangatta</div>
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A lonely sunflower we saw on our way home from a country drive one Sunday</div>
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This was actually taken this morning at the local oval watching my daughter play athletics</div>
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My daughter ready to embrace the ocean on a cold winter’s day! </div>
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A lonely bug sitting on a cotton flower, found her while having a picnic last year.</div>
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The entrance to the beach at Coolangatta – Don’t you just wish you were there right now?</div>
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I just love this one, how the middle of the flower is alive and well and the leaves are just decaying away.</div>
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So I am obviously an amateur but I am really enjoy taking photos, especially of things in nature, and it’s been great today uploading these going back over all these wonderful memories.<br />
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Well that’s my instagram review. I LOVE it!! I love playing around with the filters, this has become my new obsession. If anyone uses it and you wanna look me up you can go either <a href="http://followgram.me/madmim" target="_blank">here</a> or lookup @madmim on your app. If you do let me know I would love to see what photo’s you guys are taking.<br />
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Until then happy crafting<br />
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I was that excited I just had to share firstly the colour palette I will be using in redecorating and reorganizing my craft room.<br />
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My <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/green-tree-froga-drawing-and-other.html" target="_blank">hutch</a> is going to be powder fresh, the <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/more-thrifty-finds.html" target="_blank">small cabinet</a> from thrift shop finds will be the Fresh Breeze.<br />
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The pink Persuasion is just some minor touches throughout the room – maybe my clock or even birdcage who knows the sky’s the limit here!<br />
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These are the knobs I am thinking of buying off Ebay for my hutch – what do you guys think? I can’t decide between the antique metal ones or crystal look ones – which one do you prefer?<br />
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My other excitement for the day is I have officially got my first power tool! Yay me!<br />
Introducing my new sander I think I will call her Sandy (haha pun intended)<br />
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So now I can’t wait to get into all of these projects I have on my horizon. Need to do the <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/green-tree-froga-drawing-and-other.html" target="_blank">hutch</a> first as it’s the biggest and the room will be cantered around that sort of. I will keep you guys updated as I go, until then Happy Crafting.<br />
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Today is my beautiful husbands 43rd Birthday. Happy Birthday Bubba!!!<br />
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He got spoiled with lots of pressies in bed this morning, a new PC game, a book, socks and boxers, smelly stuff and some hair clippers. We also took him out to a buffet breakfast!<br />
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And in keeping with my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/2012/01/resolute-this.html" target="_blank">goals</a> for 2012 I made him a card.<br />
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I gathered all my bits and pieces on my messy work desk<br />
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Lots of blues for the only boy in our life.<br />
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Found this gorgeous sketch from Clean and Simple – <a href="http://cleanandsimplestamping.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/178.html" target="_blank">Sketch FTL178</a>, I just knew it was perfect when I saw it.<br />
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And put it all together. I thought I would give monochrome another try as I wasn’t overly happy with my <a href="http://michellescraft.blogspot.com/2011/05/monochromatic.html" target="_blank">first try</a> last year.<br />
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And because I love bling and 3d I had to put some of that in there.<br />
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Needless to say he was very happy with his card, his presents and his breakfast. We have family coming over this afternoon for cake! So I will be back later with some updates on that.<br />
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Until then Happy Crafting.<br />
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<strong>Entering this card into the following challenges -</strong><br />
<a href="http://cleanandsimplestamping.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/178.html" target="_blank">Clean and Simple Stamping FTL178</a><br />
Crafty Cardmakers – <a href="http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Monochromatic Challenge</a><br />
Creative Card Crew – <a href="http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Masculine Challenge</a><br />
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge – <a href="http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/challenge-120-favourite-things.html" target="_blank">Favourite Things</a>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152297632548547761noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373516044611546538.post-37295015760187135112012-02-18T13:31:00.003+10:002012-02-18T13:31:35.206+10:00A Week Without Blogging!!!Hello Blog World,<br />
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Yes I have been away for a whole week! I have been around just not posting as I have had nothing to say really. Work has been busy, life has been busy with school, work, birthdays, valentines day, exercising, cleaning, sporting events etc... So I thought I would pop in today to firstly congratulate my beautiful daughter on qualifying for the Little Athletics State Championships in 80 metre hurdles, 800 meter and 100 meter runs. She is already a champion in my mind. Check out the gorgeous photo’s my brother in law took at the regional championships.<br />
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These were taken at the regional championships last week, where she got 2 bronze medals and qualified for the state championships as mentioned above.<br />
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So other than championship qualification we have had soccer tryouts, Valentines day which we didn’t do anything special for as Tiana had athletics training that day, movie night with a girlfriend, I saw The Vow and loved it! Oh and preparing for my husbands birthday. So I will be back with a card later!<br />
<br />We’ve also had some really hot weather again but it makes for some beautiful sunsets. <br />So I just had to share with you also a Queensland summer sunset, hopefully it warms all you lovely people having your winter at the moment on the other side of the world.<br />
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So beautiful! Well that’s my week in review, the weekend is here. I have to make a card for hubby and I got a bunnings voucher for Valentines Day (for my American friends, Bunnings is like your lowes hardware store, I think), so I will be off there today to buy my paint and other bibs and bobs for my hutch. <br />
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I hope everyone has a great weekend planned, until then happy crafting.<br />
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