Granny Boo

My last little breath of weekend before going back to school for term 4 involved finishing off this little girl for un upcoming fundraiser
Teaching some great people how to make legless, faceless dogs (actually I taught them the legs and faces too - we just didn't make it to the finish line)

and celebrating Granny's 103rd Birthday!

(Mr Ric Rac's granny, known as Granny-Boo born in 1908.)

The lure of the Lilliputian

Dear friends, I think I might need an intervention

Parsley and Beet pattern reduced to 50% in size..

If I start talking doll houses-just shoot me.

Playdate

Mustard , Rocket and Dill

Can you guess which photo Rocket took?

friends, bloggers, countrymen, I need help

If busyness begets busyness than I am almost begetting myself into oblivion!
With the costume sewing providing a steady stream of tasks, I of course go off on a tangent or two and am suddenly all fired up to make other things and finish things off ...

What I really need to lend my mind to ...is the two studios I will be running at the Stitches and Craft show in Sydney later this month. My gorgeous assistant and I will head up on Saturday morning early and head back late Sunday afternoon. I will do a Saturday afternoon studio and a Sunday morning one as well.....

So here is where I need some help guys..... Firstly I need some Sydney-siders to give me some approximate directions via public transport for Annie and I to get to the show from the airport as well as a bit of a guesstimate on the time it will take. I haven't been to Sydney for years ! Maybe we could do a blogmeet at the show?

and then the big questions? What will I talk about for half an hour (a bit less if we have some questions and answers). I'm not sure of the technology available so lets just presume it is just me and a whiteboard!
What do you want to know about blogging if you are not a blogger?
What do you want to know if you are a blogger?
What would you particularly want to know from me if we were having a blog chat ?
Would you like a few handouts?
I was thinking a basic handout or two might be good.

(Why did I think this would be a good idea?)

Perhaps a hand-out about blogs that are about blogs (if you know what I mean) to help people get started. I was thinking Whip Up , Craft , The long thread, Cuteable, sew mama sew, One Pretty Thing, Mixtape....what do you think ???

If helping me to sleep better at night is not motivation enough.....every comment on this post will be entered into a giveaway (yay free stuff...open to everyone)

and the winner will get a choice of either a parsley or Beet of their very own. (Sorry no gumboots - Paddingtom Bear stole these ones back....)

So lend me your mind guys......I'll pick a random winner in a few days or sooner of my brain starts to explode!

Parsley and Beet

This is Parsley and her brother Beet, two busy elephants who are not quite big and not quite small.

Parsley and Beet were playing in the garden. They built a great big pile of leaves

and Parsley tried to bury Beet.

But Beet jumped up and the leaves went everywhere!

"Did I scare you?" asked Beet

Parsley and Beet went for a walk and stopped at the little bridge.

Parsley went to the other side and Beet called out "Parsley........ Can you hear me? "

But Parsley had wandered off to jump in puddles.

Oops ! Parsley jumped a little bit too hard.

"Don't worry" said Beet.

Parsley and Beet decided it was time to go home.

That was enough adventure for two busy elephants who are not quite big and not quite small