A busy few days

I did end up making some Anzac biscuits, which G ended up taking to work with him the next day. They are fun to make and only take a few minutes. I love adding the bi-carb soda to the butter and golden syrup and watching it go all light and frothy.


Also finished putting together the package for my sister with the little pot holder and a little kit for her to make her own duck. I wonder if she'll end up making it or not. I'm guessing not, but we'll see. There's not too much else for her to do in her spare time up there.


Inside the little duck kit - all the pieces cut out for a cream and pink ducky (named Esmay), some stuffing and some thread and ribbon to finish her off.


It was my cousin's birthday a few days ago and I thought I'd make her a pot holder and oven mitt set.. so I made this pot holder, but I don't think this is the one for her. I'd like to make one with more natural/muted colours for her - so that's the next project. I do love the little apples trim on this one though.


I announced my resignation from work on Friday and after a bit of celebrating that night I needed a quiet Saturday and Sunday. Had a nice dinner on Saturday night with G's cousin and his wife (who are expecting their first baby in a couple of months and have ordered another little duck for the baby) and then spent this afternoon making another duck for G's brother. This duck is named Albert and I borrowed the idea of a scarf for him instead of a bow around his neck from the beautiful little birds blog.


Edward (the duck) has gone to his new home now, still with his wonky little head. We decided that was character building.

Another Duck

This one is for my sister-in-law. His name is Edward. His head is funny at the moment so I need to try and fix that up a bit before I give it to her.


It's Anzac day today so no work, although I had to go in for a few hours because it's crazy busy at the moment. Think I need to make some Anzac biscuits tonight to take in tomorrow, it's just not right without them.

Update on the crochet booties: they're not going so well at the moment. No matter what stitch I try and do (single, double or triple crochet) they all end up looking the same so I'm doing something wrong. I bought another book about it (the Happy Hooker this time) so between the two of them maybe I can work it out. I'm not giving up yet!

Home alone tonight

Which is sometimes nice... it's quiet and I don't need to cook anything for dinner.

So I made a potholder for my sister that lives in far north Queensland in a little community where she teaches 6 and 7 year olds. Not much to do up there though so she requires regular care packages to keep her entertained :) So this time she gets this, a couple of trashy magazines and some lollies.

Saturdays with no plans

A little bit of housework, a little bit of cooking, picking up our nephew from soccer practice, some new house-hunting and a trip to the local market to buy some fresh flowers. I love having flowers in the house.


Also started the crochet booties, not sure how I'm going to go with this but we'll see. I started on the sole, I think it's looking a bit more rectangle then it should be.

One day in...

...and one duck down.

After a quick trip to buy some stuffing I finished my first little duck. He's a bit wonky and my stiching is anything but neat but he's a start and I think he's cute.


Next project: crocheted baby booties from the Martha Stewart website that if they work out will be for a friend's new baby girl. Over the Easter long weekend I learnt the basics from Erika Knight's book Simple Crochet book (another purchase from the past few months) so we'll see how it goes.

Here we go...

I've been reading blogs for about 7 months now and every time I read one of them I am inspired to make/cook/read/try something new. I keep making mental lists of things to do and I keep buying little bits and pieces to make things with (so far.. a sewing machine, a bunch of fabric, crochet hooks and wool, pretty papers and ribbons etc) but of all the little projects in my head so far I have started none of them. So I've decided it's time to stop being the "I'm going to" girl and start being the "I'm doing" girl.

Progress so far: started this blog and started to make a little stuffed duck.