Slice of Sunday

A day of rest after he played his but off last night. Anyone else?

Let it snow

I was trying this out for my chrissy deco swap - but its too delicate for the post, not that Rod is worried. He wants to keep it anyway!

Last photo is of the set up under the lid, before I glued it down. Snow man is 2.5 cms , Tree 4 cms, and the box with out lid is 7 cms.

A Mini Walk Through

 Tree is made up of flowers stacked and stacked and stacked, with pop dots in between. If you are going to spray it ( I used white flowers) spray it first. I have smaller brown ones for a tree trunk, and cut down a few of the flowers on top. If I do it again Ill build it over a pin to help stabilize it. (I sprayed mine with my apple green and my berry blue, made using Wiltons gel food colouring and opal sparkly dust).

I have just used 2 loops of wire and seed beads, but I made sure I used a dot of glue to hold it on the edges of the tree so all the beads dont fall to the back.

 Outside is sprayed with some more of my homemade mist (I used black food colouring and gold paint, on a lot of things the black soaks in and leaves a distressed goldish finish, test first it has different effects on different things). I sprayed the lid with my yellow first to give it a bit more body. Clear acetate and white pen for the stars. Snowman is a lil clay and part of a cupcake wrapper for his scarf, he has a pin through the bottom of the box to help him stay in place.

The floor is pop dotted up so the scene sits higher in the box.

A better view of its size is here

I must really love him

Happy Three years babe. Dont worry sappy message is hidden on the back.

And Cause I had spare nuts and Im playing nice wife, I did a lil extra. HOT HOT spicy nuts and I ran down and got him some beer since there was none in the house.  ( excuse the bad inside picture ).

PS snickers Rocky Road recipe is here, at one of Melissa Goodsells fabulous blogs.

PPS I did this quick one for a friend. Who has been in a run of bad luck lately - with illness and pain all around.

It says For a Friend in need, and there is always a need for chocolate!

Who incidentally just found out that she is cousins with one of the singers from the band. Now I have known Daz as long as I have known Rod ( met them on the same night) and Known Daph since I moved here, they have been in the same room together, she has heard them sing and literally lives around the corner from him. Slightly spun out. 

All right have to go get my self all purdy now. 

Tomorrow

Sunset at broadbeach ( at the end of Anne street)

An old lay out of us.

Is my wedding anniversary. Three years ago ( yes the astute among you might note that we have kids older then that.) We ran away to QLD and eloped just me, 2 sons and him ( oh and two hired witnesses) on the beach. Me in a $20 Dress an the boys all in $60 shirts. The celebrant brought music for us and the song which was played during was Your beautiful by James blunt, we both tried hard to keep straight faces with that as that song drove us around the wall, But it just made it more of our sort of wedding. Then we hit the theme parks for the week. The whole thing ( holiday included) cost about $1000 and to us it was worth more then there is money then the world. Perfection.

Rod at a 80's themed birthday party

Rod I love you. And I love being married to you. 

We are doing our celebrating a lil later cause he had a gig last weekend ( a birthday party) and another one this weekend (local pub, the Carousel Inn at Plumpton). 

PS to keep up with Hubbies band, try the Fans of Fatt Lipp Face book page. I know they have 2 more gigs this month a local charity one, and one at the Iron duke in Alexandria 

Giveaway

A new blog I had added to my bloglines is having a giveaway. Its a quilting blog. Block party quilting blog, a quilt-a-long. I have always wanted to learn to do a quilt. Im thinking of seeing how difficult these blocks are and having a go.  

PS if anyone reading this can quilt and is in the western suburbs of sydney - and feels like giving me email support or in person support to do one, I would be eternally grateful!

PPS speaking of things to giveaway a I still have a couple of lil metal tag signs left. Email me!

PPS Cottons are from my grandmothers sewing box, that lives with me.

A slice of Sunday

Even though and dont tell, it was taken yesterday! theme remains much the same, just hanging out.

Ps not our puppy though I wish she was, its my SILs and my inlaws were puppy sitting. So we got to play when we visited. 

PPs The baby is mine.

Any One else?