Nice end to a hectic day.........

After a some what hectic day in paperwork today, I came home to a brown box sitting on my outdoor setting. I could not get the back door open fast enough to get inside and get a pair of scissors, to open the box.

Inside my parcel was lots a lovely goodies from my Tea Swap partner Lisa

A bag made from my favourite colours

and a wall hanging .... teapot and cups ..... absolutely fabulous .....I love it

Lisa also enclosed items from Salem

Candles ....Cookies (YS has already had his portion and loves them)

Souvenir book and a container of Gingerbread Cocoa

A very nice finish to an otherwise not so nice day

Thank you Lisa

THE BROWN BOX

A PEEK INSIDE THE BROWN BOX

THE GOODIES TAKEN OUT OF THE BROWN BOX

LOVELY FABRIC USED (unfortunately the photograph is not that good)

ALL THE GOODIES OUT FOR SHOW AND TELL

Notice the beautiful wall hanging

I would like to thank Stephaine for all her efforts in the organising the Tea Time Swap

I really enjoyed participating - Many thanks

Silly me ??????????

Several months ago I received an invitation from Stephaine to participate in a swap

Unfortunately I am unable to show you any sneak peeks or photos of my items ...... as silly me did not take any photos before parcelling up ............. ( I know it is not easy being perfect) You Will have to pop over to Lisa's blog (my swap partner) see that my parcel has arrived.

I will how ever endeavour to take photo's when my parcel arrives ...........

International Quilt Day

Today I travelled to Renmark together with approx 159 others to be part of

International Quilt Day 2009

The Theme for the Day was teapots

each table had a beautiful old teapot in the middle enhanced with Australian Flowers,

on arrive we all received a goodies bag, enclosed was a lovely pincushion in the shape of a teapot (sorry no photos) and local products , Almonds, Orange juice and local information of the area and surrounding towns.

Morning tea

with the most delicious

assorted Greek sweets and Pastries

First guest speaker was a charming Lady

Dianne Wood speaking about history of buttons and sharing her Vintage Button Collection

The next guest Speaker Alieen Pitman

shared her memories of collecting teapots over the last 30 years

Alieen's collection at the moment is 300 and counting

Notice this one is shaped like a sewing machine

Lunch was catered for by the local Greek Committee

Lamb Yiros, Marinated Chicken, Greek Salads, Garlic Sauce, Pita Bread and fruit platters.

Lots of socialising and retail therapy.

The afternoon Guest speaker was

Navy Commander Liz Frost

spoke of her quilting experiences while being in the forces

and her encounters while being posted to Iraq for six months .

Throughout the day included

Demonstrations ......... Machine Quilting, Doll Making, Brazillian and Machine Embroidery

and lots of Show and Tell

The Day finish with yet another

beautiful spread on assorted Cakes and Slices.

So there are no more photos but Mollie(my camera) batteries went flat.

Bit of catch up this weekend

Gail Pan..A Christmas Wish... just love these little stitcheries....

WONKY HOUSES free BOM from Jenny

finished the next block from Ellie's Quiltplace Country Calender Free BOM ........

The weekend also included finishing items for the Easter and Spring swaps I am currently participating in I really enjoy the challenge of being creative in the swaps but I must admit that I have not done any quilting for myself so, I think the next few months I will get involved in some of my UFO's (lol)

Anyone for tea ?

In Mail this evening was this lovely gift from Stephanie Loft Creations the mastermind behind the Time for Tea swap a small token .... to say thankyou for participating What a very thoughtful and busy bee she has been. There is a pouch with a tea bag sachet in it on the reverse side How cool is that! THANKYOU Stephanie!

The last 3 Days

The last few days have gone so fast........

Saturday morning went to Renmark and called into Kates shop and picked up a bargain...........fabric ..........Cider Mill Road by Nancy Halvorsen

Unfortunately the photo below do not do the fabric colours justice.

Then Saturday afternoon spent the time being domestic ............you know washing, dusting, ironing blah blah ..............visited DH parents and had afternoon tea with them, lovely day just chatting.

Sunday DH put some gutter guard along the shed as the next door neighbours large tree adjoins our shed and leaves, are blocking the entrance into the rainwater tank. The weather was superb so we worked together outside trimming the lawn edges and raking up the leaves etc....

until late into the evening.

As it was a long weekend in South Australia ( Adelaide Cup ......... Horse race) DH and myself together with 2 other families spent a very enjoyable day on the Murray River .........cruised up the river in the tinnies and stop on the river bank where we enjoyed a BBQ.

Once again a fabulous day.

Spent the evening working on my Spring Swap sorry no show and tell on this project at the moment.

So where did the last 3 days go ............ever so fast.............

Thought I would have a go

I visited Chookyblue latest posting tonight and I saw this, I do not

normally like to do this but well nothing ventured nothing gained (lol)

Your rainbow

is strongly shaded blue and green.
What is says about you: You are a tranquil person. You feel strong ties to nature and your mood changes with its cycles. You share hobbies with friends and like trying to fit into their routines. Those around you admire your fresh outlook and vitality

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

A bit tired today

A bit tired today ..........back to work ................had a great few days in Melbourne .......but unfortunately no work in my department has been processed so ...........I had a very tiring and busy busy day today..............

the following is some of my purchases from the AQC in Melbourne

sorry to exhausted to add notes (lol)

I have had a lovely 4 days in Melbourne.
Along with 43 other delightful and excited women we headed off at 6.30am Thursday morning. After a a enjoyable meal in the Deer Park Restaurant on the out skirts of Melbourne at approx 7.00 that night we checked into the Hotel Enterprise on Spencer Street, a brisk walk to the Casino for Coffee and Cake before settling for the night.

Up early Friday morning nice cooked breakfast in the Hotel restaurant before heading off to the AQC. Wo........w I don't think I have ever seen so many women in the one place before....it was sooooooooooo frantic , busy and exciting.
I made a few purchases, but on the whole I used great restraint.

Stayed until we got kicked out at 4.30pm .

Then of to the DFO outlet ..............Those who know me will find this hard to believe ...

but once again I used great restraint.

At about 9.00pm the feet and stomach where crying for help so 6 off us in the group headed off to have an evening meal in a Chinese restaurant.

Followed by a walk down to a cafe by the casino for coffee and cake.

After a few hours of sleep , Saturday started again early first stop

GJ'S Fabrics on 443 Lygon Street, East Brunswick,

then to the Vic Markets , then a free Bus trip around Melbourne, to look at a few of the sites before heading back to the Hotel for a quick shower .

Then a big night at the
Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria

It was fabulous .......amazing.... funny and emotional..... If you haven't seen it I suggest you do ... it is brilliant. Then once again the poor feet and stomach where screaming at me again as the last meal was 11.30 am at the Vic Markets ............So once again off to the Casino where we found a cafe and had pizza and a nice cup of Hot Chocolate. Unfortunately only had a couple of hours sleep before heading home Sunday ............The bus trip was a lot quieter on the way home then on the way down.

I had a very exciting and busy weekend!!!!

Will share some show and tell next posting

Until next time .......Marc