I can't believe its more than a month since my last post. My excuse? I've been flat-chat!
But then, who hasn't?
For my part, work was pretty hectic for a while there, then there was Christmas, oh and I bought a house!
I promise, promise, promise, that once I get back to some semblence of normalcy, I will post and there will be pictures!!
I wish everyone a very happy new year in 2010, and hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!
D&M
Friday, January 1, 2010
Monday, November 23, 2009
Stressed!!!!
Wow, I am stressed.
I didn't realise it until I yelled at my Darling Bloke this morning because I forgot to do something. Hmmm, makes perfect sense.
I have major deadlines at work, I'm trying to get a lot of sewing done for Mumsy and my market debut this weekend, my head is overflowing with ideas for new skirt patterns and shirt make-overs and to top it all off...Christmas is coming!
I'm feeling a bit crook with hayfever and some other underlying lurgy as well, which isn't helping. Its just not fair!
So for anyone who might be popping in on Fridays to read my Thursday updates, my sincere apologies. Daffy is a little wilted this week.
On the upside - nature is wonderful (apart from dastardly grass-seed, the cause of my itchy nose and eyes)!
Some of the plants I thought I had killed have miraculously regreened and one of them is about to flower. Yay, nature!
And anyone who recalls my post a couple of weeks ago about the spider who had taken up residence in my rain gauge (still sitting just above 3 inches), well, she has had babies. Hundreds of little tiny spiders. Despite my fear of spiders in the house, I am perfectly amazed at these little creatures and since they are in their natural habitat I don't have the heart to flush them out. So in the rain gauge they stay.
Have a good one - I sure hope to!
Daffy and Melis (on a Monday)
I didn't realise it until I yelled at my Darling Bloke this morning because I forgot to do something. Hmmm, makes perfect sense.
I have major deadlines at work, I'm trying to get a lot of sewing done for Mumsy and my market debut this weekend, my head is overflowing with ideas for new skirt patterns and shirt make-overs and to top it all off...Christmas is coming!
I'm feeling a bit crook with hayfever and some other underlying lurgy as well, which isn't helping. Its just not fair!
So for anyone who might be popping in on Fridays to read my Thursday updates, my sincere apologies. Daffy is a little wilted this week.
On the upside - nature is wonderful (apart from dastardly grass-seed, the cause of my itchy nose and eyes)!
Some of the plants I thought I had killed have miraculously regreened and one of them is about to flower. Yay, nature!
And anyone who recalls my post a couple of weeks ago about the spider who had taken up residence in my rain gauge (still sitting just above 3 inches), well, she has had babies. Hundreds of little tiny spiders. Despite my fear of spiders in the house, I am perfectly amazed at these little creatures and since they are in their natural habitat I don't have the heart to flush them out. So in the rain gauge they stay.
Have a good one - I sure hope to!
Daffy and Melis (on a Monday)
Friday, November 6, 2009
So, its Friday
Had a delightfully busy long-weekend, a short and snappy week and am gearing up for yet another busy weekend of food and fun.
I don't have a picture for today, but will post the photo of my little rose bush in bloom next time.
I am also thinking up all manner of exciting crafty projects for Christmas presents and helping Mumsy prepare her lavender for sale at the local markets.
I've signed up for 'polka dot daze's' Christmassy Polka Dot Swap, so my creative brain is swimming in polka dots :)
AND my friend was lovely and tagged a bunch of beginner quilting projects in her collection of quilting magazines for me to look through on the weekend. I have chosen one, purchased fabric and am very excited about getting started! I could be a quilter yet...
Today, being Fascinator Friday, I am wearing a cute little clip with multi-coloured fabric flowers (pinched from a hawaiian costume) and bows. My colleague also wore her hot-pink/cerise/fushia (?) flower clip today, at last! Fascinator Friday is a hit!
I don't have a picture for today, but will post the photo of my little rose bush in bloom next time.
I am also thinking up all manner of exciting crafty projects for Christmas presents and helping Mumsy prepare her lavender for sale at the local markets.
I've signed up for 'polka dot daze's' Christmassy Polka Dot Swap, so my creative brain is swimming in polka dots :)
AND my friend was lovely and tagged a bunch of beginner quilting projects in her collection of quilting magazines for me to look through on the weekend. I have chosen one, purchased fabric and am very excited about getting started! I could be a quilter yet...
Today, being Fascinator Friday, I am wearing a cute little clip with multi-coloured fabric flowers (pinched from a hawaiian costume) and bows. My colleague also wore her hot-pink/cerise/fushia (?) flower clip today, at last! Fascinator Friday is a hit!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Hooray for....
Spray tans - glowing, summery brown, and no skin cancer!
Long weekends - refreshing, relaxing and special because other people are working (cheeky!)
Cushions - bright, effective and an inexpensive way to change the mood of a room.
You guessed it! I had a spray tan this afternoon (I'm munchkin borange), I've got a 5-day long weekend coming up and I made cushions...cushions and a throw for the couch (or is that threr for the carch?)
Long weekends - refreshing, relaxing and special because other people are working (cheeky!)
Cushions - bright, effective and an inexpensive way to change the mood of a room.
You guessed it! I had a spray tan this afternoon (I'm munchkin borange), I've got a 5-day long weekend coming up and I made cushions...cushions and a throw for the couch (or is that threr for the carch?)
Have a good one!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Getting the word out!
Wow, a week flies by! My news for this week is that I finished a skirt, learned how to draft circular constructions (there will be many a flounce) and had a lovely chat to my sister, who lives far far away. My sister has been putting the word out about my creative endevours and has commissioned a bunch of button bobby pins to hand out to work mates. I am so flattered!!
This is what I came up with tonight: 
This is what I came up with tonight:
Sister-dear has also asked me to email a photo of the wedding cake I decorated for our parents' 30th wedding anniversary. Her good friends are getting married next year and she thought to recommend me as an option for their wedding cake (well, just the flowers). Again, so flattered, and here is the picture (below). I'm quite proud of it!
Thats it for now. Bed time!
D&M
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Crochet fascinator and Rain - Rain - Rain
As promised last 'Thursday', here is my fascinator for Fascinator Friday! I have just learned to crochet and I have made many, many circles and turned these into many flowers. This little cluster of flowers is accentuated with little faux pearls and stitched onto a brown velvet band : )
It rained quite a bit today (as it has almost every day for about 2 weeks) and in the afternoon sunlight the grass was SO green and the gum leaves SO silver sparkly. Just beautiful. It has rained so much recently that I have been saving the rain in my rain gauge since early September, and will have a little celebration when we get to 4 inches. We are already at 2.5, so not far to go. The only downside is that the garden spider who has set up house in the rain gauge will have to find another home. I will post a photo of the great moment (the 4" of rain, not the spider eviction).
It rained quite a bit today (as it has almost every day for about 2 weeks) and in the afternoon sunlight the grass was SO green and the gum leaves SO silver sparkly. Just beautiful. It has rained so much recently that I have been saving the rain in my rain gauge since early September, and will have a little celebration when we get to 4 inches. We are already at 2.5, so not far to go. The only downside is that the garden spider who has set up house in the rain gauge will have to find another home. I will post a photo of the great moment (the 4" of rain, not the spider eviction).
Friday, October 9, 2009
Thursday and Fascinator Friday
Thursday is supposed to be 'Blog day'. This week it was not.
Only days into my my Blog-life and I am already behind. Not a good sign.
This Thursday I had planned to write about why Daffy and Melis, and what this Blog is going to be about.
I guess Friday will do just as well.
Daffy is short for Daffodil. My favourite flower. In Norway they call them 'Easter Lillies'. I like that too! As a primary-school child I wished that someone would give me the nick-name Daffy. I thought that would be really cool. It never happened. So Daffy is part of my nom de plume for this blog.
Melis means 'icing sugar' in Norwegian (Mel = flour, is = ice). I really like the word and it describes perfectly what my hobbies are all about: adding the icing to the cake. I love scrapbooking (although it has been a while), sewing, pattern-making, knitting, crocheting, beading, millinery, cake decorating, card making...the list goes on. All of those are about 'prettying things up'. And so Melis is part 2 of my nom de plume for this blog.
That sums it up!! Daffy & Melis, is all about the things that make me happy and joyful and the things I make to bring others happiness and add a bit of joy to the world.
Incidentally, today is the very first 'Fascinator Friday' at work. Sadly, my colleague and I (who also happen to be the creators of this great day, and the only two people who know about it) completely forgot and so it was a bit of a fizz.
I will make something wonderful for next Friday. There will be a picture when I post again NEXT Thursday!
Until then,
Happy Daffy!
Only days into my my Blog-life and I am already behind. Not a good sign.
This Thursday I had planned to write about why Daffy and Melis, and what this Blog is going to be about.
I guess Friday will do just as well.
Daffy is short for Daffodil. My favourite flower. In Norway they call them 'Easter Lillies'. I like that too! As a primary-school child I wished that someone would give me the nick-name Daffy. I thought that would be really cool. It never happened. So Daffy is part of my nom de plume for this blog.
Melis means 'icing sugar' in Norwegian (Mel = flour, is = ice). I really like the word and it describes perfectly what my hobbies are all about: adding the icing to the cake. I love scrapbooking (although it has been a while), sewing, pattern-making, knitting, crocheting, beading, millinery, cake decorating, card making...the list goes on. All of those are about 'prettying things up'. And so Melis is part 2 of my nom de plume for this blog.
That sums it up!! Daffy & Melis, is all about the things that make me happy and joyful and the things I make to bring others happiness and add a bit of joy to the world.
Incidentally, today is the very first 'Fascinator Friday' at work. Sadly, my colleague and I (who also happen to be the creators of this great day, and the only two people who know about it) completely forgot and so it was a bit of a fizz.
I will make something wonderful for next Friday. There will be a picture when I post again NEXT Thursday!
Until then,
Happy Daffy!
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