tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23169825907996875032024-03-13T12:48:58.273+11:00Knicky KnacksKnicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.comBlogger179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-81144299922289968022011-06-12T21:25:00.000+10:002011-06-12T21:25:16.085+10:00Bring back the sun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O-6ZvqXRE6I/TfSew9399TI/AAAAAAAABYc/Kxko5IAYXgg/s320/sunny+pic.jpg" t8="true" width="214px" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm so cold, please bring back the sun! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps I'll just close my eyes and pretend I'm here </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(bloody hell I'm cold...I can't feel my toes)</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or here </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(at what point do I call it frost bite?)</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or perhaps here </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(what do you mean we are only 12 days into Winter!)</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Images found </span><a href="http://lystadsvingen.blogspot.com/2011/06/uterom.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and </span><a href="http://norskeinteriorblogger.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and </span><a href="http://www.weheartit.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">}</span></div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-68566862442943725032011-05-05T19:39:00.000+10:002011-05-05T19:39:11.717+10:00My creative space<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sHV-Y5EH2T8/Taa_qIHyZRI/AAAAAAAABXQ/46ce5evDaqM/s1600/basket1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sHV-Y5EH2T8/Taa_qIHyZRI/AAAAAAAABXQ/46ce5evDaqM/s320/basket1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've started making a handmade pressie that has fastly become a new favourite of mine. Last week I made two of these herb baskets for birthday presents and today I made another for a house warming gift. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BKUPTxgKwIk/Taa_yzI8FQI/AAAAAAAABXU/fd3-QcQAZ1E/s1600/basket2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BKUPTxgKwIk/Taa_yzI8FQI/AAAAAAAABXU/fd3-QcQAZ1E/s320/basket2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I bought the basket from the op shop for 10c and then lined it with an old hessian bag that I had stored away. I filled it with some potting mixture and then added some beautiful smelling herbs. This basket includes rosemary, basil, chives, lettuce, corriander and parsley.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GjqJH8LlIcI/TakgBl-pXpI/AAAAAAAABXw/zgrRkdPVrz4/s1600/basket4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GjqJH8LlIcI/TakgBl-pXpI/AAAAAAAABXw/zgrRkdPVrz4/s320/basket4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I whipped this up in no time and many of the herbs were pulled from my own vegie garden making it a really inexpensive exercise but full of love. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For more creative spaces, head over <a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/2011/05/my-creative-space-13.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Kootoyoo+%28kootoyoo%29">here</a>. </div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-43349534690801559972011-04-21T08:58:00.000+10:002011-04-21T08:58:12.393+10:00Headboard Heaven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CVC11rxxqf4/TagtWBufeMI/AAAAAAAABXk/SrFAQAhRXZ4/s1600/bedroom+headboard2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CVC11rxxqf4/TagtWBufeMI/AAAAAAAABXk/SrFAQAhRXZ4/s1600/bedroom+headboard2.JPG" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've been envisioning a rustic headboard for our bedroom since we moved in 3 years ago. Thank goodness someone has beaten me to it and shown me just how easy and spectacular this can look. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IxUa3jCVx88/Tagt84aBrNI/AAAAAAAABXo/GH0DnAaxrj4/s1600/before.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IxUa3jCVx88/Tagt84aBrNI/AAAAAAAABXo/GH0DnAaxrj4/s320/before.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> Before</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oMqkiILMPW4/TagsoNGPq_I/AAAAAAAABXc/MzIKYLJ5LK4/s1600/Bedroom+headboard.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oMqkiILMPW4/TagsoNGPq_I/AAAAAAAABXc/MzIKYLJ5LK4/s320/Bedroom+headboard.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">After </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This before and after DIY is fantastic. I love the feature wall colour, the linen, and of course, the handmade headboard recycled from her father-in-law's barnyard doors. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7IpiX19B-Y4/TaguREauMHI/AAAAAAAABXs/8SFaqkadWSM/s1600/bedroom+headboard3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7IpiX19B-Y4/TaguREauMHI/AAAAAAAABXs/8SFaqkadWSM/s320/bedroom+headboard3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Check out these pillows would you - she made them from her husbands old business shirts. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We live amongst such creative and talented people. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All images and 'plenty more of where that came from' are via <a href="http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-very-first-room-makeover-reveal.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FpuSM+%28The+DIY+Show+Off%29" style="color: blue;">The DIY Show Off</a></div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-34008332067902601972011-04-16T16:13:00.000+10:002011-04-16T16:13:22.007+10:00I'm grateful for...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5G-TLIDm9c0/TakvXN3zhdI/AAAAAAAABX0/bzZyroRuBA4/s1600/tomatoe1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5G-TLIDm9c0/TakvXN3zhdI/AAAAAAAABX0/bzZyroRuBA4/s320/tomatoe1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I'm grateful for the last of my tomato harvest and the inspiration of warm sunshine to have a crack at Jamie Oliver's homemade tomato ketchup recipe.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HIG72StTAFI/TakveTRfBII/AAAAAAAABX4/b7a1ptZPWOw/s1600/tomatoe2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HIG72StTAFI/TakveTRfBII/AAAAAAAABX4/b7a1ptZPWOw/s320/tomatoe2.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Right, so you get a bunch of tomatoes yeah, and then you skin and dice em up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VLSYiGWVcOQ/TakvpXe5FfI/AAAAAAAABYA/9-ICiZjuBxE/s1600/tomatoe4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VLSYiGWVcOQ/TakvpXe5FfI/AAAAAAAABYA/9-ICiZjuBxE/s320/tomatoe4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Smell those ingredients yeah. I've got mustard seeds, basil, onion, parsley, celery, chili, coriander, fennel, ginger, cloves - so many I have no idea which ingredient is the "hero"of the dish! It's all pucka tucka really!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5mlUDLKORuM/TakymZii9wI/AAAAAAAABYI/1UHs0dFt-cY/s1600/tomatoe6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5mlUDLKORuM/TakymZii9wI/AAAAAAAABYI/1UHs0dFt-cY/s320/tomatoe6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hard work channelling Jamie whilst cooking. I bet he doesn't finish them off by placing them in girly jars like mine. These ones are off to good homes.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For more gratefulness, there's bucket loads <a href="http://maxabellaloves.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue;">here</a>.</div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-44851819870348104852011-04-15T21:02:00.001+10:002011-04-15T21:10:10.942+10:00Get your Friday night shuffle on<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/KQ6zr6kCPj8?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">It's going to be hard to find another tune or video clip that makes me rock out as much as this one does. My favourite part of this clip is when the boys realise they have to dance for their lives. Very funny and really clever. Hope you enjoy! Get your shuffle on!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The blonde ring-in near the end ruins a perfectly good video clip in my view. </span>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-9156429832490281132011-04-14T19:42:00.000+10:002011-04-14T19:42:25.182+10:00Doily love taken to new heights<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WvvBnJXhjsw/TY2wauZ_21I/AAAAAAAABWc/gBDPEGNW4RM/s1600/doily+tree.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WvvBnJXhjsw/TY2wauZ_21I/AAAAAAAABWc/gBDPEGNW4RM/s320/doily+tree.png" width="296" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oh how I love you doily! Clearly I'm not alone. </span></div><br />
<div style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">{Image via <a href="http://wetbehindthears.com/">Wet Behind The Ears}</a></div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-5091250542775336352011-04-04T12:52:00.001+10:002011-04-04T12:54:14.826+10:00Fabulous Friendship<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zH4JOI-3AJs/TZhG1F0lN3I/AAAAAAAABW8/y8NUnOJl78U/s1600/friendship.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zH4JOI-3AJs/TZhG1F0lN3I/AAAAAAAABW8/y8NUnOJl78U/s320/friendship.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My high school besties are together a force to be reckoned with. Whether it be <a href="http://www.intoimages.com.au/" style="color: blue;">graphic design</a><span style="color: blue;">, </span><a href="http://klglandscapes.blogspot.com/?spref=fb" style="color: #38761d;">landscape architecture</a> or <a href="http://littletedcanvas.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc0000;">crafting</a>; each of these woman are extremely talented in their own right. These creative woman provide me with constant inspiration and I'm in such admiration of the amazing work they do.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OvAtPgj1y7o/TZhA08ykAnI/AAAAAAAABW4/DzU1IBOEjNw/s1600/kris+garden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OvAtPgj1y7o/TZhA08ykAnI/AAAAAAAABW4/DzU1IBOEjNw/s320/kris+garden.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">{Reflections by Kristine Galea} </span></b></span></div><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This week my girlfriend Kris won bronze at <a href="http://www.melbflowershow.com.au/" style="color: blue;">Melbourne's International Flower and Garden show</a>. Two years ago she decided to follow her dream of landscape architecture and enrolled in TAFE. A full time mum, she studied at night and designed during the day, balancing this with running a household and working from home. She then won a place at the garden show for a design she entered through TAFE. It was a surreal moment to be standing at the official launch, champagne in hand, gazing at her beautiful garden 'reflections'. I am so incredibly proud of her achievements and her tenacity. We had a wonderful night and I felt so privileged to be able to stand by her side and support this amazing accomplishment. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/8363387">{top image} </a></span></span></div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-64643141065751934692011-04-03T07:52:00.001+10:002011-04-03T08:07:09.402+10:00Belated gratefulness<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Running a tad late for <a href="http://maxabellaloves.blogspot.com/">Maxabella's</a> grateful post, but I'm grateful nonetheless for...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JQPGdkG1o78/TZWa9yrop6I/AAAAAAAABWk/bvJJkrg_ZSo/s1600/G+Op+shopping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JQPGdkG1o78/TZWa9yrop6I/AAAAAAAABWk/bvJJkrg_ZSo/s320/G+Op+shopping.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">My eldest daughters appreciation for all things thrifting and pre-loved.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gA1Ck3v2xnU/TZWbFyo7u4I/AAAAAAAABWo/cSJFNObAhQA/s1600/Op+shop+haul.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gA1Ck3v2xnU/TZWbFyo7u4I/AAAAAAAABWo/cSJFNObAhQA/s320/Op+shop+haul.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">The wonderful haul of Op shop finds we come home with busting with excitement to update the internal decor of our cubby house</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7ED2gXb5Sdc/TZWbo75QDII/AAAAAAAABWw/hoRa8LC5S20/s1600/cubby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7ED2gXb5Sdc/TZWbo75QDII/AAAAAAAABWw/hoRa8LC5S20/s320/cubby.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Watching the expression on our children's faces when we throw all caution to the wind and taste test their latest "chunkin soup" recipe. A good thing we are up to date with our tetanus shots!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">For truck loads of grateful expression, head over <a href="http://maxabellaloves.blogspot.com/">here</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-bWfqCGILR-8/TY1-HH5a-BI/AAAAAAAABWI/c50usenzjpQ/s1600/kettle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-bWfqCGILR-8/TY1-HH5a-BI/AAAAAAAABWI/c50usenzjpQ/s320/kettle.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">This week I found a kettle at the local Oppy. I liked the print on it and thought it would be handy to use as a planter. My herb garden has had a rough time of late with all the grubs and insects so my thinking was that it would be a hell of a lot harder for a slug to shimmy its way up the kettle. When I need some fresh coriander, the kids can grab the kettle by the handle and whiz it into me in the kitchen.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dOy7Z40Dgcg/TY1_gUKAn3I/AAAAAAAABWU/bqF1fDPWi8s/s1600/kettle3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dOy7Z40Dgcg/TY1_gUKAn3I/AAAAAAAABWU/bqF1fDPWi8s/s320/kettle3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> Drilling holes into its stainless steel bottom for some drainage was slightly tricky.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vmIchHDXrAk/TY1-PEa7G7I/AAAAAAAABWQ/rWuA4rT-Su4/s1600/kettle2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vmIchHDXrAk/TY1-PEa7G7I/AAAAAAAABWQ/rWuA4rT-Su4/s320/kettle2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">There you have it. A little herb garden made from pre-loved finds and bits and pieces around the yard.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.herlibraryadventures.blogspot.com/">Sophie</a> has lots of treasures over here if you'd like to play along.</div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-15694166152619914942011-03-26T16:02:00.002+11:002011-03-26T17:04:32.119+11:005 to 1 on the yellow duck!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-eIugZm5Pl6c/TY1hyfLOiXI/AAAAAAAABVk/cucKe2zh6sQ/s1600/duck+race1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-eIugZm5Pl6c/TY1hyfLOiXI/AAAAAAAABVk/cucKe2zh6sQ/s320/duck+race1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm not a gambler but one can't help but be compelled to put on a wager when it comes to the Festival of the Sea's Annual Duck Race. Each year we buy a duck for the kids, they provide the race name and we wait for the day to arrive where they all get hurled off the Barwon Heads bridge and race for their little plastic lives. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">For a week the kids coached their ducks. It was a tortuous, unrelenting regime of swimming, sky diving and jet propulsion. With every fibre of their being, Spotty Wot and Scrambled aimed to be the absolute best in their field. They had achieved their physiological peak and were physically confident. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-h538videgxU/TY1xlKncxGI/AAAAAAAABWE/jZ2KwP8MMb8/s1600/Spotty+Wot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-h538videgxU/TY1xlKncxGI/AAAAAAAABWE/jZ2KwP8MMb8/s320/Spotty+Wot.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Charlotte was the first to say goodbye. As she kissed Spotty Wot I heard some last words of encouragement: </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Charlotte</b> "What are your legs?" </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Spotty Wot</b>:</span> "Springs, steel springs"</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Charlotte:</b> "What are they going to do?"</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Spotty Wot:</span></b> "Hurl me down the river". </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Charlotte</b>: "How fast can you swim?"</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: blue;">Spotty Wot</b><span style="color: blue;">:</span> "Good question, not that sure, my hole at the bottom is unreliable, may take in water....(he trails off)"</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Charlotte:</b> "GET IT TOGETHER MAAAAAN, How fast can you swim?"</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Spotty Wot:</span></b> "Oh, as fast....as fast as a Korean-made plastic yellow duck!"</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Charlotte:</b> "And how fast are you going to swim?"</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: blue;">Spotty Wot:</b> "What's with all the questions? I'm a duck for goodness sake, ducks can swim.... (he senses Charlotte's mercenary-like stare) OK, OK, as fast as a Korean-made plastic yellow duck!"</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Charlotte:</b> "Then lets see you do it". </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-UqVDkkSpN_0/TY1lp3k86_I/AAAAAAAABVo/c_KRhxCQBTY/s1600/duck+race2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-UqVDkkSpN_0/TY1lp3k86_I/AAAAAAAABVo/c_KRhxCQBTY/s320/duck+race2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">Whilst Spotty Wot and Scrambled waited in their temporary hold (a rather crude docking station for such well-tuned, athletic poultry), we positioned ourselves near the river ready to scream our lungs out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">An odd thing happened. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UxTfuuJzSR8/TY1lssTPtmI/AAAAAAAABVs/HIbhVPzZGEc/s1600/duck+race3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UxTfuuJzSR8/TY1lssTPtmI/AAAAAAAABVs/HIbhVPzZGEc/s320/duck+race3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Rather than hurling the ducks off the bridge, a small blue craft (which we affectionately call Iggle Piggle's boat) dumped them over the side. The crowd was uneasy and confused. What on earth is going on here? And then it seemed to dawn on us all at once - the tide was going out so the ducks had to be released down stream. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bR2aG-joukg/TY1l8MYwnlI/AAAAAAAABV0/ZbDkTMYJkv0/s1600/duck+race5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bR2aG-joukg/TY1l8MYwnlI/AAAAAAAABV0/ZbDkTMYJkv0/s320/duck+race5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Unfortunately the wind picked up and an onshore breeze pushed our ducks into the hands of bored children who had decided to jump into the river fully clothed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5J3dYnua-JY/TY1m5R0tCgI/AAAAAAAABV4/SqdwLYUuKUw/s1600/duck+race6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5J3dYnua-JY/TY1m5R0tCgI/AAAAAAAABV4/SqdwLYUuKUw/s320/duck+race6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">I chose to turn my head whilst my daughter and her friend gathered up some of the competitors. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RUCUijJ31DM/TY1m9a28KDI/AAAAAAAABV8/PpWOL_OBqnE/s1600/duck+race7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RUCUijJ31DM/TY1m9a28KDI/AAAAAAAABV8/PpWOL_OBqnE/s320/duck+race7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Canoes and volunteers then made the mad dash to stop the ducks from swimming under the bridge and into the bluff where they would be sure to meet a perilous end in the mouths of sharks or boat propellers. I think secretly they were all hoping to make it back to their homeland in Korea. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SrC_f9rwDSI/TY1nAvZLG8I/AAAAAAAABWA/jBhn9HbqB5E/s1600/duck+race8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SrC_f9rwDSI/TY1nAvZLG8I/AAAAAAAABWA/jBhn9HbqB5E/s320/duck+race8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Finally, a winner was proclaimed. Some Irish duck well trained for wet weather racing. A little saddened we didn't make a place, we waved good bye to our ducks for another year and Charlotte promptly had a melt down when realising she couldn't take Spotty Wot home. </div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-42871609478535131012011-03-20T18:02:00.000+11:002011-03-20T18:02:58.330+11:00Flea Market Find<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-z7gbLGXGUG8/TYWhzdhJAeI/AAAAAAAABVM/7GUgv0v8HWw/s1600/Table.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-z7gbLGXGUG8/TYWhzdhJAeI/AAAAAAAABVM/7GUgv0v8HWw/s320/Table.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My mother never ceases to amaze me. She is such the opportunist and always seems to be in the right place at the right time. This week she visited me bearing gifts of the gorgeous kind. She picked up this table at a garage sale for $5.00. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The table had an old wooden knob which we replaced. I'm strongly thinking about painting it, but what colour? What do you think? Note the shrine above the table. That was put there by the original builder/owner when his wife passed away. When we renovated the house, I had firm views that to touch the shrine would be of poor taste and bad karma. So it stayed. I've tried putting vases in it or pictures but it doesn't seem to work. My mum was suggesting buying a statue of some kind and painting it a bright colour to put in the shrine. So I will ponder this whilst I stare at the table and work through what colour to paint it. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For some more flea market finds, head over to <a href="http://herlibraryadventures.blogspot.com/2011/03/flea-market-finds_20.html" style="color: #3d85c6;">Sophie's</a>. </div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-80871090477057143342011-03-19T09:07:00.000+11:002011-03-19T09:07:53.094+11:00Keeping it real<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">I'm grateful for Saturday morning's...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-g7q4eVle9BE/TYPUudowqxI/AAAAAAAABUs/yE9BAsVRra8/s1600/pancakes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-g7q4eVle9BE/TYPUudowqxI/AAAAAAAABUs/yE9BAsVRra8/s320/pancakes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">homemade pancakes with way too much maple syrup</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Keeping it real on a Saturday morn </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">What are you grateful for? Head over <a href="http://maxabellaloves.blogspot.com/">here</a> for some simple gratification.</div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-40651169035511351162011-03-17T12:59:00.001+11:002011-03-17T20:16:19.758+11:00My creative space<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-M6qmTHrCMDc/TYFpImfEXEI/AAAAAAAABUU/gDTsoB-JLQQ/s1600/Decorative+rock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-M6qmTHrCMDc/TYFpImfEXEI/AAAAAAAABUU/gDTsoB-JLQQ/s320/Decorative+rock.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A rock, a hot glue gun and a doily. Seemingly tame instruments for crafting you'd think. Unfortunately not...a cautionary note that one blogger was hurt in the making of this story.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
This story begins when browsing through the beautiful posts of Kootoyoo and settling on Kirsty's <a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/2010/07/how-to-make-pretty-girly-lights.html" style="color: blue;">gorgeous light display</a> inspired by this <a href="http://resurrectionfern.typepad.com/resurrection_fern/art-installation-in-a-secret-location/" style="color: blue;">art installation</a>. With inspiration in hand, I scurried off to find what I now refer to as the instruments of torture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-fZ7dgC3txzM/TYFpURdyqqI/AAAAAAAABUY/q2GsR4rxN-U/s1600/decorative+rock1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-fZ7dgC3txzM/TYFpURdyqqI/AAAAAAAABUY/q2GsR4rxN-U/s320/decorative+rock1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> It started off okay. Wasn't that difficult to find a nice looking rock. I rummaged through my stash of doilies and found the perfect one. How hard could it be to use a hot glue gun?</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tMXA3-E4Peo/TYFpYpV8SnI/AAAAAAAABUc/HAebJr1LEyA/s1600/decorative+rock2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tMXA3-E4Peo/TYFpYpV8SnI/AAAAAAAABUc/HAebJr1LEyA/s320/decorative+rock2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With doily stretched over the rock, I trimmed off some of the edges to avoid too much overlap on the underside and then plugged in the gun. I whacked in the glue tubes and started pushing out the glue. I hadn't thought of how I was going to keep the doily stretched and in place whilst the glue hardened so thought I'd just use my hands. Bad move. Hot viscous stringy glue stuck to my fingers and burnt the first layer off. I didn't feel it instantly but by the time the pain registered with my brain, I had glue on almost every finger. I ran around like a lunatic trying to find something to take it off but I was completely unprepared and could only wait until it cooled down. By the end of this torturous project, I had blisters all over my fingers and a pretty rock which I have no idea what to do with! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For more creative spaces with far less pain, head over <a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/" style="color: blue;">here</a>.</div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-38720039378516078812011-03-13T09:56:00.002+11:002011-03-13T18:41:34.135+11:00Flea Market Find<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mbQnEeR5xjM/TXv4QW5GwyI/AAAAAAAABUE/3ZmXDa1cXts/s1600/picnic+basket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mbQnEeR5xjM/TXv4QW5GwyI/AAAAAAAABUE/3ZmXDa1cXts/s320/picnic+basket.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">My flea market find this week is a little ripper. I'm sure you've all experienced that feeling when you quickly scan the shelves of your local Oppy and make a premature judgement call that there is nothing there for you, only to dig a little deeper into the pile of inconspicuous 'stuff' and be elated with your find. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_rIKApw_L0o/TXv4XGkaowI/AAAAAAAABUI/f5Ggv_25trg/s1600/Picnic+basket1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_rIKApw_L0o/TXv4XGkaowI/AAAAAAAABUI/f5Ggv_25trg/s320/Picnic+basket1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">So this week, I did just that and whilst burying through a floor full of wicker baskets, I came across this one. The basket itself is in great condition but the moment of elation came when I opened it up to find it full of vintage picnic wares. Orange flasks, salt and pepper shakers, napkins, cups and plates...it was all there. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P3SZ1GmUj_8/TXv4ecB2qBI/AAAAAAAABUM/i0jDzwZmSgU/s1600/picnic+basket2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P3SZ1GmUj_8/TXv4ecB2qBI/AAAAAAAABUM/i0jDzwZmSgU/s320/picnic+basket2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I promptly handed it over to the kids and we all set to work making an impromptu picnic in the backyard.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">For more flea market finds, head over <a href="http://herlibraryadventures.blogspot.com/2011/03/flea-market-finds_13.html" style="color: blue;">here</a>.</span></div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-61087926097407067792011-03-12T07:55:00.001+11:002011-03-12T08:01:25.406+11:00Grateful for....<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-o1fG_zgRiZk/TXii97Hgh4I/AAAAAAAABTw/VnZW9eeZ4PY/s1600/P3060002a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-o1fG_zgRiZk/TXii97Hgh4I/AAAAAAAABTw/VnZW9eeZ4PY/s400/P3060002a.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The pristine beaches we are privileged to call home </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The beauty of discarded glass</span> reshaped by nature<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thinking of all of those recently affected by the Japanese Tsunami and closer to home, everyone in Oz and NZ still working on re-building their lives after the floods and earthquakes.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">For more gratefulness, head over <a href="http://maxabellaloves.blogspot.com/">here</a> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-86879275445024872722011-03-10T14:02:00.004+11:002011-03-11T22:08:35.559+11:00my creative space<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CQq2MDFVZuQ/TXg8QRg03OI/AAAAAAAABTc/E37bSt1AGh4/s1600/fabric+print.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CQq2MDFVZuQ/TXg8QRg03OI/AAAAAAAABTc/E37bSt1AGh4/s320/fabric+print.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Was wondering around the streets the other day (hmm, this post is already sounding suspect!) and came across a <a href="http://www.kiitos.com.au/blog.php" style="color: blue;">local homewares shop</a>. I was instantly drawn to the Kaiku fabric by <a href="http://www.marimekko.com/" style="color: blue;">Marimekko</a> and walked out of there with 2.5 metres of it! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now I appreciate that I'm cheating a little here because if this was truly my own creative space, I would have stretched that fabric myself! However, 2.5 metres was just too daunting and I really didn't want to damage the fabric with my clumsy, trigger happy hands so I called in the big guns and got my local framer to help me out.<br />
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I would love to show you a close up but I'm having terrible trouble getting 'image insert function' to accept a portrait size photo as it will only convert them to landscape! Weird. If anyone has an inkling why this is happening, please enlighten me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Does ironing the fabric count for anything or at least having the creative vision? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">For GENUINE creative spaces, head over <a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/" style="color: blue;">here</a>. </div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-43576500965122996362011-03-03T07:34:00.000+11:002011-03-03T07:34:45.162+11:00My creative space<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-udpt9xQ5_U0/TWtsLIEwUoI/AAAAAAAABS0/5W9gBzRGNYU/s1600/IMG_3689a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-udpt9xQ5_U0/TWtsLIEwUoI/AAAAAAAABS0/5W9gBzRGNYU/s320/IMG_3689a.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I've had lots of fun this week creating. I've had this idea for quite some time however it's taken me a little while to source the right material. I'm not handy with a needle or a sewing machine for that matter, but I'd like to think I make up for that with the small creative contributions I make to our home. Bright and bold colours are starting to take over my bond white walls, and I'm loving it.</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-iyGcgV55XOQ/TWtsaXhc9qI/AAAAAAAABS4/wDHhVmI5AbI/s1600/IMG_3687a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-iyGcgV55XOQ/TWtsaXhc9qI/AAAAAAAABS4/wDHhVmI5AbI/s320/IMG_3687a.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love the old Masonite clipboards and found some at Officeworks for about $2.00 each. I bought some Velcro dots (the removal kind that you can easily take off a wall without damaging it), and then convinced my husband to help me hang them on the wall. His job was to ensure I hung them on the level with exact spacing (I capatalised on his fastidious approach which usually drives me nuts!). </span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bLZFbumS7aU/TWts4pyUd-I/AAAAAAAABS8/RfD7B_lnU94/s1600/IMG_3690a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bLZFbumS7aU/TWts4pyUd-I/AAAAAAAABS8/RfD7B_lnU94/s320/IMG_3690a.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">One clipboard slowly became two, then three...you get the picture (no pun intended).</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VvrYoD5CdEU/TWttauSp1II/AAAAAAAABTE/8FsocwjdZts/s1600/IMG_3704a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="279" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VvrYoD5CdEU/TWttauSp1II/AAAAAAAABTE/8FsocwjdZts/s320/IMG_3704a.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">With all five clipboards in place, I then printed off some posters which were generously donated as downloads by <a href="http://tonicoward.blogspot.com/2010/07/leannes-awesome-free-art-prints.html" style="color: blue;">Leanne</a>, a friend of <a href="http://tonicoward.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue;">Make it Perfect</a>. I plan to mix them up with some photos to give it a bit more balance but for now, the posters work well. </span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fZNlC8tsevQ/TWtuFNbX2FI/AAAAAAAABTI/XqtViSwon3g/s1600/IMG_3720a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fZNlC8tsevQ/TWtuFNbX2FI/AAAAAAAABTI/XqtViSwon3g/s320/IMG_3720a.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-AIprvbwpy8A/TWtuMiSAFxI/AAAAAAAABTM/pPQiKp48uTc/s1600/IMG_3718a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-AIprvbwpy8A/TWtuMiSAFxI/AAAAAAAABTM/pPQiKp48uTc/s320/IMG_3718a.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">My young children love them and it's a great way to encourage them to read. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7AAsalsOp8/TW6ougmwFUI/AAAAAAAABTY/rS_AqPfvrZ0/s1600/IMG_3724a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7AAsalsOp8/TW6ougmwFUI/AAAAAAAABTY/rS_AqPfvrZ0/s320/IMG_3724a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"> For more creative spaces, head over <a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/" style="color: blue;">here</a>. </span></div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-46185024930745675112011-02-27T11:04:00.001+11:002011-02-27T11:04:33.539+11:00Flea Market Find<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-pRFwC1GAlT8/TWmTicq5AjI/AAAAAAAABSs/LkMffIAxVd0/s1600/IMG_3643a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-pRFwC1GAlT8/TWmTicq5AjI/AAAAAAAABSs/LkMffIAxVd0/s320/IMG_3643a.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've pulled out of my closest a dear and treasured flea market find from many years ago. I bought this at a vintage warehouse in Melbourne and pull it out every chance I get when winter descends. Whilst it's quite beady and certainly not to everyone's taste, I tone it down by wearing a black singlet or t-shirt underneath with black pants. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wzpaGLqtlsU/TWmT9257JUI/AAAAAAAABSw/YqabS40u5pM/s1600/IMG_3653a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wzpaGLqtlsU/TWmT9257JUI/AAAAAAAABSw/YqabS40u5pM/s320/IMG_3653a.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've never been very good at explaining material or the style of clothes - in fact I'm absolutely hopeless. The best I can give you is that I think this is angora, lined with silk with a delicate beaded pattern. Those far more eloquent than I, feel free to embellish on this mediocre description! After all, its so luxurious to wear and I've by no means given it justice!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
For more flea market finds head over to <a href="http://herlibraryadventures.blogspot.com/">Sophie's</a>. </span></div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-73863979469893796142011-02-14T09:49:00.000+11:002011-02-14T09:49:51.567+11:00Vintage Chic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5bB04r7KAWM/TVcE9LlFGEI/AAAAAAAABSc/3N2Eg5IzHd4/s1600/Thrify+Vintage+Chic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5bB04r7KAWM/TVcE9LlFGEI/AAAAAAAABSc/3N2Eg5IzHd4/s1600/Thrify+Vintage+Chic.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hello inspiration! I recently tripped over Robin Wallace's <a href="http://thriftyvintagechic.com/">website</a> and landed in heaven. She oozes charm and sophistication and does so with an extremely tight purse string. </span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lSscezmjhjs/TVcIJvQUTSI/AAAAAAAABSg/zb5gqvAWfjc/s1600/Thrifty+Vintage+Chic1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lSscezmjhjs/TVcIJvQUTSI/AAAAAAAABSg/zb5gqvAWfjc/s320/Thrifty+Vintage+Chic1.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A single mum, brain tumour survivor, swing dancing, thrifty goddess. </span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xHg8DvMa3vQ/TVcIWMlHgBI/AAAAAAAABSo/Ywb4rQM4riM/s1600/Thrifty+Vintage+Chic2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xHg8DvMa3vQ/TVcIWMlHgBI/AAAAAAAABSo/Ywb4rQM4riM/s320/Thrifty+Vintage+Chic2.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">As she puts it so eloquently, "it's where economics, sustainability and expression meet style". </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">How much would you expect to pay for this stylish good old fashioned work ethic? Just $24.75. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">For all things vintage and chic, check out her website: <a href="http://thriftyvintagechic.com/">thriftyvintagechic.com </a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><i></i></i></span></div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-27103547706691136532011-02-13T08:17:00.000+11:002011-02-13T08:17:29.004+11:00Flea Market Finds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aS1GYoSb-kQ/TVXOya1FNrI/AAAAAAAABSQ/8ZHBT9cMf5w/s1600/IMG_3204a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="254" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aS1GYoSb-kQ/TVXOya1FNrI/AAAAAAAABSQ/8ZHBT9cMf5w/s320/IMG_3204a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Who doesn't love the old anodised aluminium travel cups? Just looking at them fills me with nostalgia of picnics on the side of the road, pulling over for a quick cuppa and sandwich on our way to see our cousins in Bodalla.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s8zWjtx0fK4/TVXO5eWHMcI/AAAAAAAABSU/SLQipqmvxqc/s1600/IMG_3193a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s8zWjtx0fK4/TVXO5eWHMcI/AAAAAAAABSU/SLQipqmvxqc/s320/IMG_3193a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Still in fantastic condition and housed in this wonderfully worn leather case, I was very excited to find them at my local oppy. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-StxCn5r3KDc/TVXO_ECk5cI/AAAAAAAABSY/mMQTGNB83eE/s1600/IMG_3210a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-StxCn5r3KDc/TVXO_ECk5cI/AAAAAAAABSY/mMQTGNB83eE/s320/IMG_3210a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">All of $5 was parted. Such a meager price for the memories its evoked. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">For more flea market finds, head over to <a href="http://herlibraryadventures.blogspot.com/">Sophie's</a>.</div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-84225047414025758842011-02-10T13:06:00.001+11:002011-02-10T13:09:36.523+11:00My creative space<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-txFT4fHAbRM/TVNHD2DkTrI/AAAAAAAABSI/vovMwgg1MjY/s1600/IMG_3171.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-txFT4fHAbRM/TVNHD2DkTrI/AAAAAAAABSI/vovMwgg1MjY/s320/IMG_3171.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Simple re-purposing exercise today. Didn't have the heart to throw out all the beautiful Christmas cards we received this year so I cut off the covers and re-purposed them as swing tag cards. </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0HhBkuy-Qw0/TVNHgrLqWtI/AAAAAAAABSM/pKysSwu0bRA/s1600/IMG_3176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0HhBkuy-Qw0/TVNHgrLqWtI/AAAAAAAABSM/pKysSwu0bRA/s320/IMG_3176.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have tucked them away to place on my presents next year.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">For more creative spaces, head over <a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/2011/02/my-creative-space-3.html">here</a>.</span></div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-8143343231630042112011-02-05T09:31:00.000+11:002011-02-05T09:31:09.099+11:00Where have you been all my life?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TUx5-9hsm2I/AAAAAAAABR4/mEjtX3ZtPZs/s1600/IMG_3143a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TUx5-9hsm2I/AAAAAAAABR4/mEjtX3ZtPZs/s320/IMG_3143a.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm loving my new camera. It has opened up a whole new world for me. Whilst the kids were playing in the backyard, a family of dragonflies descended on our garden. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TUx8Vl11TxI/AAAAAAAABR8/MWUGiaIsYd8/s1600/IMG_3161b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TUx8Vl11TxI/AAAAAAAABR8/MWUGiaIsYd8/s320/IMG_3161b.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Playing around with the speed shutter and telephoto lens, I managed to capture these images. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TUx9tXC1eXI/AAAAAAAABSE/utJWPpsSHac/s1600/IMG_3126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TUx9tXC1eXI/AAAAAAAABSE/utJWPpsSHac/s320/IMG_3126.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">This camera makes any novice shot look great. Can't wait to take some photos of ordinary things down at the beach. </span></div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-3908042182536662562011-01-29T20:52:00.000+11:002011-01-29T20:52:00.914+11:00I'm grateful for...<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm grateful for so many things, some of which I take for granted.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TUPdAqM-IzI/AAAAAAAABRI/o7ilQnSgcic/s1600/13th+beach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TUPdAqM-IzI/AAAAAAAABRI/o7ilQnSgcic/s1600/13th+beach.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm grateful for the paradise I live in. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TUPeGE2l9jI/AAAAAAAABRM/ONMMqxe5Kb0/s1600/blogging.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TUPeGE2l9jI/AAAAAAAABRM/ONMMqxe5Kb0/s1600/blogging.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm grateful for friendships and those that have recently encouraged me to find my <a href="http://knickyknacks.blogspot.com/2011/01/whenever-youre-ready.html" style="color: blue;">mojo</a><span style="color: blue;">.</span></span><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TUPcsO1cDMI/AAAAAAAABRE/6WLFiUqX0LA/s1600/latte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TUPcsO1cDMI/AAAAAAAABRE/6WLFiUqX0LA/s1600/latte.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm grateful for Andrew, the best soy latte Barista in the Bellarine. Every morning he hands me a hot steaming cup of pure heaven and I worship him for that!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TUPflR_HOuI/AAAAAAAABRU/BC6YWkOyLGE/s1600/Georgie1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TUPflR_HOuI/AAAAAAAABRU/BC6YWkOyLGE/s320/Georgie1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm grateful for new camera that takes the most wonderful shots of my children in action.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TUPiKHXWWNI/AAAAAAAABRY/Lpt5kvmfmDc/s1600/don%2527t+give+up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TUPiKHXWWNI/AAAAAAAABRY/Lpt5kvmfmDc/s1600/don%2527t+give+up.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I'm grateful for my family and send my love to our courageous Jan who is fighting an almighty fight. I'm praying for you.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Life my friends is too short and there are plenty of things to be grateful for. For more warm hearted gratefulness, head over <a href="http://maxabellaloves.blogspot.com/2011/01/this-week-im-grateful-for-new-friends.html" style="color: blue;">here</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.barwonheadsblog.com/posts/">{some images} </a></span></span></div>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-44281762211956095622011-01-25T20:57:00.000+11:002011-01-25T20:57:03.287+11:00Whenever you're ready<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TT6dZ2-Ac7I/AAAAAAAABQ8/eQZmklpqjms/s1600/Thinking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TT6dZ2-Ac7I/AAAAAAAABQ8/eQZmklpqjms/s1600/Thinking.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have seriously lost my blogging mojo and I have no idea how on earth to get it back. I'm like an old car that's run out of juice, an elite athlete without EPO, a painter with no muse. You get my drift and I'm sure you've noticed I'm just filling in time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've visited a few times but I just can't find the motivation to hurl myself back in and get comfy with all my blogging friends. It should be easy - I love to talk. But I just don't feel like I've got anything remotely interesting to share with anyone. I even have a new camera which takes the most stunning photos and yet, alas, I'm paralysed at the wrist (well apart from writing this entry perhaps!?). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I just imagined that when I finally got around to posting, many of you would have left but I see not one of you has booted off. That's nice. Thanks! I hope I can redeem myself shortly with some kind of inspiring, witty, and creative post. If not, I'm sure you'll be spoiled for choice with others!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I welcome any tips for getting the mojo back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Trace x</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://weheartit.com/">{image}</a></span>Knicky Knackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15318759141472426234noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316982590799687503.post-76178782229784585342010-12-19T09:24:00.000+11:002010-12-19T09:24:25.731+11:00Handmade Christmas Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TQ0yh5dNvJI/AAAAAAAABQ0/Q0E8Ody9ERk/s1600/PC170386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EeQA-MAFxw8/TQ0yh5dNvJI/AAAAAAAABQ0/Q0E8Ody9ERk/s320/PC170386.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Can't believe I'm late for the very last posting of a Handmade Christmas Challenge! I do have a good excuse.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've been madly wrapping presents for Kinder and Prep teachers</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Organising treats for our Christmas barbie yesterday.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Making decorations.</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've thoroughly enjoyed hosting this challenge albeit a tad over zealous starting in June! But just when I thought I may be the only one participating in my humble little challenge, one of you would link in with an amazing gift you had been working on. So thank you all for joining in and keeping the crafty spirit alive and well. Thank you<a href="http://knickyknacks.blogspot.com/2010/06/handmade-christmas-challenge.html"> <span style="color: #cc0000;">to all 59 of you</span></a> (at last count) who responded to the challenge and whilst some of you may not have participated, your comments were always timely and encouraging. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Of course, just one last free downloadable print for those feverishly wrapping presents:</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wishing you and your families a very safe and happy Christmas. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Trace x</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></div><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/basic_linky_include.aspx?id=63368" type="text/javascript">
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