Art Roll

I've been at it again, this time trying out a pencil roll that I'm thinking would make good Xmas gifts. This one is for Ned and I have made it so he can have a pencil and texta in each slot with room for a lead pencil, sharpener and eraser in the end pocket.
All rolled up....
The back and the inside.........

Feelin' crafty

We've been a little crafty round here lateley.............................

Ned doing wet felting.
String balloons.
And quite a bit of sewing. Surprised? I am, sewing has never interested me but due to the fact that beautiful fabric is a bit like scrapbooking paper and becomes quite addictive I thought I had better do something with the stuff I had bought!!! It also doesn't help when you have a friend (Caro) who regularly sends through links to buy beautiful fabric just to add to the temptation !!!
I made a curtain to hide Ned's aircon and an ugly window view and added a couple of trees and a birdie - too cute !

And then this pile of lovlieness arrived from the US of A and it looked too nice to cut up so I stared at it for awhile and then started work on............
this !!!!
A beautiful throw for snuggling up on the couch over these cooler months. I am really proud cause all the squares lined up, which should probably be easy for most but I struggled and the backing was a nightmare but after a few calls to Caro I got it on.
The backing is a really soft brown polar fleece but for some reason in the photos it looks like horrible scratchy terry towelling !!

It's doing it's job !

Take a Kid Fishing Day 2

We went to TAKFD again this year and again another fantastic day. Perfect weather, about 200 kids and some good fish caught. Dad's group Sunfish run these days and everyone gets a rod and bait, lunch and a showbag at the end as well as heaps of prizes. Its a great day that is completley free. Thanks Pop and the Sunfish guys (and gals)!!!

Roll up, Roll up.............

We went to see the Great Moscow Circus while it was in Mackay and it was fantastic. No animal acts (or we wouldn't have been there cause they are mean !!!), more like cirque du soleil with acrobats, contortionists, really good clowns, magic, women hanging from lengths of fabric and doing tricks and all sorts of other dangerous feats !!! It was really hard to take photos but I got a few before I gave up and enjoyed the show.......

Opening act....
The ringmaster - hilarious....

These Brazillian guys on this spinning thing were unbelievable. We were holding our breaths when they just free fall and land running back on the rings.
This was the grand finale, the dome of doom (it's not actually called that but I think it builds it up a bit!!) In the end the were 5 motorbikes going around - it was scary.

Caro & Jane - it could be heading your way, theres a website if you want to check it out.