Cards and lambs.....

Milly and Billy have grown heaps...... 

I think Milly is about 6 weeks and Billy 5 weeks.....

so good to have lots of green for them to munch away on.......

still giving them a little bit of milk.............

Milly kept knocking on the door with her foot.........she really wanted to come into the Chookshed...........

you realise they have grown heaps when this other baby walks past who is about 5 days old.............

Thankfully her Mum is with her.....sniffing her to make sure she is her baby...........

she is so tiny........one of twins..........

and I have some cards back in stock...........

I realised when sorting them I was missing some so good to have them back again..........

Hooked into some weeding today..........OMG the weeds are so out of control............

and my body is so sore for the bit i did.........

I have some milk thistles and marshmallow grass as tall as me.........

the chooks love it all........

Catch you later........

Chookyblue.........

Sorting......

my cards are a disorganised mess...............I keep them in some plastic boxes but not organised............

So i decided to pull them back out while I still had some scattered all over the table and sorted them property...........

This is maybe 1/2 of them.........

rough categories include - farm pics, succulents, Australian flowers, paddock flowers/trees, garden flowers, animals, sewing theme, sun rise/set, odd things............

So they are all over the sewing table and organised into their piles...........

now to put away...........

no kids no husband - sewing tomorrow.............

Chookyblue.....

A day out...........

I've had a lovely day out...........took my cards to a ladies day...........the day was supposed to be in a garden but with the AWFUL FREEZING WET WEATHER we have had thankfully they were able to get an indoor venue at the last minute.

Lots of different stalls but I got to be next to Kerry - Cottage on the Hill - excellent

This is one of Kerry's new quilts "1800 stars" I think she called it.........

I just love it and it is done with reproductions prints............
She had kits - one nearly traveled home with me.........

of course then I had to get a couple of fat 1/4's

mine on the left  (just into the shop - A Journey Through Time The Old Sturbridge Village Collection) love the whole range...........

Fairy Girl picked the 1930's repro.

Fairy Girl also got to have a quick catch up with Little Miss Thimble..........

I got to see lots of the Club Quilt ladies which was great..........lots of quilts on display for the day too.......

Fairy girl took a liking to two quilts and wants to make them...........we'll see what happens there 

The one on the right is made by Gaizie.......

AND how tell me how on earth did the kids swangle this one but meet "2Up" (a bantam game chook) (and named 2up since he is a game bird and 2up is a game- get it - I didn't until explained on the way home) 

2up is one day old on the left and I hope is a HEN........

......this is Book Worms new pet - lets hope we can keep it warm enough for the next few days it is like a cold winters change and freezing.......it should be spring..........

On the right we have "Sunshine" Fairy Girls new pet......

......I had budgies for years as a kid so I am quite pleased Fairy Girl has one now too.............

the farm menagerie has expanded............LOL............

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue

virtual blog world tour............

Dear Thimbleanna

Since you've been such fun with the virtual world tour I thought I should show you a little here..............well since by the time we get back to Australia and reach my place you will be exhausted you better stay awhile and I can show you around the farm............see you never quite know what you may find.........there will be yabbies on the menu but not this mumma...........we often find some with eggs and put them back into the dams but this mumma had little bubbas just ready to hatch out.............we have never ever seen one like this..........(zoom in on the photo if you can)

and the same day Bookworm found an extra on his way to collect the eggs.............his is cute isn't he.............and he was a little friendly turtle poking his head out to say hi..........he was promptly delivered back to the creek.............(about 15-20cm long)

There is lots of cow poops to avoid driving on the road out...........

the traffic gets heavy at times but please be patient............they will do more damage to your car then you want..........

and say hi to the emus on the way past.............

this is the closest thing to a mountain near by and it isn't very big...........

can't show you the bedroom as it is a bit of a mess at the moment but I promise to have it cleaned up before I leave and it will be ready for when you arrive..............quilt shops are at least 1.5 hrs away.........so a day trip if you want to go to some..........I am sure we could fit some sewing in and you could use Fairy girls sewing machine

See you soon Chookyblue...............

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to all the people who skimmed thru the last post .......LOL............some people actually thought I was really leaving for a world tour...............you obviously didn't read the 2nd paragraph of my last post..............LOL..........made for some amusing emails and comments.....esp a phone call from my sister.........lol..........thinking i was "really" going and why hadn't she heard about it til now..............and to those blog friends of mine who didn't get a mention in the post I would call in on you too but I only mentioned the people who comment on the other post.............oh and I do know where Washington State and Oregon are now (thanks Anita USA)...........and I am also having a stop over in Croatia.........

only problem now is I have quite a few more people joining me on the world tour...............guess you didn't want to miss out on the fun..............more the merrier.........

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Thimbleanna..............since you have been such fun and I just loved the post you did .........it was a hoot.....(and also the comments you received)......I want to send you a little thankyou gift............

below are some of my new cards.......

.....some of my older readers will remember I make cards and sell them I have been so slack and not shown any new ones for ages but here a 4 more recent cards and I am going to send a bundle of cards off to you for being so welcoming in my "virtual blog world tour" I know we are going to have a heap of fun together.......(flick me your snail mail address).......

did anyone else do a post?????

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Take Care til next time..............

Chookyblue

PS to those who think I am a little crazy - get a life........have fun........life is too short......

PSS chat next week I am off to Girls Day in the Country.......can't wait to meet up with all the girls again...........chatting, eating, drinking, a little sewing..........

PSSS if anyone is interested in the blog books I get, Blog2Print have 15% off at the moment I can send you the email with the discount code it ends 31st March........exchange rate is pretty good at the moment too with the US $$$$........

new cards

These are some of the new cards.........I am totally smitten with succulents at the moment...........

lots of new cards lately..........markets tomorrow.....

........these are available on Etsy in my shop.............my cards are also available locally in the Australia Post Shop.........hopefully they will go well there...........

.....also got some calendars.........they look great........these are the pics on the calendars below..........each month has a different photo and the dates have nice big boxes to write in...........the calendars will be in the shop very soon.............

If you are feeling lucky head to this blog.................it is worth your time.............

Take care til next time..............Chookyblue............

lots happening

My bag swap arrived from Debbie..........photos to follow.........lots of
wonderful goodies in the box........

This Deb ordered some cards and was very happy........see her post here........if anyone is interested just email me.............choose the label cards and you can see what I have now..............more coming soon..........

Banksia Rose

My Snappy Friends have been busy posting lots of great spring snaps so check
them out..........make sure you go back thru a few posts as there are quite
a few up now..........

.........take care til next time.............
.......Chookyblue..........

PS hope I will be back soon.........organising things for the visitor onsalught Friday and one extra kids and one sick kid...........interesting.........

good mail week.........

Oh I love the mailman……….he only delivers mail twice a week but today was pretty good………..these amazing little girls came from the Ric Rac………….man is she one talented blog buddy………..they are so cute…………not sure if they will say something naughty or nice……….nice card tooo.......(management approves)

Then the Pincushion of the month organised by Sarah at Quilt Fabric Delights was tempting me for weeks and weeks since she first blogged about it………….last week I gave into the pressures………..and look what turned up in my mail box this week…………my first pincushion………..

Also in the mail today was this new card………..more markets next weekend........

My birthday finally ended this week………….someone told me you birthday went as long as you got presents………….this parcel was supposed to be here 4 weeks ago but the delivery people don’t deliver parcels in my area so I thought it was lost and finally (after some detective work) discovered it sitting in a depot in town ………….in the mean time the wonder ladies at Aussie Patches have sent out another one……..(still lost)……….no this is the wonderful ruler that I told you all about on the “New Inventors” (aussie show) and after it was on it won the people’s choice award the next week.…………dh organised it secretly…………he did good………

SSCS update…………..have you seen this……………I was in shock……Santa is so organised………..done, wrapped and ready to send…………..wonder where in blogland it will be delivered…………to many countries to choose from……….she even printed the logo and popped it onto the presents……..way to go Lyn…….she even made litttle tags with the logo........

Also thanks for the visits to the new blog…………the snappy friends have got quite a few posts up now………head on over.............

Take care til next time......

.........Chookyblue..............

new cards...........

Have some new cards to show you........had them for a little while but kept
forgetting to take some pics....

........I had a market day on the weekend and have a couple more market stalls coming up in
the next few weeks............ choose the label cards and you will see the others I have available..........

Also I have been playing with these fabrics..............not finished yet to show
the big reveal...........

some yo-yo's

.........take care til next time.............
.......Chookyblue..........

another card...........

Not the best pic but this new card turned up in the mail yesterday..............should have been here before the markets but anyway at least it is here now.........what do you think?

.........take care til next time.............
.......Chookyblue..........

OMG...............

Thanks to all those who left a comment on my 300th post..............certainly brought some lurkers out which is lovely......and my regular visitors I must not forget to mention you...............much appreciated for taking the time to leave a comment........and it is great to know you all love the communtiy and inspiration and the rest like I do..........

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I have so much going on at the moment..........the girls who helped me out with this problem a couple of post back thanks a lot and I have 2 winners here and here as I used a combination of their suggestions.............

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But the winner for my 300th celebrations is J's Quilting blog..............send my your snail mail address.........

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Cyber stitching was on the weekend and I got one traced and about 6 stitches in .............the markets were busy on Sat morning which was great but I was a lot later home from town and crashed on the lounge............cruised a few blogs and barely commented (very unusual for me) but I have seen lots of posts about cyber stitching.........

Above are some of my recent cards........send me an email if you would like any............

more from me later.............

take care...........Chookyblue........

New cards.........more new blogs.......

I am really sorry but someone asked me about my cards the other day and I just can't find the email................please please email me again..................

here are the latest additions to the range...............(if you go to the label cards(at the bottom of my blog) you will find the others)

I am having so much fun finding new blogs (well new to me) but here are some more NEW ones...........omg the bloglines list is getting out of control.............

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Audrey and Maude...........congrats girls and goodluck.............

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converted another one when in Nundle.................welcome flutter by angel (not sure that is the name we came up with while drinking wine.............lol)

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Now if you are new to blogland you may want to check out this post by Rose Marie telling you how to make yourselves replyable.................very important...............

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And Daisy Chain took up my challenge with the camera and look what she got.............

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if you havn't worked it out I changed my template .............like this one sooo much better............... as they say a change is as good as a holiday...........

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Pincushion Swap………..I have my secret partner………my lips are sealed...........

............take care til next time.............

..................Chookyblue................

home from the markets.........

Hi thanks for the good wishes...........I had a lovely day at the markets............they say it was a quiet day so considering that I was happy enough for the first visit ........so that was good.........I will give them ago next markets day.........
Zelly's Crafts and Gifts had a stall..........she has an online shop so head there and check it out.........I refrained only brought a few fat quarters......very nice.........sorry I forgot to take a pic of her stall.........

............take care till I make it back again..............

Markets.........

I am off to the markets with my cards tomorrow..........hopefully someone wants to buy some........lol........more news later............I have an early start........

.......take care.......

cards and a present.......

here are some more of my cards..........

................the ones in the front flat on the floor are magnets and the

tiny ones are little gift tags...........email me if you are interested in getting some.........

not very long ago I won a prize in The Little Needle Case.............50th post giveaway

Look at the wonderful goodies I got thanks so much I love it all and the chocolate box is empty already.......the card is a Rosalie Quinlan Design - I didn't know she made cards..........very nice.......

...........take care............

more cards.........

Almost forgot to show you the cards I got in the mail............moving a few of the other cards in the craft shop so that is good.........if anyone wants any just send me an email.........or comment here..........

I have not got a "Henri" like Nadine who rings the door bell.............but I do have a great postman that beeps the horn driving in the gate when things won't fit in the mail box and I have to do a runner out the door and yell so he knows I am here..............quite a classic really (not a pretty picture)...........then he leaves my parcels for me...............lol...........I had a visitor here the otherday when this happened and it was a bit of a laugh.............

.........................take care till next time....................

wish me luck..........

Hi sold my first card today privately but tomorrow my cards are going on sale in the local craft shop..........wish me luck

Here are the packages of some ready for sale all labelled etc.............of course if anyone in blog land wants some shoot me an email.............

Not the best pic it is very late and there are to many bugs if you have to many lights on...........usually I sit here in the dark with the outside lights on...........

Thanks for all the comments on my last post..........I see cornflakes are high on the shopping list and quite a few are going to make some biscuits............I am a little busy so please accept this as a thankyou........

.............take care..............

look what came in the mail today

I ordered some cards and they turned up in the mail today...........several orders and they all came together...........soooooo exciting.........

some of my favourite pics........

I just LOVE flowers if you haven't worked that out yet...........

off to order some more...........I am so happy with these..........

Here is my centre block for the Roosting Robin I have joined up with thru QDU.......you can see the blog here that the other girls are posting to.........centre is free choice.......get the next step at the start of the month - can't wait

Take Care..............absolutely beautiful day here today...........