Brown Owls Meet, Crochet to Hoot at, a loom and a lass

Last Sunday I made it to my first Brown Owls meet.

Em volunteered to teach us all to crochet a granny. I arrived a bit late and missed the very beginning, so I was in the remedial group!

At first my tension was so tight I couldn't do the next stitch! After undoing it I made an excellent circle. After undoing that I made a pretty good first round, I got stuck a bit on round two and eventually got there ...

I took it home and finished the square! Yay, now I can granny too!

Erin was inspired so I pulled out a foam loom and she made some squares to join up for a baby blanket for her dolls.

Hoot of a time, loved meeting new people and sharing the love of the adventure of craft... but most awesome was the fact that my learning a new craft inspired my little one.

The Postman Rings ...

Oh what excellent fun opening up mail! While I was sick I got heaps of cool stuff in the post to cheer me up. Since I have been away for a while I will put them all here.

First I was deliciously delighted to get a special pack from Hayley at Re-Read. I had won her Kitty brooch in the weekly give-away she holds. They are excellent so get on over HERE to win one! The Kitty now joins my little obsession collection ... The bird on top and the owl are mine and the birdie on the bottom I bought for my sister but have not passed it on yet! I love the postcard too, not to mention the handmade envelope! Thanks Hayley!






Next was my Brown Owls pack! The Brown Owls are a bunch of crafty crafters who like to hang out together and make stuff. Check out the blog HERE. So thanks Pip, I love the pics and the sticker and the keyring.






Yay Yay Yay ...

Oh me oh my ...

I have been away for a long time haven't I!

I have been under the weather, I don't get sick a lot but when I do it's usually something huge that takes me down ...
this time it was a virus that led to laryngitis and a sinus infection escalating to my ol' friend Bronchitis.

Hasn't been a fun time and I am just getting back to my normal self now ... almost 3 weeks later.

Full on ... but it hasn't been all bad

I spent yesterday making some new clippies, and as I started to feel better I also made Sammy a embroidered Robot singlet (because we share a love for Robots at the moment and I love a win win situation!)
Erin scored a derby skirt ... she has started roller skating (and is GOOD) and as my knees are too dodgy for competition Derby it seems I can breed my own fresh meat! Excellent.

I got my new swallow kicks and I had a visit from my lovely UK Bestie ...

I bought some owl fabric and some stuff for refashioning, I also made a few new dresses ...

Oh and I got my Brown Owls pack in the post too! Yay thanks Pip!

I will post pics of all the above soon!