Happy Snaps

Some recent happy snaps.

Recent Knits

I can't even think of all I've done over the last month and a bit. Mostly I've been working on a jumper for Nicholas.

I also made a pair of flower beanies for Hannah and Ailey. (I don't have a picture of Ailey yet).

And a library bag for Makayla.

Relay 4 Life

Well it's been AAAAAAGES since I posted anything so I thought I might get my act together!

Relay 4 Life was great this year. We had an absolutely perfect day weather-wise. The day was pretty hectic especially with face painting during the day. We painted lots of little faces and big faces too. The Art Gallery was not as successful as we would have liked it to be. It was on the outside of the track for starters which didn't get a lot of traffic. But the main reason for the disappointing prices fetched by such great works was that I really messed up with the method of my silent auction. I'll know better for next year and hopefully we get some good donations again.

Having said that we still managed to raise $950 on the art and overall $2080. So it was not a bad effort at all!

Thanks to all who donated money, art or time. xxx

Relay for Life - Art Donations

In the Next Egistenze - by Yvonne
Wow, what a wonderful response to a request for Art Donations for the Relay! I asked my good friend Aisha to paint something for the relay but, understandably, having a 3 month old at home she really is pressed for time, so she kindly asked her art class mates to make a donation. So far we have three art works donated. Two from her teacher Yvonne
Abstract - Nina De Rome

and one from Dave's mum Natalie. I think there is one more coming.


Hydrangeas Dup - Natalie Dunsford

These works will be auctioned off on the day to raise money for the Cancer Council. So along with Jade's gorgeous quilt we should have some interest in these items on the day. If you would like to place a bid, please email me here.

Thank you so much for the kind donations Jade, Yvonne, Natalie and Aisha. :) xxx

Monograms

Two of my nieces are having birthdays this week and I was inspired to make them some Monograms for their rooms. I saw these in a scrapbooking magazine and had to try my hand at them. I'm really happy with how my "B" worked out (for an 8 year old). The colours will suit B's room too. Hope she likes it.

I used this groovy gold paint around the edges which adds a nice touch. I glued on some scrapbooking papers and sanded around the edges to distress the paper. Then I roughly added some more gold paint. Then I glued on some embellishments. It would have been nice to use beads or ribbon or lace but I didn't have much on hand.

The "M" was more playful as it is for a 3 year old.

Needling

Well, the last week has been spent knitting obsessively ("needling" as Hannah calls it) and I have finally finished Evelyn's Shrug. It's a bit snug on me so I hope it fits her well. (I will get a pic with her wearing it at some stage). But here it is in all it's creamy glory.

The pattern came from Issue 21 of the Australian Creative Knitting magazine. I was really impressed with this magazine and the patterns in it. They are fresh and new with a few quirky things thrown in.

The shrug complete I was able to start on some hats from Jade's book.

This is a great book and the patterns are quite easy to understand even though they are in japanese. The graphical patterns are very obvious and the hats are quick to make. I think I will probably end up crotcheting more than knitting beanies for the Relay 4 Life.

Here is the first one I tackled modelled by my Hannah, so cute. It does fit me too, although I would have liked it to be a bit more bulky, needed to use heavier weight yarn and fatter hook. So I am going to make this hat again as soon as I can get some nice yarn (like the one I got Jade for her birthday).

C25K - Week 8

Well, week 8 started out good. I ran from Valley Heights to Blaxland, 4.3km, in 28 minutes. There were a couple of tricky hill bits which beat me and I had to walk for a few meters, but other than that it went well. Unfortunately the rest of the week was a no show... what a slacker. To be fair I do have a cold and am still coughing quite a bit. I'm starting week 8 again as soon as this cough clears a bit more.

A pretty slack week....