Cutlery Roll

My work has this great kitchen and about 2 weeks ago they replaced all the cutlery, lovely sparkling silver knives, forks, spoons but on Friday when I had a bowl of soup all I could find was a fork. Where is the world did it all go?

I had to leave my soup for another day or wait an hour for the dishwasher to finish it's cycle and to ensure that this doesn't happen again, I took the initiative and made myself a cutlery roll for work.

Now I just have to hope that no one steals it, like all the other cutlery because there was no way all the cutlery was in the dishwasher.

I've made a few pencil rolls in my time so I just whipped this up from memory, but if anyone is interested this is a great tutorial to follow, all credits go to "Sew Scrumptious"

Canvas Shoes nails!

Playing with my nails again, geting a little fun and cute!

Who knew I had so many colours, actually I heaps more LOL!!!!

Nail Love

A huge love of Pinterest and my nails has me on mani art handmade!

It's been a while

Life has had a dramatic turn of events.  About 6mths ago my husband left his job and I had to return to full time work and all spare time (sewing time) was completed absorbed with household duties and sleep.

But there were moments and here is a little pic roundup of my handmade efforts, not many but I still enjoy it and too many days I dream I could lock myself away and just be handmade.

My little Facebook page is very silent, I'm not sure what I should do with it, I just don't have the time... if only there were more time, but then again that time would likely be swallowed up with some other task that is deemed more important.

After work drinks... come on it is a LOL drink!

 Happy 39th - Oh hell the big 4 0 is so close

 A little clutch for a work collegue

A quick quilt 

1st ever patchwork quilt

 After I made the girly quilt I thought I should make a boyish quilt just in case my friend has a boy (she had a girl by the way)

Baby Shower gift.  I really enjoyed making this little set 

OMG, how good does this pav look...and it tasted equally good too! 

Little Man's birthday cake

I do this more for self though but thanks to my tiny 3 followers if your reading. 

It bitty coin purse

I'm not sure if I had previously posted about a cute little notebook holder I made for my firend.  She needed something that would hold a pen and she could update with new little notebooks for her grocery list and I whipped her up this:

And now she need a little coin purse, so I made a matching one.

Aren't I just the bestest bestie!!

Bye Bye Travelling Stash

With much stuffing and re-stuffing, I just managed to fit everything back into the post bag. Several times I thought it would burst open but it stayed sealed and my only concern was it's weight. It needed to be under 3kg.

I did try and weigh it at home but my kitchen scales only went to 2kg and so I jumped on the body scales with package in hand and saw I was now an extra 2.8kg heavier - but my scales go up in 200g increments, it may not of seen an extra 200g (although it always see it when I'm on a diet and desperate to lose weight!)

So with my very heavy, over loaded package I went up to the post counter and with little beads of sweat trickled down my forehead in fear that it was over the 3kg, I handed it over and asked to register it... she didn't put it on the scale... so I have no idea what it weighed and am just assuming all is safe.

Off goes the travelling sash to Jules in Queensland... happy travels to you travelling stash!

Travelling Stash arrives!

A little while back a great lass named Cass the coolest started up a "travelling stash" for like minded sewing fans and of course I put my hand up to join in.

The stash was first sent off on March 25th, 2012 and was filled with all these goodies:

So much has been added and the post bag it was in was almost busting at the seams and is now so close to 3kg that I had to ensure what I took out and what I put back in weighed the same.

I received the "stash" from fellow Sydney sider Sarah who is one of my online sewing buddies from "sewulation".

The bulging postbag:

All the goodies waiting to see who shall join my stash:

Out of the bag - wow, it just fit on my desk! What to choose, what to choose!

It was a hard choice:

And here is what I added back to the stash:

And off it goes to.....

oh I best find out as I'm sure the next travelling stasher is waiting ever so patiently!