I’m starting to work thru the Jessica Sprague free class for December – Holiday’s in Hand, not in order cause that would be too easy. So far I’ve done days 9, 11 & 15 and it’s only day 2

I decided to extract some photos of a Christmas decoration I made last year to use and thought I’d put it out into the blogsphere.

They are simple calico stars with a little wadding in between the layers, the more roughly stitched the better. I embroidered the wording before stitching & stuffing & joined the stars with a bit of raffia.

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Now why oh why didn’t Cam pose like that when I had him dressed up for some nice photos. Also this month we had Cam’s prep orientation morning which he loved so much he thought he didn’t have to go to kindy any more.

Covered in biscuit crumbs in the car, Master 4 is told not to brush them off onto the floor – we’ll just get them off when we hop out says I. He says “don’t worry Mummy, we can just tip the car over to get them out.” “We can’t tip the car over” says Mummy, “it would wreck the car.” “No Mummy, they do it on Scrapheap Challenge all the time!”.
Hope he buys a convertible with a rollcage for his first car – then he won’t need the vacuum cleaner.

The bushfires at Gaeta and Nangandie especially have been the incident of the month. After virtually no rain for 6 months, about 90% of the farm went up except the house & shed. Fences & waterpipes destroyed but fortunately no cattle lost to the fire. It was a few weeks of worry and sheer exhaustion for Dad, Mum & Scott along with the others in the area. Our prayers are with all the farmers in the area who have lost so much. *edit* 9/11 Dad rang to say they were getting heavy rain up at the farm, heavy enough to stop work! Just what is needed to get the grass going again.

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Got the numerals and brackets done to go with my Building Block Alpha. Hope you find the set useful. Happy Scrappin’.

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Cam got an invitation to a lego themed birthday party a while ago and the mum had done an excellent job on the invite finishing off with 3D lettering from Lego Digital Designer. So I went on a fruitless search for a freebie Lego/block alpha to scrap with and ended up having to make my own.   This alpha is not “lego” so as not to infringe on trademarks etc. and is caps only. I’ll do numbers in the next couple of days.

Oops, the camera had a bit of a rest this month.

Better late than never….

I decided about a month ago to do the 40hr Famine this year, can’t believe it’s been about 12yrs since I did it last. This time I’m doing the food famine & the technology famine (yep that’s right no computer, TV, mobile phone, stereo or microwave) to help raise money for hungry kids affected by the Global Food Crisis.
Do you realise that the price of rice in many third world countries has doubled or even tripled in price in the last 2 years? What if the price of milk, bread and fruit & vege doubled here – imagine the outcry. Most of us would cope, but if you were barely able to afford it before, what would you do if it doubled?
Funds raised this year are being used mainly in Kenya & Cambodia for emergency food aid, clean water access and seed & tools for farmers.
I might not be able to do much about the approx 1 billion people who go hungry every day, but so far I’ve raised (thanks to generous friends & family) enough to provide help for 50 kids for a month. Maybe not much in the whole scheme of things – but it is to any one of those 50 kids. And by signing up as a Group Leader, 9 of the teens from church have also volunteered to do the famine too.
So I may not be able to do much about the 1 billion hungry people, but I will do something….will you help too! You can donate securely online at www.40hourfamine.com

Bit late this month – just plain forgot to start the LO…..