my weekend ~ peaceful pottering

<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello lovely tranquil people...I do hope you had a terrific weekend.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Due to a great deal of this...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBCSNb4ZS6GJtuyNewte8SWFuo74Xhttci2k4uwUkhHICXQTdX4sh0W-Au97M11nAnnzl3R5oS4u5vRhSWsH5d9ulKdq_ZalhTCyoe16igE3VTcPkW3L3AE_BzMmu14yZnPPS55qB50tMf/s1600/rain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBCSNb4ZS6GJtuyNewte8SWFuo74Xhttci2k4uwUkhHICXQTdX4sh0W-Au97M11nAnnzl3R5oS4u5vRhSWsH5d9ulKdq_ZalhTCyoe16igE3VTcPkW3L3AE_BzMmu14yZnPPS55qB50tMf/s640/rain.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was a lot of pottering about...literally...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">lettuce, cherry tomatoes and lemon basil (I know, I hadn't heard of that one either!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0UzoQ0aDm6nAW6XoF4Daw_NPLKq4hwUuIsfxkZWtNK0-_YL5N460t38K5pvaIFmb5NWymCKDJJa-NSHdzAYFEJ7dd_OTSzHKoaDC8At3zOloB3SuSt1pGTCbLA0PHNUxZku6zPkQPmCHS/s1600/pots+on+table+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0UzoQ0aDm6nAW6XoF4Daw_NPLKq4hwUuIsfxkZWtNK0-_YL5N460t38K5pvaIFmb5NWymCKDJJa-NSHdzAYFEJ7dd_OTSzHKoaDC8At3zOloB3SuSt1pGTCbLA0PHNUxZku6zPkQPmCHS/s640/pots+on+table+collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And <a href="http://mollysmaison.blogspot.com/">Sarah</a>, I promise to get the slayer a proper tag one day :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HpGuXhYtfS8yvMMU3TQArDHygisxu5DOYBcfXwAVKtGdW9LsKlEz0zMYLXR0SisTODw-quOIAYFYrR9cyRnV4ZKKqdxTfWABCnTRf_0ZmfHRUX3gF7lXqTmwIlwh6TgcuDoqnkx2kmj9/s1600/softie+bunny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HpGuXhYtfS8yvMMU3TQArDHygisxu5DOYBcfXwAVKtGdW9LsKlEz0zMYLXR0SisTODw-quOIAYFYrR9cyRnV4ZKKqdxTfWABCnTRf_0ZmfHRUX3gF7lXqTmwIlwh6TgcuDoqnkx2kmj9/s640/softie+bunny.jpg" width="640" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started to make a softie from a kit I bought at Spotlight...for the <a href="http://meetmeatmikes.blogspot.com/2010/09/fourth-annual-softies-for-mirabel.html">Softies for Mirabel Project 2010</a> (I do hope a kit is acceptable!). These are for kids orphaned or abandoned due to their parents' drug addiction...a really good cause. Softies need to get to Melbourne by 7 December if you'd like to make one...check out the link for all the details.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've almost finished another pincushion...this one's hot pink...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXEQfCPkMDyILef_VVrAmlO8MWsC89xvSoAON1fddzY890BTwmShPWlxcnMvoOQhybYrjhhP0-bOTYBo6Wnp-9Qh9VICQNBAdxbQk6-5a_fxvGB554jTic1_st_gpnuphST04slqz_PIMf/s1600/pink+pincushion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXEQfCPkMDyILef_VVrAmlO8MWsC89xvSoAON1fddzY890BTwmShPWlxcnMvoOQhybYrjhhP0-bOTYBo6Wnp-9Qh9VICQNBAdxbQk6-5a_fxvGB554jTic1_st_gpnuphST04slqz_PIMf/s640/pink+pincushion.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and with the left over bits of the stuff you do the tapestry on (what <u>is</u> that called?), I made a couple of bookmarks...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIC4scVuX3e9kQe5DB6Z0mcXqL4AUQQqjL1iOabtyIROMQImjYjLvAxv4AA3rFhXw6LYx_Ya5URX3KOopDzBQQKAYULqNmFEobBp8EmC7n-RBQhSlvyhBwCHkQ1Zic1d6S8ja1fHi2dsBv/s1600/bookmark+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIC4scVuX3e9kQe5DB6Z0mcXqL4AUQQqjL1iOabtyIROMQImjYjLvAxv4AA3rFhXw6LYx_Ya5URX3KOopDzBQQKAYULqNmFEobBp8EmC7n-RBQhSlvyhBwCHkQ1Zic1d6S8ja1fHi2dsBv/s640/bookmark+collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and I tackled the huge pile of unread magazines that I have lying around...these are but a sample!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExIh7UaiHZJ04mOcQC6MDR98QDxJ_YB9GqvdL66kFaDbRw0F7krKXGmns0DZBAfLYNzGiu2Mehj3UF7uuv_xTwJvzBWU3hKWxCTgY-bGyTlm5hNknKREmL1hu2KYq4rpbJuZW44qvOc3o/s1600/magazines+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExIh7UaiHZJ04mOcQC6MDR98QDxJ_YB9GqvdL66kFaDbRw0F7krKXGmns0DZBAfLYNzGiu2Mehj3UF7uuv_xTwJvzBWU3hKWxCTgY-bGyTlm5hNknKREmL1hu2KYq4rpbJuZW44qvOc3o/s640/magazines+003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...which leads me to the subject of that ghastly wall colour that I've allowed you a glimpse of...which I am pleased to say will be no more by 17 December. Tiny came through with a reasonable quote and his team arrive on the 13th for a week. Yes, there will be before and afters!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here are some scanned photos from one of the magazines that I managed to demolish...a fabulous Adelaide home in Belle magazine...love it to bits.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rJbiwURmQ0D1HNj9LXxLEmgerhY8G6jA4JWzqQcCLu1x3UxXM4kyNeS0zpAg6djVzSqyZc5ULfzvud1Jaos-bRl30KWt2ejbLLex827IT7tX4EZQ2fqZVsOvufJA_mNW-kXXfcVL64gb/s1600/IMG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rJbiwURmQ0D1HNj9LXxLEmgerhY8G6jA4JWzqQcCLu1x3UxXM4kyNeS0zpAg6djVzSqyZc5ULfzvud1Jaos-bRl30KWt2ejbLLex827IT7tX4EZQ2fqZVsOvufJA_mNW-kXXfcVL64gb/s640/IMG.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROdBLiYZti0AMscHt1dld4lo55JkStEWZ0X19_2dArkaLI7FYU2OturEYLYqnyn2pBEqFdFgPKyX6No4OkcA4VadnXEJo5oTp_lS4UdbHW4D9SRO26Iju5xjIMMUR2-mqZDTLqVBfFdfL/s1600/IMG_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROdBLiYZti0AMscHt1dld4lo55JkStEWZ0X19_2dArkaLI7FYU2OturEYLYqnyn2pBEqFdFgPKyX6No4OkcA4VadnXEJo5oTp_lS4UdbHW4D9SRO26Iju5xjIMMUR2-mqZDTLqVBfFdfL/s640/IMG_0001.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxz4kmcuGt1QMVKbkgQcu2oSYH5d-Rjr3xMri5sQDFJXIbkWmFAGe2C6aAzGbaf5rj7Rsofb9olbFbMJUszSKyGjZdhMQtuh4e974kQ8k-59KhfppDAjtoaBYkfqD5jF1JHIpaP-3mdfeU/s1600/IMG_0003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxz4kmcuGt1QMVKbkgQcu2oSYH5d-Rjr3xMri5sQDFJXIbkWmFAGe2C6aAzGbaf5rj7Rsofb9olbFbMJUszSKyGjZdhMQtuh4e974kQ8k-59KhfppDAjtoaBYkfqD5jF1JHIpaP-3mdfeU/s640/IMG_0003.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HeznEkncz58HuCjsWlkGZDYyUdCOuvFdZmBX1yeY6yuKezCSzblYlzDUcUeMsHrtcjOxirvaRhartAD9o03iK9zoojoej8maiTcj5aYoX2a3J-0sZdRzdkY8X_5zsGwet3NyGYulWUCL/s1600/IMG_0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HeznEkncz58HuCjsWlkGZDYyUdCOuvFdZmBX1yeY6yuKezCSzblYlzDUcUeMsHrtcjOxirvaRhartAD9o03iK9zoojoej8maiTcj5aYoX2a3J-0sZdRzdkY8X_5zsGwet3NyGYulWUCL/s640/IMG_0002.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I guess you could say I spent quite a bit of time sitting on my butt this weekend!! But (ha!) I was also a very lucky blogger and won a gorgeous book on <a href="http://honeynfizz.blogspot.com/">Simone's</a> blog yesterday...this one...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLJT9H30IUhfVDHdJy9FYC9gRB9nfWUXekCQxe5-EgTzMkHI3ty1GKlTqAXsC6JwD0NL-7XgW6j6MSX7ORxoR73B3Mm-PMjyksHnDL8x3d37m1kbHkTGMBphH15NtNYwzU9xkoJIvCa2l/s1600/At_Home_with_White+from+Simone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLJT9H30IUhfVDHdJy9FYC9gRB9nfWUXekCQxe5-EgTzMkHI3ty1GKlTqAXsC6JwD0NL-7XgW6j6MSX7ORxoR73B3Mm-PMjyksHnDL8x3d37m1kbHkTGMBphH15NtNYwzU9xkoJIvCa2l/s400/At_Home_with_White+from+Simone.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It will be very happy here I'm sure, especially when my walls are painted white :) Thank you so much Simone...go and say hi if you haven't already...<a href="http://honeynfizz.blogspot.com/">Honey and Fizz</a> is a blog full of gorgeousness.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A very warm hello and welcome to new readers. I really do hope you enjoy your visits. And lastly, but certainly not least...thank you so much for all your lovely comments about my post on <a href="http://tranquiltownhouse.blogspot.com/2010/11/soul-food-fridayon-life-and-loss.html">Rose</a>. She truly was special.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a></div>

my weekend ~ peaceful pottering

Hello lovely tranquil people...I do hope you had a terrific weekend. Due to a great deal of this... There was a lot of pottering about...lit...

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my creative space...two blue and white pincushions

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can I just indulge myself in a tiny bit of self congratulation please? It doesn't happen all that often. I am so happy with how my blue and white pincushions are looking. One complete...and some pretty flowers from the garden thrown in for good measure!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHMJeLs5pLmO8oxtfkwVty-I3QlxPr_gZjvZOWY8E7TFbZBEZJMXzJJsYJyrGZhYDlj9RzZ6P3HwoW6NFC-5PVdKv9ArH0Y2upsDQ3-RP-0PAbtuqDmm5EG7t8cyAJ3ZmepuSa2g426QQ/s1600/blue+and+white+pincushions+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHMJeLs5pLmO8oxtfkwVty-I3QlxPr_gZjvZOWY8E7TFbZBEZJMXzJJsYJyrGZhYDlj9RzZ6P3HwoW6NFC-5PVdKv9ArH0Y2upsDQ3-RP-0PAbtuqDmm5EG7t8cyAJ3ZmepuSa2g426QQ/s640/blue+and+white+pincushions+001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm loving the freshness of the blue and white, and the thing that makes me happiest is that I designed a couple of the panels all by myself with some inspiration from a few rugs...who knew I could do that? I know it's not rocket science but hey, it's progress! Makes me want to do a lot more.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnds_J8gbUXAnrKFG7xFPIS8620fFsJ5CB2deLlsFPaSwbcU11jqSqtYM3wUtZFxcrYFyFjGFbhexHE8udgMK0Z4X7HzzLA0xiTmGk6ucTWRPMeECPsxkVP_a97z08akIAkJH2YIn126B/s1600/blue+and+white+pincushions+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnds_J8gbUXAnrKFG7xFPIS8620fFsJ5CB2deLlsFPaSwbcU11jqSqtYM3wUtZFxcrYFyFjGFbhexHE8udgMK0Z4X7HzzLA0xiTmGk6ucTWRPMeECPsxkVP_a97z08akIAkJH2YIn126B/s640/blue+and+white+pincushions+002.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are for the lovely <a href="http://driftwood-interiors.blogspot.com/">Kerri</a>, who's wonderful art and fabulous friendship is always inspiring me. I'm planning some different designs and colourways. They take time (and a whole lot of patience) to make but they're fun, and comforting in a granny doing needlepoint kind of way. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisV6tER4a9Jif1DUg8D9BBeELhFu6d61wsz7oIR5H2hipF6PxQPjIvUmMdTdD_IUsrwGzD1OYxdC6ID_6WB-dKXxXbY1_-F15hDvWFY75XnnBZxk6_OrgavkeZkg-pcgMr9DbpkdCf4A48/s1600/blue+and+white+pincushions+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisV6tER4a9Jif1DUg8D9BBeELhFu6d61wsz7oIR5H2hipF6PxQPjIvUmMdTdD_IUsrwGzD1OYxdC6ID_6WB-dKXxXbY1_-F15hDvWFY75XnnBZxk6_OrgavkeZkg-pcgMr9DbpkdCf4A48/s640/blue+and+white+pincushions+003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I'd like to think that these little pincushions might one day become little bits of a family history, passed on through a couple of generations...wouldn't that be lovely? I do hope they don't fall apart!!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For creativity galore, head on over to <a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/">Kootoyoo</a> for Thursday's crafty links. Bet they don't have nightmares about unravelling stitches :)</span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

my creative space...two blue and white pincushions

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Star City...what a pity

<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm here for the next two days...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesh7Fs4Ob07Q4Y5_oELx61xSK0UKJsess7ZFmFV-c7MkbKAsAfGWKhZN3_qEwX7BBavn4GC71yE2Gbzuxu4kSeJqURUH7O8L1Eh9ZdWJzYDkAUuk2Bf8MeKTraTr42rQcf6LocGSRR9ej/s1600/star-city-casino.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesh7Fs4Ob07Q4Y5_oELx61xSK0UKJsess7ZFmFV-c7MkbKAsAfGWKhZN3_qEwX7BBavn4GC71yE2Gbzuxu4kSeJqURUH7O8L1Eh9ZdWJzYDkAUuk2Bf8MeKTraTr42rQcf6LocGSRR9ej/s400/star-city-casino.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">yep...a casino</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidM6X1XOtXj1D3PRYt40gwkKRqjiY9odsjIMIFA6dyxGmBBM2L_MM4peWSoah60h4O-FjgNtcAkGLC9Begp7aDGsyZpKujQW_17vnS0AKludy4td_5mJyD_gGL6oSo5DS1dm40dfYMmBe0/s1600/Star-City-Casino-Limousine.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidM6X1XOtXj1D3PRYt40gwkKRqjiY9odsjIMIFA6dyxGmBBM2L_MM4peWSoah60h4O-FjgNtcAkGLC9Begp7aDGsyZpKujQW_17vnS0AKludy4td_5mJyD_gGL6oSo5DS1dm40dfYMmBe0/s1600/Star-City-Casino-Limousine.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">working with a client...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with connections to this place. For.no.other.reason. Nope. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At least I don't have to sleep here...the first born's putting me up.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not doing this...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavTAcSrCCxeobx03q9TsnPo-JUSSX8SRUCh1FE30DRQYVa1R4fs4l5ZQdVxSlAAxr0p56TGXzXzH-kKc6sHoz-3BYpbCg05ExUsbA0dwyIQKuo5MQYQ7_Yn8L6mwgq_SaqgfhQVDVZJer/s1600/StarCityCasinoroulette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavTAcSrCCxeobx03q9TsnPo-JUSSX8SRUCh1FE30DRQYVa1R4fs4l5ZQdVxSlAAxr0p56TGXzXzH-kKc6sHoz-3BYpbCg05ExUsbA0dwyIQKuo5MQYQ7_Yn8L6mwgq_SaqgfhQVDVZJer/s400/StarCityCasinoroulette.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or this...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfZwFtFNVKrizcFo1eu8gSXqrIbg5kmPWjMlW8K7SI0-tej3CWpZEyxwHyoLxBTbxRKfyEtuhAOmWmKAn5UYmnNCoJbVhlPAe5UC7aL1uKtOzFo2AUSjK1pwXWfWQIz77hS_P7FIbxFXh/s1600/blackjack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfZwFtFNVKrizcFo1eu8gSXqrIbg5kmPWjMlW8K7SI0-tej3CWpZEyxwHyoLxBTbxRKfyEtuhAOmWmKAn5UYmnNCoJbVhlPAe5UC7aL1uKtOzFo2AUSjK1pwXWfWQIz77hS_P7FIbxFXh/s400/blackjack.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or even this...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">  <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16SoefuB2DFScu4lIUsJyMzN2z-AJpewSYqmmJ3yi4Iedq585TPPhyphenhyphenxS_1hrkNWaqIw3Ar_s2-qToWBKzsXV-DgkcZkr-zv0dIftkgUxuWVFZC19vb7RZOwKtwS_0VKjRBveArvHyRhdX/s1600/gambling-420x0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16SoefuB2DFScu4lIUsJyMzN2z-AJpewSYqmmJ3yi4Iedq585TPPhyphenhyphenxS_1hrkNWaqIw3Ar_s2-qToWBKzsXV-DgkcZkr-zv0dIftkgUxuWVFZC19vb7RZOwKtwS_0VKjRBveArvHyRhdX/s400/gambling-420x0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">because apart from anything else, I doubt that this would go very far...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6IfaRQ56VQencq2vZQBpIVtynrNpVWYRjriv80we1PH2utBa1qJOTLlcTsLZxhKJOanon0AaZVPKhm0Kdj3bietHzX0qf93mqar2KPBAhMnMiBrm-Vmv1ADcKVmxiHXEd1dFMCr17DYF/s1600/_2.50_Star_City_Casino__Sydney_Austrailia.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6IfaRQ56VQencq2vZQBpIVtynrNpVWYRjriv80we1PH2utBa1qJOTLlcTsLZxhKJOanon0AaZVPKhm0Kdj3bietHzX0qf93mqar2KPBAhMnMiBrm-Vmv1ADcKVmxiHXEd1dFMCr17DYF/s320/_2.50_Star_City_Casino__Sydney_Austrailia.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As it's Wednesday, I should be at home doing a bit of this...I've been asked for a blue and white <a href="http://tranquiltownhouse.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-creative-spacesome-finished-things.html">pincushion</a>...bit excited about that</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d1OWaw6XaotWvu9G1Q2nB2jHi4a5ixpqVfZaFphAZo2urVcZDGdjPZt2POpQNU8vYE3JPyaKApS03UEiJ_He9a2mWMj_q57e6bZfge_4r1tpoQXJ2gILagU9TjUPTblUVmjquxq9KDHg/s1600/blue+and+white+pincushion+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d1OWaw6XaotWvu9G1Q2nB2jHi4a5ixpqVfZaFphAZo2urVcZDGdjPZt2POpQNU8vYE3JPyaKApS03UEiJ_He9a2mWMj_q57e6bZfge_4r1tpoQXJ2gILagU9TjUPTblUVmjquxq9KDHg/s640/blue+and+white+pincushion+002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But instead I'm working. Work work. Seriously.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish you could have come with me</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...casino </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'decor' is in definite need of you blogstar decorators. Which makes me wonder...is there such a thing as a chic casino?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been to this one...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkPdmEsBNXBLGR4-hpoD_-ZcsOzOd2hr3JfPUg-64kSNyIr98CaLQAn1EJpDkJ-rFFpJDMmhC7hdsg-5j-vaAyimJ1efFUZnA6ENPD1GeZIAsVh-eS8gMt59ZWGLi2a94Wz38rg5EKEGui/s1600/Real_Monte_Carlo_Casino.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkPdmEsBNXBLGR4-hpoD_-ZcsOzOd2hr3JfPUg-64kSNyIr98CaLQAn1EJpDkJ-rFFpJDMmhC7hdsg-5j-vaAyimJ1efFUZnA6ENPD1GeZIAsVh-eS8gMt59ZWGLi2a94Wz38rg5EKEGui/s640/Real_Monte_Carlo_Casino.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Monte Carlo...I thought it was so glamorous...I was young...I didn't know any better :))</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back some time on Friday bloggy peeps. Till then I'll try and stay out of trouble in the big smoke...shouldn't be hard. I'm much less adventurous than I used to be!</span></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

Star City...what a pity

I'm here for the next two days...   yep...a casino working with a client... with connections to this place. For.no.other.reason. Nope.  ...

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my creative space...some finished things!

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you Facebook with me you'll know that I had big plans for yesterday, but I think we know by now that nothing I try ever ends up being straightforward. But yesterday I did manage to get some things done...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTtRlrduFGSMG2IgA6gvzEkzaUETB-cyI3OOkFP-C2YB9ySaJmLxKgv5LZ_qaRgj_y42mjRCibdfe6mIWjEUjKzG23QxHP8FCHgBUiA3_GFhJ8U18jz00wOrqT33mcz2TvgfsyImkjKpV/s1600/tapestry+pincushion+on+coffee+table.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTtRlrduFGSMG2IgA6gvzEkzaUETB-cyI3OOkFP-C2YB9ySaJmLxKgv5LZ_qaRgj_y42mjRCibdfe6mIWjEUjKzG23QxHP8FCHgBUiA3_GFhJ8U18jz00wOrqT33mcz2TvgfsyImkjKpV/s640/tapestry+pincushion+on+coffee+table.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am completely in love with my tapestry cube pincushion and I'm just enjoying it on the coffee table for the moment. Or throwing it at the vampire slayer when she gets annoying! Which is often. Don't worry, it's soft :) This is what it started out like..</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NdVJG6K42p_MyfJwEPvh7LwTHHcqL0RGMP63X-kyUWXgE6p9hnbAYIuqoXnMkuVMK3nWPZd6oDiOXDWZ6-12URNjXkSnuiPgbf_e5gynhGW6So7ssmlhkXAAxt5_UeZlKCQfJ5lRPyB-/s1600/tapestry+cube+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NdVJG6K42p_MyfJwEPvh7LwTHHcqL0RGMP63X-kyUWXgE6p9hnbAYIuqoXnMkuVMK3nWPZd6oDiOXDWZ6-12URNjXkSnuiPgbf_e5gynhGW6So7ssmlhkXAAxt5_UeZlKCQfJ5lRPyB-/s640/tapestry+cube+001.JPG" width="565" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My friend Chris said it looks like a whole lot of mini persian rugs...exactly what I was aiming for!!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgJc8B6MyMGoj2kCUB9DUf0sWZGuikb4J1ZQ7pKGOYvkXBkiMGXpMxT0VCp8x06HE3YA5uXQtqjD9hMyk7uSu2KD-puHDMp9mB2EQSIcrKGpOzgDMDRekJqgwqkA6CkFzu5DAiPqn8TNA/s1600/love+watercolour+framed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="541" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgJc8B6MyMGoj2kCUB9DUf0sWZGuikb4J1ZQ7pKGOYvkXBkiMGXpMxT0VCp8x06HE3YA5uXQtqjD9hMyk7uSu2KD-puHDMp9mB2EQSIcrKGpOzgDMDRekJqgwqkA6CkFzu5DAiPqn8TNA/s640/love+watercolour+framed.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The A4 watercolour has found a home in an IKEA frame from my weekend in Sydney...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">alas, it can't be hung until I've finished painting the bedroom!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpg18e-6kpXifn9dIzxgxXZFZP4W9ktRfAyXsWkCpc4dFWUIVG_q2viDWKCAGUwH3Wb1HDDsMCyAIFaWOSdQsFVBP2pdnQpUCuWqCzPqxvMVABmKO4BewYHyZskKIBCQe5fn3UFtpDW6U/s1600/makeup+purse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpg18e-6kpXifn9dIzxgxXZFZP4W9ktRfAyXsWkCpc4dFWUIVG_q2viDWKCAGUwH3Wb1HDDsMCyAIFaWOSdQsFVBP2pdnQpUCuWqCzPqxvMVABmKO4BewYHyZskKIBCQe5fn3UFtpDW6U/s640/makeup+purse.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And what was meant to be a little makeup purse made from oilcloth...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCX65f6XTawwvqhm3S8h0DHjpkQVL2rXYrICto7eft5U0u_RnCL7f1xPbo-arK6a4dyrO9URAutFoRzIeVEb6JkFeNMz5ycR_zTdSfswaAN87uD5nWn6jXJPRDD-G049fszWk0vBsDHib/s1600/makeup+purse+inner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCX65f6XTawwvqhm3S8h0DHjpkQVL2rXYrICto7eft5U0u_RnCL7f1xPbo-arK6a4dyrO9URAutFoRzIeVEb6JkFeNMz5ycR_zTdSfswaAN87uD5nWn6jXJPRDD-G049fszWk0vBsDHib/s640/makeup+purse+inner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ended up being made from cotton and lined with the oilcloth instead (which comes from <a href="http://beachvintage.blogspot.com/">Simone's</a> shop by the way).  It's ok...I need to perfect a few things before I make some more, but it's useable I think!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUSIMd-B7LOgdqpnhTofRMNTv0RYQsnFT0IfkoLVgH4nmP0P2SJ1uAtG8CL-KKhenG_oeqUXypklUbuT26bJ8YJ-U4ln_H0hL9I_yYZkyU7f22EzThXU-Td5gzb5QnZ7oZTU8jUbhnxbwU/s1600/pincushion+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUSIMd-B7LOgdqpnhTofRMNTv0RYQsnFT0IfkoLVgH4nmP0P2SJ1uAtG8CL-KKhenG_oeqUXypklUbuT26bJ8YJ-U4ln_H0hL9I_yYZkyU7f22EzThXU-Td5gzb5QnZ7oZTU8jUbhnxbwU/s640/pincushion+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Off on a flying visit to Sydney for a few hours today. While I'm doing that why don't you head over to <a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/">Kirsty's</a>...and see what the crafting geniuses have been up to...that's where I'll be going when I get home :)</span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">p.s. I was meant to be making cushions!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">all images by me...</span></span>

my creative space...some finished things!

If you Facebook with me you'll know that I had big plans for yesterday, but I think we know by now that nothing I try ever ends up being...

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a small watercolour, a big thank you and a sick cat...

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had a minor moment of inspiration...why use one word when five will do!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixac1nLGdSt4YlzqAo08ho3YABQ0m6VRnhOxBSBL87qbroN82Crqvr-Tz3kei80gOZ6T6RTVD4RqrYgHt95hhBljSa4StmMCLL9ne9_qM3nrkNdy5IwbTsvPtqscz1_qUD2kV97j9mOuk4/s1600/love+watercolour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixac1nLGdSt4YlzqAo08ho3YABQ0m6VRnhOxBSBL87qbroN82Crqvr-Tz3kei80gOZ6T6RTVD4RqrYgHt95hhBljSa4StmMCLL9ne9_qM3nrkNdy5IwbTsvPtqscz1_qUD2kV97j9mOuk4/s640/love+watercolour.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So there you go, it's finished...apart from a frame. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I am planning a road trip to Sydney next weekend. Ikea's there. Ikea has frames...lots of them :)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And this is very close to being finished too...I am loving how it's working out.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDI25ueshlZX0eyUv6emaHaWtj0VU1tkNUeHM5DVLWOk9Gkts_Ldo83x2KNo7_yxDH0LaO9k5lAL8rIZ1WnL0OrOSRUu7o-fp2gaWe8VTw7epcZDt7HYwxPlh7Q8ZXp5E2xeRdGst_gElY/s1600/tapestry+pincushion+almost+complete.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDI25ueshlZX0eyUv6emaHaWtj0VU1tkNUeHM5DVLWOk9Gkts_Ldo83x2KNo7_yxDH0LaO9k5lAL8rIZ1WnL0OrOSRUu7o-fp2gaWe8VTw7epcZDt7HYwxPlh7Q8ZXp5E2xeRdGst_gElY/s640/tapestry+pincushion+almost+complete.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now I think I'm off to cook something out of this wonderful book... </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeYJ8xyFO1wQ91dryO4mD-vr6YKNR_Vt6KnV9vkQhRqLtn-xvDbNwddtagHwfJzKnAvl9yMXApbYd9GVAZh0ASsk1LNx7H68OJNRDl8VqGZtxhVLfHW6hE7hB_8WcwfoiXS38FlxjAd9o/s1600/the+free+range+cook+cookbook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeYJ8xyFO1wQ91dryO4mD-vr6YKNR_Vt6KnV9vkQhRqLtn-xvDbNwddtagHwfJzKnAvl9yMXApbYd9GVAZh0ASsk1LNx7H68OJNRDl8VqGZtxhVLfHW6hE7hB_8WcwfoiXS38FlxjAd9o/s640/the+free+range+cook+cookbook.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that I won at Amanda's lovely and ever so stylish blog <a href="http://smallacornsnz.blogspot.com/">Small Acorns</a>...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm going to start with this...chilli jam...yummo! </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFdMsTdjmWZBqn_M99zZvRu1TNeka1Zgr9oPapKpBoCkakVVEpiVddJEKTTiLXvO9iniUnMCYUCxv3InRtJl96LeFVOMdxtczdSIV6ufN3JS3_uJ4xtVFNkFeMIe-BVeZvAljwxbAoOhE/s1600/chilli+jam+recipe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="517" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFdMsTdjmWZBqn_M99zZvRu1TNeka1Zgr9oPapKpBoCkakVVEpiVddJEKTTiLXvO9iniUnMCYUCxv3InRtJl96LeFVOMdxtczdSIV6ufN3JS3_uJ4xtVFNkFeMIe-BVeZvAljwxbAoOhE/s640/chilli+jam+recipe.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you so much <a href="http://smallacornsnz.blogspot.com/">Amanda</a>, who also popped in this gorgeous little purse with my parcel...so kind...and doesn't it just look like spring in a packet!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8iEai53MT4j04ADDHh_Y6YPHchGJS9wlRuuEoT6JopFS_qiPxahHiFWDqXX3oz_Qwl3meEuwVDN3V2CbVGu47xIgfi9pX6ROOLV1yP_83nYuUfRKpe0_RpeFtQrr9PHz7IaGRUSN9sQoN/s1600/green+purse+from+amanda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="529" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8iEai53MT4j04ADDHh_Y6YPHchGJS9wlRuuEoT6JopFS_qiPxahHiFWDqXX3oz_Qwl3meEuwVDN3V2CbVGu47xIgfi9pX6ROOLV1yP_83nYuUfRKpe0_RpeFtQrr9PHz7IaGRUSN9sQoN/s640/green+purse+from+amanda.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unlike the vampire slayer who is recovering from an operation she had on her head on Friday. Don't ask! She's doing better than my wallet I'd have to say!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3wdnadOMoakVuR24iJCDB7C4AeDRJp8EaQO0XLq8OwfSZzKAffkXeduBcIEK7gwVxlE7W-J65a7ZfcMDAFU4tWHVCJIkg0ME0lE1VZ397U6Yrbb2JtdwJGQTl2LqgWu3Yawwdw85ycGX3/s1600/buffy+post+operation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="505" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3wdnadOMoakVuR24iJCDB7C4AeDRJp8EaQO0XLq8OwfSZzKAffkXeduBcIEK7gwVxlE7W-J65a7ZfcMDAFU4tWHVCJIkg0ME0lE1VZ397U6Yrbb2JtdwJGQTl2LqgWu3Yawwdw85ycGX3/s640/buffy+post+operation.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a terrific end to the weekend bloggy peeps.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for visiting this week. It it so very, very lovely to have this wonderful blogosphere connection. Lifts me up, inspires me, makes me smile...and quite a lot of the time makes me laugh like a drain...whatever that means :)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've got a Facebook page for the blog now. Well, actually I've had it for a while but I just didn't know how to put the button on here...so if you want to click through and be FB friends too, that'd be fab!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

a small watercolour, a big thank you and a sick cat...

I had a minor moment of inspiration...why use one word when five will do! So there you go, it's finished...apart from a frame.  But I am...

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my creative space...starting's easy!

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No-one could accuse me of not giving things a go! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not starting is <b>not</b> the issue...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's the finishing that may be slightly problematic...so just consider all of these a work in progress...as they say. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a rather uninspiring attempt at a watercolour earlier this week, I gave it another go...something much simpler this time...it's getting there...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLtNDWU12tEBYLMe4vU6XgQ6AI5azAQzJsy_BAX8taEcEP_L7lvftRYM7SPhQj7L7qw15ovmg0VYfKrnKMsytlQl8u3PsyU3UgxqLDFFD0VeAZ25SlVV9x88W1tcm324ObGOFDGMaRBsD/s1600/wedding,+craft+033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLtNDWU12tEBYLMe4vU6XgQ6AI5azAQzJsy_BAX8taEcEP_L7lvftRYM7SPhQj7L7qw15ovmg0VYfKrnKMsytlQl8u3PsyU3UgxqLDFFD0VeAZ25SlVV9x88W1tcm324ObGOFDGMaRBsD/s640/wedding,+craft+033.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then there's the granny square rug...the squares are all done...now I just have to sew them together. The first born will get it just in time for summer!! Bet she's thrilled about that!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-12FizeQ21yS3fClJdt0yJAYSmZKfU8oDJIvasPFJ99b9yXaWPbL8Von6QAdbTYEf9RKw_KJqhfrBWgvhSUfIWqopJ5OK_d186aezQ6ithIExLvlig6kaFLX2wjP5xgHbH_tNVnnheYj7/s1600/wedding,+craft+026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-12FizeQ21yS3fClJdt0yJAYSmZKfU8oDJIvasPFJ99b9yXaWPbL8Von6QAdbTYEf9RKw_KJqhfrBWgvhSUfIWqopJ5OK_d186aezQ6ithIExLvlig6kaFLX2wjP5xgHbH_tNVnnheYj7/s640/wedding,+craft+026.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been experimenting with a bit of tapestry (or is it needlepoint)...and what's the difference anyway! You've seen this one before. I have to make it into a little door hanger thingy. The other one will probably end up sewn into something or other...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxK9MT2BzLD6N2VuV57io_0GK42-LCNKtVl2quIu_LCBorcnTFAkLPxgmdPvlaIg1j4uEjgDs_hWvbMbkW4b66jj1Berm85XAIG-5430nTEvdAWa4PwDfEwTlb1w3iEsGzHyuGRq2xjlIx/s1600/wedding,+craft+030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxK9MT2BzLD6N2VuV57io_0GK42-LCNKtVl2quIu_LCBorcnTFAkLPxgmdPvlaIg1j4uEjgDs_hWvbMbkW4b66jj1Berm85XAIG-5430nTEvdAWa4PwDfEwTlb1w3iEsGzHyuGRq2xjlIx/s640/wedding,+craft+030.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think I'm going to frame this one when it's finished. Not sure about the heart but I love the background...I was quite pleased with that.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPy_nV6XGIpWMY_lLg4H3B9AqmUk_jg_CYs7IiqTsnGgWF6pHUlrfM3diUickzl2krS-6EtzDIMR1ENYTUj1AqlWpbV8jz6OejjvSVkUABekJruhRlhvpz6_1NxnJWdB-kBuFWSbZCPwID/s1600/wedding,+craft+027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPy_nV6XGIpWMY_lLg4H3B9AqmUk_jg_CYs7IiqTsnGgWF6pHUlrfM3diUickzl2krS-6EtzDIMR1ENYTUj1AqlWpbV8jz6OejjvSVkUABekJruhRlhvpz6_1NxnJWdB-kBuFWSbZCPwID/s640/wedding,+craft+027.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But this next one...in the very early stages...I do know what this is destined to become! I think it'll be quite swish if it works out the way I want it to...fingers and toes crossed bloggy peeps. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvlTmL5a2f5HdCaF3C5bBDxBvWmu3FIQ-0uLTsv2DCEh4kOtaMHehokZWrEw77c6QTAfxpyAAb_ec9aHpVKKm7wTwwLfLKgkc1a9f8TdrwR5_mD9sHLzdvhTlpCVhI7aL_6DGRUU2TOiM/s1600/wedding,+craft+028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvlTmL5a2f5HdCaF3C5bBDxBvWmu3FIQ-0uLTsv2DCEh4kOtaMHehokZWrEw77c6QTAfxpyAAb_ec9aHpVKKm7wTwwLfLKgkc1a9f8TdrwR5_mD9sHLzdvhTlpCVhI7aL_6DGRUU2TOiM/s640/wedding,+craft+028.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I may have rather a short attention span I suspect!</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's a whole bunch of creatives over at <a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/">Kootoyoo</a>.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

my creative space...starting's easy!

No-one could accuse me of not giving things a go!  Not starting is not the issue... It's the finishing that may be slightly problematic...

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my creative space...design gone slightly awry

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since I've almost completed the <a href="http://tranquiltownhouse.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-creative-spacethe-bayeux-its-not.html">ten year cat tapestry project</a>...yes, I <s>am easily distracted</s> like to take my time...I thought I'd have a go at designing a little tapestry project myself..something simple...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJjTnF7MGLKr-5_McN-oH2_J9SNv2wjlgQvmYqHEz_gZSqKjYJcc36KSCFKxiGPQoMtrAzd4JlPzA-Gb1nrTcaoJ1kozbHKcJSsQTUCU7XBaGKwBrRFYPgw0hYLNwv0DhpCGALQWOtbkG/s1600/love+tapestry+design.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJjTnF7MGLKr-5_McN-oH2_J9SNv2wjlgQvmYqHEz_gZSqKjYJcc36KSCFKxiGPQoMtrAzd4JlPzA-Gb1nrTcaoJ1kozbHKcJSsQTUCU7XBaGKwBrRFYPgw0hYLNwv0DhpCGALQWOtbkG/s640/love+tapestry+design.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Graph paper was purchased, the colouring pencils came out and I had myself a little design...but i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">t didn't take long for me to realise that said design was going to look, well...let's say, not quite what I had in mind!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJiFB8_UF671HhdVMwfuwUPIRu7WTqYFDcqGNxBGwP9VddqFp8cxSg5SLhnEUme88Njk3wu1Rr_ev8QY2988olfTLUI0RQrost5YZy63qXbg_Hhw9V4nfSy_emzkFJvasJbY5bHKh43Yb/s1600/love+tapestry+progress+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJiFB8_UF671HhdVMwfuwUPIRu7WTqYFDcqGNxBGwP9VddqFp8cxSg5SLhnEUme88Njk3wu1Rr_ev8QY2988olfTLUI0RQrost5YZy63qXbg_Hhw9V4nfSy_emzkFJvasJbY5bHKh43Yb/s640/love+tapestry+progress+1.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I improvised and I'm quite happy with how it's coming along. A little less grandma and a bit more boho!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTlwM1IvUX_GFbEQ7UDs2DhSuv-mx_4ef7T3UnyUNAWGx5_pSBgJL5hLcRH4TjKqtcKLZp1fpq4194dBzmH6nClg0vno47SU2Efo9gKJ7551lZtWPKEMxIcEdmS9rvVThcWQtrlB5hdNZU/s1600/love+tapestry+progress+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTlwM1IvUX_GFbEQ7UDs2DhSuv-mx_4ef7T3UnyUNAWGx5_pSBgJL5hLcRH4TjKqtcKLZp1fpq4194dBzmH6nClg0vno47SU2Efo9gKJ7551lZtWPKEMxIcEdmS9rvVThcWQtrlB5hdNZU/s640/love+tapestry+progress+2.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's going to be a little cushiony thing with a loop you can hang over a knob of some description :)</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBF5C2xpXySPJwTyslR4BnbJ2w4qOl3iHWddCvayXSfMME__OpNNiVfCXgMfWI_lV9qW5RkICLrmEVwD7jhM5adSWoVdGY-High_cUsrSiOQsCkHVsLsDrFjfjCNObGSzhzPpqB0EGepI/s1600/love+tapestry+trim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBF5C2xpXySPJwTyslR4BnbJ2w4qOl3iHWddCvayXSfMME__OpNNiVfCXgMfWI_lV9qW5RkICLrmEVwD7jhM5adSWoVdGY-High_cUsrSiOQsCkHVsLsDrFjfjCNObGSzhzPpqB0EGepI/s640/love+tapestry+trim.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe I'll do some Christmas themed ones...joy, Noel, move your arse Santa...that type of thing...or perhaps not!!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

my creative space...design gone slightly awry

Since I've almost completed the ten year cat tapestry project ...yes, I am easily distracted like to take my time...I thought I'd h...

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