Road Trip

This past weekend we took a trip to Adelaide for an engagement party. It was a long way to drive for 3 days (18hrs driving). But it was nice to catch up with some people, and family. Only 6.5 weeks till we do it again.

Here are some pictures I took at sunset. The train track ones are in Tintinara. The others between Coonalpyn and Tailem Bend.
~ Liz.

keeping it real....

I have my first stall coming up in 3 weekends. These are some of the new products I'm just finishing up, reading to sell there, and online. It is nice doing different things other than just paper.

.... keeping life interesting*.....

~Liz.

* the comment of one whom life is not thrilling often, and so printing onto fabric is like a rollercoaster.... Yep, thats me.

Chai

So... Its been ages (and I truely do mean ages), since I last posted a blog. I took lots of photos over Christmas that I intend to share with you, but I imagine it will occur slowly, what with holidays still planned, and me either being outside enjoying the sunshine and weather, or hibernating from the heat! 

One of my favourite drinks (its my pretend adult drink, as I don't drink coffee at all, or tea much) is Chai. It is Chai spices infused in milk. Below is the recipe. This is what I cooked up for Jon and my mum the night after Christmas (Boxing day). 

Chai (latte I guess): 3 Cardamon pods, 4 All spice (whole) (pimento), 8 cloves, 2 cinnamon sticks broken in half, 1 star anise, and a finger (like a nobboly bit) of ginger. Add 1.5 teaspoons of sugar per mug full of milk. I then pour the milk (measuring mug fulls as per how many people want it) on top of it in a saucepan. I add a bit more spice if I am doing more than 3 mugs worth. Bring the milk to almost simmer (you want the milk to be hot, but not boil) stiring frequently. strain and serve.

~ Liz.

Recovering a chair

This past weekend, I finally got around to re-covering my old old chair. This chair belonged to my Great Gran. So it is really old. And dusty. And brown. (yes the fabric is supposed to be brown, but I don't like the colour brown, and so wasn't a big fan of the chair). So I unpicked the fabric. Noted how gross the foam was inside the chair. Sneezed a bit. Cut out a new pattern from the old. Bought new foam. Adjusted the covers on my sewing machine (when I found out I couldn't do a curved back). Stuffed them (actually Jon did). And now I sit on my chair. The firmer foam in the seat also means that you don't sink to the floor when you sit in it.

So pictures:

~ Liz.

PS. I haven't sewn the cushion cover yet. I just wrapped a pillow in the fabric I will use. The yellow of the cushion is very similar to the yellow in the stripe of the fabric.

Christmas craft swap

This past weekend, I went to a party which was a Christmas Craft swap. We shared ideas, showed some things we'd made, and then sold/swapped things with each other for Christmas gifts. I got one for myself..... A TERRARIUM! (so excited)

I added a Big Ben figurine to it. I like it. It makes my desk fun!

~ Liz.

Crazy Christmas

So much has happened in the last two or three weeks since I last posted a blog.

Jon and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary.... by going to woodwork, and finally starting to get our tv unit glued together. We also went sailing for it the day after. It ended up we were on separate boats. But mine won, and that's all that really matters!

We also got robbed a little while ago, and all the replacement things came at once, so that was a lot of organising. But I got a new camera. Yes... perhaps this will mean good-bye to phone photos.

Check out this one I took yesterday! All I had to do was alter brightness and contrast, and i can blame that on the weather!

I have also had a lot of orders off etsy. Which is highly exciting. So I have been sending wrapping paper off around the world. (not as many orders as some people, but enough to keep me busy, but not over busy!)

So all in all, this month has been good. Although busy, and I sure am looking forward to summer holidays, Christmas, and beach. Hope yours has been as good as mine.

~ Liz.

Pull Apart Bed

On Jon and my way home from Church the other day, we saw this bed frame, and had to go back for it, and get it. Lets say we have grand plans. Deck chairs, Screen printing frames. Drawers for our tv unit. It will all get used eventually. I guess we just need to make time to make those things now!

~Liz