Stay strong. 
Make them wonder how you're still smiling..🐺

Well hello my lovely friends, it's so nice to catch up with you all. In my previous post you saw the beginnings of my project that was going to be packed with colour and here she is......💖 This is a free pattern found on the internet called Blooming Flower cushion and if you would like to try it, click here for the free pattern. The pattern is shown in easy step by step guides and also on a youtube style video.

 The pretty buttons just top it off. 👌

As I was on a roll with all this bright colour, I decided I might have some alone time in my sewing shed and make a cute little girls bag to sell at the markets. Our markets will return next week, so Heather the feather and I are just so excited. 

Ever so careful about wasting fabric, I gathered through my material stash to find an assortment of pretty fabrics that would compliment each other.

Love these two beautiful things sitting together. Makes me happy. 😊

In my part of the world the weather is starting to warm up for Spring time....and I can't wait. The garden is just itching to burst into colour, as each morning comes you can hear more and more birds tweeting and calling out to each other. A good sign that soon the weather is going to warm up. 

Below are some of the additions to my stock for the markets and bring them on!!!!!

Well now all you lovelies, I am off to tackle the Sunday tasks, with only half the day left to do that....😂😂😂😂. Be safe and have a beautiful week ahead.
Ciao, Anita.

When you come out of the storm, 
you won’t be the same person that
 walked in. That’s what the storm
 is all about.

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Hello all you lovely people! I’ve been busy lately and I thought I better pull myself into 
gear and do some blogging. 💓 There has been so much going on in all parts of my life 
that it's taken a while to catch up with things and I think I've finally done that.

 Last weekend I held a stall at the local Poultry Auction and the whole weekend was 
taken up with our Ag Society meeting, cleaning the pavilion in preparation of the Poultry
 Auction and then Sunday was the auction itself and this is where Heather and I held our
 stall. It was an amazing weekend catching up with the community whilst observing the
 distancing rules that  still apply in the Covid times.

Through all the busy days I have continued to make new items for the markets and I'd
 love to share them with you. Heather and I realised we don't have much in the way of
 woolly hats for women so we're busy making more of those and also little baby mitts.

These mitts are so cute!

Part way through last week I was in one of my crazy, I’m as silly as a monkey...so I 
decided to crochet a baby cocoon and hat, that looks like a bee. I’m quite sure I got
 in this mood after Heather had been hanging around with me. 🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯

   One of our local football clubs will be holding a Bogan Bingo night in a few weeks
 time and I have offered to make some raffle prizes or door gifts if they would 
like them. So I thought I would make a start on this cute flower cushion. This is
 a free pattern on the net and it's a really nice pattern to crochet. I will show 
and tell when I finish it.

Today is one of those cold winter days, so now that the outside jobs are done I'm 
staying right inside.  This big square terracotta pot you see in the photo
 was gifted to me. It was from a lady selling items over Facebook and when I messaged
 her about buying this she said sorry it’s sold. I asked her if anything should happen and
 that person doesn’t buy it, could I please be next in line. The lady messaged me the next
 day and told me to come out to her. I was over the moon and went straight out to her
 place.

Once there I got the shock of my life. The lady told me I can have it no cost!!!!👀👀👀👀
 She was so annoyed at two ladies that had both been interested in the pot. One lady said
 she would buy it but would have to get someone to help shift it, the second lady who came
 after the first lady said oh it's heavy but she would've liked it. So the second lady leaves,
 the first lady says ok I'm going now and the buyer says 'hang on, you said you were going 
to buy it', The first lady turned around and said oh no, I just didn't want that lady to have
 it, I don't want it. 😵😵😵😵 So the buyer said to me I could just have it.

A beautiful citrus or fruit tree is going in this pot and I will always look at that pot and be
 reminded of that lovely lady who gave it to mel

My petunia's are growing happily in the hanging baskets, I'm pleased the snails don't seem
 to be able to get at them. lol

🌷A walk in my garden 🌸

....and my beautiful peas. 💕

Just look at that face.

Well my little petals, Sunday is coming to a close and I'd better scuttle on and get a 
few jobs done before it is time to get the evening meal ready. I hope everyone is doing
 well and in good health. A beautiful week ahead for you all.

Ciao, Anita.

Never let your best friends get lonely...

Keep disturbing them. 😂😂

Well hello there you guys!!!! I've just had the best two weeks of holidays ever. Lots of work has been completed lovingly in the garden ; rearranging things in my shed ; stock made for my stall and items dropped off to the Visitors Centre as it has now reopened. My little vegetable patch is growing well, with the exception of my poor old tomatoes getting a blasting from one frosty morning. I'm trying to save them and I think a few will survive.

The rest of the garden is also getting a face lift, with new pots and new plants being added. I went out to my favourite farm yesterday to pick more rocks for my shed pathing. Many thanks to Chris and Neville for all the lovely rocks.

I have been wildly crocheting gorgeous winter accessories for ladies and children. I have enough stock for the boys and men, so I needed to get a wiggle on with the areas of stock I was low on. So you will be shocked at how wild I went with the old crochet hook and the knitting needles.

As you can see, there is lots of new groovy things and I had such fun making them. I get much enjoyment out of using different textures and especially the little hat below, gave me great joy. I love the feel of the yarn, the unevenness of the yarn as it travels on my fingers. I know it sounds crazy 😜....but you all know what I'm like by now. lol

Would you like to hear a heart warming yarn? On our local sell and buy Face book page, a lady was selling heaps of garden pots, and this pot below was one of them she was selling. Unfortunately by the time I'd seen the ad, another lady had already said she'd buy it. So I went out to the property and purchased other pots that were there. I said to the lady that if for some reason this big square pot doesn't get collected...I would still be interested in it.

Guess what!!!!!!!??????? It's mine!! 💓💓💓
Also, super excited because when I looked inside it......Made in Italy!!!

So, my friends, I have had a pretty nice holiday and tomorrow, it's back to work. Verbena...if you can hear some strange noises all the way other there in Italy, don't worry, it will not be a strange animal crying....it will be the echoes of my tantrums and crying at having to go back to work.😂😂😂😂

Don't worry, I actually have a beautiful and fun job, it's just the first morning that I don't cope with. Once I get to work, I'm fine. Have a beautiful Sunday my friends. xx

Anita.

'In the depth of winter I finally learned

 that there was in me an invincible summer.'

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Good morning lovely people and hello winter! We are waking up to amazing grey clouds with the sun peaking through to say hello, I am still here. Finally the rain has come and we are sending prayers that Mother Nature will send the rain to our beautiful farmers who so need the paddocks soaked with water.

I took a few snap shots from my front yard.💖

 I love how this part of the garden always makes me feel happy.  Green, white & red.

 As I was standing outside this morning admiring the array of grey tones in the sky, the birds were going crazy. Flying by and overhead, non stop. I was quick enough to catch a photo of this little cute bird. And then he was off.

 Aside from the beauty of nature during winter comes the best excuse reason to keep spending heaps of time knitting and crocheting. Heather the feather gave me a rather interesting colored ball of yarn. The colors of the winter months all joined together, so what better plan to knit it into woolly hat, mitts and ear warmers.

 In fact, I loved the ear warmers so much that I made more. I found the pattern on the internet somewhere.😂 It is such an easy pattern to crochet.

 I discovered a new brand of yarn to knit with, the Birch brand. I don't know if any of you have used it before but I'm about to find out how it works. 🙏

 I was very lucky this week because I came across a simple, quick boot pattern for a new born baby. I used 8 ply, 4mm needles to make these cute boots. I am now making a woolly hat to go with them. Some one will love these when they are finished.

 Actually, to be honest, I had a pretty good week last week. I like taking some quiet time to reflect on positive things that have happened to me, it balances your mind.

I bet you could do the same thing. All those little things add up and outweigh the negative. For me, the restrictions from Corona virus have lifted so much, I met up with my crazy bunch of Ag Society friends, had afternoon tea with Heather the feather, found some amazing patterns and also found this beautiful warm blanket at the Op shop for $5.00!! I am blessed 💝

 Well beautiful friends (see, another positive), I'm off to do some jobs......I have to actually get dressed first. lol I hope you all have an amazing Sunday, stay safe and happy. See you all next time.

Arrivederci!  Anita 🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒

Never give up because great things take time.

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 Well good morning my friends 💖 Go grab yourself a lovely hot cup of coffee, some nice toast, and join me. I promised you that the next post I would share my newest creations with you, and here they are. I can't tell you enough at how happy I am with both of the sets made for two very lucky little children. 

The fox set consists of 1 scarf, woolly hat and mitts. I have no pattern but just looked around the internet for ideas. 😂 It is wonderful to somehow have the talent to be able to make things from photos and have success in the end product. There is a drawback to this though. Months down the track some one might ask me to make the same thing........😳......I can never remember exactly what I did. lol

Here is the little horse set that also consists of scarf, mitts and woolly hat. This set is for the older sister who is six years old. I enjoyed both of these projects and I'm full of joy for the little ones who will wear it. I remember how excited my boys were to receive these sorts of things as little children.

So I hope you love these as much as I do. I still have many commissioned projects to get through but none are finished, so to show them now would spoil my joy. I have come across this cute little head band pattern and have been making several of them. Very easy, very cute.

Today I am going out to my favourite farm people on their beautiful farm to collect rocks from the paddock. I want to continue a pathway behind my sewing shed to stop Milo from digging under the fence. He is so naughty. lol 

I have been spending lots of time in the garden lately, trying to revamp and replant after a harsh summer. Three of my big established native bushes have withered and died from the heat this last summer. At the moment we don't have a nursery in town so I can only go to other towns or the metro area to buy plants.

Have a wonderful weekend lovely people. Beaming you love and happiness wherever you are.
Ciao, Anita. 🍀🍙🍅

🌻 Benvenuti🌻

 Entri come amici

Vada come famiglia

👫Enter as friends ; leave as family 👪

Well hello there! It is so lovely to finally be able to blog. I have had a few interruptions (as we all have) to the normal daily life. Here in the part of the world I live, our winter weather has started and so begins the orders for winter items. 

Due to the situation of the corona virus, we have been unable to hold our monthly markets, but that did not hinder people wanting their winter accessories made. I am happy about that. I have  been working away at this order for two little boys who love Star Wars. 

 I have given you a close up photo to show you the Storm Trooper faces. lol The thing I love the most about knitting is that you will not see another set like this walking around town. It is one of a kind. Probably to many women, this is something we all feel...you do not like going to an event or social gathering and someone else is wearing the same thing you are.😂😂 I am like this. Are you??

 As we all slowly start to return to routine, I find I have a few new ideas to live by. Before the disruption of the virus, I had already started to make decisions that what ever I add to the garden would have to be of value. Not just 'pretty' to look at but something of food value. Vegetables, fruit, herbs....etc. I had already purchased a lemon tree, olive tree, passion fruit and a peach tree. I will still have petunias in hanging baskets or containers and add pretty things in the containers I already have because I love colour.

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Now I have planted garden peas and basil. I also have a  packet of Italian parsley seeds to plant, so I intend to crank up the vegetable growing. Space has been an issue as my yard was always a play yard for my boys and then as they grew, it always seemed that there was never enough time to plant a vegetable garden. But, after this pandemic I have decided to really put things into perspective.

I am still working on the pathway and as my garden grows, so will the pathway.

This is a short post as I have a few orders to finish off. I have some pretty projects to show you all next post. Typically, I have been lazy in sewing on buttons and stitching things up 😊😊😊

Ciao to you all!!!!!

Anita.