Write it on your heart that today is the 🌸 best day of the year. 🍒

Well Buongiorno & Good Morning to you all and haven't I been off the scene for a while 😂. My last order gave me grief, so much so that I started calling the Bride and Groom some rather nasty names. lol  This knitting order came with urgency in it so I had to really make a fast move to get it done. These little sweethearts were going to be a keepsake for the young couple getting married. The family had made an order to get dolls knitted from someone else and when they received the order, it was not completely what they'd asked for. Apparently my name had been suggested several times and the lady came to me for help, which I gladly did...oh but the pain. lol I mean that in a nice way. 💕

Special requirements came with the order: the Groom had to have surfie hair and cream attire ; the Bride needed some green trim and has brown hair. Due to covid, I found it extremely hard to find any yarn that would be suitable for his hair, so I had to dig through Heather's yarn stash, and because she is such a yarn and fabric addict......😹😹😹😹....I found some. 

So these beauties were made using a pattern for 7 inch dolls but I had to adjust everything to suit dolls that were more like 12 inch dolls. I do love how they turned out and I was so glad to finish this project, not only because it was challenging but the thought that the lady was going to get her order.

I even made a glittery wedding bag to wrap them in. 💏

  These little beauties are the reason I have not posted in several weeks. I had been so consumed with completing them that my housework went to trash, my friends had hardly seen me, hubby has done the clothes washing 😘, and nothing else has been made. lol Last Sunday morning, when I finished this project.....I was straight on to the next order........

A knitted sweater for a two year old. The pattern is in cable and I'm using 4 ply yarn. It is a very nice yarn to knit with and I'm pleased to say that even though it is a fine yarn, I have the back and front made. Not bad progress for something I started only last Sunday.

  I attended a baby shower last Saturday and as luck would have it, my niece Lisa was also attending. It was so lovely to see her again, as lately I am seeing her more and more. Lisa is on the left hand side of the photo. The lovely pregnant lady in the middle, Tayla, is a work friend of mine and friend of Lisa. It doesn't matter where I go, I'm always the shortest......and the 'blondest". 😄

Yesterday Heather the feather and I took off to the little historical town of Toodyay. Heather was only allowed to come with me if she behaved herself and that was challenging. lol Everything was going on in that little town: car racing, tourists, car boot sale, people at every corner of the street. I met a friend while we were in Toodyay and she asked if I'd seen the fabric at the car boot sale. Somehow, we missed seeing it, so we went back. Oh gosh....we found the table, it was stacked with a mile of fabric, so I had to buy some.

Now my lovely friends, it is time to actually get some work done and then call the afternoon my own. I would love to get this little sweater completed as soon as I can because I feel like making something random and a project that suits me. lol

I wish you all a good day and I hope you find time to do something you love to do.

Ciao, Anita.

 

 Springtime 🌺

 One of my favourite seasons in the year would have to be Spring. There's so much happening in the garden with the colours of the rainbow popping up all over the place, the crispness of the cold winter morning dulling down and the lovely sounds of the bird chatter. The sunrise is coming earlier and earlier, a good indication in the change of the season. Oh...the only thing about the sun rising earlier is that our gym instructor will be opening the side gate at the gym and we will have to start running around the establishment. 😭😭😂

I've been on holidays the past week and the op shops have had several visits from me. I love looking for little bargains and treasures that others no longer require. This week I found a whole case of embroidery threads, new baby yarn and another interesting textured yarn. All of these things make me pretty happy. 

What makes you happy?

During my break from work I have done several knitting and crochet projects that you've seen before so I won't show them again, but I have been commissioned to make a bride and groom knitted doll pair. Here is the bride on the make and I intend to have this finished by this weekend. I have the groom knitted up but not sewn up. 

This is not a very clear photo, but these are pairs of finger less mitts to fit adults and children. The colour is actually very pretty but it does not show up well here.

So even though I have made much in the way of craftwork, I have nothing new to show you, so how about a walk through my garden with me? Gardening is one of my other loves.        Come walk with me....

 This is the side of our house with the morning sun peeking through 😊

My front door, a place I love to just look at because I know all the love that is behind that door.

My backyard is filling with vegetables growing in pots and my ever expanding geranium patch(es). Geranium are everywhere in the yard.

Not only does our yard have the Italian touch, there is also a little Greek corner, dedicated to one of my gym instructors.🍷 The little patch below is slowly collecting the blue and white colours of the Greek flag. This is another nice little place we all love to sit and ponder.

Now back to the Italian look 💖

Oh no.......it's Milo!!!!!! 🐕

My bougainvillea plants have grown to this height but have grown no more. I'm not sure why this is. If any of my Italian friends can give me some idea how to encourage the height to improve, I would love your advise. My bougainvillea is growing on one stem so all the flowers grown high instead of growing as a bush.

Milo insisted on joining me on my garden walk today and the look on his face when I took a photo of him is priceless. It's almost as if he's saying 'Don't take my photo when I'm standing near flowers.'

I have taken after my mother in so many ways but my sense of humour has to be the strongest trait she gave me. My Mum was such a little teaser....in the nicest possible way 😂. This morning I found this weird looking thing on the floor. I picked it up only to discover that it was a false eyelash. 😨 My son and his partner now have a cat and it decided to steal Emma's eyelash and play with it. Apparently cats don't clean up after themselves so they leave things on the floor.'

Of course.....I have to make a big deal out of it. lol

 

For my Italian friends, the message says: Lost property. Go to claims department to collect. 

Oggetti smarriti. Vai al reparto reclami per riscuotere.

My last photos of the back entry to our yard. You are greeted with hanging plants just waiting to grow and burst into colour.

So.....lovely people, I sign off now to go and start doing a few jobs before I get stuck into finishing the knitted bride and groom dolls. I hope that wherever you all are in the world, the restrictions in your country are easing up and there is a little more freedom for you to travel or at least go out in your community. 

Ciao, Anita.

We were born to be real, not perfect 😋

 Good morning beautiful people! My week has been one that has experienced almost every emotion and yet.....I am still here and I survived. 😂 One of the amazing things that happened was a catch up with my partner in crime....Ian. As you can see by our faces, we are nothing but mischief. When Ian lived in town he was my gym partner and the trouble we used to get into was unbelievable. We made our instructors annoyed on several occasions with our antics. We had a lovely afternoon tea and catch up. I miss his company, jokes and conversations. If I was ever to have a kid brother.....Ian would be the one. 👦👧

On the subject of nice people my oldest son Brandon bought me what is called a "Oodie". It is a blanket that fits like a big sweater. The outside is a soft fabric and the inside is a soft wool light weight fabric. It is good at night when you are sitting down in front of the television and you have to get up. No feeling the cold air, your blanket goes with you. Love you Brandon. 💘

I had a win on our local buy and sell  face book page. I managed to snap up this gorgeous mobile chopping block. I'm pretty happy to say the least.

I decided to use up some 4 ply baby wool and as we are a little low on baby boy cardigans. I love this crochet pattern, how quick it is made. I found a free pattern on the internet and such an easy pattern to follow.

I also had a go at this knitted baby vest pattern. I'm thinking it is one of the cutest patterns I've found. I know someone will love this at the markets.

I don't know about you lovely people, but I just love retro and visiting the op shops in our town. I found a bag of yarn for $5.00 and once I finish these knitting orders, I am getting stuck into the yarns in this bag.

I went for an early morning walk around the garden and I'm very happy with the colours, the smells and the good feels I get while being there. This is my front yard at the moment and it is reflecting the start of our spring time. Today we are having a very cool 17C and it is so windy outside. The rain is happening as well.

I'm clapping my hands like a wild thing because my nectarine tree has little fruits on it. I was surprised to see that because it is such a young tree.

......and this is my view as I walk out my front door. 😊

As I said this week was full of different emotions. I had many good feelings, the sad feeling was that a work mate of mine lost her Father, and a couple of people annoyed me so much that I was very angry. I'm not talking about those people who annoyed me. In the end, we are the Captains of our own ship and I choose to just keep pushing forward. 

I have so many good people that lift me up and make me laugh. I hope you are all in good health and happy. Even though it is cold outside I plan to go out there and do some gardening. This coming Thursday I go on school break again and I can't wait. I will have two weeks of bliss away from work. 

See you all next time and thanks for dropping in.

Ciao, Anita.
 

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.

🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

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.