Work In Progress

Thought I would show you something that I have been working on for a while now, well actually quite a long time as I started this project a couple of years ago and then lost heart as sewing is not really my strong point and so those projects always seem to fall behind with me and inevitably end up being stashed away for a rainy day!

I really loved doing the redwork embroidery though which is what spurred me on into putting some of them together as I did not want to waste them, I came across them the other day and decided I should go back again and have another go!! I have always loved Sunbonnet Sue and Sams since I was very small and also Holly Hobbie so I really do want to finish this quilt one day but for now I will just content myself with trying to put together another few squares, I would Love to finish it with a blanket stitch all the way round and a couple of rows of crochet onto that.

Love to hear what you all think of this!

Moe xxx

Wonderland Update!

You can See the Official Trailer for the new Alice in wonderland Movie By Clicking Here
Oooooooh Can't Wait!!

A Martha Stewart Craft Day!!

Aisling with her finished Card
Denise's lovely Card

Aoife's Finished Card, she is so creative, she decides that she would paint a Tree Branch under her bird and glitter it, for someone so young I think she did a great job!

Some of the finished balloons

Denise and Aisling hard at work!

Aisling's finished Card

Aoife with one of her creations!

We had a relative home from America last week and she gave the kids lots of lovely pressies, Including some Martha Stewart Craft Sets, which they had really great fun with and it thankfully kept them occupied for a good couple of hours which is always good! They espically loved the ballon making kit that had lots of balloons and sticky bits that you stuck on to make the balloons into birds. And in Keeping with the bird theme there was also a lovely kit for making glittered cards with birds on. My niece Denise is here with us this week and is a little shy but she also enjoyed making both the ballons and the cards. One of the Cards Aisling put Thank you on with glue and is sending this one as a Thank You to the Lovely Auntie Margaret who kindly got them for us. We have all decided that We Love Martha Stewart too!

Aisling making her balloon

Gorgeous Giveaway!

Oh How nice are these Goodies? Really Gorgeous! You can enter the fantastic giveaway for a chance to win them by leaving a comment here : http://alicew.typepad.com/thoughts_from_alice_w/2009/07/summer-giveaway.html before July 17th So What are you waiting for!!!

Be Happy!

A friend of mine took this photograph last year when he was living here in one of these apartments, this is Vancouver by the way and this is one of the most densly populated areas in the world. Sometimes when I am complaining about having to do all the washing etc, I look at this picture and it makes me feel happy that I am able to hang my washing out on a proper washing line and that I can hear the birds and see the sun and hear my kids laughing as they run around the house, and that I have a garden and some space to plant some flowers and veg and keep a pet if we want to and maybe one day keep some chickens.........

I suppose really it makes me realise that it is the simple things in life that matter.

Moe

Just a quick post, the picture above will let you know how I am feeling........

Is the School Holidays almost over yet?

My kids are driving me up the Walls this Week!

They are all a little bit sickly and so are staying indoors even though the weather is Hot

Because our routines are all out of Sync they don't go to bed until all hours

Leaving me Frazzled to say the least!

So I think the above is just about right!!

The Show Must Go On

I am watching the memorial service for Michael Jackson and it strikes me how Brave his Family and Friends are, you can see how visibly moved these people are, we sometimes forget that famous people are only people after all, and that Michael Jackson was someones Son, Someones brother,
more importantly perhaps, someones father, and although he may not have known it friend to many. His Friends are doing him proud tonight remembering him at this remembrance concert, and so we see that in Show business as always The Show must go on.

Sean & The Greendale Rocket (well not Really!)

On Sunday afternoon we went to a local truck show, My husband John is big into trucks and the kids Love these as well, I just tag along, although I must say that some of the painted trucks are works of art and I also like the vintage section and the American Trucks, however we were a bit late in going and so I didin't get many pictures and alot of our time there was spent looking at this green train which was on a trailer, Sean is a Huge fan of Postman Pat, he really loves him and was totally convinced that this was the Greendale Rocket (the train that is in Postman Pat)
We had to literally drag him away from it in the end, when we came home Aoife and Sean did a spot of baking, Well Aoife did, Sean just did alot of eating!

Happy Tuesday!!

Moe x

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Ha Ha! P.C. Junkie!

Last night, my husband and I were sitting in the living room and I said to him, 'I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle. If that ever happens, just pull the plug.'He got up, unplugged the Computer, and threw out my wine. Sometimes he's such an ass.......................!

A Very Important Date in Musical History!

On this Day in 1957........

The Stars Aligned..........

& Paul McCartney met John Lennon For the Very First Time.......

And The Rest................

Is History!
If like me you Love the Beatles, then today is a very important date in the Musical Calender!
It was on this day in 1957 that Paul & John First met at a Garden Fete at St. Peter's Church in Woolton, Liverpool. John was playing with his band of the time - The Quarrymen
which also included: Eric Griffiths (guitar), Colin Hanton (drums), Rod Davies (banjo), Pete Shotton (washboard) and Len Garry (tea chest bass).While setting up their equipment to play, the Quarry Men's sometime tea-chest bass player, Ivan Vaughan, introduced the band to one of his classmates from Liverpool Institute, the 15-year-old Paul McCartney.
If Like me you are a Beatles Fan you will Love this blog: http://paperdreamer.wordpress.com/music/the-beatles-and-john-lennon/
there are lots of Beatles Videos from you tube along with all of the lyrics. I couldn't pick which one is my favourite Beatles song as I love them all!
Enjoy!
Moe xx

Number one on my Wishlist!

I just found this Sneak Preview of the New Cath Kidston Book Here: http://homeshoppingspy.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/cath-kidstons-new-book-sneak-preview/ & I am sold!

Anyone who knows me knows that I am fairly crafty, I can knit, crochet, cross-stitch and embroider, I can even do redwork, but when it comes to sewing boy do I have a mental block!

I have tried - I even started on a patch-work quilt but gave up halfway through! (actually I must find that and show it to you it wasn't bad, I must start it up again!) I have a great vintage sewing machine in perfect working order that NEVER gets used! So I am going to get this book as soon as it is available and I am going to Do exactly what it says on the Cover!!

Moe xx

Happy Birthday Little Sis!

My Sister has taken to reading my blog on the odd occasion lately so just on the off chance that she checks in today: Happy Birthday Dear Sister!

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day 4th July 2009God Bless America

(They gave us popcorn, baskin robbins, hamburgers, ben & jerry to name just a few!! )

The Sound of Music - Makes you Wanna Dance!

Whether or not you liked the Sound of Music you have got to watch this video, This is Brilliant and just shows the power of Music

Wonderful Wonderland!

My first ever trip to the Cinema was with my Mum, She took me to Hammersmith Odeon to see Alice in Wonderland. I thought it was the best thing I had ever seen! Alice in Wonderland remains as one of my favourite Childhood films and I do still occasionally watch it with my kids,

I Love it's off the wall wackiness and the mad hatter is my favourite character! So Of course I can't wait for the new disney Wonderland to be released next year and found this sneak preview of the film, although I think this Alice is a more grown up film, as Alice is All Grown up, I suppose we will have to wait and see! Check out these stills from the new movie, Johnny Depp is starring as The Mad hatter, if you would like a virtual tour of these stills click on the link at the bottom of this post!

Alice & The White Rabbit

Alice with Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum!

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-06-22-wonderland-art_N.htm

Anne Of Green Gables

Movie still from the Anne of Green Gables film by Kevin Sullivan

I'm sure that many of you will know this novel written by Canadian Author Lucy Maud Montgomery which was published in 1908. It was written as a fictional book for all ages, but nowadays is considered a Children's Book, I loved this book when I read it in my younger years there are lovely sayings in it, it is about a couple who 'sent' for an orphan boy, but got an orphan girl(Anne) instead, this red headed girl was full of mischief but they loved her all the same, here are some of my favourite quotes from the book:

“ Isin't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet? ”

"There's such a lot of different Anne's in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn't be half so interesting." Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

"It's so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn't it?"

"And people laugh at me because I use big words. But if you have big ideas you have to use big words to express them, haven't you?"

July

July Already!Gosh the year is just flying past us,

I can't believe that it is July already!

I Love this picture from the Ideal Homes Calendar
& Thought it would be a nice way to welcome yet another month!

Moe x