WOW what a yummy giveaway

Pop over to Shabby Art Boutique to help Kerryanne celebrate the re-opening of her Woodberry Designs.

She has these amazing faux shabby cupcakes and a gorgeous mixed media frame to giveaway.

Sour Dough Bread

Jenny from Elefantz posted a recipe some weeks ago for her sour dough bread. I decided last week to give it a go.

First you start with the mother plant that you add to each day for 5-7 days.

This was what was left over from the mother, even after I took out the starter for the next plant, so I will attempt to make another loaf tomorrow..

I really wasn't happy with the mix it was too wet, but decided to cook it anyway. I used a mix of barley and a wholegrain bread flour mix I had.

All ready for the oven.

And the finished product less 3 pieces.
It had an interesting taste but Royce quite liked it, Haylee wasn't so sure.

Will see how we go tomorrow.

Thanks for the inspiration Jenny.

This weekend Friends of Faith Blog Hop

This weekend I am participating in the Thankful Friends Blog Hop run by Scrapbook News & Review & A Faith Perspective. It is going to be huge. There are over 80 blogs involved - WOW.

There will be lots of projects shared as well as a giveaway.

So from 10am (US time) Saturday until 10am (US Time) Monday you can join in the fun.

My project is almost ready to go - just tweaking it now.

And the winner is...............................

Drum Roll please ..........................................................

Dzintra has won her choice of the Duchess sets

&

Tozz has won the small oval runners.

Dzintra could you please email me at gcom31@msn.com with your choice and address please.

Vicki I will get yours in the post this week.

Congratulations girls & thank you to all who entered.

SWS scrap day

Had a lovely day yesterday at the last SWS scrap day for this year. But I am unable to show you what I created - apart from this altered tin I made for a friend who has had baby boy - as one of them is for a blog challenge and the other is for next weekend blog hop.

Now talking about the blog hop - I have joined up with 70 other bloggers - to be a part of "A Faith Perspectives'" blog hop next weekend.

The theme is thankful for friends. Click on the button on my sidebar for more info and come back next Saturday to join the hop.

Blogcandy giveaway.

You have got to get over to Happy Little Art blog to have a look at, and of course enter, her Blog Candy giveaway to celebrate her blogiversary.

Final day of blogtoberfest - giveaway & a sneak preview

Firstly I want to thank you all for joining me on my blogtoberfest journey. It certainly was a challenge to come up with a different entry for each day. Yesterday we set up our Christmas store in Stockland - I was so tired by the time I got home (after a very early start) that I just didn't have it in me to blog yesterday, but that was only one day of the month (of course I dint start till day 5).

Anyway on to today's post and giveaway.

I have had these duchess sets in my possession since Johns mum moved down here in 2004. I have never been a fan of these but kept them for crafting. This week I decided I should share them as I know many of my blog and forum friends like vintage things ( I am not sure if they are old enough to be called vintage).

So that brings me to the giveaway I will be giving away one of these duchess sets (your choice) and a second prize of the two short oval runners
(12" X 5"). I am bot sure how old they are or even if they belonged to John's mum or one of his grandma's

You know the drill one entry for your comments on THIS post, one entry if you become or are a follower and one entry if you share this on your blog & I will add an extra entry if you send someone to my blog.

I will draw this next Sunday 8 November.

NOW a sneak preview of a tutorial coming up during this week on my miss nance & beyond blog.

Rose of Sharon Quilters - Blogtoebrfest day 29

11 years ago these two beautiful ladies - whom I am very happy to call my friends - started up a quilting Bible study, called the Rose of Sharon Quilters.

This study has been such a blessing to my life as have these two wonderful, Godly, loving & wise women. Always ready to offer a listening ear, advice & prayers. I am just SO thankful that God had bought these two wonderful women int my life.

Esther & I have spent a lot of time over the last year scrapping (drinking coffee, lunching,shopping, laughing) together and that has been just wonderful.

Last year I took pics of a few of the ladies with the idea of making an album for B&E for Christmas but was unable to get pics of everyone, so it didn't get done. But here are the pics I did get.

Brenda - we invade Brenda's house every Wednesday night for 3 hours and do a lot of laughing. We also sew and do our Bible study.

Dianne - Dianne lives around the corner from me so we travel together each week. Its been lovely getting to know Dianne. She has recently started up her own quilting business and is very busy making quilt after quilt for charity.

Cathy is a lady I don't think I would have got to know if she didn't come to our group. She is a very caring and lovely lady who also scraps. Cathy is a vet & a mum of 3.

Judy is passionate about animals and is a WIRES carer. She works as a nurse in a retirement home. Judy and her DH often take off on long caravan holidays.

Beryl is the oldest member of our group and is mum & grandma and is often found making quilts for her family. Beryl has been making crazy quilts with Dianne for charity and last night we got to see her first finished quilt. It was very bright child's quilt and today is on its way to the women's refuge.

Blogtoberfest day 28 - Recipe holder and other bits

Quite a few weeks ago now, when we had Jess & Kristy over for a scrap day, Kristy and I both made an altered recipe Holder. It was SO fiddly. Painting that scroll at the top and on the end of the legs took so long to do. BUT I am happy with the results and it looks great on display in my kitchen. I must say that I will NEVER do another recipe holder again.

here it is in use.

This little collection of dolls are mostly swap I have received over the years. The doll with the big bow on her head, Faith, was made for me by
Chrissy in my first doll swap - which was my 2nd ever swap in the craft forum. I made her a doll exactly like the shaker doll down the other end of the chair (which incidentally was my John's chair when he was a little tike). I can't remember whether the one I made her is Violet or Daisy - but whichever hers is called mine is called the other.

The purple doll, Sally, was made by Dawn in the forums paper bag swap. The bear I believe came in an advent swap by Hope and the Gold doll was made by Dianne in a Christmas in July swap.

This little collection of altered items (OTP's) is Haylee's monthly collection. Each month we alternate as to who has a display of their altered items. Its almost the end of October and I have not made anything for my November display. Better get a move on.

Blogtoberfest day 27 - my herb & tomato patch

There has been much talk lately on my Scrap of Faith forum AND on the craft forum about growing out own vegetables. I am a real novice at gardening but have a herb and vegie patch of sorts.

I though I would share them with you today.

Firstly right outside my back door is an array of pot with herbs and lettuce growing. This big pot here was my original herb garden at this house and is doing real well.



Recently I started this baby lettuce pot, these are perpetual lettuce, so as I pick leaves (when they are bigger of course) it will keep growing more and more leaves.


A the back is my older lettuce bowl that I pick from quite regularly and in the trough at the front is basil & curly parsley. I use these two herbs the most so I decided to plant extra and keep them close to the back door. I also have a pot of mint and a pot that I have transplanted some Rosemary into but they ar ein ugly black pots and I didn't think you would want to see them.





Now to my actual vegie patch. When we fist moved into this house 5 years ago this was FULL of parsley and only parsley. Now I have a huge rhubarb plant, 5 different tomato plants and all sorts of herbs. Don't you love my rudimentary watering system. I also have cherry tomatoes in the black pot.








Here's a close up of my Grosse Lilly (I think) tomato plant.











My chives with a small marjoram plant right next to it, this marjoram plant died off after I planted it and I forgot about it, not sure where the chives popped up from but her they are living together.












Purple basil.












Rhubarb gone crazy.........................















Tomatoes in the back with small lettuce in front of them, basil between and thyme and coriander right at the front.












The wild rocket and oregano went in 2 years ago and I hacked them off during winter this year as they were straggly and woody and look what happened, they GREW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So that's my herb and vegie patch. I am hoping to try a few more plant but want to see how the tomatoes go this year - last year we ended up with the tiniest Roma tomatoes.