Meeting Ronnie

Yesterday, Ronnie , a friend from the craft forum, popped in for a visit. Ronnie left her home in Victoria 5 months ago to travel NSW & Qld with just her two dogs, Sally & Penny. She went out as far as Broken Hill and as high up as just past Gypmie.

She is now making her way down the coast for home. We just sat around and chatted for quite a few hours. Watched the 3 dogs intermingle. Sally was quite funny, she was walking very gingerly over my lawn, it appears that she has very tender feet for a dog & my bindies were bothering her.

So here we are with our precious dogs. Ziggy, Penny & Sally.

And the Winner is........................

Grace from Th - ink - ing of you. Grace please email me you addy so I can send of your mini album and bookmark.

NOW how great was the blog hop. I found so many many talented faith bloggers out there in blog land. I am slowly making my way around again and becoming a follower of all who give me the option.

Thank you all for taking the time to look at and comment on my blog.

So Anne when is the next one ??????????????????????

Thankful for Friends Blog Hop

Welcome to Scrapbook News and Review Magazine's A Faith Perspective Thankful for Friends Faith Blog Hop. Today, we're out in force on the internet -- showing our faith and giving the glory to God. United, we stand as Christian paper crafters and blog owners to make a presence on the internet for all to see. We're celebrating the theme of friends and we're happy to share our projects with you based on the verse:


"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. " Ecc4:9-10a

If you're just joining in on the fun, you can find the start of the train here First, we would like to take a moment to thank our generous co-sponsors: Layers of Color Stamps, Gina K Designs Stamps and Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. Together with Scrapbook News and Review Magazine, these companies have donated some wonderful prizes for today's blog hop.

Prizes? Oh, yeah! There will be three lucky grand prize winners for today's event.

To enter, simply hop to the blogs of all of the participating staff members of Scrapbook News and Review Magazine, take note of the staff member's name, and leave a comment on their posts. Then send us an email at

games@scrapbooknewsandreview.com listing each of the staff members who participated in today's hop. It's that easy. All entries must be received by Monday, November 16, 2009 at 12 noon, EST and three winners will be randomly chosen to win.

What are the prizes?

One $100 gift certificate from Layers of Color Stamps AND a 6 month subscription to Scrapbook News and Review Magazine.

One basket of goodies -- four stamp sets from Gina K Designs and a 6 month subscription to Scrapbook News and Review Magazine.

One set of digital stamps from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and a 3 month subscription to Scrapbook News and Review Magazine.

In addition, every participating staff member of Scrapbook News and Review Magazine will offer a free one-month subscription to the magazine to one of their lucky visitors by simply leaving a comment on their blog. That's a lot of chances to win, so let's get to the Hop!

I really am very thankful for the friends God has blessed me with. One wonderful lady really stands out, I would not be the person I am if not for the friendship of this beautiful lady Esther (& of course Gods saving grace). She has been my steadfast supporter, encourager, teacher, spiritual mentor & prayer warrior for many years but has really become a great, close & fun friend in the last 18 months. We have supported & cried with each other through some pretty trying times and of course have laughed and joked with each other in the good times. She has taught me so much about God's love and his goodness to us (especially in the hard times). She has a gentle & beautiful spirit and a way with words. I truly love this lady and am very thankful that God has blessed my life with her Friendship.

To celebrate our blog hop I want to share my a tutorial of my Bouquet of friends with you. This is a great way of showing all of your friends of faith off in a fun and (I think) very pretty way. To download the instructions click

here .

I am also going to have a little giveaway of one of my fibre bookmarks and a mini book of bible verses (see post below for a photo of the book and bookmarks). All you need to do is leave a comment for an entry (I am happy to post anywhere), dont forget to leave me a way of contacting you if you are the winner or makes sure you come back Monday evening.


The next stop on this blog hop is: Liz at Right Brain Madness

Blog Hop Giveaway

These photos are to show you the giveaway for the above post. One of my fibre bookmarks and this mini book of Bible Verses.

Please only leave a comment on the above post to enter this giveaway.

Sparkling Gemstone Quilt Top

I have finally finished the sparkling gemstone quilt I started in July you may remember this post of the progress. Well this morning I sewed the last two borders on my quilt and ...................................

Here it is.

I just love how bright and vibrant this quilt is. It's Gail in a quilt. Its made with Moda's "fresh" by Deb Gliori and isn't is just that, fresh.

Sneak peaks

A little sneak peak at whats to come on my Thankful for friends blog hop post.

My Layout

OTP Tutorial.

So don't forget the blog hop starts 10am Sat 14 November(Chicago time so 17 hours behind us).

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.