Can’t wipe the smile from my face!!!

We recently had the BEST news!!!

My wonderful Son Ross and his beautiful wife Alicia are expecting their very first baby!!!!

Our first Grandchild :D!!

We couldn’t be happier :D!!

Think I’ve got some stitching to do :D!!

A Little Batch of Cupcakes

My friends and I were stitching up a storm yesterday.

We bought a fabulous pattern called "Hot Cakes" by Susie C Shore Designs  from my local quilt store, and this is what we made…

I ended up making 5 - not sure what the final count is from the others yet lol. They're SO easy to put together and I think these cute oven mits will make fabulous gifties :o).

I'm off to add these to my OPAM finishes for February :o). 

I’m a little bit excited!!!

Okay …. I’m not gonna lie … I’m a LOT excited :o)!!!! Only 36 sleeps til we go to “Let’s Get Stitched” in Tassie!!  Do you want to come too??? Click HERE to see what we’re gonna be up to. LOADS of fun, almost too much for one weekend he he he.

We’d love for you to join us ……… and THERE’S STILL TIME!!!

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS :o).

Hope we see you there!!!

Happy Australia Day!!! … and the winner is ;o)……

Happy Australia Day all my Aussie mates!!! Hope you had a great one!! Ours was a bit humid and loads of fun. Thankfully the rain held off for most of the day and the skies didn’t open til after all the fun and frivolity was done – well, for us anyway ;o).
Alright then ……… I won’t keep you in suspense any longer. The 3 winners of my “Dear Diary” giveaway are…………………
 Gill Smith said... Hi Joy, what a lovely giveaway! PLEASE put my name in the hat! Hugs Gill xx  Anne said... As everyone else has already said - it is a great pattern. Thanks for the opportunity, would love to win, but we'll see :0). Larissa said... What a great giveaway Joy ... that pattern is gorgeous!!! Thanks for the opportunity to win this little beauty ... your fifth version is very cute!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!!!!!

Please email me at  joy at joypatch dot com with your snail mail addresses and I’ll get your patterns out to you post haste.
Thank you so much to everyone who entered, and also for your very kind words about my little pattern. It means so much to know that you like it :o).

Don't forget my giveaway!!

Would you like to win the pattern to make one of these?????

Okie Dokey ... then all you have to do is leave a comment on my Giveaway Post - but you'd better be quick cos I'm drawing 3 winners tomorrow night (26th January) at 8pm Brisbane time. Each winner will win a copy of my "Dear Diary" pattern :o)!!

You've gotta be in it to win it ;o)!!

FOR SALE (or … “I got a bit carried away!!”) – and a Giveaway reminder :o)

Goodness, that title is almost as long as this post LOL!!!
But I didn’t want any of you to miss out on my giveaway!! It’s for my new “Dear Diary” pattern…You can whip these up in no time, what a fabulous gift idea :o)!!! And if you’d like to be in the draw to win one of 3 patterns I’m giving away ON THURSDAY 26TH you can leave a comment on my previous post :o).
So here comes the “I got a bit carried away” bit …………. Oh, and the “For Sale” bit too :o)!!!
I’ve been making some store samples and I just kept going and going LOL!!

So now I have 5 of them –EEEK!!!

TIME FOR  A SALE!!!!!!!!

These are all made by me, they’re $25 each plus postage and come complete with the books and the pen or pencil you see inside them :o).

This first one is “Teacups” and it has a notebook, pen and 2012 diary inside… SOLD 

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Next is “Butterflies” and it has a notebook, mechanical pencil and sketchbook in it (although if you prefer I can replace the sketchbook with a 2012 diary) …
SOLD    

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I do love this one, this is “The Ghastlies” and once again it has a notebook, pen and 2012 diary…
SOLD

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I think this one would be great for a student as it’s so fresh and bright, this one is “Springtime” and it has matching notebook, pen and diary…
SOLD

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And lastly is “In Stitches”, a sewing themed one with notepad, pen and “To Do List” book (again, I don’t mind switching the “To Do” book for a 2012 diary if you prefer).

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SHIPPING

All of these weigh just over 500g so if you would like to work out what the postage would be (in Aussie dollars) to send the parcel to either your Aussie postcode or International address you can do it  HERE. They will be travelling from Australian postcode 4161.

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post stating which one you’d like and I’ll email you with payment details. International buyers – I’m sorry but the ONLY payment method I can accept is Paypal.

It’s raining in Brissy today, perfect stitching weather, so I’m off to do some :o)……

Done and dusted :o)

Before I tell you what is done and dusted, I’ll show you what I made today…

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I still had a little bit of “Oh Cherry Oh” left in my stash, so I made one more ‘Dear Diary’. In this one I put an A5 sketch book and a notebook so that if I have any bright ideas when I’m out and about I can draw it and also scribble some notes if I want to. I think I should go out, just so’s I can test it ;o).
So I bet you’ve now guess what’s done and dusted???? Yep, the “Dear Diary” pattern is written and printed WOOHOO!!! There’s always a big sigh of relief from me when that part is done … ;o).
So of course you know what that means don’t you???

A GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Edit:  this giveaway has now been drawn :o)

So if you'd like to win a pattern for "Dear Diary", there are no fancy rules … just leave a comment on this post (just the one please) and I’ll pick 3 winners next Thursday 26th – that’s AUSTRALIA DAY here in Oz :o).
Good luck everyone!!!