What a lovely wedding!!

Well it's taken me a while to be able to write about it ... but Brooke's and Lewis' wedding was just beautiful!!! The boys looked very handsome in their kilts and I'm sure you'll agree Brooke was a gorgeous bride!! Tahlia (DD1) and the other bridesmaids were also a picture in blue :o) - here are Tahlia and Brooke at the reception - they've been friends for about 17 years, isn't that lovely :o). ... and I rather like this one of the two of us :o). I think Darryl and I scrubbed up pretty well for the occasion too ;o).

We had a lovely weekend and tomorrow will be Ross (DS) and Alicia's (DIL2b) wedding so I'm super-excited about that!!!

I got a wonderful surprise in the mail yesterday!!

The gorgeous Kris from Tagalong Teddies sent me a parcel of goodies!!! What a treat!!! Kris and I have shared some fun emails since 'meeting' in blogland and we did a little 'mini-swap' between ourselves since Kris didn't receive her parcel from the Secret Angel Swap.

Look at all the fabulous goodies she sent me!!!

The little bag is gorgeous, the stitching is so neat and even and the little cup and saucer on the stitchery has my name on it!!! Don't you also love my cute little heartshaped pocket - hmmm could they be Bronwyn Hayes stitcheries (???) yes, I think they are!! Kris knows I love her designs :o)!! I have different sorts of tea (mmm cinnamon, sounds yummy!!) and coffee (always a welcome pressy) and some Sharpie pens (Sharpies write on EVERYTHING I'm told!!) a lollipop (DD2 has her eye on that!!) a very pretty notebook and an adorable Chrissy Decoration with my name on it!!! Cool!!! Thank you so much Kris, you made my day!!!

As I mentioned before, we've got another big weekend ahead of us as my wonderful Son Ross' wedding is tomorrow!!!! I'm so looking forward to his and Alicia's big day I'll probably get no sleep at all tonight!!! They really are a perfect couple and I know they are going to be so happy together :o).

I'll be back real soon with piccies .............

So until then,

Three more!!

The girls have been busy!! Since last week Lyn (no blog) and Valerie (also no blog) have made more toiletries bags!!

The two at the front are Lyn's and the one at the back is Valerie's.

Free tutorial here :o).

Donation made :o)

I'm so happy to let you all know that I've made the donation to Red Cross!!!! Huge big thanks go to Kim from Honeysuckle Cottage as it was her very generous high bid that won the Diamonds and Braids kit.

Here's the receipt from Red Cross :o)Don't forget to keep supporting Handmade Help - there are still loads of items up for sale with donations going to various charities who are helping the people and animals involved in the Victorian Bushfires.

First Finish For February!!!

Hmmm, that heading is a bit of a mouthful with all those "f's" LOL.

Great news though ...... I've [finally] finished Brooke's quilt!!!! I think I mentioned this quilt in one of my first posts - yep, here it is here ;o) - Goodness, that was August 08!!! And look at that, there are the fabrics that I bought to start the Panda quilt!!! Eeeek!!! ....... It's (ha ha - "they've") been on the go for that long!!! Plus now I get to add it to my OPAM list :o).

Here's the back ....................My DD1 loves it, she says she'd like one like this too ... hmmm, maybe I should start on hers now he he he.
That's my gorgeous girl Tahlia (bridesmaid to be) on the right (direct from London - we're SO excited to have her home!!!) with Brooke (the bride to be) on the left - we went out for high tea for Brooke's bridal shower last Sunday.It was lovely, we went to "High Socie-tea" at Clayfield.

The china was soooo pretty - Royal Albert, and look at this ... sugar lumps!!!and the food was so yummy ...... would you believe this was between just 3 of us!!!??!!! And we pretty much demolished that too LOL ......... so delicious. And the best part ... what you couldn't eat they gave you a 'doggy box' to take it home. Might have been better if they'd told us that before hand then we might not have scoffed so much LOLOL.

We're really looking forward to the wedding, we get to stay at the Sunshine Coast for the weekend as it's too far to drive back after the wedding - so that means we get to spend a bit more time with DD1 and her boyfriend Luke as they only arrived from London last Sunday morning and they're going back in a couple of weeks. I went shopping yesterday and bought a new dress for the occasion - I also bought a new dress to wear to Ross (DS) & Alicia's (DIL2B) wedding the week after ;o).

Talk soon .......

Thank you :o)

Bidding has ended now for my Handmade Help/eBay auction to aid the Vic Bushfire Appeal. I'd like to thank all the people who bid on the kit when it was on eBay (before and after it was removed). I started the auction at $80 and I'm pleased to bits that it reached $135.00. Such a fabulous result. Thank you :o). Every cent will go to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal.
HUGE big thanks go to Kim who put in the highest bid - I'll be in touch for your snail mail address Kim :o).

Bidding ending soon!!!

Bidding will close soon on my auction to aid the Victorian Bushfires appeal. Please come and bid on my Diamonds and Braids kit .... click here for more information :o). Every cent bid will go to the Red Cross for the bushfire victims.

Winners at last ...

Okay, I know, I was supposed to let you know the winners of the Panda quilt patterns on Valentines day!!! I'm really sorry ... it's been soooo busy around here and it's been so hard to find a little bit of time to do a post on my blog!!! But here I am and first of all I'll tell you that the name I chose from all of those fabulous suggestions is "Pandamonium". That was a really popular choice among all of those who entered so that's why I chose it :o). So I'm going to send a pattern to Terry since she was the first one to suggest that name.

I won't keep you waiting any longer .... my DH was happy to help with the "old fashioned" style drawing names out of my little sewing basket .... He mussed them all up ...... and picked out 3 names .... and they are ......................................... YAY!!!! Congratulations to all the winners DiahRothman, Thimbleanna and Lynn S - and to Terry too for being clever and picking the name for the pattern :o). I'll email the winners later today to let them know about their win :o). Thank you all for entering - I'll be putting the "Pandemonium" pattern on my website in the next few days and it will be available for you to buy there if you'd like one. It will sell for $15.50AU plus postage.

I've got more to tell you but I have so much to do today and I'd better get a move on ...

Talk later ...............