lzilulu's stuff......

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eClare's patch and bibs'n'stuff

 

INVITES YOU TO AN

OPEN SHED WEEKEND

 

at 40 Stafford Drive (Whiting Estate) Narrabri

Saturday 14^th November 2009

10ish to 4ish

Sunday 15^th November 2009

11ish to 3ish

 

• information re opening times
• information re workshops
• information re sit'n'stitch sessions
• quality home crafted bibs and other items for bubs, kidlets and big people available for sale
• quality homecrafted clothes for bubs to 6year olds available for sale

   

   

  Free entry and free "serve yourself" tea coffee and biscuits will be available

   

For more information, phone liz on 0408681574

a few days in the glorified swag......

'evening chickadees...have been meaning to do a post about our camping trip....way back in September.....home alone tonight....mr lzilulu is working on the wheat harvest, so flo and i are just hangin' out together.......

after buying our glorified swag, mr lzilulu spent many hours and dollars setting up "the rig" ready for our first trip....

....the money spent to get to this stage alone could have bought us at least a month's timeshare at a 5star resort!

just a quick trip out west to broken hill and home again via bourke and lightning ridge......eight days in total......

at each stop we had a checklist of pre-requisites for a good campsite...these included.........

..... a clear area for a campfire....

....some hanging space.....

....a "long drop".......

....preferably one with a toilet roll holder....

.....a shady tree....

....a comfy spot for the duchess....

......a comfy spot for me.....

.......a fishing spot for him.....

.....some flowers at the front door....

.....a place to dine.....

......a hunter and gatherer.....

......a bedroom with a view.....

......beautiful sunrises.....

....some early morning visitors.....

to get to some of these spots we saw lots and lots of this......

............ :)

....and this...

what we didn't want to see was too much of this........

.....yep, black mud!!

but luckily we were close enough to this place.........

....to get a room for the night :)....and flo was welcomed by the owners :)

....did we have a good time???....you betcha!!....are we itching to go again?....yep......

i have been busy in the shed since our return and trying to get some stock made for the markets and an "open shed" weekend in november.......will post about that soon...

'til then, take care and be kind to each other

sloppystuff lzilulu xox

postie delivers......

'morning chickadees......only have a moment this morning, but want to quickly share my excitement :)

i went to the post office yesterday, expecting to collect two parcels, the appropriate number of "parcel waiting" notices were in my postbox......goodie i thought, i'll be able to get on with some sewing and knitting over the weekend.......B::U::T.......when i collected the parcels, neither of them was one of the expected ones :(

.....even more exciting than the expected knitting needles and a craft pattern, there was a parcel from my washcloth swapee......yippee.......

i strongly suspect that my gifter has been reading my blog (thank you :)......because she seems to "know me" ;)

wrapped in my favourite colour and tied with matching ribbon........

....... and inside were lots of goodies, two beautiful cloths....one a knitted butterfly, and the other crochet, i suspect that this one is an exfoliating cloth 'cause it has little ridges...very clever....the yarn in this one matches exactly the yarn used in the cloth i received in the last swap....told you she had been reading my blog.....when i checked to be REALLY sure that it was the same colourway, i noticed that my original cloth is ever so slightly faded.....well, that's what happens when you use something over and over and over :).......

also included in this package of deliciousness were three packets of flower seeds and a yummy chocolate.........

........as you can tell, i took the photo VERY quickly, because the cherry ripe did not last for long.......

many many thanks to my gifter, who's identity will remain secret until after completion of swap ;).....but you know who you are :)........be assured that the cloths will get LOTS of use, the chocolate is GONE and the seeds, well i'll do my best to get them to grow, but i don't have very green thumbs :(

will be back soon with some more posts...... 'til then, take care and be kind to each other....

sloppystuff lzilulu xox

...to market or not to market?

.....the weather at the moment is wild, windy and dirty....and the local markets are on tomorrow (Saturday 3rd October)..... at this rate i won't be there :(.....BUT....all items will be available at "eClare's patch"..... 40 Stafford Drive Narrabri from early morning (8ish) to early evening (6ish).....so...if you are in the area...come and have a look, a cuppa and  perhaps buy something and know you are supporting a worthy cause....bibs4bubs....aka ME!!

items available include bibs, burp cloths, knitted washcloths for babies, knitted facewashers, soap socks, mobile phone socks, zipper purses, drawstring bags etc etc......all handcrafted by me.....

hope to see you soon!!

sloppystuff lzilulu xox

.....warmer days......

....brings out the gardening tools.......

am loving the time i am spending in the "garden"....i use that term VERRY loosely!!

my favourite tools of trade have to include these...

.......loving that lucerne hay, but need some more......

these babies are enjoying it too......

.......but, hard as i try, i just can't rouse on them :(.....i think it's all that silky feathery gorgeousness :)......

my brand new rose.....remember me.....was given to me by a special friend after a recent tragedy and it seems to like where i have planted it......just outside the dining room window.....and yes, i will ALWAYS remember you, Elijah.......

well, chickadees i REALLY must go and prepare dinner now....this has been enough yabbering for one day!

'til next time, take care and be kind to each other....

sloppystuff lzilulu xox

....a swag by any other name....

......is still a swag!

little miss flo has been spending far too many nights in the "big bed" and sprawling out like she actually owns it! i was on the hunt for a bigger bed for her 'cause we realised that she couldn't actually spread out fully in her designer dogue bed :) i was in an op shop when i had the lightbulb moment.....a swag just for her.....

......yes, an old suitcase with some soft bedding and some fluffy toys to simulate mr lzilulu and myself! i was going to take the lid off and do some fancy painting etc but mr practical (aka mr lzilulu) stopped me and informed me how handy it will be for our camping trips, just close the lid and throw it in the back of the 'ute......hmm.....with or without flo inside?...i'm not sure!

does she like it???......YEP!....does she go there willingly at bedtime???....nah :)

........she still tries to sneak into the big bed.......and i always seem to be the ogre who gets to extract her and put her in her swag.............

...be back soon!

lzilulu xox

....another washcloth swap....

i really enjoyed the washcloth swap that jodie organised.....and she is having another one......and.....i have signed up for it too....looking forward to it... any excuse to do some more knitting....

so, if you are interested, hop on over, quickly,to jodie's wonderful blog, that girl oozes with creativity and productivity, and sign up for some fun!!

apparently some people are having problems opening images in some of my posts......some have said that they have trouble with typepad blogs.....i personally didn't....until the other day when i had a similar problem with a typepad blog.i couldn't open images through my blogroll (bloglines)i couldopen them when i went directly to the blog.....so now i'm wondering if the problem is because i actually use windows live writer to do my posts?hope not because i LOVE using it :( please leave me a comment if you are having trouble.......

be back shortly with another post or two :)

lzilulu xox

...the demolition of.......

........a jelly roll....or what happens when bernie bernina and i get up close and personal with a jelly roll, some red spotty fabric, some red gingham, some white homespun and we have a marathon of sewing!!

yes, i have been sewing like a madwoman over the last few days trying to use as much of a jelly roll as possible. the yield included a small baby quilt, six drawstring bags of various sizes, two zippered purses, a roll for some of my knitting needles and assorted stuff associated with knitting, a baby bib and matching burp cloth.......

......yes, i was amazed too.....and just how much was left over??.... enough to fit in this pretty teacup and saucer.....

....yep, that's all!!

have i told you lately how much i am enjoying my retirement from the REAL job??? well, i am.......still....loving spending so much time in the shed...hoping i never tire of it.......

the retail corner of the shed is gradually filling with market goodies.....

....and more.....

....and STILL more :)

....the next narrabri markets are on saturday 5th september.....you still coming cilla mary (also known as pinknits)?....hope so :)

well, the retiree still has to prepare dinner so best be off...hope to get another couple of posts done before.....

until then, take care and be kind to each other :)

lzilulu xox

...happy birfdy to me.....

....yep, another year bites the dust! i had a birthday on tuesday and was completely overwhelmed with all the well wishes, visits, messages, gifts etc......very humbling too.....thank you.

on wednesday i received my washcloth gift from my swap fairy....on thursday the shed ladies continued the celebrating and we enjoyed a cake made and decorated by a special friend......

....isn't she cute?......edible, but not yet eaten, and not likely to be either!!

today, friday, i have been out for breakfast, been to the movies to see the proposal, been out to lunch and back to the movies to see the hangover....phew, will the celebrations never stop?....hope not :)

in this whirlwind of celebrating, i found a little time to try something with some old knitting needles....i used to make and sell these bangles at markets 33 years ago *gulp* and recently i saw some on a blog.....sorry i can't remember where....and it sparked a new interest in them.......

.....am quite confident that the aqua one is probably a "leftover" needle from all those years ago, which i found when i did a recent de-clutter....it certainly worked better than its' more modern sister....which was actually red to start with but now has a definite pink look to it.....

am off now to knit some more baby washcloths........loving that too......check out the things coming off the needles at pinknits......cute or what???

until next time, keep well and be kind to each other....

sloppystuff from lzilulu xox

ps. mr lzilulu is working on the glorified swag :)....more about that soon :)

brown paper package tied up with string........

.....has arrived!! i couldn't resist using this for my post title....apologies to Michael Crawford....i THINK his autobiography title was this or very similar....but i digress!!

yes! my swap parcel from jellywares wash/dishcloth swap has arrived.....

...told you it was a brown paper package tied up with string!

do you want to see what was inside??...be prepared for some scrumdillygorgeous eye candy!!.......

....colours are beautiful.....straight to the shower recess with this one!.....along with the soap in its' very own crochet bag.....pin cushion straight to the shed.....the very appropriate card straight to a display shelf!....and the chocolate??....well, let me just say that the kettle is on and the cuppa is almost ready :)....and i am home alone!

would love to reveal the giver's identity but just thought that perhaps i should wait until all gifts are at their new homes before i reveal....but....YOU know who you are and i send a HUGE thank you to you.....

my gift?...almost completed, will be in the post either this afternoon or tomorrow morning.....depending on when i go into town!

back to the knitting needles....until next time, take care and be kind to each other....

sloppystuff lzilulu xox