lzilulu's stuff......

….are you coming? :)

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