I've Been Featured!! Keeping Up With Stella

How exciting!  I've just received a lovely email from Marla telling me my number bunting has been featured in Keeping up with Stella's blog.  Check it out: http://keepingupwithstella.blogspot.com/2010/01/abc-easy-as-123.html

Mini Me MooBee!!

The day has come, when the MooBee has sat in front of her very first sewing machine.

A proud moment for me.

The look of concentration.  The utter disregard for the mess that is the spare front room.  All focus on the task at hand.

So proud...

In fact the MooBee sat sewing with me (my mess sewing room is behind where I'm taking the photo) for the better part of the day learning to thread the machine, wind thread on a bobbin and stitch in straight lines!  Normally sitting still for 10 minutes would throw my gymnastics loving child into a compulsive fit.

But sit still she did for sewing.

Here is a picture of her first creation - a group of charm squares that she stitched together and stretched over a canvas to use as a wall hanging:

The love of creating is a genetic gift (well, I think it is) and I'm so glad that I have passed it on to my MooBee!  Can't wait to see what tomorrow will bring if this is any indication of how happy she is:

 Happy crafting!

Brown Owls Crafting Chapter - Now in Oakleigh!

Image Courtesy of Brown Owls

The lovely Celeste of Little Waltz has been on the hunt for craft clubs and the like - and unless she has been incredibly blind, has not been able to find a general craft club that welcomes all ages and all experience level of crafters.

That's why Celeste has decided to pick up the challenge, and start up a chapter of Brown Owls in Oakleigh, Victoria.

What is Brown Owls?

Brown Owls is a craft-a-long club for chatting and teaching each other and just having fun together! It's for beginner level and experienced crafters, and everyone has a happy time making and talking about craft and also having a good laugh too!

There are other chapters around Melbourne and Australia, with some Brown Owls overseas as well! You can view all available chapters on the Brown Owls member blog. 

This is a call out to all crafters in the South Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne.

And this is where you come in:

Oakleigh Brown Owls Meet and Greet 2010

Where: Oakleigh RSL Dining hall (95-97 Drummond St)
When: 9th January 2010 ( From 2 pm onwards)
Bring: A few dollars for a cuppa and a handheld craft to work on while we chat!

Please RSVP to Celeste by  8th of January 2010 at the very latest!
You can RSVP by leaving a comment on on the Little Waltz blog.

And remember, if you are stuck for ideas,
let Celeste know with your RSVP so she may prepare some craft kits for you.

See you there!

Little Waltz Blog - A Chance to Win an Original MooBeeTees Tee!

Just in case you haven't had the opportunity to enter this giveaway, Little Waltz is giving you the opportunity to win one of my original MooBeeTees tees - in fact the design is so original the concept will come from one of you!!

Thank you to those of you who have entered already.  The deadline is being extended due to a little event called Christmas taking over the last month or so, so pop your thinking caps on and come up with a design concept for me to create for you.  The tee will be named after you and you will have the very first one off the Janome!

So don't wait, click on the thinking cap link and leave your idea...

Thinking Cap Link

Good luck!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

With love to you all from MooBeeTees!