Happy New Year!!
31 December 2010
Farewell 2010, Welcome 2011
Too all of our wonderful customers and friends, have a safe and wonderful New Year. We look forward to hearing from you all next year and bringing some fabulous new items to you.
Happy New Year!!
Happy New Year!!
13 November 2010
Paper Magic!!
I've often watched Origami experts ply their craft and wondered how they do it all so perfectly. I love how the edges of the paper are so sharp, yet flowers, birds, animals - all sorts of things emerge in full rounded three dimensional glory.
Here are a couple of tutorial clips I found on YouTube by the very talented jonakashima. Complete with paper sounds, these little vids will give you some skills to impress yourself - and maybe even your family.
I'm going to start with the Magic Rose Cube and see how I go from there! Perhaps you can get the kids to watch and give it a go if they have a spare moment. Perhaps it might be a new skill for you to fall in love with!
I hope you enjoy :0)
And finally one that is close to so many of our hearts ;0)
10 November 2010
A Young Lady With Dreams...
I know it's not about craft, but I'm always inspired by children following their passions and dreams. Take a couple of minutes to check out Ailish Bolt (an Australia Zoo Joey Ambassador) educating us about the plight of the Orangutan.
Did I mention this young lady is only 6 years old!
Watch and learn...
For more information on the plight of the Orangutans click here.
For more information on the Australia Zoo Joey Ambassadors click here.
05 November 2010
Baby It's You Alright!!
As a young-un in the 1978 I heard this song and loved it immediately. What more could you want - moody male vocals and a woman screaming the chorus with such passion and gusto - it was just about perfect.
And then I saw the film clip.
I so wanted to be that girl!! I loved her hair, her makeup - the whole glam, rock chick package. I had no idea what the song meant, I just wanted to be part of it.
And I still love it to this day.
So for your listening pleasure, here is The Promises with Baby It's You..
So for your listening pleasure, here is The Promises with Baby It's You..
Such a classic!
22 October 2010
Time. Is There Ever Enough?
A Time For Now
a time to cheer, a time to cry,
a time to live, a time to die,
a time to sleep, a time to wake,
a time for real, a time for fake,
a time for truth, a time to lie,
a time to laugh, a time to sigh,
a time to stand, a time to fall,
a time for one, a time for all,
a time for love, a time for hate,
a time to run, a time to wait,
a time to stay, a time to flee,
a time for you, a time for me.
Arik Fletcher
I was thinking about time today as I sat on a training course wishing the day away because I wasn't doing what I wanted to do. Don't get me wrong, the training course is very good, but it was 27 degree celcius today and I usually don't work on a Friday afternoon and I have a cold and I wanted to watch Moo do her gymnastics and...I could come up with a million more reasons.
I just didn't have the time to be sitting in a training course when I could have been doing so much more.
The ever allusive time. We wish for more of it or we hope it will go quickly, we're never happy with what we have and how we use it. Yet, I am a classic time waster. I never have enough of the stuff, but I'll happily sit here on my blog writing about it instead of doing the dishes, or checking homework. I then ask myself at the end of the day, "Where did the time go?"
What do you do with your time?
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