And thats a FAIL!

So that is an epic fail on my part! I worn clothes made by me for five days, missed the sixth and managed the seventh and hoped to sew for 12hrs straight to ensure the next few days were sorted.

When I got home on the 7th my craft room was full of water! Yes WATER!!

So a flooded house, a late night evacuation and crashing at a friends house all week has lead to very little sewing and even less inspiration - I have been doing some cool embroidery and today I learnt to knit - so this blog is now going to be dedicated to my creative musings as well as trying to find some direction in my life!

I need to find direction but I also need to remind myself of all the fun and exciting things that are hatching in my head!

So when I get back to my house and find the cable for my camera I will show you all the outfits I made and I will make more! Because despite the fail I have found a renewed excitement for my sewing machine and even have a few of my own patterns in the making!

And now I am going to take five min to myself and check out all the other people who participated in the challenge!

6 months went where??

WOW - i thought i was bad last year but without even noticing it has been SIX months since my last post (and that one doesnt even count anyway!)

In the next few weeks I plan to post A LOT of post! I want to get back to reading the book 5 which is what this blog is meant to based around and in the mean time I am participating in So. .Zo's Me-Made-March challenge to wear clothes I have made or altered in some way. So come by every few days and see how I go with it.

I am worried because while I have always been a sewer my current wardrobe has only TWO items I made for myself! So thats today and tomorrow covered and after that I will be doing A LOT of sewing!! I am hoping it will help ignite my enthusiasm which i seem to left back in 2010!

Today I stuck, due to flood waters 3 hours drive from my sewing machine so we will see how this pans out!

Anyway off to pack the car in the hope that the highway opens. And I will pop back later to post some pics of todays homemade outfit!

my poor blog!

I do love you and I do plan on coming back here - i have SO much i want to say!!! But uni and Monkey and the new Business have meant that the only down time i get is enough time to sleep! And maybe watch Rafters. . . .but I WILL be back here. . . SOON

What a busy week

I think I may be making some progress this week - heading in the right direction as appose to just drifting!

I have registered for an online store at MadeIt - a great Australian website for all things crafty and handmade! Because this required me to make a decision about the name and logo I was then inspired to dive even further down the rabbit hole! I than made a facebook page for my little store and the most exciting thing of all - I bought myself a new toy!

She is a beautiful Machine and her name is Janome! We have only spent a couple of hours together but I have read the book from cover to cover. . .

I learnt a lot and have since bought a walking foot so that we can sew quilts together.

Anyway the point of this post is basically - I have a new toy and to justify its purchase I have decided to stop talk about selling kids clothes and SELL them. I have even registered and paid for a stall at the Baby Markets coming up Townsville in July! SCARY!

So wish me luck . . .

Hopeless. . .no lazy but hopeful!!

I have been so busy reading other peoples blogs lately (I think I have a problem) that I have not posted anything at all for such a long a time and anything worth while for even longer!

Not too make excuses but life has been pretty crazy these last few weeks and by the time I get to 'me time' there is nothing left in the tank for my poor neglected blog. So in the hope of making amends with my sweet blog I have given her a face lift - both the books and the red background will hopefully help me remember where this blog started in the first place. It was meant to be a tool to help me work through the book 5 that I so desperately want to use and apply to life. I seem to have got a little side tracked - at first by writing about other things and then by not writing at all!

I will say though the blog reading has been very interesting! And it is exciting to know there are so many like minded people out there in the world. And many more who think and see the world in a completely different way! Which is maybe even more fun to get insight to! So to all you interesting people - this blog is for you. Please check out my reading list there are some great reads among them and in later blogs I want to mention a couple that really got me fired up.

But for now it is a lazy Saturday afternoon - I am in the front yard watching super baby explore and somehow seek out all the dangerous things to touch, eat and stand on! Thanks super baby for keeping me on my toes!

TTFN

Where did that week go?

So last blog I set myself a task, or a list of ten tasks actually to try and inspire myself to DO the many things I think and,or talk about doing but so often don't.

I knew I wrote this list on a Sunday night and tonight is Sunday so my week is up and it is time to set down and reflect - OPPS it has really been TWO weeks!! And that makes me really sad because I already know I have failed at a lot of the tasks planned and the fact that a whole two weeks has just slipped away amazes me!

So lets reflect;

This was weeks tasks;

- Two blogs based on the book FIVE - I did NONE X

- Two uni assignments done and finished - I did do two YAY

- Start made on third assignment - YES

- Start made on Exam revision - XX Bombow!

- Research started on ou Market stall idea - Nope

- One or two meals in the slow cooker (that I have had for at least 6 months and used once) - one happened but only cause Kel was so inspired!

- Ride bike at least once - I didnt even do this!

- Paid all bills to date - mostly - my banking was too slow today to finish the task

- Make a start on writing a budget (I want to start July with a stick budget in place!) - havent even thought about it

- Post some pics on my new (currently empty) PICS page - two pics posted directly after writing the original blog!

WOW despite the fact that I sucked at achieving these self set task I am excited to do better this week. And I like the process of self evaluation so I shall give it another crack! But not tonight Im off to sleep! My boy has a cold so he may be up a fair bit later so i better close my eyes while I still can!

TTFN

hope you all enjoy your week.

Late Night Call to Action

So I should be asleep, I have been asleep but bub had a dirty nappy that needed attending so I delt with that, then had a shower, made myself a hot milo - oh and ate half a packet of shortbread!!

Now I have 15 min before my battery dies and I have been reading my blog posts and blogs of strangers and I have decided that while I have got more regular with my blogging I have got a little side tracked on the whole purpose of it. So starting tomorrow - it's BACK TO THE BOOK for me! And I am going to set myself weekly tasks and see how I go at achieving them :-/ that is my attempt at a worried face!!

SO this weeks tasks;

- Two blogs based on the book FIVE

- Two uni assignments done and finished

- Start made on third assignment

- Start made on Exam revision

- Research started on ou Market stall idea

- One or two meals in the slow cooker (that I have had for at least 6 months and used once)

- Ride bike at least once

- Paid all bills to date

- Make a start on writing a budget (I want to start July with a stick budget in place!)

- Post some pics on my new (currently empty) PICS page

There - thats ten to kick me off. I hope writing them down makes them easier to achieve because some of them have been on my to do list for a WHILE!

Can only try I guess.

TTFN