Favourite Friday Giveaway

Melisa over at Sweet Home Quilt Co is having a Moda giveaway.....either click on the link in the title above, or the photo below to be whisked on over to the appropriate entry on the blog. If you're lucky enough to win, you'll score not one, but TWO Moda 'shangri-la' charm packs PLUS one and a quarter yard piece of the same fabric. Brilliant of her to offer it hey? Good luck to one of us.

hugs
Naomi

Happy Halloween Giveaway

Pumpkin Patch Primitives Quilt Shoppe is having a giveaway....click on the above photo to head on over and enter....be sure to say I sent you (that way I get an extra entry...lol) Even though I don't consider myself to be a "prim lover", I don't mind some of...more the cute prim stuff though....however, when all's said and done, fabric is fabric...and after all, my name is Naomi, and I'm addicted to fabric aren't I? lol

Go on, you know you want to....click on the link, and click quickly, there's only a couple more days to enter. I wish you all luck, but most of all, I hope I win! lol

Hugs
Naomi

Marion clowing around

Hi everyone,

I won't let my friend Marion live it down.....and just had to post a pic on my blog for prosperity....so you too can share in the fun too!

If you look at the above picture, nothing untoward is evident is it?????? or is it? Look what happens when you crop the photo and bring her face up closer!


Ok, now the story behind all of this, is that Marion is a shift worker, and usually when she comes out to our place for sewing on Tuesdays, she has just come off an overnight shift....and normally she has a "nanny nap" or three! Well this day was nothing different, except for the fact that when she went to sleep, she kind of went into a nanny coma and after testing to make sure she really was asleep, I drew her red nose with lipstick! I was egged on by Sue and Raelene, so don't just think I'm the evil one...they're evil too! lol She didn't actually wake up for a few minutes after, and that was only because I'd got the camera and pretended to take a picture of a mobile hanger with lots of dangles hanging from it, that was above her head. When she roused up and had a stretch she asked if I wanted to take a pic of her.....now how could I not take her up on the offer, seens as though that was the only reason I was taking a pic of anything in the first place!

She didn't end up being alerted to the fact that she had a red nose for at least 30 mins after she woke up....even though there were several comments that should've alerted her being made to her by us all.

Love ya Marion...you are such fun and make us smile.

Hugs
Naomi

In and around at the retreat!

The following pics are of Cabins 3 & 4 at Mt Alford Lodge where we spent 2 & 1/2 days chatting, eating, sleeping and even found time to get some crafting done! I helped a few of the girls with crochet and Khristina and I made some hexagon coasters.....of which I forgot to take pics of as I was in too much of a rush to give them to Khris's mum to thank her for letting me stay at her house....thanks Claire. There's even some pics that show the dust storm that was bestowed upon us! Check out the photo I got directly of the sun......not something you could normally capture unless it was shrouded in 50 million particles of dust! lol

Hugs Naomi

The workroom at the retreat

Just some pics taken at the Craft group getaway I just got back from in Queensland, Australia

Hugs Naomi

Lunch @ the PA in Ipswich

From left to right, Helena, Khristina, Jeanette and Anita. Notice the empty plates!

Lunch @ the PA in Ipswich

From left to right - Me, Helena, Jeanette (my roomie, which will be explained later on!) and Anita. We went for lunch at the PA Hotel in Ipswich before heading off to the Girl's Getaway weekend at Mt Alford Lodge.

Belated post - Flowers from my online family

As you would have read in the previous post, my darling Mum died one month ago today. A few days after she went, my friend Khristina bought me over a card and some flowers from my online family from her C-R-A-F-T group. I have several pics of them, but these are one of the inside of the card, showing the greeting, and the other is of the flowers, card and the black and white photo is of my mum and dad. (Don't ya just love my grubby and trashed coffee table? lol)
















Aren't I lucky to have not only Khristina as a friend (No Khris, I'm not sucking up, I'm doing my best attempt at being sincere!) but to have such a warm and loving online family.

Hugs
Naomi

Sad News

R-I-P Mum 7th November 1923 - 1st September 2009

Such sad news I'm sharing today. My darling mum passed away, peacefully at home, sometime in the morning of Tuesday 1st September 2009.

Today I searched for a poem that summed up the way I'm feeling at the moment, and found the following poem:

Her Journey's Just Begun

Don't think of her as gone away,
Her journey's just begun.
Life holds so many facets,
This earth is only one.
Just think of her as resting
from the sorrows and the tears,
In a place of warmth and comfort
Where there are no days and years.
Think how she must be wishing
That we could know today,
How nothing but our sadness
Can really pass away.
And think of her as living
In the hearts of those she touched,
For nothing loved is ever lost
And she was loved so much.

Ellen Brennaman

There's now a huge void in my life but Mum will always be in my heart forever. I love you Jannyman (a nickname she got from someone a long time ago) and hope your reunion with Dad was everything you imagined it would be.

My mum touched the hearts of alot of peoples' lives in her lifetime and she will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She was a strong and loving mum, and loyal friend and work colleague.

If your mum is still alive, please take some time to spend with her, as all too soon, she could be taken from you, never to give you another kiss, another hug, or another one of those "NAOMI" looks that meant you'd done or said something she felt you shouldn't have....don't let it be too late to tell your loved ones you love them and care for them.

Hugs
Naomi

And the winner is.....

As you can see, I used the spiffy number generator at Random.org and it selected number 16, which according to my list is Doina who said....

Doina said...

Beautiful bag!
Congratulations on your 50th post!

August 8, 2009 2:19 AM

Congratulations Doina.....please email me your snail mail address as soon as possible so I can mail your bag off to you.

For everyone else who entered, I wish I was rich and could afford to send you all something, but as I'm not, please accept my thanks and honour that you came over to my blog and entered my giveaway.....I'll host a few more now that I know how easy they are to do! lol

Hugs
Naomi

What my stars say about me, and what type of Chinese animal am I

Lets101 - Free Online Dating

Lets101 - Free Online Dating

Hmmmm wonder how many people would've guessed I'd be a monkey! LOL

Hugs
Naomi

Background change.....

Well, what do you think....shall I keep it? To help you in your decision....I've gone for butterfly background, in honour of my darling grand daughter TaShie who turns 2 on the 25th August.....her nickname as such, is Butterfly TaShie (pronounced Ta - Shy) so as you see, it rhymes with butterfly!

Leave a comment and let me know if you like the new background.....I got it from here and as I just found out, by trial and error.....the html codes weren't available for the version of firefox I use, so I just reverted to IE for a moment to grab the html code, and pasted it into my blog via firefox and tah dah it worked!

Hugs
Naomi

Another giveaway to enter

Whilst you're here checking out my 50th Post giveaway....here's a giveaway for 30,000 hits.....gee I'm lucky to have 100, let alone 30,000 lol

Click HERE to go to the site that's having a Hint of Pink Giveaway.

Before you go though, please enter my giveaway in the post below this one.

Hugs
Naomi

It's Giveaway time at last!!!! Hoot Hoot

Yes folks, this is my 50th post giveaway........finally.....who would've thought it would take a gas bagger like me so long to make 50 posts! lol

I have had a few discussions with some friends (and yes, I do have some!) and have decided to make this one of the easiest giveaways to enter....just leave a comment on this post....and make sure there's some way I can contact you should you win, and ta-dah you've entered....simple huh? What's the drawback I hear you say? THERE ISN'T ONE.....I just wanted to make this as easy for me as it is for you....and what a simpler way for me to do the behind the scenes stuff....than run the giveaway as simple as possible!

I guess you're out there wondering what it is you'll be getting should your name be the one drawn out of the hat......well wait no more. I feel like there should be a trumpet fanfare or a drum roll at the very least, but failing either of them being in your imagination, here's the HOOT BAG


The bag does have rather long handles...but if you win it and want to shorten them.....feel free! lol It has a magnet inside and an inner pocket, as you can see in the following pic.

So, don't forget, all you have to do to enter is leave a comment....and you have until midnight August 24th to enter.

GOOD LUCK & Hoot Hoot.

Hugs
Naomi

P.S. Please note, this was my first SOLO attempt at applique, so it's not perfect, but I think it's still cute.

I won I won I won something!

I don't know if you remember reading that I'd entered a couple of giveaways last month or not....but one I entered was on Barb's blog of Barb's Creation fame.....it was her Christmas In July giveaway and my name was drawn out for 2nd prize....Have a look at what I won.

Here's the funny thing.....I was expecting a package from Barb, but didn't realise she lives in Australia, so when the package arrived today, I couldn't work out what it was straight away! Derr....I opened the card as soon as I spied it, and then was so excited about opening the parcel up, I could hardly wait to grab the camera! But I just managed to control myself and here's the pic of the card and my fabric wrapping gift all still wrapped up!









As you can see I opened up the fabric outer wrapping to reveal the delightful and bright covered journal....isn't it great.....have had to tell Khris she can't have it! She had her eyes on my owl one from the Friends Swap too...I dunno....boss ladies, or bossy ladies get a bit greedy at times don't they? lmao

Inside the journal cover there were some 'extras', another fat quarter of Christmassy fabric and some write on sticky tabs.....aren't I a lucky gal???












In this last photo, you can read the lovely card that Barb sent me. Thanks so much for hosting the swap Barb. It's getting close to me hosting a wee giveaway soon, so make sure you all think about signing up for it....coz it's only a message or two away now!

Hugs
Naomi

Blackwood market stall set up

On Sunday 2nd August I went flying without wings! lol In other words, Khris and I managed to double book 2 markets on the same day. So what else were 2 budding entrepreneurs to do, but split the stock and head off to the two markets? lol

I got to do Blackwood market and the photo on the left shows how I'd set up the stall. As you can see we had a relatively large space (larger than we had at our first market I might add) because there were two pianos in the corner that I was asked to 'decorate' up! I even draped a blue crochet blanket over the piano stool to make use of every possible surface......obviously the stall didn't look quite as pretty as Khris would've set up, but it still looked good I think!

Sales weren't crash hot, but once again, I had a fun day......after discussion with Khris, we might give them one more month trial and then stop going if sales don't increase next month. Although the cost of the stall may decrease slightly next month as we now have our own insurance coverage!

Hugs
Naomi

Hoot Hoot Earrings

I've been shopping again (or as Raelene and several others in agreeance with her would say....STILL!) and bought myself a pair of button earrings with owls on them.....aren't they cute? Bit different to other owl earrings out there, which is what attracted me to them.

If you can't read it on the pic, they say "Owl catch you later"

Hugs
Naomi

Mug bags for sale

Do you know anyone who does casual employment or is an agency worker? Looking for something original or unique to by them for a present? Then look no further.....these mug bags are great.....buy a nice mug to put inside it and VOILA useful gift at your fingertips.



Price is $18 plus postage and can be made in alternate fabrics if I can locate it for purchase (that's if it's not already hiding away in my 'fabric collection'!)

Private Swap with Aunt Pitty Pat

As I missed out on her 2nd Annie Swap, Aunt Pitty Pat and I arranged a private, one on one swap.....here's what she sent me......isn't the doll huge? Well in comparison to the one I sent her....it's all in the pattern sizing! lol We used exactly the same pattern as each other, but used different sized pattern pieces as mine was just printed out and from what I can gather, M traced hers off her puter screen at 100% lol So mine was a baby in comparison. If you head over to her blog by clicking here you will be whisked away to the post about my swap doll.

Anyway, without any further adieu, or however it's spelt, here's the pic of what she sent me. She's a blonde just like me hey? lol


Thanks for the swap M, hope you enjoyed the swap as much as I did.

Hugs
Naomi

Christmas in July Swap

I participated in a Christmas in July swap with Pat Brammer and finally I've managed to take pics and post them on here to show off my goodies. Before showing y'all the pics, here's a list of what I got, bear in mind we had to buy/make a gift for each of the letters in the word Christmas:

C = Coasters......with lovely Roosters/hens on and the backing fabric is fantastic too!
H = OMG this was a gorgeous quilted handbag
R = A 2 & 1/2 " square ruler
I = Iowa Cookbook - Some great recipes in there as well as some funny hints
S = A pair of purple (my fave colour) socks and a Jr slinky
T = A quilted table topper - my first one EVER, so thanks Pat.
M = Material....haven't measured it, but feels like a few yards and it's gorgeous
A = An Apron and an Angel button (Funny how we both did something 'Angelic' for A lol)
S = Surprise which was the gorgeous red and white quilt....and can you see it has an owl in the middle bottom row....YAY! Gotta love owls!

This pic shows you the whole hoard in the one pic...the next couple show close ups of all the goodies I got.































Thank you so much for being such a great swap partner Pat, I hope you liked what I sent you in return.

Hugs Naomi

Another blanket for sale

Item # 24 ~ $18.00 + Postage