Nice Mail To Recieve

On Tuesday I recieved this lovely email from a client...

Hi Jacqueline - received your zippy zippy parcel today - you would not believe how excited I get to receive your wares!!! And today was no exception. I am sooooo pleased with my delivery.

Love, love, love Alex's Santa sack - think I might use it all year round not just at Christmas!!!!

And love the cushion cover as well - it really matches his room well - and so well made.

Love your work - so well made and your eye for colour and patterns is fantastic.

Having said that, you don't happen to made baby hanging mobiles at all????

PS - Thanks for the button book mark - it's those little touches that set you apart!!!

Christine

Back in February, I had a client, Christine request a custom made Bunting

in navy, natural and baby blue for her new bub.

Then Bub arrivednot long ago, and Christine asked if I could make a matching cushion?

Could it have piping?

So, I learnt how to make piping.

Then Christine thought it would be great to have a co-ordinating Santa Sack.

I really love this colour combination for a baby boy.

A big thanks to Christine for making my day - I love creating ZippyZippy products!

Keeps me sane in this house full of boys.

Jacqueline

see you tomorrow for Blogtoberfest

Squeezed In Creative Time

There has been only a little bit of creating going on at

ZippyZippy HQ the last 2 weeks.

3 boys home on holidays.

The first husband has also been on holidays this week,

he's been put to work on a major declutter which is well overdue.

However - I did have a lovely young lady visit,

she is a very lucky 9 year old that now has her own sewing machine.

Her mum has not been feeling well,

so we got to work to make a couple of bookmarks for a cheery get well gift.

I sliced scraps, she sewed them together and I pressed seams.

Miss 9 was happy with her creations,

I was happy  to have some girly company and able to squeeze in some creative time.

see you tomorrow for Blogtoberfest

madeit by 1 minute!

Jacqueline

Quiet Giant

This is a shot I capured at The Horsham Show today,

The eye of a beautiful Clydesdale.

Many years ago, I was very lucky to ride one regularly.

When I was younger, I spent some time living on Magnetic Island,

my job - which was hardly called work,

was to take tourists for horse rides,

through the rainforest and along the beach,

then take the tourists and their mounts into the water for a bareback swim.

The lodge had many horses, amongst them was Clyde,

a lovely gentle giant Clydesdale.

He was the favourite of all the staff,

he loved the water,

he was like a giant rocking horse when he was swimming

Here is the only pic I have of Clyde,

thats me riding him to round up the other horses in the morning

those were the days....

See you tomorrow for Blogtoberfest

Jacqueline.

Picnic at Mt. Arapiles

Today, we packed a Picnic and headed out to Mt. Arapiles.

We sat and ate our lunch at the camp ground,

seeing how many rock climbers we could spot on the mountain,

then walked to the base hand had a scramble around ourselves.

There's one up very very high, teetering on the edge

We saw a few of these, but gladly no snakes

We drove up the top and had stage 2 of lunch, while looking out over the Wimmera

There were lots of pictures of people taking pictures

We usually visit Mt Arapiles this time of year, to look at at the patchwork of crops from above,

this year there does not seem to be as much Canola planted though

Then a quick stop in Natimuk for an icypole on the way home 

and a wander around Mrs 5 Bent Needles hometown.

Twas not all beer and skittles though, on the way home,

2 tired boys were arguing, and the other was singing the National Anthem,

which I though was a Christmas Carol

my brain brain goes AWOL during school holidays.

See you tomorrow at Blogtoberfest

Jacqueline.

Blogtoberfest

Here I am,

12 minutes late for the first day of Blogtoberfest

but it's still the first of the month somewhere.....

Jacqueline.

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Spring Has Sprung

Spring arrived a week ago,

with a lovely burst of warm days,

then another blast of cold, windy days

We planted these Ornamental Pear tree's back in 2007

They now stand nice and tall seperating the vegie patch from the rest of our yard.

This summer they will provide lovely shade over our grassed area,

very important for our long, hot, dry summers.

Hope New Season To You!

Jacqueline. 

A Letter To The Tooth Fairy

Last week we had a wobbly tooth pop out.

This 8 year old boy has been waiting ages.

We put the tooth in a Tooth fairy Envelope,

then he wrote a note for the tooth fairy,

which included a very important question.

I did not know, as I had never spoken to the Tooth fairy,

but I could not wait till morning to find out,

so I asked Twitter and Facebook friends what thier little's believe the

Tooth fairy does with her stash of tiny teeth.

It seems Tooth Fairy's in different parts of the world

use them for different projects, here's a few...

*she gives them to the new babies

*she turns them into fairy dust

*she uses them for bricks to built tiny castles

*she uses them for rocks in fairy gardens

 *each collected tooth becomes a new star

And one mums little man thought she was the Tooth Fairy,

but just could not understand how she got to all those houses every night!

In the morning she had left a reply! In teeny tiny fairy writing.

I like the idea of all the Tooth Fairy's 

having a sing song around the piano at the end of their shift.

I picture them in a saloon - sort of like the old wild west days,

some playing poker and some just hanging out at the bar. 

And, as usual, this boy had to have the last say, he has written thanks.

The Tooth Fairy left $3 (all in 10c for this big front tooth)

We've never had a note from the Tooth Fairy before,

but I expect we will have more in the future.

{This boy also leaves homework for Santa to do}

What does your Tooth fairy do with the teeth?

Has she ever left a note?

Have a great day

Jacqueline