the month that was.

this past month of blogging has actually been great! playing along with 30 days hath november has been really motivating and has caused me to blog about things in my life i normally wouldn't and to look for inspiration in places i normally wouldn't too.
i've thoroughly enjoyed having a topic each day to blog about and i'm pretty proud not to have missed a single post (some of them were a bit late, but they did get there in the end...)

speaking of which, i'd best get to today's topic, 'three wonderful things that happened this month'

the first of which, was that i won some giveaways...


this wonderful cook book from sophie.




and this amazing pattern book from lisa! i made a special trip to a local wool shop to buy some extra nice yarn to lace up :D
the patterns are quite well written and i would highly recommend it!

the second wonderful thing that happened was that i was invited to the opening of a very cool little shop.



betty's place officially opened last saturday and is somewhere i'd highly recommend you stop by! especially in the lead up to christmas ;) the lovely magdalena, or her hubby will be there to help you out!

the third wonderful thing actually involves this very post!
this post is number 300! 300 posts of me nattering on, who'd have thought!
i thought i'd have a little giveaway to celebrate, to say thanks for reading all my silly words and looking at my pictures and even making the occasional comment. it's awesome :D



the prize for this giveaway is one of two cushion covers... neither of which is 100% finished, but i did pop into spotlight for all the necessary finishing touch items! they'll be finished verrrrrrry soon!




unfortunately, you do not win your choice of cushions, this lady does. i owe her a cushion from back in may! i am such a slack crafter sometimes! so i will let you know once i get them to lyndel, and she has made her choice, but until then, dream of both i guess!

to enter, all you need to do is leave a comment on this post, easy as pie! oh and it's open to everyone, international readers and all!
i'll draw the winner sunday the 11th of december (at 6pm my time), it should hopefully arrive before christmas that way :D


i would just like to say a big thank you to des for running everything. it's been a lot of fun playing along!

preparing...

for a little surprise for tomorrow.





oh and relaxing a bit. have had a fairly big couple of days at training sessions for work. so much information now in my brain!! feels good :D i really do love to learn!
knitting and blog reading and martini-drinking is supremely relaxing :D

how's your week going so far?

some place i'd like to visit.

one word.




that word is paris.

maybe 2012 is the year?

where is some place you'd like to visit?

still to go...

today's 30 days hath november topic is 'a skill i'd like to learn'
where do i start!?!
how about with gocco?



definitely something i want to get into, start up costs be damned!

after gocco, how about some resin casting?



yep, definitely want to get in on that action too!

what about quilting?



i've had a quilting pattern stuck in my head the last couple of days and managed to get it down on paper. now to get a cutting mat, rotary cutter and complimentary quilting cottons. well it's on my to-do list ha ha!

and last on my immediate list is felting.



my mum owns a very grumpy cashmere goat that sheds all of it's fleece every year. i'd like to do something productive or even pretty with it :D

now to find the time to acquire the necessary items, and then use them. maybe i'll ask for time from santa...
by the way, click on the pictures for their original links :D

what's a skill (or four) that you'd like to learn?

a year ago.

so this is a picture of myself one year ago. sitting on the side of the tarwin river, failing to catch a fish.
there was cider though, and good company, which made the whole not catching fish thing ok really.
oh and i'm wearing my favourite dress!

what were you up to a year ago today? do you have a picture of it?

something i'm looking forward to.

so very many things i'm looking forward to really...
christmas, the new year and exciting opportunities it will bring...



fun crafty times and the possibility of meeting fellow blogger types. also a holiday to canberra :D

hopefully more career growth in my job :D

and who knows, maybe i'll even get some of the things done around the house i've been harping on about all year!

exciting times ahead that's for sure!

what are you looking forward to?

the purse! eep!

so the topic for day 25 of 30 days hath november are 'the contents of your purse'



eep! do you really want to see that? goodness knows what's in there! well ok, i know, 329875293 cards for varying uses and some spare change.
how about the stylised version of what's in my purse?




a couple of business cards, my bank cards, a metcard, about $12 in cash, 4 pearl earrings and a spare car key. nothing too exciting really...

EDIT: i'm realising (based on everyone elses posts, that purse means bag. so click here for a read of that one!

what do you keep in your purse?