Happy Australia Day!

I just wanna share some Aussie love and hope everyone out there adds a little bit of 'Aussieness' to their day!
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi!!!
Happy Australia Day everyone!

Year of the painter.

Did you guys know that its the year of the Painter this year?
Whats that you say? rabbit? Huh?
Nah, I'm talking about inside my own little bubble.
This is the year that I concentrate on my painting more.
I don't often talk about my painting and work on here because, Honestly, Since Nick was born, I haven't been doing enough of it.
I figure, Kids are only little once and I didnt want to miss a thing.
Well, the ratbag is off to Kinder this year. Did you guys just hear the angels sing hallelujah too?
2 whole days a week to paint! Yay!!!


To celebrate, I finally painted my Hubbys bonnet of his big red car.
I don't know about you guys but when it comes to making things for family they seem to get left til last. alot last.
My spunky fella has been (patiently) waiting for this for nearly a year now! Oops!
Lucky he loves me :)
His t-shirt quilt car cover is still in the works too. As in, still planning in my mind stage.
Anyway, his bonnet is finished and I am wifey of the year.
Just to make things difficult he wanted the picture under the bonnet, not the smooth and easy top. No no, the rippled and bumpy side.
So its not perfect but considering it is going to be viewed by people bending down and looking at it from funny angles while the bonnet is up, It will do nicely!



I also bought a car last week!
Awesome huh? This is my second ever car. My first is my 47 year old holden that I LOVE to pieces but he is getting pretty tired.
My parents had a little black Peugeot. My Dad refered to it as his European Thoroughbred but they didn't drive it very much. So when we needed to borrow it around christmas time to bus our tribe around, Dad decided that it could stay and play at our house so with a very reasonable deal made, I now own a European thoroghbred!
Cool huh? It is so zippy and easy to park! SO much easier at the supermarket now!
I also see a blank canvas.... What do you reckon? a nice set of flames for her?
stay tuned, I will be posting photos!

Liebster Award

Kristie over at OCD tagged me with a Liebster Award.
This is my first Blog award, Umm, Where do I start?
Well, I would like to thank my family and friends and of course my followers and the people who read my c**p whenever I post!
Just kidding!

This is a cute little award for blogs with less than 300 followers. The sweet thing about this award is that you get to pass it on to 3 other blogs you like that have, you guessed it, Less than 300 followers.
It was really hard for me choose! Most of my favourite blogs are of the smaller variety.
First up is....
Linda at Ladybug quilting.
She is my new Sister and her stuff is awesome! One look around her blog and you'll be hooked!

Secondly.....
RachaelDaisy over at Blue Mountain Daisy

and Last but definitely not least is....
Kirsten at Maniacal Material Girls

I had so much trouble choosing!!! I could've kept going with #4 #5 #6 #7 etc...
I hope you get a chance to pop over and say g'day to them!

QLD floods

I am sure that by now you would have seen all the blogs popping up mentioning the flooding in Queensland.
It is just devastating to think about all of the poor families that have been ripped apart because of this, There have been 12 confirmed deaths and approx 70 people still missing.
So many families have lost their homes and their belongings.

This is a huge blow. These are major cities completely evacuated, Businesses are ruined.
Everyday life for these people is going to take years to get back to normal.


How can we help?
well Toni from Make it Perfect is running a fundraiser where blogs are having auctions and raffles to raise money for the Flood Appeal.
She will be having a big list of blogs that are supporting this.
One of these blogs is my lovely new Sister, Linda.
She is offering a Sherbet Pips layer cake as a giveaway. How do you enter? It will cost a $5 donation. That's right folks, You could get a layer cake for $5 AND help those in need.
Win Win!!!
She has all of the details of how to donate on her blog.
International friends can enter and donate too.

Please also check back with Toni and help where you can.

If you get the chance, Please blog about the auctions and help spread the word!

Thank you in advance.

Kelli

xxx

Lamest excuse ever.....

I will admit it, I have been a terrible blogger!
I think the term is super slack!!!
I am going to blame my Iphone. Huh? wait, I'll explain...
See, I check all of my emails on my phone now and I also read all of my favourite blogs on there too. The problem is that it is such a pain to leave comments and stuff using the phone that I think, I'll get on the computer and comment on that. You know what I mean?
But then.... I never need to get on the real computer anymore because I have already checked my emails and blogs etc...
So, No blogging and no leaving comments for friends on their blogs.
SUPER SLACK!!!
I have been sewing.
I finished the Freckled Whimsy quilt along.
I quilted a tight stipple in the white sections and left the coloured pieces alone. I love how it turned out! It was more a test for me to see how much control I had while I quilted the centre of the quilt.
I am pretty excited about trying new quilt techniques now! Any ideas???

I also started and finished a quilt top out of one of my Botany Jelly rolls. This was a kit I bought.

It was supposed to need 2 Jelly Rolls cause those corners were supposed to be mitred but I went with the easy answer and did them this way and cut a few strips from the yardages I had and only needed 1 Jelly roll.

I love this top and I cant wait to quilt it. Such a good size, I think it is about 73 inches square.

This next quilt was copied (eeekk!) straight from one I saw on Flikr. I don't usually do this but I just loved it and I had the fabric. I Love it just as much now that I have sewn it too!!!

I figure that as long as I credit where the idea came from its more like sharing than stealing yeah?

Have any of you made a quilt just like one you've seen? No imagination necessary? I'm not the only one am I???

I think that is all I have photos of at the moment. You are just gonna have to believe me when I say that I wont be gone so long this time!
Kelli

xxx

We've got them! Yay!

Our wedding photos are here!
They are amazing. Paul and I have a new addiction... We can't stop looking at them!!!
So, the hard part was finding some favourites to put up here

My Bouquet.

My gorgeous bridesmaids

Nick behaving himself, Lucky they were quick with the photo :)

Jake and me (I'm the one in the white dress) :)

Me and my Daddy

My two boys and Me

I was driven in Paul's uncles 54 Chevy. Way Cool.

Two of my men

Paul and the Groomsmen
Me and my Daddy seriously waiting for our turn to walk down the aisle

Elvis doing his job
My Gorgeous step daughters

Me and my Spunky Fella

Paul's parents, Us and My Parents

We look in Lurve huh?

Our whole tribe together

We got a few of these olden day style ones. Love them!

Our awesome cake. We had Corpse Bride cake toppers. Awesome!!!

Hope I didnt bore you too much!
I have been sewing so I will resume to normal posting now! :)

Pay It Forward...

A little while back I put my hand up to be a part of Pay It Forward on Illene's blog.
These are what I was so lucky to receive!


How awesome is this tree? It has so many beautiful beads and stars hand sewn on to it.

She has done such an amazing job!



She also included a gorgeous little notebook and some threads! Yay!
I love me some stitching!
Thank you so much Illene!
Now... I need three volunteers to let me make something for them.
I will send you a sweet parcel with something hand made. All you have to do is promise that you will pass it forward by getting your own 3 volunteers. You have 12 months to fulfil your promise.
Please help me share the love!!!