Fantastic Friday in Frankston

I sat upon the boardwalk and snapped a shot of what my husband gets to see out of his window every day. I spent lunch with him then choofed off to look for cake and kitchen shops for my new craft project. Frankston is a busy place and although it doesn't get a good wrap from our snootier folks in more affluent coastal towns, I love it. I love it so much I have been looking at real estate there..... that's a dream for another day though.

And to remind me that where I live isn't so bad and how lucky I am to have it, I was welcomed back with the gorgeous scent of my lilac tree in the late afternoon. Frankston is less that 30 minutes drive anyway, and I have decided to lunch there with my husband on a regular basis, for business reasons of course..........

I found the most awesome but pricey patty pans in Frankston for my new project.

Cheers!!

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Recycle Re use challenge For computer packaging

My Husband goes through computer parts like I go through band saw blades which causes a waste dilemma. The amount of packaging used is enormous and my conscience cannot deal with throwing it all in landfill so our yard resembles landfill with all of the bits and pieces of things I cannot throw away in landfill. The foam used in computer parts packaging is fantastic, sturdy and made for re-using over and over. It just shouldn't have one use.
Now, I decided I hate all DSLR bags. Sorry but they re just so expensive and boring and I have to carry so many things around that I don't want an extra bag. I am only 5 foot one- ish for crying out loud. Anymore bags and I wont be visible any more. So

My challenge is this.

Use this awesome brand new foam and reshape, refit and recreate something suitable for storing my camera and transporting it in my " choofin around town like a mad women" bag pictured in the above photo. I want one bag to carry my essentials when I am out and about and this bag ALWAYS carries stuff I cant live without like pliers, tape measures, bits and bolts. Phone, spare camera, torch, purse, knitting, embroidery, goodness the list goes on. I am a one bag woman. And so my challenge is set.

Can it be done? We will see I guess....

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Hump Day

so time consuming but fun

fridge magnets

I worked like the proverbial today and late this evening my DH said " this weeks going so slow" and in my head I was screaming, " no, no it's not, I haven't finished half the things on my list , I have run out of time" and before I knew it I was saying this stuff with my outside voice.
Ever since I made my Picture To Do List I have been like a To Do maniac.
Community centre tomorrow, pending on hideousness of cold sores of course. I haven't had them so bad for years. Please please don't make me serve customers tomorrow.................... perhaps I could adorn my head with a brightly colored balaclava.....
blog ya tomorrow.
Cheers!

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Crikey not more Cupcakes

I m bloody well obsessive. I daydream about all things cupcakes and then I make them all day long and I should be making bags........ I blame global warming
experimenting. again... oh and people, never ever clean Plaster of Paris left overs down your drain.......

I felt like using felt to make felt magnets. I mean good grief I did over order 200 sheets of the stuff eh! Almost done making these too.

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Its Been a Bad Day please dont take a picture - R.E.M

My blog is primarily to journal my adventure from becoming a hobby to a fully fledged business and whilst this may sound like I am using this platform to air some personal drama it is actually relevant in the fact that I am reminded how the spirit must persevere when things get tough and focus on the goal. Nothing dreadful happened. I just had a bad day.

I woke up covered in cold sores with no Zovirax in sight and now I look like I am wearing a bowl of cornflakes ( my ex step dads description) because when I finally did get zovirax they had spread like the bubonic plague. Then my front tooth that was drilled in with a gold pin, broke. I have already exceeded the number of teeth you can have on a partial so this means I have to get false teeth. I cannot go outside unless I wear a mask. Oh the drama lol Then with rego, rates, car service that cost more than a months mortgage (rogues) birthdays and Christmas coming up and new tyres needed for the car... one might feel just a little frazzled, particularly when nunde creations is being funded by dear husband at present, what, with outgoings exceeding incomings and such......

Appearance is everything no matter what people say and I challenge those that say its not to walk around without front teeth and try to convince someone to buy your product and lets hope to (insert what ever god here) that you arnt thelling thauthages.

So I had a bad day ( Daniel Powter song now going through my head) but as I am prone to say, a lot..I will have to adjust until my movie star teeth that I have dreamt of for years are saved up for, bought, paid for and fitted and I found a guy to design them for me. I will be confined to my studio for a few months whilst dental stuff is done, gumming all the while and focusing on the goal ahead. Now I need to work hard to achieve what we all take for granted and sometimes only money can buy. A gorgeous smile.

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