<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694</id><updated>2010-01-02T11:42:18.300+11:00</updated><title type='text'>fede + design + textiles</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>131</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-616575259359285375</id><published>2010-01-01T18:53:00.013+11:00</published><updated>2010-01-02T10:09:00.671+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='design'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscaping'/><title type='text'>studio G is for me</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sz3G63zoqlI/AAAAAAAABqU/jKIhoSP09kU/s1600-h/spadeTable.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sz3G63zoqlI/AAAAAAAABqU/jKIhoSP09kU/s1600-h/spadeTable.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sz3G63zoqlI/AAAAAAAABqU/jKIhoSP09kU/s1600-h/spadeTable.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sz3G63zoqlI/AAAAAAAABqU/jKIhoSP09kU/s1600-h/spadeTable.jpg"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sz3G63zoqlI/AAAAAAAABqU/jKIhoSP09kU/s1600-h/spadeTable.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Oooh I just have to share with you this "new to me" blog I found while searching Google Images for some garden inspiration. I'm in love. I just want to sit here all night reading through the archive of posts on landscape ideas, products and designs. The author is Rochelle Greayer, a landscape designer who runs her own boutique design firm in Harvard, Massachusetts in the US.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sz3G63zoqlI/AAAAAAAABqU/jKIhoSP09kU/s1600-h/spadeTable.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sz2_EOm228I/AAAAAAAABqM/VqUAz5KnFyk/s1600-h/avant.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sz2_EOm228I/AAAAAAAABqM/VqUAz5KnFyk/s400/avant.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421699605785402306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;She does a series of posts titled "can you make this into a garden?" one of which features this fashion sketch.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I think her concepts are clever and this "Chartreuse Garden Party" in particular is doing it for me - yes it's my favourite colour!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Click &lt;a href="http://greayer.com/studiog/?p=2211"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to read the article.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You know I'm quite new to this whole garden thing but I'm very excited to learn as much as I can and get my hands dirty as soon as our hard landscaping is finished (I'll show you some progress pics soon). I'm not sure at what stage I will be certified as a real gardener, but when I am I think I shall reward myself with one of these little beauties.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sz27_ee_ILI/AAAAAAAABqE/BtaBmO7HPd8/s1600-h/growingJewellery.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sz27_ee_ILI/AAAAAAAABqE/BtaBmO7HPd8/s400/growingJewellery.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421696225613127858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://greayer.com/studiog/?p=4325"&gt;Growing Jewellery&lt;/a&gt; - a mini garden for your finger!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now I'm just going to show you &lt;a href="http://greayer.com/studiog/?p=5073"&gt;this table&lt;/a&gt;, designed by young designer Fredrik Paulsen, because it is soooooo groovy..... and I want one! I'm dreaming. There's no harm in that. I can imagine it at bar height out in the garden amongst the trees. Something to lean on while enjoying a cold beer in the summer heat. Yep, definitely dreaming.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sz3G63zoqlI/AAAAAAAABqU/jKIhoSP09kU/s400/spadeTable.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;So anyway, if you enjoy a little outdoor style then go check out &lt;a href="http://greayer.com/studiog/"&gt;Studio G&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-616575259359285375?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/616575259359285375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=616575259359285375' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/616575259359285375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/616575259359285375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2010/01/studio-g-is-for-me.html' title='studio G is for me'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sz2_EOm228I/AAAAAAAABqM/VqUAz5KnFyk/s72-c/avant.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-643634176175795446</id><published>2009-12-31T08:04:00.009+11:00</published><updated>2010-01-01T16:28:17.907+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='project365'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I&apos;m playing..'/><title type='text'>365 | 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sz1QKbV44oI/AAAAAAAABps/R2WgMsJQFhs/s400/xmasMorning1_1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Happy New Year to you all. I hope you had a wonderful festive season filled with good food, good company and plenty of laughter.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I've decided to jump on board and attempt to upload a photo a day in 2010 as a part of the &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/project365/"&gt;365 project&lt;/a&gt;. Here we go! The challenge I set myself is to capture our day to day "real" life and hopefully improve my photography skills along the way.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sz1QXqYa98I/AAAAAAAABp0/hCO_y6YY9Eo/s1600-h/365-1_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sz1QXqYa98I/AAAAAAAABp0/hCO_y6YY9Eo/s400/365-1_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421577893867878338" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;365 day 1 - it's all about pampering&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I won't be boring you and posting my photos here each day but you can take a peek at my progress &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fede_shop/sets/72157622985981395/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; if you are at all inclined.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-643634176175795446?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/643634176175795446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=643634176175795446' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/643634176175795446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/643634176175795446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/12/365-2010.html' title='365 | 2010'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sz1QKbV44oI/AAAAAAAABps/R2WgMsJQFhs/s72-c/xmasMorning1_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-764152344288677157</id><published>2009-12-14T19:25:00.006+11:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T21:32:53.496+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motherhood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creating with kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='xmas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><title type='text'>baking tray printing</title><content type='html'>If you are a parent or carer at home with pre-schoolers (or even schoolers now that the holidays have started) and looking for creative activities to keep them occupied then look &lt;a href="http://www.kidscraftweekly.com/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for a multitude of ideas by Amber, a clever mum with her own "two little craftmonkeys". You can even sign up and have weekly inspiration popped into your inbox. Too easy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today we made our own hand printed Christmas Cards using &lt;a href="http://www.kidscraftweekly.com/fancy_cards_issue.html"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; tutorial. Ruby (who is 4) was able to do most of this on her own with just a little assistance. She was just beaming with a sense of achievement at the end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SyX_XkOlIzI/AAAAAAAABoE/GQuECX8Adqk/s1600-h/IMG_2301_1.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SyX_YDzrJlI/AAAAAAAABoM/ksE5wGVLYt8/s1600-h/xmasCards_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SyYJlfiAaKI/AAAAAAAABoU/ifS3v90sPgU/s1600-h/IMG_2301_1.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SyYJls1tYCI/AAAAAAAABoc/8WCSYUqTNCE/s1600-h/xmasCards_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SyYUJXhq0jI/AAAAAAAABo8/1a3NBPNEYSM/s1600-h/xmasCards2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415037753126212146" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 296px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SyYUJXhq0jI/AAAAAAAABo8/1a3NBPNEYSM/s400/xmasCards2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The thing I like about this activity is that other than a paint roller (which we purchased at the local hardware store for a couple of dollars) everything else you will need is probably in your house. This is good for me as I tend to do things on the spur of the moment with little (ok honestly usually no) forward planning. Yes Mum.... nothing has changed! Often my ways lead me to creative thinking as I'm left to find substitutes for ingredients or materials I don't have at hand. This has resulted in some disasters along the way but also made the making fun and the end product uniquely ours.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-764152344288677157?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/764152344288677157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=764152344288677157' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/764152344288677157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/764152344288677157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/12/baking-tray-printing.html' title='baking tray printing'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SyYUJXhq0jI/AAAAAAAABo8/1a3NBPNEYSM/s72-c/xmasCards2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-198480572912530447</id><published>2009-12-05T17:26:00.008+11:00</published><updated>2009-12-05T22:24:25.216+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motherhood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sewing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fede'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='home'/><title type='text'>handmade advent</title><content type='html'>I made a decision that I wanted to make an advent calendar this year - something with fabric (of course) - but what?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Unfortunately that question remained unanswered for quite some time until I hit &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.flickr.com"&gt;Flickr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for inspiration. So many clever people out there!! My palms get sweaty with excitement sometimes when I'm glued to the computer drooling at the wonders created by crafty folk all over the world. Seriously, if you ever feel like you've hit a creative brick wall, just head over the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;flickr&lt;/span&gt;.com and search the topic of whatever it is you're attempting to create and "&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;voila&lt;/span&gt;"..... you'll be back in business!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's my proof. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411710792413323890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SxpCSxDxonI/AAAAAAAABnw/iszBt0RM9Ds/s400/advent_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/25460123@N05/3132389505/"&gt;Lego City advent calendar 7724&lt;/a&gt;, 2. &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/69593289@N00/2086298765/"&gt;kids' drawings, vintage print&lt;/a&gt;, 3. &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/55069086@N00/3015161823/"&gt;advent calendar? &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;christmas&lt;/span&gt; tree decoration? popcorn bags?&lt;/a&gt;, 4. &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/88573150@N00/3077243313/"&gt;Advent Mantle&lt;/a&gt;, 5. &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/88573150@N00/3078074520/"&gt;Day 1&lt;/a&gt;, 6. &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/27726681@N05/3080225651/"&gt;Advent calendar 2008&lt;/a&gt;, 7. &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/17641519@N00/3083466481/"&gt;Advent Calendar 2007&lt;/a&gt;, 8. &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/71148311@N00/3096832724/"&gt;Advent Calendar&lt;/a&gt;, 9. &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/20986831@N00/3088230742/"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Sankt&lt;/span&gt; Nikolaus today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aren't they just fabulous?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;So &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;reinvigorated&lt;/span&gt; I came up with these little xmas socks. When I say "little" I do mean this literally as in hind sight they are a tad too small for practical goodies. Oh well.... I'm sure size is &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;overrated&lt;/span&gt;! They look cute. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411702895480234482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 228px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sxo7HGsNYfI/AAAAAAAABng/z3T_9JHnCcg/s400/adventA1_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411702890149366034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sxo7Gy1OyRI/AAAAAAAABnY/6JQAcUWTtvA/s400/advent_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411702881681096754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sxo7GTSPQDI/AAAAAAAABnQ/gCL5wytU0Uw/s400/advent2_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We missed the first 2 days this year but I think my little ones will forgive me and be &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;more&lt;/span&gt; than happy with 22 surprises. I've mixed them up with a few sweets (which were discovered by the sniffer dogs within the first hour - mental note - keep chocolate in the pantry until the day of opening), treasure hunts and special outings (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;christmas&lt;/span&gt; lights, museum, beach, bowling etc).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This year due to time constraints I've stuck the numbers on but next year I plan to come up with numbered buttons as a more permanent decoration. I think they'd also appreciate a little adornment with the odd ribbon or trim. Anyway, that's for next year.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Also this week I managed to bake these gingerbread christmas tree biscuits for the kindy fundraiser. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411705500802619458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sxo9ewReGEI/AAAAAAAABno/MRyWfwPMTNc/s400/gingerbread1_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I had to hide them from the kids and then buy them one each at the party. Yes! Slightly odd things to do - you see I stuffed up the recipe (while talking to DH I added too much flour) then to &lt;span&gt;totally finish it off I burnt them in the oven. Total disaster! So after a trip to the supermarket for extra eggs I finally managed to bake 14 cookies which was just enough. Oh yeah, and I was doingall of this on the day of the event..... typical Fiona style!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you feeling creative this Christmas? &lt;/span&gt;If not, check out what others are up to &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/handmadeholiday2008/pool/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and get your handmade jiggy on!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-198480572912530447?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/198480572912530447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=198480572912530447' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/198480572912530447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/198480572912530447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/12/handmade-advent.html' title='handmade advent'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SxpCSxDxonI/AAAAAAAABnw/iszBt0RM9Ds/s72-c/advent_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-350139817994270457</id><published>2009-12-02T00:23:00.006+11:00</published><updated>2009-12-02T08:49:55.863+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fede'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toys'/><title type='text'>and the winners are...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SxUcnUuqmVI/AAAAAAAABnI/9qOCPm2xO2w/s1600/birdHammerMosaic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410261989260433746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SxUcnUuqmVI/AAAAAAAABnI/9qOCPm2xO2w/s400/birdHammerMosaic.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://littlegreenshoot.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Chloe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt; + &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://docssince2008.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Kaycee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Now the funny thing is that you both requested the same bird hammer toy! What were the chances of this happening? I think the only fair solution is to make a second hammer toy with the same fabrics. It's nice to know some of my designs can be equally popular with both genders. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thankyou to all of you who took the time to enter the giveaway. While I'm feeling all festive and oh so generous I do have a runner up (this means everyone who didn't win) solution to offer. It goes like this...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those of you who have fallen in love with the toy of your choice (and how could you not? :) I'm happy to reduce the selected toy price from $20 to $12 (plus the cost of shipping) for the remainder of the week, with Sunday 6th December 2009 the final day to purchase with this offer. This is the cut off day for international shipping orders before Xmas, so I can get them posted to you on the Monday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you would like to take up this offer please leave me a comment with your email address, or alternatively email me at: fee dot dyer at gmail dot com . I will require your Etsy Username (free to join if you are not currently registered) so I can adjust the listing to your reduced buying price.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If this all sounds confusing, it's really not, it's probably just my "I'm writing this at 1am" way of explaining it!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Time for zzzzzzz. Nighty night.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-350139817994270457?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/350139817994270457/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=350139817994270457' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/350139817994270457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/350139817994270457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/12/and-winners-are.html' title='and the winners are...'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SxUcnUuqmVI/AAAAAAAABnI/9qOCPm2xO2w/s72-c/birdHammerMosaic.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-3870976018918440001</id><published>2009-11-30T14:51:00.006+11:00</published><updated>2009-11-30T15:31:48.628+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fede'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toys'/><title type='text'>new packaging</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SxNKAAGrkzI/AAAAAAAABmw/21d7WgBNmzI/s1600/packaging_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409748941290574642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SxNKAAGrkzI/AAAAAAAABmw/21d7WgBNmzI/s400/packaging_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I've managed to get one thing crossed off my list - new packaging. Yay! I know it's very simple but hey, that's me. Found these cellophane bags &lt;a href="http://stores.shop.ebay.com.au/FULWOOD-FARM_CELLOPHANE-BAGS_W0QQ_fsubZ5903705QQ_sidZ252265185QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; on Ebay. &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=8668690"&gt;These&lt;/a&gt; Etsy postcards are no longer available (I purchased them in 2008) but they are a great way of promoting both Etsy and myself as I've attached fede stickers to each one. The swing tags I designed and printed myself.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Maybe this means I am one step closer to biting the bullet and taking that stand at the &lt;a href="http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/10/stitches-and-craft.html"&gt;Stitches and Craft Show&lt;/a&gt; in Adelaide in March.....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Last day today to enter the &lt;a href="http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/11/xmas-giveaway.html"&gt;XMAS GIVEAWAY&lt;/a&gt;. One of these toys could be yours!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-3870976018918440001?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/3870976018918440001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=3870976018918440001' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/3870976018918440001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/3870976018918440001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-packaging.html' title='new packaging'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SxNKAAGrkzI/AAAAAAAABmw/21d7WgBNmzI/s72-c/packaging_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-5959026883360618405</id><published>2009-11-28T21:30:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2009-11-28T22:58:17.280+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motherhood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fede'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='home'/><title type='text'>my saturday</title><content type='html'>The last 2 mornings I have been the first out of bed. This is not normal! The early riser in the family is out of sorts with a broken big toe. Broken in 3 places by a concrete sleeper...yeah...ouch!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So Sach and I got started making the regular Saturday morning pancakes. When it comes to making anything of the sweet variety in the kitchen this kid insists on taste testing everything that goes in. Raw eggs, flour, butter ....you name it, he'll give it a try - and then claim that it is "nice". He's hilarious!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5449324e4455334f44593d0d0a&amp;amp;blogview=true&amp;amp;campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox collage: saturday" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5449324e4455334f44593d0d0a.jpg" width="386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&amp;amp;campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height="46" alt="Create your own collage - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" width="386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smilebox.com/Collage" target="_blank"&gt;Make a Smilebox collage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm excited about Christmas. I know I've already said this, but I am! The last 2 years have been way too busy to relax &amp;amp; enjoy the festivities (both times moving house &amp;amp; renovating), so this year I'm going to make up for it. My brother and his 7.5 month pregnant wife are coming to Adelaide this week and we're having a Christmas themed evening at our house. Planned my menu today - roast beef, roast vegie free-form pies, roast smashed potatoes, green beans with pine nut butter and for dessert, a fruit mince and apple crumble tart (I know this will definitely be a winner with my dad).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm feeling this week ahead is going to be one of those crazy ones. We have a day surgery hospital visit, baking to be done for a Kindy fundraiser, a Kindy Xmas Party, the Wiggles Concert, a family dinner to host, the outside renovations &amp;amp; tradesmen to be managed, toys to be finished and a fat footed husband to be taking care of. All of this on top of the normal weeks activities with 2 pre-schoolers. I'm taking a deep breath.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5449324e4455334d544d3d0d0a&amp;amp;blogview=true&amp;amp;campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox collage: saturday" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5449324e4455334d544d3d0d0a.jpg" width="386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&amp;amp;campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height="46" alt="Create your own collage - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" width="386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smilebox.com/Collage" target="_blank"&gt;Make a Smilebox collage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So we finished our day today with a pizza picnic on the loungeroom floor while watching Scooby Doo. Simple Saturday. Fun day. One of those days where everyone was just happy to be at home. Dad with his foot up on ice, daughter happy to snuggle next to him, and son entertained for hours trying to sinc the wiggles music on the computer with his wiggles guitar (nothing like a bit of "hot potato" distortion).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I tried this &lt;a href="http://www.smilebox.com/"&gt;Smilebox&lt;/a&gt; software tonight which is not really what I was aiming for, but I can see it has potential to be fun in other ways. Seems to have some great capabilities for slideshows - must go and check it out a bit more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;==============================================&lt;br /&gt;Don't forget to enter the &lt;a href="http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/11/xmas-giveaway.html"&gt;Xmas Toy Giveaway&lt;/a&gt; to be drawn on Dec 1st. Two readers will be winning the toy of their choice from my &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/fede"&gt;Etsy shop&lt;/a&gt;. Good luck!&lt;br /&gt;==============================================&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-5959026883360618405?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/5959026883360618405/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=5959026883360618405' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/5959026883360618405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/5959026883360618405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-saturday.html' title='my saturday'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-2102068145880414778</id><published>2009-11-26T23:03:00.007+11:00</published><updated>2009-12-02T08:47:11.350+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fede'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toys'/><title type='text'>xmas giveaway</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sw5znMrVkzI/AAAAAAAABmg/9OkKtg3zwdE/s1600/headerBC_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sw5zVzFRfeI/AAAAAAAABmY/dFnsiDcIpQ0/s1600/headerBC.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408387020845317602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sw5zVzFRfeI/AAAAAAAABmY/dFnsiDcIpQ0/s400/headerBC.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ho Ho Ho&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The festive season is here and &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;I'm in the mood to giveaway &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;fede&lt;/span&gt; toys to two lucky readers.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;UPDATE: CONGRATULATIONS TO CHLOE &amp;amp; KAYCEE - YOU ARE THE WINNERS!! See &lt;a href="http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/12/and-winners-are.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; if you entered&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In fact I'm feeling so warm and fuzzy, I'm going to let you take your pick from my shop &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/fede"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (select your favourite $20 toy) and leave me a message with the details as listed below.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'll be picking the names out of my Santa hat and announcing the winners &lt;a href="http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/12/and-winners-are.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; on Tuesday December 1st, one for a boy and one for a girl.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Please remember to leave me the following details&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. your name&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. the toy you wish to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;receive&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. is it for a boy or girl&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Good luck!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-2102068145880414778?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/2102068145880414778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=2102068145880414778' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/2102068145880414778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/2102068145880414778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/11/xmas-giveaway.html' title='xmas giveaway'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sw5zVzFRfeI/AAAAAAAABmY/dFnsiDcIpQ0/s72-c/headerBC.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-389466422680537989</id><published>2009-11-26T10:22:00.013+11:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T13:31:35.050+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motherhood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fede'/><title type='text'>5 weeks?? no way!</title><content type='html'>Ok yes I concede it has been 5 long weeks since I've popped in to share my wisdom with you..... err hem.... which should mean that I have a super informative, intelligent post to write today. Should mean. But what it actually means is that I have so many things swimming in my head that I really don't know where to start. Here's my attempt at a summary. &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Spent 12 wonderful nights on the Gold Coast in sunny Queensland - swimming, theme-parking, eating, drinking, walking &amp;amp; lots of laughing&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408195220627302578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sw3E5jl0qLI/AAAAAAAABk4/cDs6GHys1rE/s400/airport_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408195226496532370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sw3E55dJ_5I/AAAAAAAABlA/89LoJ9zwH_U/s400/surfersParadise_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408196036529527378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 371px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sw3FpDEEmlI/AAAAAAAABlQ/dDMEiKh6Yl4/s400/rubyDean_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Man of the house resigned from his job and has now spent a total of 34 consecutive days at home with us - all good!! I'm not one of those wives to complain when he's home..... I love it. After all, he is my best friend and we work well together as a team. It's just such a shame one of us has to earn an income... lottery win would be handy!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Decided to stretch Christmas to it's full potential this year and put the Christmas Tree up on November 15th (day after our Xmas Pageant). Why not? The kids are so excited... it's contagious &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408201883204549698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sw3K9XoBfEI/AAAAAAAABmA/ypAKsIlOeck/s400/xmasPageant09_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Outside renovations have started.... yay! Today is day 4, fence posts are going in as we speak.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408196351046781282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sw3F7Wu1CWI/AAAAAAAABlY/a8sxw05fr7Y/s400/bricks_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Had an interview with the Herald Sun for an upcoming article about me &amp;amp; my toys... stay tuned&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Sachin fell out of the car on his face (yep hands didn't get there) and looked like a patchwork for a few weeks&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Adelaide had a unseasonal record heatwave for November with 10 days over 30 degrees (Celsius) and the hottest ever November day at 43 degrees (109.4 F)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408196797990155314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sw3GVXubtDI/AAAAAAAABlo/L1PlQFkZ-VA/s400/pizza_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. The new golf club baby rattles finally made it into my &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/fede"&gt;fede shop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/fede"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408203238290427330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 202px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sw3MMPtrDcI/AAAAAAAABmI/u4lX9nkmJmY/s400/golf2_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. The beautiful glass mosaic splashback has been installed in the kitchen (only took 12 months) - thanks Frank! Yes, I love it. Photos will come soon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;10. Sachin learnt to ride his bike, pee on the toilet &amp;amp; use the computer mouse all in one week! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408196795797791426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sw3GVPju4sI/AAAAAAAABlg/OROU9BZ38TI/s400/bike_1.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-389466422680537989?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/389466422680537989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=389466422680537989' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/389466422680537989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/389466422680537989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/11/5-weeks-no-way.html' title='5 weeks?? no way!'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sw3E5jl0qLI/AAAAAAAABk4/cDs6GHys1rE/s72-c/airport_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-8341866581207645630</id><published>2009-10-19T12:04:00.008+11:00</published><updated>2009-10-21T21:31:18.065+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sewing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fede'/><title type='text'>stitches and craft</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/St6N6HXEBAI/AAAAAAAABkw/ZVl0iX_P-pk/s1600-h/onmyDesk_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394905433184142338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/St6N6HXEBAI/AAAAAAAABkw/ZVl0iX_P-pk/s400/onmyDesk_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Oooh ah... I just found out the &lt;a href="http://www.stitchesandcraft.com.au/"&gt;Stitches and Craft Show&lt;/a&gt; is coming to Adelaide in March next year! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I remember following a couple of crafty girls last year (&lt;a href="http://onegirldesignwrks.blogspot.com/"&gt;Onegirl&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://kirinote.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kirin Notebook&lt;/a&gt;) as they prepared and experienced the Melbourne show and I seem to recall feeling a few twinges of envy.... damn it ...it's always the Eastern states that have all the fun!! For those of you not from Australia, the Eastern states include Victoria (capital Melbourne), New South Wales (Sydney) and Queensland (Brisbane). Little old Adelaide often gets missed (we are comparatively &lt;span&gt;small) .... but I'm sure we can be big on creativity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm feeling &lt;/span&gt;inclined to take part in the show next year - would be great to meet other local indie sellers and get feedback from face to face buyers. Up until now my only outlet has been online so it's appealing. However.... there is a lot of work to be done if this is to happen. Need to get my branding sorted, business cards, new bells (not happy with the ones I am using), look into wool fill as an alternative to polyester, bring the new ideas that have been floating around in my head into fruition (includes tutorials and sewing kits) and get sewing.....more more more stock.... oh dear... there is a lot to do!! Am I up for it??? This I shall ponder for a few weeks.... or should I just bite the bullet and book my space? Decisions. Decisions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While talking about Adelaide, last weekend &lt;/span&gt;the first &lt;a href="http://bowerbirdbazaar.blogspot.com/"&gt;Bowerbird Bazaar&lt;/a&gt; was held in the old Queen's Theatre. A new event, it "showcases design driven art and wares by Australian designer/makers". See &lt;a href="http://bowerbirdbazaar.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for a snapshot summary of participants. I didn't get there myself but will be looking out for the next event dates and marking it in BOLD on my calender!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-8341866581207645630?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/8341866581207645630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=8341866581207645630' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/8341866581207645630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/8341866581207645630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/10/stitches-and-craft.html' title='stitches and craft'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/St6N6HXEBAI/AAAAAAAABkw/ZVl0iX_P-pk/s72-c/onmyDesk_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-1681465085051508362</id><published>2009-10-17T21:02:00.009+11:00</published><updated>2009-10-17T22:54:44.282+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><title type='text'>99 things</title><content type='html'>found and swiped this little meme - thought it would be fun - not too taxing on the old tired brain (and yes I'm too lazy to use capitals tonight too).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what's not to love about the world wide web? here's my journey to this meme. checked out &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxarlo/3510308520/"&gt;this photo&lt;/a&gt; on flickr, then found &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxarlo/3645226013/"&gt;this photo&lt;/a&gt; also from the same wonderfully talented photographer &lt;a href="http://sewbunnybum.blogspot.com/"&gt;bunnybum&lt;/a&gt; which led me to &lt;a href="http://hindshouse.blogspot.com/2008/08/cast-of-characters-ala-pw-eight-square.html"&gt;this tutorial&lt;/a&gt; about making window stars, which led me to &lt;a href="http://hindsfeet.blogspot.com/"&gt;this blog&lt;/a&gt; where I kindly lifted the meme to share with you tonight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so &lt;strong&gt;bold means yes&lt;/strong&gt; I have, the rest is still to do, or not to do in the case of bungy jumping! never the less, there is still much to be done. tomorrow we are off to a gardening expo in an effort to cross number 18 off the list too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;please go ahead, copy and paste, share the love :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. &lt;strong&gt;Started your own blog&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Slept under the stars&lt;br /&gt;3. &lt;strong&gt;Played in a band&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Visited Hawaii&lt;br /&gt;5. Watched a meteor shower&lt;br /&gt;6. Given more than you can afford to charity&lt;br /&gt;7. &lt;strong&gt;Been to Disneyland/world&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. &lt;strong&gt;Climbed a mountain.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. &lt;strong&gt;Held a praying mantis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. &lt;strong&gt;Sang a solo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11. Bungee jumped &lt;em&gt;(ain't gonna happen!!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12. &lt;strong&gt;Visited Paris&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13. Watched a lightning storm at sea&lt;br /&gt;14. &lt;strong&gt;Taught yourself an art from scratch&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15. Adopted a child&lt;br /&gt;16. &lt;strong&gt;Had food poisoning&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty&lt;br /&gt;18. Grown your own vegetables&lt;br /&gt;19. &lt;strong&gt;Seen the Mona Lisa in France&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;20. &lt;strong&gt;Slept on an overnight train&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;21. &lt;strong&gt;Had a pillow fight&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;22. &lt;strong&gt;Hitch hiked&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;23. &lt;strong&gt;Taken a sick day when you’re not ill&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;24. Built a snow fort&lt;br /&gt;25. &lt;strong&gt;Held a lamb&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;26. Gone skinny dipping&lt;br /&gt;27. Run a Marathon&lt;br /&gt;28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice&lt;br /&gt;29 Seen a total eclipse&lt;br /&gt;30. &lt;strong&gt;Watched a sunrise or sunset&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;31. &lt;strong&gt;Hit a home run&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;32. Been on a cruise&lt;br /&gt;33 Seen Niagara Falls in person&lt;br /&gt;34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors&lt;br /&gt;35. Seen an Amish community&lt;br /&gt;36. Taught yourself a new language&lt;br /&gt;37. &lt;strong&gt;Had enough money to be truly satisfied&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;38. &lt;strong&gt;Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;39. Gone rock climbing&lt;br /&gt;40. &lt;strong&gt;Seen Michelangelo’s David&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;41 &lt;strong&gt;Sung karaoke&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt&lt;br /&gt;43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant&lt;br /&gt;44. &lt;strong&gt;Visited Africa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;45 &lt;strong&gt;Walked on a beach by moonlight&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;46. Been transported in an ambulance&lt;br /&gt;47. Had your portrait painted&lt;br /&gt;48. Gone deep sea fishing&lt;br /&gt;49. &lt;strong&gt;Seen the Sistine Chapel in person&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris&lt;br /&gt;51. &lt;strong&gt;Gone scuba diving or snorkeling&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;52. Kissed in the rain&lt;br /&gt;53. &lt;strong&gt;Played in the mud&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;54. &lt;strong&gt;Gone to a drive-in theater&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;55. Been in a movie&lt;br /&gt;56. Visited the Great Wall of China&lt;br /&gt;57. &lt;strong&gt;Started a business&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;58. &lt;strong&gt;Taken a martial arts class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;59. Visited Russia&lt;br /&gt;60 Served at a soup kitchen&lt;br /&gt;61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies&lt;br /&gt;62. Gone whale watching&lt;br /&gt;63. &lt;strong&gt;Gotten flowers for no reason&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;64 Donated blood, platelets, or plasma &lt;em&gt;(tried twice and been rejected!! - once glandular fever &amp;amp; then lived in London when mad cow disease was about)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;65. Gone sky diving&lt;br /&gt;66 &lt;strong&gt;Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;67 Bounced a check&lt;br /&gt;68. &lt;strong&gt;Flown in a helicopter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;69. &lt;strong&gt;Saved a favorite childhood toy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial&lt;br /&gt;71. Eaten Caviar&lt;br /&gt;72. Pieced a quilt&lt;br /&gt;73. &lt;strong&gt;Stood in Times Square&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;74. Toured the Everglades&lt;br /&gt;75. Been fired from a job&lt;br /&gt;76. &lt;strong&gt;Seen the Changing of the Guards in London&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;77. Broken a bone&lt;br /&gt;78. Been on a speeding motorcycle&lt;br /&gt;79 Seen the Grand Canyon in person&lt;br /&gt;80. Published a book&lt;br /&gt;81. &lt;strong&gt;Visited the Vatican&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;82. &lt;strong&gt;Bought a brand new car&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;83. Walked in Jerusalem&lt;br /&gt;84. Had your picture in the newspaper&lt;br /&gt;85. Read the entire Bible&lt;br /&gt;86. &lt;strong&gt;Visited the White House&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;87. &lt;strong&gt;Killed and prepared an animal for eating&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;88. &lt;strong&gt;Had chickenpox&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;89. Saved someone’s life&lt;br /&gt;90. Sat on a jury&lt;br /&gt;91. &lt;strong&gt;Met someone famous&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;92. &lt;strong&gt;Joined a book club&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;93. &lt;strong&gt;Lost a loved one&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;94. &lt;strong&gt;Had a baby&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;95. Seen the Alamo in person&lt;br /&gt;96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake&lt;br /&gt;97. Been involved in a lawsuit&lt;br /&gt;98. &lt;strong&gt;Owned a cell phone&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;99. &lt;strong&gt;Been stung by a bee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-1681465085051508362?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/1681465085051508362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=1681465085051508362' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/1681465085051508362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/1681465085051508362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/10/99-things.html' title='99 things'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-689209719401315124</id><published>2009-10-12T22:36:00.010+11:00</published><updated>2009-10-17T22:57:48.351+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='design'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='renovating'/><title type='text'>gardens in my head</title><content type='html'>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391676823415651602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/StMVgStlfRI/AAAAAAAABh4/UecH05t4fis/s400/gardenDesign_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lately I've been doing a bit of garden design. Slightly challenging for an Interior Designer with a brown thumb, but a wonderful brain stretching, learning experience. I don't remember researching this much since my days at school! You see, the stubborn / perfectionist / control freak parts of my personality have stipulated that I must conquer this new outdoor design genre (much to my families frustration) as if I were an experienced Landscape Architect. Yes, I'm biting off more than I can probably chew given our house currently sits on approx 1100m2 of weeds, but I won't be beaten! Needless to say I am discovering some fabulous exterior products that are getting me excited. Watch this space as there may be a potential gardener in the making...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391685545898679634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/StMdcAfmHVI/AAAAAAAABiw/2h_OSQBsCdw/s400/CoralBench.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.allmodern.com/Arktura-Coralbench-ARQ1001.html"&gt;Coral Bench&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/StMbNf5YLHI/AAAAAAAABiA/5I3Y87SAItI/s1600-h/taitJakJil.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391683097607023730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 340px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 394px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/StMbNf5YLHI/AAAAAAAABiA/5I3Y87SAItI/s400/taitJakJil.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tait.biz/"&gt;Jak &amp;amp; Jil&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391685340065994498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/StMdQBtQlwI/AAAAAAAABio/bxxWAkQPA0k/s400/leafSwing.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.leafswing.com/"&gt;Leaf Swing&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-689209719401315124?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/689209719401315124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=689209719401315124' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/689209719401315124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/689209719401315124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/10/gardens-in-my-head.html' title='gardens in my head'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/StMVgStlfRI/AAAAAAAABh4/UecH05t4fis/s72-c/gardenDesign_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-7211562099652028873</id><published>2009-10-11T21:28:00.005+11:00</published><updated>2009-10-17T22:56:09.923+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><title type='text'>ok it's not a toy....</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/StHEXAVb5BI/AAAAAAAABhw/PiPHspvLmSs/s1600-h/newCamera_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391306128445137938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/StHEXAVb5BI/AAAAAAAABhw/PiPHspvLmSs/s400/newCamera_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..but it sure feels like one! I've been one snap happy Momma all weekend since I laid hands on my new Canon EOS 450D. Thanks to &lt;a href="http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/09/chesnut.html"&gt;everyone&lt;/a&gt; who kindly left comments and helped me choose which camera to finally purchase after much deliberation. Also thanks to my darling 2 year old for dropping my compact digital camera on Friday, and thankyou to my clever husband for amazingly fixing it yesterday AFTER I bought the new one. Maybe the sequence of events was a little bit out of order but hey! I'm not complaining :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/StHEW_ujAvI/AAAAAAAABho/SmW62c3gZVQ/s1600-h/picnicLunch_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391306128282026738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/StHEW_ujAvI/AAAAAAAABho/SmW62c3gZVQ/s400/picnicLunch_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/StHEWTLWV5I/AAAAAAAABhg/Xn-75gptwb4/s1600-h/snakeBoy_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391306116323235730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/StHEWTLWV5I/AAAAAAAABhg/Xn-75gptwb4/s400/snakeBoy_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391306107865847442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/StHEVzq81pI/AAAAAAAABhY/KjSaBrG7A5A/s400/newSandals_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/StHEVurS93I/AAAAAAAABhQ/Xj7xKN16XGA/s1600-h/fatherLove_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391306106525120370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/StHEVurS93I/AAAAAAAABhQ/Xj7xKN16XGA/s400/fatherLove_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-7211562099652028873?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/7211562099652028873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=7211562099652028873' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/7211562099652028873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/7211562099652028873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/10/ok-its-not-toy.html' title='ok it&apos;s not a toy....'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/StHEXAVb5BI/AAAAAAAABhw/PiPHspvLmSs/s72-c/newCamera_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-5557298557942910091</id><published>2009-10-09T14:19:00.010+11:00</published><updated>2009-10-17T22:57:00.396+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='design'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>to market to market</title><content type='html'>I've just discovered &lt;a href="http://www.thecoolhunter.com.au/"&gt;The Cool Hunter&lt;/a&gt; and let me tell you there is a lot to discover! If you like to be inspired by design &amp;amp; innovation then this will get your groove on. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Check out this amazing building designed by &lt;a href="http://www.willy-muller.com/"&gt;Willy Muller Architects&lt;/a&gt; - it's the Barcelona Flower Market. I'd be shopping for flowers every weekend if I lived in Barcelona! I like the fact that the vertical bands of colour were inspired by ariel views of flower fields.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390436527641882274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 333px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Ss6tdk5ibqI/AAAAAAAABgY/jU3Xrcuwji4/s400/pic1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Ss6tfK7yjYI/AAAAAAAABgw/jeBWroCLX0c/s1600-h/artistImpression.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390436555031743874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Ss6tfK7yjYI/AAAAAAAABgw/jeBWroCLX0c/s400/artistImpression.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390436947228029378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 206px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Ss6t1_-q8cI/AAAAAAAABg4/EjNe0ZygQ1g/s400/interior.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also on &lt;a href="http://www.thecoolhunter.com.au/"&gt;The Cool Hunter&lt;/a&gt; I found this Vila Sofa store in Amsterdam designed by &lt;a href="http://www.tjep.com/tjep.html"&gt;Tjep&lt;/a&gt;. It looks like a cross between Interior and Set Design. Not surprisingly the brand Vila Sofa is positioned a little like IKEA where products are warehoused on site and reasonably priced. In addition to the simple use of just four colours (red, white, grey, black) I also love the clever cutouts in the facade - oh that chandelier! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390449758346993026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 391px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Ss65ftHc3YI/AAAAAAAABhA/vh0gQh02Uwg/s400/villasofa.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390449763575702482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Ss65gAmEo9I/AAAAAAAABhI/d2uV36PkV_c/s400/villasofa1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-5557298557942910091?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/5557298557942910091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=5557298557942910091' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/5557298557942910091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/5557298557942910091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/10/to-market-to-market.html' title='to market to market'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Ss6tdk5ibqI/AAAAAAAABgY/jU3Xrcuwji4/s72-c/pic1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-2563717475147442760</id><published>2009-10-06T20:37:00.006+11:00</published><updated>2009-10-17T22:58:12.424+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motherhood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><title type='text'>little things can mean a lot (to mum)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SssUQ6EjwXI/AAAAAAAABbw/0c5ye2tr6UY/s1600-h/reading_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389423659777769842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 304px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SssUQ6EjwXI/AAAAAAAABbw/0c5ye2tr6UY/s400/reading_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am a happy camper tonight. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Last night I went to bed at 10pm and woke up at 7.30am. Yeah so what? Well, the thing is, my head hit the pillow at 10pm and I was out like a light. The next thing I knew it was 7.30 in the morning. This hasn't happened for a looooong time. With illness, nightmares, darkness fears, dogs barking (you get the gist) my sleep pattern has been made up of several broken sleeps throughout the night. Man! Did I feel refreshed this morning. Let's hope for another big zzzz tonight :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Then.... this evening.... every member at the family table ate all of their dinner. I mean ALL! No plate scraping necessary. Straight in the dishwasher and thanks for coming. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. Woo hoo!! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;See! Mums don't ask for much. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-2563717475147442760?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/2563717475147442760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=2563717475147442760' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/2563717475147442760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/2563717475147442760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/10/little-things-can-mean-lot-to-mum.html' title='little things can mean a lot (to mum)'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SssUQ6EjwXI/AAAAAAAABbw/0c5ye2tr6UY/s72-c/reading_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-6612515275503936338</id><published>2009-10-04T22:52:00.013+11:00</published><updated>2009-10-18T10:41:47.898+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motherhood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='we saw we did'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><title type='text'>sun. sand. squid. seagull. smiles</title><content type='html'>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388711601414778722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsiMpp9ar2I/AAAAAAAABa4/jP34WjEuaS8/s400/longWeekend.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388711610697891762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsiMqMirv7I/AAAAAAAABbA/wX5XRNpHSZU/s400/longWeekend2.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;span&gt;Ask and you shall receive! Thankyou for the sunny Spring weather today. Yes, it was I complaining earlier in the day about a lack of such. I now bite my tongue and share with you the lovely afternoon it turned out to be.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-6612515275503936338?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/6612515275503936338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=6612515275503936338' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/6612515275503936338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/6612515275503936338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/10/sun-sand-squid-seagull-smiles.html' title='sun. sand. squid. seagull. smiles'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsiMpp9ar2I/AAAAAAAABa4/jP34WjEuaS8/s72-c/longWeekend.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-5911345514227656828</id><published>2009-10-04T11:15:00.010+11:00</published><updated>2009-10-17T23:11:44.850+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sewing'/><title type='text'>has anyone seen our spring?</title><content type='html'>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388532164974389906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsfpdFIQqpI/AAAAAAAABao/I-DW-t5Rat0/s400/wipDress1_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;We had a taste and teaser of spring weather and now it's gone again. I know it will come back and I should stop being so impatient but.... well.... I'm a little over winter now. Had enough. We want to play outside. Rain is good and thankyou but please come back next year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With our thoughts on the coming warm weather we've been getting the summer wardrobes ready. Sorting the piles of out-grown winter clothes and making room for bigger new season versions. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Ssfpdo8AUjI/AAAAAAAABaw/ISdrzldrpnQ/s1600-h/thriftedPillowcases_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388532174586663474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Ssfpdo8AUjI/AAAAAAAABaw/ISdrzldrpnQ/s400/thriftedPillowcases_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I've been wanting to try this pillowslip summer dress idea for a while and yesterday was the day. It was as easy as I had imagined in my head. Cut the open flap end off the pillowslip then seam and run elastic through. Then cut open the bottom closed end and hem to the right length (I added a little ric rac for fun). I made the straps from the leftover fabric cut from the inside flap of the pillowslip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsfpcyTFwXI/AAAAAAAABag/69vcWV5fQcU/s1600-h/wipDress_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388532159919538546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsfpcyTFwXI/AAAAAAAABag/69vcWV5fQcU/s400/wipDress_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;See, quick and easy and it only cost about $1.50. The pillowslip was an Op-shop (Thirft Store) find for 50c as was the flower button (20c) plus the cost of elastic and cotton.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think we may be making a few more of these before the summer is out! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-5911345514227656828?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/5911345514227656828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=5911345514227656828' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/5911345514227656828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/5911345514227656828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/10/has-anyone-seen-our-spring.html' title='has anyone seen our spring?'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsfpdFIQqpI/AAAAAAAABao/I-DW-t5Rat0/s72-c/wipDress1_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-5762790676191342321</id><published>2009-10-01T15:00:00.016+10:00</published><updated>2009-10-17T23:13:31.687+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sewing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fede'/><title type='text'>my name is fiona and I'm....</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387607609633779858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsSgk4FpsJI/AAAAAAAABY4/oBgXLNsHJjw/s400/meStudioCropped_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;a . f a b r i c . j u n k i e&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OK OK so now it's out. Isn't that the first step to recovery?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387599366461441778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsSZFD4NxvI/AAAAAAAABXw/w077BQ3L0jE/s400/thirftedFabric_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;...only, hang on.... I DON'T WANT TO RECOVER!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oops. Sorry for yelling at you. I just wanted to make that point very clear. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So this is the thing. When I should be doing more productive, important things I often find myself standing in front of the &lt;a href="http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/01/hello-fabrics.html"&gt;fabric shelves&lt;/a&gt; admiring my collection like it is one of my babies. Sad but true. There is a rainbow of colours and textures, big prints and little prints, textiles of old and new and they all make me smile.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've been selfishly enjoying them all to myself for long enough now. It's time to open my collection to the world! Well, how about to the few of you who would like to have a gander. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today I have started to create a photo record of some of my fave vintage fabrics that have been found in op-shops (thrift stores). Absolutely my favourite way to buy them. You get both the thrill of discovery and an affordable price tag. What's not to love?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsSZRKbGvqI/AAAAAAAABYg/37RufX-XM3A/s1600-h/thirftedNeedleWork_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387599574376824482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsSZRKbGvqI/AAAAAAAABYg/37RufX-XM3A/s400/thirftedNeedleWork_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsSZHMjJ6DI/AAAAAAAABYU/CUyJdahAxBE/s1600-h/thriftedCafeCurtains_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387599403148765234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsSZHMjJ6DI/AAAAAAAABYU/CUyJdahAxBE/s400/thriftedCafeCurtains_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsSZGe47ubI/AAAAAAAABYI/0ZjJbC5Smh8/s1600-h/thriftedVintageCurtains_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387599390892079538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsSZGe47ubI/AAAAAAAABYI/0ZjJbC5Smh8/s400/thriftedVintageCurtains_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsSZF4UVpnI/AAAAAAAABX8/F6See2TYND8/s1600-h/thirftedTableMats_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387599380538041970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsSZF4UVpnI/AAAAAAAABX8/F6See2TYND8/s400/thirftedTableMats_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsSZEvGAnQI/AAAAAAAABXk/Zz7r4VwE2-8/s1600-h/thiftedCurtains_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387599360882154754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsSZEvGAnQI/AAAAAAAABXk/Zz7r4VwE2-8/s400/thiftedCurtains_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At some stage down the track I will post more of my collection. Don't know when - you know me - not the most disciplined or regular blogger, but I will do it, someday :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-5762790676191342321?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/5762790676191342321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=5762790676191342321' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/5762790676191342321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/5762790676191342321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-name-is-fiona-and-im.html' title='my name is fiona and I&apos;m....'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SsSgk4FpsJI/AAAAAAAABY4/oBgXLNsHJjw/s72-c/meStudioCropped_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-2840289427911812747</id><published>2009-09-26T10:46:00.008+10:00</published><updated>2009-10-18T11:27:14.800+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I&apos;m playing..'/><title type='text'>cornflower blue</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sr1lBo-qkQI/AAAAAAAABXA/4f5QWt5ojN8/s1600-h/cornflowerBlueA_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sr1lBK1feVI/AAAAAAAABW4/M8mjntDs32A/s1600-h/cornflowerBlue3_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385571800167971154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sr1lBK1feVI/AAAAAAAABW4/M8mjntDs32A/s400/cornflowerBlue3_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thanks Meg from &lt;a href="http://www.elsiemarley.com/"&gt;elsie marley&lt;/a&gt; for organising the Fall Color Week. It's been fun and definitely inspired me to upgrade my camera. Also thanks to everyone who has popped by for a look and for those who left comments, they are always read with much joy. &lt;a href="http://www.stellacake.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kim&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://notonlyinthailand.blogspot.com/"&gt;Carol&lt;/a&gt; - thanks for the SLR advise, I think I'm almost ready to take the plunge!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Have a great weekend.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;PS. here's my final colour contribution- just adjusted my Etsy Mini in the sidebar to reflect cornflower blue items in my shop.... done now.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-2840289427911812747?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/2840289427911812747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=2840289427911812747' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/2840289427911812747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/2840289427911812747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/09/cornflower-blue.html' title='cornflower blue'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sr1lBK1feVI/AAAAAAAABW4/M8mjntDs32A/s72-c/cornflowerBlue3_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-6451952189073691974</id><published>2009-09-25T15:26:00.005+10:00</published><updated>2009-10-18T11:27:49.556+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I&apos;m playing..'/><title type='text'>one more colour please</title><content type='html'>Just popping in to invite any other colour challengers to join in tomorrow (Sat) for a late ring-in, Cornflower Blue. I know it's not really an Autumn (Fall) colour but it is great for Spring which is hopefully around here somewhere - Spring! Spring! Where are you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My little people are both sleeping (highly unusual, and took a great deal of convincing, but we are going out to dinner tonight) so while I should be getting the washing, bills, and sorting done I am looking at &lt;a href="http://www.crayola.com/colorcensus/history/chronology.cfm"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. Wow! I had no idea there were so may colours and colour names created over the years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See you tomorrow.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-6451952189073691974?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/6451952189073691974/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=6451952189073691974' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/6451952189073691974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/6451952189073691974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/09/one-more-colour-please.html' title='one more colour please'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-6380894505810545074</id><published>2009-09-25T11:17:00.016+10:00</published><updated>2009-10-18T11:30:37.590+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I&apos;m playing..'/><title type='text'>plum</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SrwaUHJhbJI/AAAAAAAABWg/GZp3Xk47eq4/s1600-h/wattyl_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385208187246963858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SrwaUHJhbJI/AAAAAAAABWg/GZp3Xk47eq4/s400/wattyl_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;Er..... plum..... tricky for me. Not a plum person myself so I've struggled to find much around the house. It's kind of cheating but I took this photo of my fandeck from the Wattyl Paints i.d range of interior paint colours. They are all wonderfully muted and moody.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then I spotted these. My favourite bunch of Australian Natives that I splurge and purchase every few months when I need (and justify that I deserve) a pick me up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385210337544226482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SrwcRRoVxrI/AAAAAAAABWo/QyV8ikyoJuI/s400/native_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;To see an international mix of plums, chesnuts, golden rods, burnt sienas and brick reds hop over &lt;a href="http://www.elsiemarley.com/chestnut.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-6380894505810545074?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/6380894505810545074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=6380894505810545074' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/6380894505810545074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/6380894505810545074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/09/plum.html' title='plum'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SrwaUHJhbJI/AAAAAAAABWg/GZp3Xk47eq4/s72-c/wattyl_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-4367954294048938124</id><published>2009-09-24T09:20:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2009-10-18T11:31:43.163+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I&apos;m playing..'/><title type='text'>chesnut</title><content type='html'>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384529892864626914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SrmxaLqrEOI/AAAAAAAABWI/gfepv81Chpg/s400/chesnut_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SrmYd7SZiAI/AAAAAAAABV4/fuvL9JMLUyw/s1600-h/chesnut1_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384502469396629506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SrmYd7SZiAI/AAAAAAAABV4/fuvL9JMLUyw/s400/chesnut1_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;My onlyjustworkingkidsplaywithchestnutcamera is ready for retirement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When am I going to get my new camera?? This is the question. It has been on the "to buy" list for some time now - I even received money on my last birthday for the purchase. Problem is, I can't decide. It's a digital SLR - that I know.....but which one? I've narrowed it down to Canon or Nikon and...well... any advise or assistance from SLR owners would be much appreciated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm looking at an entry point model - doesn't need bells and whistles - as long as it enables me to take both macro close ups and good spacial images (mainly interior shots). The lens type is a mystery to me - again no need for massive zooms but would like to be able to capture movement and quick snapshots of the kids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also there is one other thing. I like a heavier weight camera - it's a personal thing I know but it needs to feel substantial in my hands. I have held my sisters Canon digital SLR and it felt too airy for my liking - is this common to the Canon brand???? Maybe I have just answered my own question??? Mmmmmm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll be back tomorrow with PLUM for elsie marley's Fall Color Week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What type of camera do you use?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384813766631003650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Srqzlz2slgI/AAAAAAAABWY/Ah-Anno1xwU/s400/chesnut1_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-4367954294048938124?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/4367954294048938124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=4367954294048938124' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/4367954294048938124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/4367954294048938124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/09/chesnut.html' title='chesnut'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SrmxaLqrEOI/AAAAAAAABWI/gfepv81Chpg/s72-c/chesnut_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-3829356077753221219</id><published>2009-09-23T08:00:00.005+10:00</published><updated>2009-10-18T11:32:28.085+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I&apos;m playing..'/><title type='text'>golden rod</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sri__bw1uuI/AAAAAAAABVg/rX-0OPpmhzo/s1600-h/goldenRod_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384264451026696930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sri__bw1uuI/AAAAAAAABVg/rX-0OPpmhzo/s400/goldenRod_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thankyou Adelaide weather for making it so easy for me to feel like I am actually experiencing Autumn (Fall) this week. It has been cold, wet and windy and we've had to pull out some of our winter woollies again. I've been hanging out to dress Sachin in this super vintage plaid vest I scored at the op-shop (thrift store) and it just happens to resemble the Crayola colour "Golden Rod".&lt;br /&gt;How about that! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a more Australian seasonal version of the colour here is one of my favourite springtime cushions made using a mix of vintage fabrics. It's available for purchase but not currently in my &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5364974"&gt;shop&lt;/a&gt;, so if you're interested in more pics &amp;amp; pricing please leave me a comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384266818484032370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SrjCJPOp03I/AAAAAAAABVo/azZ0OMdIHw0/s400/goldenRod2_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy hump day. Off to check out the other golden rods &lt;a href="http://www.elsiemarley.com/brick-red.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-3829356077753221219?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/3829356077753221219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=3829356077753221219' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/3829356077753221219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/3829356077753221219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/09/golden-rod.html' title='golden rod'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Sri__bw1uuI/AAAAAAAABVg/rX-0OPpmhzo/s72-c/goldenRod_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-5069071462931123841</id><published>2009-09-22T17:22:00.005+10:00</published><updated>2009-10-18T11:32:48.366+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I&apos;m playing..'/><title type='text'>burnt siena</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Srh7jU_U3dI/AAAAAAAABVY/IphffuixSVE/s1600-h/burntSiena_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384189201381383634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Srh7jU_U3dI/AAAAAAAABVY/IphffuixSVE/s400/burntSiena_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Anyone would think this is a ridgy didge Autumn (Fall) photo. Truth is, it's a sun burnt Camellia after today's Spring rain. I'm playing elsie marley's Fall Color Week along with &lt;a href="http://www.elsiemarley.com/brick-red.html"&gt;these&lt;/a&gt; other fun challengers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-5069071462931123841?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/5069071462931123841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=5069071462931123841' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/5069071462931123841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/5069071462931123841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/09/burnt-siena.html' title='burnt siena'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/Srh7jU_U3dI/AAAAAAAABVY/IphffuixSVE/s72-c/burntSiena_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818092858582760694.post-3065682360384653735</id><published>2009-09-21T14:46:00.005+10:00</published><updated>2009-10-18T11:33:07.024+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I&apos;m playing..'/><title type='text'>brick red</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SrcFcIPCWdI/AAAAAAAABVQ/mQZIWb2NCt0/s1600-h/BrickRed_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383777860349745618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SrcFcIPCWdI/AAAAAAAABVQ/mQZIWb2NCt0/s400/BrickRed_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;It may be Spring here in the Southern Hemisphere but I'm playing elsie marley's &lt;a href="http://www.elsiemarley.com/brother-typewriter.html#comments"&gt;Fall Colour Week&lt;/a&gt;, and today is the first entry. She's based the challenge around the colours of Autumn using Crayola crayon names for a bit of a twist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monday: Brick Red (deep red)&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday:Burnt Siena (a reddy orange, like the rooftops of Siena)&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday: Goldenrod (warm, deep yellow)&lt;br /&gt;Thursday: Chesnut (dark, warm brown)&lt;br /&gt;Friday: Plum (like a plum, duh)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6818092858582760694-3065682360384653735?l=fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/feeds/3065682360384653735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6818092858582760694&amp;postID=3065682360384653735' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/3065682360384653735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6818092858582760694/posts/default/3065682360384653735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fededesigntextiles.blogspot.com/2009/09/brick-red.html' title='brick red'/><author><name>fede</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04488042420014846791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14281469073548374440'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SrcFcIPCWdI/AAAAAAAABVQ/mQZIWb2NCt0/s72-c/BrickRed_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></entry></feed>