Can’t Shake It*
{image credit: “Coffee Art” by Gilfer}
I have been sewing and making stuff this week although it doesn’t seem like it from this week’s posts :-) . I have realised that going back to full-time work means very little opportunity to take decent photos at home – too much chaos in the morning getting the kids ready for the day and too dark at night when I get home. So I expect there will be much picture taking over the weekend :-)
A couple of One Red Robin-related things from this past week:
>> A Ruby Doll swap has been organised over on Swap Bot by one of their members – details are here if you are interested in being involved.
>> The Mama Matryoshka and Baby sewing pattern was officially launched by Pattern Press at the Quilt & Craft Fair in Sydney this past week. They are now available to purchase online over at the Haby Goddess over here. Hopefully, they will also be available at my current pattern stockists in the coming weeks.
And good stuff from online travels:
>> Pip has started the “Move it Like Mike” challenge to encourage regular exercise – join in here.
>> Having two young, wriggly kids has made eating out as a family a somewhat hit-and-miss experience. Same deal with you? Craftzine posted up a few hints on activities to do when eating out with kids. Chronicle Books blog also posted some good tips on the same topic here.
>> The newest issue of my favourite online magazine at the moment is up – Parasol Issue 3. Packed with an amazing and inspirational set of artists.
>> These photos of Piódão, one of the most famous historical villages of Portugal, by Chocolate a Chuva officially puts Portugal on my “Countries I Will do my Darndest to Visit before I Die” list – right under Japan.
>> Stamps, stamp-making, and hunting down stamping supplies now on the mind thanks to Mel.
>> I will leave you Heidi’s photo of her wonderful crocheted flower cushion.
{image credit: My Paper Crane}
Happy weekend (and long weekend to all Aussies)!
* Refers to Kate Miller Heidke’s song of the same name, which I can’t seem to shake out of my head at the moment. Also refers to this blasted cold I can’t seem to shake off either!
June 5th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Gosh that pillows is just beautiful! I hope you track down some stamp making supplies soon – they were so much fun to make!
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June 6th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Hey there Jho!
I wonder if you are snapping away photographs as I type?!!
How has your first week back at work (FT) been? I loved reading about your morning ritual… I know I keep saying this, but you are an inspiration, what you achieve and get out of each day is amazing.
Thank you for the links!
Hugs! Vikki :-)
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June 6th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
You always have the most interesting collections of linky links! Thanks for the long weekend reading :)
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June 6th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Hope your first week back wasn’t too harrowing. And of course, you get to enjoy a long weekend now! Thanks for the Craftzine link – yes, with two littlies (almost 2 and almost 4) eating out is always “interesting”. Unless it’s pancakes, sushi or something from Breadtop!
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June 8th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Thanks for all your wonderful and helpful links!!!
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June 11th, 2009 at 6:14 am
Hey Jhoanna. First off, thanks for twittering about my coloring book tutorial…always good to get new visitors at my little blog.
Second, regarding eating out wiht kids–we eat out with our very whiley son fairly frequently–my main strategies are to keep a small tote filled with a few activitiies he ONLY gets to see when we go out to eat–some of these include sticker books, some small snacks like fruit leather or goldfish crackers, a magnadoodle, a magentic build your own monster kit (its small, comes in a handly little metal box in which he can set the background and build his monster and scene), and–of course–some of those little coloring books (with a set of markers or crayons)that I keep set aside just for going to eat and that will be a surprise for him–all quiet activities that engage him. With these things in tow, we find we can get at least 30 minutes of time to just enjoy our glass of wine and talk to each like adults, about adult things…and by then, food arrives and we eat–and then sometimes, if we are lucky, we have another glass of wine and he re-engages with some of the things in his tote some more…
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July 5th, 2009 at 12:46 am
That latte art just makes me smile. Have a wonderful weekend Jho! :)
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