Posts Tagged ‘green’
Stars & Hearts for Christmas…
Yay! Another project complete with project sheet! As much as I love making all the beautiful creations other people post on their blog, I love to share with you my own ideas and craft projects!
This particular little beauty I started last Christmas, but only got round to finishing recently. They’re quite simple and easy to make- great for someone who’s just starting with stiching and crafts (like me!).
First you’ll need to download the pattern here (apologies for it just being a jpg and not a pdf… it’s A4 size). And then you can follow the instructions below!
Step 1: You can either choose the same material for all of them, or you can mix it up a bit, like I did. Either way you need to cut out the template for each once with the material the right way up, and once with it the wrong way up.
The reason you have to do this is because the star (or the heart) isn’t exactly even. If you just cut two out the same they wouldn’t match up.
Step 2: Cut out the shape from wadding.
Step 3: Join the three pieces together, and using either running stick (which I used) or backstich, stich around the edge, about 1/2 inch in.
Step 4: Using the pinking shears to cut around the edge. You can easily adjust the size of the stars and hearts by cutting bigger/smaller shapes. You can also replicate this idea to suit anything you want! You might want to do some stars of david for Hanukka, or some cute animals for a nursery, or letters of a kid’s name for their room…
Step 5: Join it together somehow… this part is up to you! I think I’m going to either add it to one of my christmas swags, or join them on a string of raffia… let me know what you do with yours!!
P.S: If you want to make some other cute softies… check these out!
Tags: Christmas, christmascraft, Craft, green, heart, pinking, pinkinshears, red, star
Going Green!
As a spare of the moment thing I’ve decided to participate in this! I saw it on Bonnie’s blog, and couldn’t resist! Here’s what you have to do:
• Drink at least 16 oz. of green smoothie per day (a quart would be even better!)
• Do some sort of activity every day. This could be an intense workout, or just dancing with your kids around the living room. It could be a 15 minute yoga session or a walk around the block.
• Add a green leafy salad to your lunch or supper (with light dressing…stay away from the creamier sauces).
• Stop drinking pop.
• Cut out all white sugar.
To translate into Australia- 16oz shoudl be just under 500ml of water, so I’m guessing the same of this smoothie.
Supper= dinner?
Pop= soft drink (correct me if I’m wrong).
So I’d best get over to Erbachers this afternoon to pick up some spinach- because THAT is what makes this smoothie GREEN!!! Here’s a sample recipe for a green smoothie (though I’m told you can make your own with fruits and vegies:
Fresh pineapple
Frozen banana
Frozen mixed fruit
One peeled orange
TONS of baby spinach
Water to blend
Simple, right?! We’ll see! I’ll probable keep you updated over on the food blog, so check it out there. 
Sarah & Dean
Last weekend I was a bridesmaid for my friend Sarah. Their wedding was at the House of Laurels at Maleny- it was so beautiful and a lovely day. Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure!!!
Delyse and I
Naomi’s favourite part of the day… flats in the wet ground!! (they were really high heels…)
My hair. This was taken at like 4pm, and I had it done at 8am. Secret: LOTS of hairspray!!
Tiff and I. Team “T”- both Green, both have “T”s around our necks.
Wearing the boys jackets. SO cold!!
Tags: bridesmaid, dean, delyse, green, maleny, naomi, sarah, T, tiff, wedding
