Folded Stars - No Sewing Required!

A tutorial to make these folded stars came up on my Facebook 

timeline a little while ago and I decided to give them a go. 

After watching the video slowly step by step, I managed to make one. 

The second one didn't take me nearly as much time as the first one did. 

I'm sure the more you do, the quicker you get. 

Now to decide what to do with them.

I might make more and turn them into bunting.

If you would like to try making them too, you can find the tutorial here. 

Mandala!

 Last Saturday our crafting group got together
for another day of craft and friendship.

The project this time was to paint a Mandala plate.
This is the "before" photo.

Some progress.

 Then it was time for lunch! We had a wonderful spread.
Didn't take a photo of the scones at morning tea or the dessert!

 My finished plate.

 Here are all the plates (minus one as Helen had already left).

This is the kit we used in case you would like to make one too!

A Cricket Scholarship, Visitors, Recycling!

Last Sunday was presentation day at Diamond Creek Cricket Club. Mitchell was awarded a Junior Development Scholarship Award. The Club invests an enormous amount of time and money into the development of junior players for the future. Mitchell was selected as a player they feel has shown the commitment and will benefit in enhancing his cricketing skills and career.

Mitchell will be having one on one personal, professional coaching from Neil Buzzard (regarded as one of the best cricket coaches of his time). This will happen later in the year, probably August.

Congratulations Mitchell. We are all proud of you.

The other morning, we found this possum hanging around under the verandah. It's very unusual as you don't usually see them in daylight. I'm not too sure if he was stuck or just wanted to hang around.He soon jumped down and ran off!

Our other visitor was this strange bug in the bath.
We don't know what it is but it was about three inches long!A little while ago, I was reading this post by Karen of Sew Many Ways about recycling onion bags and making pot scrubbers out of them. I bought a bag of onions this week, so I gave it a try. It works really well. We use to have a scrubber made of netting similar to this but isn't available any more. I wore my other one out until there were more holes than netting!

Well, that's a little catch up. I'll have something to show you next week once the recipients have received them.

A Trip To The Aquarium And Some Vintage Lace!

The boys and I headed to Melbourne Aquarium for a day out. We could have spent hours just watching the penguins. They are so cute!Nelson getting up close and personal!Some hands on!

After sitting by the Yarra River to eat lunch, and with a bit of bribery
(ice creams), the boys agreed to let me go the the Lace in Fashion exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria.

They found a nice shady place in the lovely gardens of the gallery while I headed inside. The lace exhibition was from the 17th to 20th centuries.Photos above from NGV International
This night shirt was from the late 1600's. There are very few that have survived as any good sections of them were cut up to make new items. Just look at the beautiful inserts in the sleeves.Sorry about the quality of the photos (no flash). Unfortunately, when I went to get a copy of the catalogue, they had sold out the day before! It would have been lovely to have all the photos and information to read up on. Oh well, next time I won't leave it until near the end of the exhibition!