New Girls in the Hen House

Wow times flies, It has been so cold here this month, well I spose it is winter, nearly spring time, I love spring time, the flowers the smells, the air, just love it.
Hubby ordererd some new chooks, and we are still waiting for them, but in the mean time we got two new additions, when they arrived I thought OMG there is something wrong with them lol, no wonder he gave them to you lol.
Well after a lovely email to a lady called Sarah, she informed me that they are actually a rare breed called Transylvanian bare necks, or Turkens, they are not crossed with a turkey, they are called that because they resmble a turkey with the no feathers on their necks.

After a bit you actually get quite used to them, I have read that they are a friendly bird and very inquisitive and will make good pets.
I cant wait to try an egg from this funny looking chook.
Hubby says hello to them every morning before he goes to work, he has called them ET and EB (no idea) We are told that one of them won a prize at a local chook show before we got them, dont know about this, If I find out I will let you know.
Ok back to rugging up infront of the fire, did I tell you it was cold today. GGGGGGGGGGGrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I dont like cold.
Cya next time....Deb....:)

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Wow has it really been so long.

Since I was here last, Oh naughtly me. I have been busy making dollshouses, the miniature kind that grown ups play with. It is a wonderful hobby, but can be very expensive as well at times. Some house kits cost as much as $600 and up, though you can buy cheaper starter kits for under $100. It is a very addictive hobby once you start be prepared to forget your house work for a while. This is a pic of a house I am in the process of copying into mini, it is just so cute.I am making the plants for the verandah as well.
I have joined a great forum called greenleaf, they also make and sell the best dollhouse kits on the market, well in my opinion anyways lol. If you visit be sure to say hi, you will find me there under the name debra (surprise surprise) lol, the ladies and gents there are so friendly and will make you very welcome. There are lots of great tips and the galleries are super, you can get lost in them for hours. So if you are thinking about taking up this great hobby be sure to visit the forum. And dont forget to say Hi....
Ok thats it for this morning. I am off to make some things in mini, I will post pics of what I have done later for you to browse.
Cheers Deb (Australia)

Plain card for a friend

This card was made for a friend, she wanted some thing not to busy, she was desighted with it.

Sewing fabric onto cardstock

This is my little sewing machine, it was about $20 from a bargain store, it sews amazingly well for a lightweight machine. If you are thinking of getting one for your craft work do it......they are great.

I just made this card, I wanted to try sewing on card, I sewed the ribbon on, the rest is glue and brads. It is a valentines card lol, some thing different to the traditional red colours, I hope you like it, the colours have not come out to well, it is actually on a creme yellow card. The leaves are some mulberry ones I have had for years, I have thousands of them lol, so I had better find a use for them.

The hearts are punched out of brown cardstock, and the flower stem is actually from a paper bark tree we cut down a couple of years ago, or you may know it as tea tree, I kept bags of the bark, it is so soft just like paper, I love working with it.

It has been raining here in Wagga for two days now, I love the rain, and it has finally cooled down abit as well, I hate the heat lol.....Ok I am off to make some more cards.

Bye for now.....Debra.

I will be 50 years young

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I have started the countdown, I actually can not wait. 50 is such a great age to be. You are young enough to still enjoy life and have some fun now the kids have grown up, You get to enjoy the grandchildren then hand them back lol, You have been around enough years to not let people get under your skin, you actually know a thing or two about stuff, and you are old enough to get away with other things as well. So to all those who are dredding this phase, DONT, relax sit back and enjoy.......:) Look at all the celebs who are turning 50, they look great, it is not hard to still look great at 50.

Greetings from Australia.

Hi there all you crafters out there. I have been busy making cards, cards and more cards lol. But with this heat, I find myself sleeping lots. It is a great way to pass the heat of the day, if you are lucky enough to be able to get away with it lol.

I have been making a wedding range of cards, (will post pics when batteries recharge) I have a special order for some invitations, so I thought I would do a small range of cards, I hope you like them. They are so much fun to make, I love playing around with the silver paper and carboards etc. The embossing templates are by far the best thing I have bought so far this year. If anybody is interested, my rates are cheep, just enough to cover my costs and postage is all I need. You can email me on argweldb@bigpond.net.au I will reply ASAP I am on line 24/7 and check my emails regularly. I am quite used to dealing with overseas customers, and can post to any where in the world.

It has cooled somewhat tonight from about 110 deg in the shade to about 90 lol, but even that is a godsend when so hot. (that is in farenhieght too lol)

I met my sons (he is 26) new girlfriend tonight for the first time, he has only been seeing her for a couple of weeks, she seems very nice, and has a 9 year old daughter who is very smart as well, she knows all about the stars (the ones up in the sky lol) I was very intersted in that when I was younger as well. The only constellation I can remember apart from the southern cross is Taurus, as that is my birth sign lol.

I really hope things work out for him, as he has had it pretty rough for a few years.

Ok I am going back to my card making as I have this order to fill, please email me if you want anything made, I really like working with the customer to come up with a design that suits the personality of the couple, and can add beads, gemstones, ribbon, lace, and any sort of paper that we can get our hands on, the aim being to create some thing very different to what you see every day.

Untill later keep safe........Goodnight from Debra.