~ He Likes to Be Helpful ~

We found this beautiful piece of architecture in our garden and were so glad to see that Ben's hair has been put to good use.  After all he has loads of it to share!!  So if you know of any little birdies needing a lovely warm lining for their nests....just send them in his direction. He will be very glad to be helpful :)))

~ Remember Me ~

My post heading is very apt today as it has certainly been a while since I have posted much.  I am still around and still creating although not too much in the way of stitching but some cards and mini albums.

You wouldn't believe how long it has taken me to finally finish this tiny little thing I am about to show you today....simply ages!!  Why?? I don't know, I had all sorts of dramas with it making mistake after mistake... I know, you couldn't get much more simple than this but actually, this one was my second attempt, the first one, just when I thought I was cruising along nicely  I found I  had made a mistake with my counting and the stitching  was way too fine to try and unpick so it was easier to just start over.  Does that ever happen to you or is it just me??

Anyway, today was the day to finally get it finished and out of the way!!  I admit to going a bit overboard with the 'ageing' but I like that very aged look so gave it a good squirt.  I added a rusty pin and some tiny old buttons and some trim to complete the look and it now looks as though it has been around for years and years.  It is really quite small only measuring 4 1/2  x 2 1/2 inches.  Oh, and I forgot to mention, it is Blackbird Designs Basket of Memories.

I have also recently completed a few mini albums and I am really enjoying learning how to make these. The photo below  is one I have made recently and added some tiny photos of my son's wedding. I have more I have made but will leave those for another day.

So you see, I have been creating and have spread my wings a little and tried to learn something new and I am really enjoying to process.

My shadow, Ben, still loves to be with me while I play in my craft room.  He is great company and I run things past him so he can give me his expert opinion :)) I tell him everything I am doing and he usually agrees with me.  He is becoming a little whiter around his beautiful face these days and will be turning seven years old this April.  Can you wait here while I just go outside and see if I can take a photo of him....he hasn't had a photo here in a while....
I'm back...here he is....still as handsome as ever.  I love that boy!!

 Okay, well that is about it for me for this post.  If anyone is still out there (after all this time) thanks so much for visiting us and from  "Just Me and My Shadow"....signing out!!!





See why we love Labradors!

~ Isn't this just the CUTEST thing ~

H E L P !!!

I am still baffled by Blogger/ Google/ Picasa and if any readers can offer this old technically challenged person, who really tries to keep up with all this but is about to give up, any help, please please do so!!

In my Picasa web album all of a sudden I have an album that has appeared in my Public gallery called "Just Me and My Shadow" in which it has all 400 odd photos I have on myBlog. It was never there before, just showed up.  There are three visibility settings in Picasa...'Public','Limited to anyone with link', and 'Limited'. If I change it to Anyone withLink which is supposedly the default setting, my photos disappear off my Blog!! If I change it back to 'Public' they re-appear.  Obviously, I want to have them visible on my Blog or what is the use of a Blog but WHY do they have to be Public in my Picasa album and WHY are they there in the  first place when they never were before??????

GGGGGRRRRR!! Can you feel my frustration?????

I need help as I just can't figure it out!!

Chrissie

PS You can see my Picasa album via the link in my sidebar on here.

Blog disasters!!

Blogger and Picasa are causing me all kinds of headaches at present and I am not technically minded enough to be able to sort it out.  I have even contemplated just calling it a day as far as Blogging goes although over the years I have spent many hours working on my Blog and would be a bit sad pulling the plug completely.  So for the meantime.....sorry if you are seeing lots of missing photos and what looks like 'no entry ' signs. Being the technophobe I am I just can't seem to get my head around how to fix it.

Chrissie

~This & That ~

It's been quite a while since I have shared any stitched projects here.  I seem to have lost a bit of my stitching mojo over recent months but the stitching still gets an airing every now and then and I did actually finish this little project for my friend Sandra who recently had a birthday.

It is a Shepherd's Bush kit called 'Friends' and I made it into a pinkeep.  I backed it with the fabric it is sitting on.

I also made Sandra a little mini album which I filled with pictures, photos and other little bits and pieces that were relevant to the friendship we have shared since meeting several years ago through our mutual love of stitching on the Legacy Bulletin Board. Here is a picture of the front cover and if you care to see the inside, there are some more photos here in my Picasa album.

This book is made from envelopes and I really enjoyed creating it.  I actually did attempt to make a You Tube video of the book but when I knocked over the camera half way through...that is when I decided I really needed more practise before I published a video to my blog LOL!!Hopefully, my skills in that area will improve and I will learn to edit.

We are in winter here in beautiful sub-tropical Queensland.  I love the chance albeit for a short time to rug up in jackets, jumpers and scarves.  We  have cold mornings and nights and still have beautiful sunny days. Here is a cute photo of my two darling little grand daughters when their  Mum and Dad took them to Canberra recently to see snow for the first time.

It will be only a short time and we will be wondering how we are going to keep cool again....

Hope you are managing to keep warm or cool wherever in the world you are.

"Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things,
but just look what they can do when they stick together."

Vesta M. Kelly