Here's a little yellow ladybug sitting on my hand.
Look at these tiny hatched eggs that were laid on a security screen bar on a window of my house. They're like little pearls! If anyone knows what hatched from them, let me know! 
Last but not least is this little praying mantis. Isn't he cute?!
Thanks girls for doing these challenges!
I just loved wearing it, feeling like a real princess Cinderella during the parade we had!
I've kept the dress and flowers in my wardrobe since then, I love it so much! Here's a pic of little me wearing this little dress (I can't believe I was once that small!)
I dunno where the veil went though... Thanks Mum for sewing it for me!
A wonderful mug I bought for my Mum - she loves it!
A green and purple crocheted throw, which has now been given to some African refugees who are now members of our church family.
A sweet little paper-quilled Panda!
A gorgeous embroidered fish bowl doily. Lovely isn't it?!
A painted cowry shell necklace with blue beads (Dunno why but I simply adore looking at and holding this one!)
And last but not least this little blue barrel toothpick holder which I shall turn into a pincushion.
Don't the materials she chose look just wonderful used together!?
I love my pouch and use it all the time! Thank you Lisa for doing a swap with me!
I never knew my Dad's Mum. I was 3 weeks old when we attended her funeral. I don't think she even knew that my Mum was pregnant, as she had had Alzheimer's for years before I was born. I wish I could have known both my Dad's parents.
(Pop, Dad, Nana)
He passed this watch onto me about 7 years ago, and I have treasured it ever since. It truly is and will continue to be a family heirloom!
(Please ignore the bite marks and bruise on my wrist. Spike the water dragon bit me last week.)
Not only has this created more room in my button box, but I no longer have trouble finding the colours I need.
It was so much fun to go through my stash and rediscover buttons I had forgotten about!
Stringing the colours together was easy to do and to watch the chains grow longer was great!
Of course, this means I don't have a good excuse not to buy more buttons...
Note to self: Buy more thread to make other coloured button chains.
Possie is a puppet that my Gran gave to me when I was about 3. I can't remember not being without him, and as you can see, he's a much loved little guy, with missing and matted fur, one of his eyes lost and his lining coming undone. Possie I think was meant to be a mouse, but I always thought he was a Possum, so I called him that. My best friend of 15 years still remembers him from our primary school days! I used to go around talking to him, and having him talk back to me in his little voice, and I would pick gum leaves and gum nuts and mix them with water and then put it in containers in the freezer as "Possie food"!
I learnt a few years back that my Gran has one too, and hers doesn't have matted or missing fur or an eye, but is kept special for children's stories at church. Seeing hers with perfect coat and eyes, I appreciate and love my little guy all the more. He lives on my bed post, and I often get him down for a cuddle when I'm feeling blue. A cuddle from him can brighten the stormiest of days!
and back -
and you just never get tired of looking at it! Thank you heaps Christine!! I love it so very much!
It's made with recycled tiles and an old wooden table found at the local trendy trash shop. I took the original boring brown tiles from the tabletop, sanded it down, stained it to get the colour I wanted, drew on my design, broke up the tiles with a hammer, glued them in place with tile glue, and grouted it. My table is sitting out the front of our home where we can sit and have a cuppa, with *finally* something to sit our cups on!
Not the best of works, but I'm happy with it!
...but I've done my best to photograph today's Tuesday Treasure. After talking with Jo at Lilly Pilly about last weeks treasures, it happens that both of us have a very similar treasure, and decided to do a post together this week! Here's her gorgeous Tuesday Treasure.
My favourite stone is opal, it is the most heavenly of all the gem stones, in my opinion. You are able to locate every colour of the rainbow in a good piece, you can find opal fossils, and it's Australia's national gemstone. We mine different types here in Aus, black opal being worth the most per karat.
But my beautiful little treasure isn't black opal. It's white opal, which is my favourite type! Thanks Mum and Dad, it truly is a treasure!
Simply too good for cooking in, but I've used it anyway! Cam, it is simply wonderful, and looks so good hanging in my kitchen! The colours and patterns you chose work so well together. Oh, and I'm stealing your picture so I can show my apron off at it's absolute best!
She also sent me the sweetest little matching thread bin, which is NOT going to hold threads, it's way too nice for that!
And sunglasses case with - get this - an owl embroidery!
How totally cute is this?!?
Thankyou so very much Sarah! I love all my swap goodies and am very glad you like yours too!
