Inspired

Playing along with Favourites over at Quilting in my Pyjamas.

Tonight I took the long walk home - and went via the beach.

While the day was mild the weather was overcast.

I hope you can get an idea from these pictures - children's sand fort and castle - quite an elaborate construction and still in tact even though there had been rain this afternoon.

Shells and rocks placed throughout the construction, along with the leaves and twigs from nearby trees and some seaweed to depict gardens.

It sure was my favourite thing today. Oh, and the fact that I finally recovered from DSL - otherwise known as Daylight Savings Lag - does anybody else get that at the start of Daylight Savings?

I love daylight savings it means there will be more evening beach walks, after a long day at the office, when I can check out what the children have been creating in the sand, but the first week just throws me right out of whack.

You should go on over to the House of Pyjamas and check out some other favourites.

I have still been hooking on the train so there will be an update soon - I think blogger has decided that I am allowed to play again (guess we'll see if this works?).

More new projects and even one finished one!

Hope your week has been a good one.

Have a wonderful weekend wherever you spend it.

Favourites

My favourite thing this week was spending an afternoon with the Mother indulging in a little sweet delight.

I can't show you the yummies we had yesterday as I am experiencing a technical tantrum - you know how it is one bit refuses to play nice with the other bit.

These photo's are from a couple of years ago but you get the idea.

A delicious High Tea for two was devoured in a very leisurely fashion - think hours.

Lovely!

If you want to see some other favourites go check out who is playing here.

There was a little crochet on the go yesterday too.

Wishing you a restful and creative weekend.

Favourite things

What I want to share as my favourite today is all my creative friends both real and 'imaginary' (those would be the ones I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting).

This week has been a lot about the special people out there who encourage me through their own writings on blogs and in print, and through the comments they leave on my posts here.

I received two special packages this week -

after winning a give away over at RicRac

I got this big box (the box is way out of proportion to the contents and surely if they are going to pay for all this space they could have filled it with something more interesting than bubble wrap) containing

Nikki's new book - see here it is.

Now I have had the pleasure of meeting both these lovely ladies who are very generous in sharing their knowledge and tricks.

After a recent post I had a generous offer from Liri to share with me some threads that she had no use for and these lovelies arrived in my mailbox this week.

Let me just say I have begun with the big red ball and am enjoying using this gorgeous thread, all should be revealed soon I hope.

Thanks ladies for sharing so generously.

Now this here is a picture of something I have been working on - I'll get a clearer one to share later but the creative friendly goodness continues this weekend as I am off to the Daylesford Craft Experience with some real life stitchy friends.

The guest designers for the weekend are Jodie, Melly and Kristen - should be lots there to inspire me to pick up a sewing needle again.

There may be some stitching with needle and thread this weekend, but I guess I'll have to wait and see?

You can see who else is playing favourites today here.

Have a fabulous weekend however you choose to spend it.

Art...

in the Community is my favourite thing this week.

The current installation is outside the community art centre and is called 'Under the Sea'.

Any and all forms of art are included within the theme.

Lets take a closer look at some of the decorated sea creatures and the boy in the boat who is wearing his crocheted scarf and hat - it has been that cool here already.

The fish and octopus are cut from ply wood then decorated -

Mr Octopus is completely covered in mosaic and playing in gorgeous crocheted coral.

This shark has been covered with plastic bottle tops.

The cute blue fish has crocheted shapes for decorations.

And this little dolphin has a gorgeous painting on him.

The poker fish is quite fun.

Go on over to the home of Favourite things Friday for a peek at some other favourites this week.

Have a fun weekend.

Favourites

Playing Favourites this week with Shay over at Quilting in My Pyjamas.

My favourite this week is definitely the beach in my suburb.

Now that summer has decided to pop in for a visit and school's back in, I have spent some time sitting in the relative quiet enjoying the peace of the beach.

This is a bay beach which is perfect for me as I enjoy paddling or sitting at the waters edge with some stitching or a book in hand.

Sunset

Bright

Calm.

As the mood changes with the time of day and the weather I like to visit regularly.

The sun's out so it's off to the beach now for me.

Hope your weekend is wonderful.