That silly lil' Doe!

A glimpse into the future

Many moons from now, I will show you the rest of this photo. If I get my act together, I will show you in a few days...or a couple of weeks. Ummm, I think I will stick with the "many moons from now" bit just in case. Tee-hee!

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Poppy and Lil' Blue Bird

I took a bunch of pictures of Poppy and Lil' Blue for my first mosaic. I think this flickr toy is so cooool!!! You MUST try it!

This one should do it for my macro challenge. Lil' Blue bird's strawberry stand.
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Ta-done!!!

Nothing but work, work, work lately. Somehow I managed to finish a quilt.

I used Barefoot Roses pink polka dot fabric, 2 Simplicity charm packs, not sure if I used 1 yard for the inner border and few fat quarters for the outer border. I found the pattern called Ocean Waves Variation over here. The blocks are made out of half triangle squares so I didn't have to worry about using the pattern's measurements.

Lovely gifts

Last week I received presents from these generous lovely ladies, Jen (thrifting and re-modelling extraordinaire) and Darlene (prolific quilting queen). Jen sent me these colorful set of melamine bowls, pretty pastel charm packs and adorable tea light candle holder. Darlene gave me one of her famous heart pincushions made out of ME fabrics complete with heart pins. Loooove it! Thank you very much ladies!!!

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More Macro Challenge

I joined this challenge to improve on my photography skills (still a bit rusty). I can't believe I actually read the manual to figure out the buttons on my point and shoot camera. For this challenge, we are using the macro setting, that's the flower button on your camera, to take close-up pictures.

These pictures are taken with and without the macro setting. The camera lens is about 2 1/2 inches close to the buttons.
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Here I'm playing with the exposure. According to my camera's manual, exposure is the amount of light that the camera receive when you release the shutter. Correct exposure or is it underexposure (too little light/darker image) and the second is overexposure (too much light/whitish image). The camera will adjust it for you if you are using the auto adjustment mode or you can do it manually by adjusting the shutter speed and aperture value. Blah, blah, blah...
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That's enough lesson for today. Anyhoo, more photo entries for the macro challenge. Enjoy!
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25, 26/30 Sophie and Farmer 'Shroom having tea. Sophie's thank you gift from Farmer 'Shroom.

Macro Challenge

Thought I'd post a few pics for the challenge... You can see all the entries here (flickr group).

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A wooden box I painted while I was in college. A cute scottie pin from Cheryl.

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Don't look too close... Beautifully wrapped scented soap.

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Embroidered linen to make a tote. Lovely flower pin from Lori of Pretty Little Things.

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Lil' Annies from Nicole of Raggedy Old Annies. Stinken' cute!!!

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Thanks for taking the time to visit. Have a nice day. Toodles!

Do you want to know a secret?

Are you dying to get your hands on the current issue of Marie Claire Idees? Issue #68? Did you run to your local bookstores only to find out they don't carry it? You drove to the nearest town and no such luck either? Bummer, huh?

There is more than one way to get a copy of this magazine. One. You're lucky enough to have friends or relatives in Europe who's kind enough to go out of their way to search for this much coveted magazine and send you a copy all the time. Don't even think of losing these people. Show them gratitude at all times. You'll never know when you are going to need them to hunt for that special issue for you. And, possibly for me. You'll see what I mean.

Two. You can get a subscription from Amazon.com. Hmmm, too expensive you say? You'd rather pay per issue and get charged for tax possibly shipping and handling which will eventually cost you more. Right?

Three... You are going to like this one. I'm sorry, I'm not talking about a giveaway. If you know of anyone giving away a MCI special issue, let me know. Anyhoo... After searching online for hours (I mean, H-O-U-R-S!!!), I finally found a store that sells the magazine on a regular basis. Would you like to know the name of the store or possibly a link?
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All right, all right! Just relax. Remember what the doctor said, straining is not good for you. hehehe! Here's the link...Marie Claire Idees #68!!! The store is called European Book Company located in San Francisco. There you have it, folks! You don't have to waste your time driving around town looking for this magazine. Eet zee greatest newz evehr, no?

Now, for the bad news. Here's a picture of MCI special issue (kinda like Martha's Good Things for kids but for babies and toddlers, I think) which is not available in the States according to EBC. Never ever? I hope not. Could anyone send me a copy. Please??? Pretty pleeezzze?

Devon

Hello there! My name is Devon. I'm your guest blogger for today. Big Lil' Sis (Doe) is very busy at the moment so I'm posting for her. We are outside soaking up the beautiful weather we are having. As you can see, I'm lounging with my buddy, Red Rover on our rustic bench complete with quilted cushion from Auntie Cheryl. So comfy!

Last night, I helped Big Lil' Sis with her project. We went to bed at 2 in the morning. I'm soo tired.

Just after I arrived yesterday afternoon, I met with my sisters and they were freaked out with my orange eye chips. Thanks to Big Lil' Sis she changed them for me using the hot glue gun stick method. I tried on three different colors and we decided to go with the lilac eye chips. So pretty. They match my lovely blush. I really like it. We all had our freaky creepy eyes replaced. Thanks Big Lil' Sis, we love our new Brainworm eye chips!!

Uh-oh, love to chat some more but I gotta go. Big Lil' Sis just got back with some snacky treats. Toodles!

Macro Challenge

Greedy Little Wabbit

I want them all!

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Wait, I want the big one instead. Woohoo!!

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Mail Call

My lovely babushkas finally arrived from Beata. They are sooo cute!!! She also sent extra goodies. Yay for me!!! For those who missed her etsy shop update, hopefully she'll have another one pretty soon. Thanks Beata! You ROCK!