Stopped & smelt the roses

Well not really but I did sew some roses fabric into this gorgeous bag today

Has a blue lining with the roses pocket too

Now a lady can never  have too many bags can she ??

Happy stitchin

Tina x

blue & white are allright ;)

well I think they are when combined together in this bag. Its another for the www.dillybag.com.au site

outside of bag

inside of bag

this is another inside shot showing the gold gum leaf embroidery which will feature on all dilly bag bags

School Banner

What do you think? Our school’s P&C has a sponsor program & we display the business’s that partake in the program. I have put them onto the school banner (also made by me )

Australian Mums need your support

I received this newsletter the other day & with the permission of Mad Cow I am blogging it to help get the word out there.

It’s Time for a National Response

We don’t normally do this, but this is an issue we felt we needed to really get behind, and its one of the things Real Mums is all about. That is, supporting Mums all over Australia.

PaNDa - the Post and Ante Natal Depression Association have launched a campaign “It’s time for a national response” requesting the Federal Government fun a National peer-to-peer helpline dedicated to providing support for all Australian Mums with antenatal and postnatal depression.

Currently, PaNDa’s model of a highly successful peer-to-peer helpline and suport sevice - where people who have experienced and worked their way back from AND and PND have been trained to assist other Mums - is only available in one Australian state.

Sadly, there are only three Australian states that operate dedicated antenatal and postnatal depression services for women and their families seeking counselling, support and referral.

PND affects 1 in 7 Australian Mums - so there are a lot of women, their families and their kids out there who need us.

We ask that you support PaNDa and Mums all over Australia by visiting the PaNDa websites - http://www.panda.org.au, or downloading this postcard, signing it and sending it off to the Health Minister the Hon. Nicola Roxon and lets get this much needed service available to everyone.

http://www.realmums.com.au/images/POSTCARD_FRONT.pdf

http://www.realmums.com.au/images/POSTCARD_BACK.pdf

Thank you for your time, and thanking you in advance from Real Mums and on behalf of PaNDa for your amazing support!

Until next time, yours in Mumming,

Mad Cow
xo

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Kids camp

Our kids are going on camp in August, s we are in full fundraising mode. Can you help out? The wonderful Kathie & Mitchell from www.fixmybusiness.com.au  have set up a chip in fund  you can see it here.

If you are able to give a donation THANKYOU  very much

Tina xx

Springtime Tote

With the fabric I used how could it be called anything but Springtime Tote??

I love the colours & am so impressed with the way this bag turned out. Nice & roomy on the inside without being bulky on the outside.

The green works so well I feel. Its a really happy/cheerful  colour. What do you think?

Happy Stitches

Tina

WOOHOO proud member of

Oh how excited am I there is a whole new concept out there & I was asked to be a member of.

I will be supplying the bags that will be packed with items for other fantastic business’s out there & then distributed to the celebrities. I am having a great time selecting fabrics for these bags.

To say I am excited is an understatement!!

Happy Stitches

Tina

New bag style

I played around last week & came up with this style of bag, & funnily enough I had the perfect fabric for it out in the sewing stash.

This is a special bag for another reason the recipient is a very special person that I will reveal soon

Got Smelly containers?

Do you have any plastic containers that still smell of the last thing they were used to store?? I used to have a couple & no amount of soaking or scrubbing would get rid of the smell. I actually had 2 containers that I no longer used due to the smell but didnt throw out due to the price!!

Well I dont have the problem any more, & I will share with you why. Now when I was first told of the solution I thought “yeah right ” but decided to try it any way & guess what……..it actually worked!!!

OK so what did I do?? I filled the container with water & stuck it in the freezer until frozen solid ( read until I remembered I had stuck it in the back freezer <blush>) Then I tied the large iceblock out onto the lawn so it wouldnt waste all the water & washed my container. NO SMELL!!!!!!! Honest the smell was gone completely.

So drag out your smelly containers & give it a go, let me know how you went!!!

Chicken Noodle Thingy :)

Dont you just love the flash name of this recipe? My kids named it after asking what it was called & my response of, Hmm dunno I jut made it up as I went. LOL This is a great one to make when you are running short on time, inspiration or both.

Ingredients:

1 BBQ Chicken, broken up & chopped into bite size pieces

Whatever vegies you like personally I use potatoes, peeled & cubed, carrots peeled & diced, broccolli, cauliflower & peas.

1 family size packet pasta & sauce Alfredo

Method:

Cook pasta as packet directions, cook vegies until tender, I usually microwave for about 20mins. Put into a large bowl with the pasta & the chopped up chicken. Gently combine all ingredients & serve.

*Not Freezable, can reheat the next day *

Let me know what you think when you try it