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My swap gift for Shann's Parasol & Paper Swap is making its way across the big blue pond to my swap partner Kelli at Vintage Vavoom in the USA. If she hasn't already received it then it will be any day now. Here is a little teaser collage of some of the goodies in her parcel...... While we are ...
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My baby girl is having a birthday and I can't believe she is turning 11. It seems like just yesterday that I was cradling her in my arms. Aimee had a rocky start to life and we came very close to losing her at 4 weeks of age. There were a few more hiccups along the way which truly makes us ...
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While looking for some vintage papers last week I came across this beautiful old postcard I purchased on one of my treasure hunting exhibitions. It was from a shop that had an extensive range of old postcards, music manuscripts and old letters. I remember spending ages reading through the piles of ...
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What started out as a 'Ho Hum' kind of day has panned out to be a beautiful afternoon. How could it not be with an abundance of warm winter sun dancing through my garden. I'm not usually one to feel 'Ho Hum' about life. I'm definitely one of those perennially optimistic, glass half full kind of ...
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Bbbrrrrrrr.......it was a bit chilly this morning. My thermometer outside read 0 but my body was saying -5. The 'Pea Souper' fog made me feel even colder. We live in a bush setting but this was the view outside my window this morning ~ where are all the trees? The fog didn't lift until mid morning ...
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Thank you to everyone who left a comment on my 50th Post Give Away this past week. It's time Gypsy to draw the winner..... And the winner is.....Alison Gibbs of Creative Arts & Crafts by Alison Gibbs!! Congratulations Alison......your Shabby Doodles package is on its way to you. I hope you ...
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