My little nephew is nearly 2 and this Xmas I decided to make him his first CQ item from his Aunty Larna. His bedroom is themed in Ships and Pirates so the doll is themed on the sea.
I used sea themed charms like shells, star fish, fish etc and found a fabric I had for the head (I think it looks like Neptune) and a great print of a ship at sea. As this was for a little boy I kept the flowery embroidery out of it. This was a challenge as most of my work contains flowers of some sort.
I do hope his mother likes it as it is meant to hang somewhere in his room.
The aim of the spirit doll is to represent love and affection to the owner offering the owner good things from the maker.
The doll also has enclosed in the middle (stuffing) some of departed Grandmothers' hair and the first hair of the baby boy who is the recipient. Our Grandmother Mary was a very special lady and was a huge influence on my creative self. She single handedly enticed me into being creative.
It has been raining today and roads very slipery.
Our son is housesitting for a friend and informs my husband and I this morning that He has had an accident in his car. Luckily he is unhurt but took out a front fence of a house and the car had the hole right side smashed in. I thank my lucky stars he is OK but I hope he learns from this experience he is not infalable. If only we could bestow wisdon on the youth.
Better day tomorrow.
Pat thanks for the tag. I'm pretty new to this but I will follow what you have done and list 5 favourite things and 5 friends.
In the distance you can see the wind powered turbines that generate lots of power for the town of Cowra and surrounds. It is called a wind farm. There are ten of them in the distance. Because there is no noise or pollution the site is so peaceful. On the right is the campting ground and picnic facilities. If only generating power could be this user friendly to the environment in more locations.
DH and I decided to spend and few days out west and visited a little historical town called Millthorpe, outside Cowra. We walked and took in the sites. I couldn't get over this doubled fronted building with hydrangas growing underneath the verandah. So colourful. I hope you can see the distinct and vivid colours. This little town has had quite a few movies shot there on location as it has so many buildings in tact as they were many years ago.
This photo is of my husband Don and Graham on the dingy rowing off to shore from our boat. The area we set ancore at was an Island off the Gold Coast. Very popular for day trippers. Mum and I decided to stay on the boat and organise the lunch and have a swim.
I just had to get this info on my blog ASAP. My husband and I went away for a couple of days out west to Cowra, Millthorpe area to visit and enjoy the view. On our way home we came across an amazing lady Deborah De Williams on a round Australia run to raise money for breast cancer.
