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Year: 2010

Deep Purple

21/10/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized12 Comments on Deep Purple

Busy busy busy… Have you ever had one of those days in which you race madly from one thing to the next and are receiving phone calls and text messages like on no other day (usually when one is halfway through…

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And the winner is…

20/10/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized5 Comments on And the winner is…

I must admit I felt quite excited as I riffled through the entries using my high-tech lottery determination system to single one out…! Thankyou to all those who participated and left a nice comment, you are all awesome, and so…

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Bathers, 2010

19/10/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized29 Comments on Bathers, 2010

I’m feeling veeeeery brave, putting a picture of myself up here, in my bathers!  Last year I was way too shy to do this.  Please note I’ve modestly veiled my face,  so no one can recognise me… (lol) So I’ve…

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Chain and tassel necklace; a tutorial

18/10/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized13 Comments on Chain and tassel necklace; a tutorial

As soon as I saw it I loved this chain and tassel accessory made by the enormously creative and beautiful Maegan, who in turn was inspired by a Blugirl original, and I wanted to have a go at making my own…  Maegan…

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Red halter-neck sundress; 6 different ways

16/10/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized21 Comments on Red halter-neck sundress; 6 different ways

Ha! The last time I wore this for my blog and I was writing a description, I was about to segue into rhapsodies about how useful a garment it was when it occurred to me I hadn’t done a 6-way…

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Fair Isle knitted jumper

15/10/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized9 Comments on Fair Isle knitted jumper

Today’s photo is good for a bit of a chuckle, no? The above is a photo taken of my husband and me at our engagement party.  I know, we look like babies… this was over twenty years ago.  On a…

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How to make your own tights

14/10/201010/11/2019 CarolynUncategorized63 Comments on How to make your own tights

Before I went to Melbourne I had bought from Fabulous Fabrics some wonderful stretch jersey, printed to look like distressed denim, and I knew it just had to be tights… When I made my last tights I had a few requests for…

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International Suit-Up Day

13/10/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on International Suit-Up Day

What uuuup?! I was planning to do something else for today, but when my son informed me last night that today was International Suit Up Day, well, how could I not?  Barney is our family’s favourite character from How I…

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