The Celebrating Goes On!

Last night my NOTY friends and I went out for dinner at a local Thai restaurant. Clockwise from the left is Jennifer (Csorba Interactions), Debby, me, Libby (Boot Camp Quilter), Anita (Hillside Quilting), Simone V, Jenni, Claire (Matching Pegs) and Simone M (Quilts n Cats). Unfortunately, Mel was unwell and couldn't join us.

Simone V had made a beautiful, rich chocolate cake. I had to wait for the sparklers to die down before I could blow the candles out as I didn't want to singe my hair. They were the longest sparklers I have ever seen.

The girls gave me this present wrapped up beautifully in this lovely fabric. I have roughly re-wrapped it for photographic purposes (forgot to take a photo last night).

Inside was this box. And inside the box was..........

Two bundles of Scrumptious!

 

 I had fallen in love with this range and was waiting

 for it to come out. I never dreamed that I would 

ever have the whole range.

I think I'll look at it and pat it for a while 

until I decide what to make with it. 

That is if I can bring myself to cut them up! LOL!

Thank you girls for making my birthday so special.

What Else I Brought Home From Ballarat!

My lovely friend, Mel, brought my birthday present up with us to Ballarat and she gave me this gorgeous box and 

inside the box was the most gorgeous bag.

I have admired these bags that Mel makes and now I have one of my own. (I pinched these couple of photos from Mel's blog as she takes much nicer ones!)

This is the back.

Some of the beautiful detail.

 

Can you see all those beautiful Bonnie and Camille fabrics?

Mel also added a very handy torch (red, of course), a spotty note pad and spotty pencil.

As you know, I am in a Fat Quarter Birthday Club, as is Mel. These are the beautiful fabrics Mel gave me to add to my Bonnie and Camille stash.

Thank you so much Mel. I just love my bag.
First use will be Mill Rose Cottage on Saturday! 

I have definitely been very spoilt this birthday!

Some Crafty Hijinks Went On In Ballarat!

Yesterday forty-nine bloggers got together for the inaugural Crafty Hijinks Ballarat. We had a fantastic day. Our hostesses extraordinaire were Gillian of Silly Gilly and Jodie of Ric Rac. It was lovely to meet so many new bloggers to me.

Jodie, Mel, me and Gillian.

There was even quite a bit of stitching done!

Even Mel managed to do a stitch or three!

Of course we had morning tea. Scones with jam and cream. Mel and I managed to eat some as it would 

have been rude not to! LOL!

There were goodie bags, door prizes and raffles.

 (I pinched this photo from Mel!)

I won raffle #4. Mel won raffle #3 so a 

lucky day for both of us.

 

Stitching along with Claire of Matching Pegs.

 

Merrilyn of Threadneedle Craft Daylesford, 

Annette of Jindi's Cottage, Mel and me.

There were some stalls. These things found their way into my bag! Some other beautiful things came home with me but I'm saving them for another post.

Sue from I Purr-furr to Craft travelled up to Ballarat with Mel and myself. She made us both a lovely mug bag, complete with a mug and some beautiful soft wool. 

Thank you Sue.

Before we left Ballarat, we went to The Craft Squirrel. 

Morgan's shop was full of gorgeous vintage goodies.

A big thank you to Gillian and Jodie for organising this fun day. Thanks to Mel and Sue for being great travelling companions.

Yes! I am ............

 Thank you to everyone for their birthday messages. Still can't believe I am fifty. I certainly don't feel it! LOL!

Last night we went out for dinner with about forty family and friends which was really nice. As you can see, I am officially the shortest in our family (and I've got heels on)!

How beautiful are these flowers! The roses are from Noel and the boys gave me the other beautiful bunch.

I was also spoilt by my lovely friends of the 

Birthday Fat Quarter Club.

From O'faigh of Oldbury Cottage.

From Maria of Life on the Block.

From Pat from Club Quilt Narromine.

From Shez of Enjoying Life.

From Simone of Quilting Is My Downtime.

From Tracee of Quilt Kitty Loves Life.

From Sisbabe of Sisbabestitching.

From Chez of Gone Stitchin'.

From Anthea of Hibiscus Stitches.

All the beautiful fat quarters! Can you see a theme here? The start of my Bonnie and Camille collection!

Thank you girls. You have all spoilt me.

Mitchell is off to his Year 11 formal tonight. Here he is ready to head off to a friend's place where they will be having a stretch limo take them to the reception place.

This birthday is an ongoing celebration! Tomorrow I'm off with Mel to Crafty Hijinks at Ballarat. Should be a fun day. Will tell you all about it next week.

Table Runner Swap!

My on-line stitching group has just had a Table Runner Swap. This is the table runner I made for Alison. Now that Alison has received it, I can show it to you. 

It's been sitting in the drawer waiting patiently for a few months (I was way ahead of schedule!).

Thanks to Maree for organising this fun swap.