tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81617744801401981642024-03-13T19:25:14.006+11:00posie blogsthe tales, loves, lives, animals, travels, colours, mishaps & family adventures from the girl behind successful australian handmade labels . . . Posie Patchwork . Edna&AliceMay . sTaRt Of FaShiOn . METRIC . Peggy-Jean & many designer collaborations . . . since 1999posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.comBlogger717125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-22056509950638886032013-11-09T12:41:00.001+11:002013-11-09T13:04:57.557+11:00come along & join me at the Canberra Creatives Mini Market
Greetings all,
What a brilliant way for me to share & sell off the remainder of my fabric store supplies . . .
at a mini market & craft de-stash!!
Imagine a dozen of Canberra's best crafters, selling off their fabrics & craft supplies . . . spread over eight huge tables of craft glory, in a cute little convenient venue. Bring your children, there will be a craftposie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-65816790219463987872013-10-13T14:39:00.002+11:002013-10-14T10:33:42.667+11:00the massive, exciting & wonderful next chapter in our life & lifestyle . . .
Greetings all,
Super
exciting news . . . we bought a farm!! It's been a 20 year dream with
my husband & only possible since he returned from his fifth
deployment. We have lived all over Australia, deciding to settle in
Canberra, a military & public service national capital city,
surrounded by farmland.
Our must-have list was . . . 45 minutes from the
CBD, cleared posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-404290205402509322013-10-09T08:45:00.000+11:002013-10-11T09:26:15.158+11:00restocking baskets & attending the Brindabella Market tomorrow
Greetings all,
I'm presenting a stall tomorrow, it's been a while, putting my little market hat back on . . .
Brindabella Business Park Town Square (Yass Road, next to Canberra Airport)
11a.m. to 2p.m.
Thursday 10th October
Love
old school ice block makers & cool stuff like this?? Heavily
discounted?? Listen up!!
After deciding to close my handmade posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-17014012221058115862013-07-30T07:30:00.000+10:002013-09-18T12:01:56.939+10:00Tania McCartney's Riley & the Jumpy Kangaroo - a Journey Around Canberra INSTAGRAM book GIVEAWAY
Greetings all,
Welcome to the first ever Tania McCartney Instagram book GIVEAWAY!!
The much anticipated & exciting release of a new Riley journey with Ford Street Publishing is another fantastic adventure with my local gal pal author Tania's creative mind & Kieron Pratt's delightful illustrations.
POSIE REVIEW: Riley the Aviator takes his famous red bi-plane &posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-25933946213275338842013-05-19T21:11:00.002+10:002013-05-20T17:39:31.815+10:00social commentary Sunday . . . 'knowing when to take a break from blogging'
Greetings all,
My blogging journey has come to a stop-start-halt lately, i've just lost the passion, enjoyment & time for it. While i started my blog 6 years ago & blogged regularly during 2010 to 2012 while my husband lived interstate, sharing 'our life' with him . . . i'm finding less & less time to post about craft, lifestyle, animals, baking, children, my husband &posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-55396560698534977852013-04-12T19:34:00.001+10:002013-04-12T19:34:13.005+10:00attracting beautiful people into your life
Greetings all,
You might have noticed i have reduced the frequency of my blog posts. It's for many reasons, best of all - i was heavily involved in blogging over the past 3 years as my husband was living interstate & overseas - now he's home . . . i'm spending that 'blogging time' being a real wife. Plus life is busier than ever with teenagers, baby animals & planning posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-15244829195941611322013-03-28T10:22:00.000+11:002013-03-28T10:23:40.943+11:00happy Easter
Greetings all,
Happy Easter from the Posie family, puppy, bunnies & chickens!!
Instead of chocolate & rubbish, i bought my children new jammies from Peter Alexander . . .
gave friends & my favourite local businesses, the gift of freshly laid 'Easter eggs' from our mixed breeds of hens, including the Araucana 'Easter' chicken who lays blue eggs. We're on the look out posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-40025993099389871782013-03-22T12:14:00.003+11:002013-03-22T12:18:09.519+11:00WIN 1 of 3 LEGO Hero Factory & Brainify app sets
Greetings all,
What perfect rainy afternoon fun . . . new release LEGO!! From the scary-but-interesting Hero Factory range, meet PYROX & FURNO XL. They are glow-in-the-dark cool with flaming weapons, armour,, visors, swords & a cape = super hero awesomeness. My son put them all together & was having a ball using his imagination playing in the gloomyposie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-61098842182969224942013-03-14T10:35:00.001+11:002013-03-14T10:35:26.463+11:00celebrating our first month with bunnies
Greetings all,
Well, on Valentine's Day we went to pick up some chicks from a farmer who was selling up & moving to the city. On the way to collect them, i received an SMS saying "we have Flemish Giant bunnies if you'd like some??" My eldest daughter was with me (fresh from Xrays confirming her wrist had healed completely & she could resume sports) & i'll just refer to posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-49440842511290264212013-03-09T13:27:00.002+11:002013-03-09T13:27:16.114+11:00the week that got away . . .
Greetings all,
Phew, the week totally got away from me. Last weekend we went to a family wedding in Sydney, which was an amazing experience - i'd never been to a Macedonian wedding before. It was so vibrant, full of love & energy, really fun with lots of dancing & fantastic food. We only had to purchase one new outfit - a dress for our eldest daughter, who would posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-62798500498226296192013-02-26T13:39:00.000+11:002013-02-26T13:39:47.397+11:00all the fun of the fair
Greetings all,
Do you go to your local town's show/ fair/ carnival?? This is our sixth year here in Canberra & the first time we've been to 'the show'. I'm not anti show, i just prefer smaller country shows, they're a little more hands on. We never did the Darwin Show (while we lived there, twice); Brisbane Ekka (while visiting my husband, living in Qld for the posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-15965848661867549062013-02-22T07:02:00.001+11:002013-02-26T15:16:36.254+11:00win one of SIX LEGO Friends prize packs GIVEAWAY
Greetings all,
How much fun are latest offerings from the LEGO Friends range??!! My four children really enjoy this series - fun girls with friendships, hobbies & personality - including my son, this LEGO is not just for girls!! They have adventures & ambition which young ladies can relate to. Meet the girls . . .
Emma’s Karate Class (RRP $15.99) posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-80958309934640055352013-02-19T12:38:00.001+11:002013-02-19T12:38:15.330+11:00"if this is love, then love is easy, it's the easiest thing to do"
Greetings all,
In light of Valentine's Day last week, i'm doing a love post. I truly believe McFly's lyrics in their Love is Easy song . . . "if this is love, then love is easy, it's the easiest thing to do" . . . love should be easy, joyful & natural. My husband & i often come home from a night out/ trip away (without the other) & say "thank goodness we're posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-75059446536040288032013-02-11T10:02:00.000+11:002013-02-12T10:03:47.718+11:00eleven opinions on the eleventh
Greetings all,
I've been busy getting children back to school & organising my studio - every ribbon, pin & thread sorted - so quiet on the blog front. Inspired though . . . found a fantastic old lamp shade to restyle like these ones at Koskela in Sydney. Even discovered a cool twenty something hipster cousin of my husband's works there = excellent excuse to go back!!
Now posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-11455606397810589582013-02-08T06:41:00.002+11:002013-02-08T06:41:42.006+11:00my Marimekko week & the school year resumes
Greetings all,
Last Friday i finally made it into the Marimekko store in Sydney, wow, what an experience & boy did i wish it wasn't raining so so hard, as i was head down running, not able to soak up the experience - just the raindrops!! I mean, look at these racks of print & colour, pattern & fun. I've been collecting Marimekko fabrics for over a decade, they are posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-47437453195613602972013-02-04T10:29:00.001+11:002013-02-07T19:18:29.621+11:00debunking instagram . . . with Stephanie_Somebody
Greetings all,
I was lucky enough to attend the Instagram Debunked by Stephanie_Somebody class at The School on Saturday. Well i say "lucky". . . i'm pretty sure my enthusiastic registration moments after the class was announced had me guaranteed a spot. Along with many errands, an unexpected dinner with a new friend & a business meeting i tied into a whirlwind 26 hours in posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-28001726431993525122013-01-29T13:39:00.000+11:002013-01-29T13:39:29.643+11:00do you like shacks?? i took photos of stacks!!
Greetings all,
I have loved shacks, sheds, barns, machinery-lean-tos & rambling old broken down cottages, forever. I recently took a string of photos of such visual delights up & down the Pacific Highway between Sydney & Brisbane. I wasn't sure if they would be well received & posted them on Instagram . . . it appears many of you like #stacksofshacks too!!
&posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-43525692998489011682013-01-26T17:23:00.000+11:002013-01-26T17:23:34.405+11:00happy Australia day!!
Greetings all,
Happy Australia Day!!
We're celebrating with banana smoothies, lamingtons & Australia-shaped watermelons - a surprisingly good taste combination.
Looking through snaps on my phone - i found this quintessential Australian landscape shot, across Lake George, on the curve of the home stretch into Canberra. To me, a Sydney girl, this is now very much my posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-11621335160473362492013-01-24T13:19:00.000+11:002013-01-24T13:24:06.100+11:00i make stuff, i'm a mum - should i start my own business??
Greetings all,
"I love what you do, i make stuff too, should i start my own small business??"
This is something i have heard countless times, especially when i was in the height of my design business 2-5 years ago. While i am positive & encouraging, you have to seriously think about why you want to - the driving forces, positive & negative. If you posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-8244666615888199512013-01-22T10:31:00.001+11:002013-01-22T10:31:30.371+11:00why is breastfeeding even a 'debate'??
Greetings all,
So why exactly is breastfeeding even a debate??
Straight up, i agree that if you are breastfeeding in public, you should be discreet. However, breastfeeding is not a debate, it's natural & wonderful. End of story!! I can't recall EVER seeing a mum breastfeed in public, where i've seen 'nipple' or more than the top of her breast, above the posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-60746390970654647602013-01-18T17:41:00.002+11:002013-01-18T17:41:50.508+11:00choosing chicken breeds for your needs
Greetings all,
I am constantly asked about keeping chickens - how, why, which, what, when & who. It's quite flattering as while i'm a huge cheerleader for the backyard chicken, we haven't even had them for a year yet. I do my research & a lot of love, goes a long way to keeping animals alive, happy, fed & flourishing. Toss in 4 eager pairs of hands to help, posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-66267795624257085092013-01-16T11:34:00.002+11:002013-01-16T11:34:23.883+11:00an iced tea Summer adventure
Greetings all,
I'm new to tea drinking. I loathed the smell of my mummy's can't-get-out-of-bed-without-English-Breakfast morning cup of tea, so when i decided to start drinking tea last Summer, aged 36, i wanted it to be fresh, tastey, organic, caffeine free & without milk. So i went into T2 for ideas, bought a couple of their iced tea jugs & started experimenting. I posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-67128077859498175922013-01-12T21:42:00.000+11:002013-01-13T10:18:53.028+11:00eleven opinions on the eleventh
Greetings all,
What a full-steam-ahead new year we've experienced. On New Year's Day we drove from Brisbane to Canberra & since then . . . we've checked out more local farms for sale, started training for a triathlon (the 14 year old girls programme, don't laugh at me) & i've turned the house insideout during my biannual psycho clean. Invigorating!! I'm also powering posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-29852636546644905052013-01-08T22:21:00.000+11:002013-01-08T22:22:40.854+11:00Summer is bush fire season in Australia
Greetings all,
Skies over northern Canberra tonight, smokey from grass fires & we've heard sirens all day. I know many of our wonderful (& handsome) firemen are off into NSW fighting fires as they are at the mercy of catastrophic conditions - where things here are under control.
It's still pretty steamy here tonight, i think i'll flick the air conditioning on low to sleep posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-5934333042047194952013-01-06T18:56:00.001+11:002013-01-06T19:00:00.116+11:00social commentary Sunday . . . 'hopes & dreams for 2013??'
Greetings all,
Well hello 2013 & happy new year!! I didn't meant to leave a 2 week gap between posts, we're just back from a wonderful Canberra-Sydney-Brisbane 3000km beach holiday, which was too dreamy & busy to blog!!
I have a mix of plans for this year . . . some personal, private & pure; others public - to play out on social media. I want to get back into posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.com8