do you feel like a winner?? announcing giveaway winners!!

 Greetings all,

I enjoyed a new hair cut yesterday & i thought it looked cute.  As i was describing how i'd like my hair cut . . . i couldn't work out whose hair i was copying.  Then my husband looked at me & said i looked like a German preschooler.  I wasn't offended as i realised who i was copying - my Austrian sister-in-law - who we're spending Christmas with, so now i'm all single-white-female copying her.  Only she has a freshly broken arm, so i'll be her double in the kitchen!!  

 My husband said i just needed a pair of lederhosen!!  I thought my hair was a winner??

NOW to announce the winners of my latest giveaways . . . drum roll . . .

win an autographed copy of Andy Griffiths' The 13-Storey TreeHouse

Congratulations Yana from White Mouse Creations 

Lego Duplo Read & Build GIVEAWAY: WIN 1 of 3 TRIPLE sets!!

Congratulations Jacinta from Sew Model Mama 

Melissa from WoollyButtHill &

Mel from Coal Valley View.

Win 1 of 3 Harry Potter xBox 360 Kinect games

Congratulations Leslie/ Melbourne Girl from Life at Number 10,

Kylie from mealy & i &

Mel from Coal Valley View.

Mem Fox 'Good Night, Sleep Tight' autographed book giveaway

Congratulations Shar from Mum on the Run!!

Ladies, please email me (via my profile) your delivery address & the prizes will be sent out to you.  Lego & xBox game winners - please ensure your delivery address is not a Post Office Box, as your goodies will be delivered by courier from PR company One Green Bean.  You can choose a business address of course, for your privacy.  Thank you!!  All winners were chosen randomly . . . after confirmation they were indeed legitimate bloggers who follow my blog (sneaky entries - we do check you know!!)  Love Posie

lounge craft & what you can do in your jammies

Greetings all,
Well looks like another rainy weekend here in Canberra.  Naturally that means my husband must stand in the rain to watch rugby with mates late into the night.  So what does Posie do when she's snuggled up in new Peter Alexander pyjamas home alone on a Friday night??  Hand stitching, badge making & anything you can comfortably do from the lounge.  I didn't mind sewing my heart out late at night in the studio to meet orders in my 20s, but not anymore.  Built for comfort thanks!!  I'd like to promote the new 'Lounge Craft' movement. 
With a neat badge order for ChildPlay, i thought i'd make the badges on the lounge, with the machines balancing on my husband's giant hardback original 1960's Australia Woman's Weekly cookbook.  What more could you want, great tools, a decent movie, access to amazing fabrics, plus 4 happy children tucked away in bed - exhausted from their school swimming carnival & House Captain duties . . . i went pom pom & balloon mad & was an official time keeper, great job if you can get it, sooo much easier than being a time keeper at the athletics as they are trapped in the pool & stop at the end . . . my girls swam 12 races between them, doing it for the house points.  Very proud mama. 

my MUCH loved apple green coloured 25mm badge machine & resulting badges . . .

my practical-coloured bronze 35mm badge machine which does key rings & magnets too . . .

ah, for the love of wireless internet, King Furniture lounges, new jammies & waffle blankets!!

Rather than drive all over the ACT yesterday (we live in the north, school in the south, swimming carnival in the west & you have to be turning 8 in 2010 or older to compete) - our 6y.o. son had a treat, a day off school & went to see Alice in Wonderland with Daddy. He loved it, my husband wasn't so wrapped. There were a couple of moments at the end when the boy climbed onto Daddy's lap but certainly no more scary than a Harry Potter & certainly more colourful & exciting!! 

During the week, after my in-laws left, my husband & i went to see Valentine's Day, great movie, i enjoyed it much more than Love Actually.  Yes, i cried, doing a lot of that this week!!  Actually after the movie i burst into tears in the food court, i'm sure the people at the next table thought 'that guy is breaking up her in a public place so she won't freak out' rather than i'm just so incredibly sad my husband is about to go away again, after 7 weeks away already this year!!  Yes, it's the first week of March, what else is new to an Army wife?? 

Have yourselves cosy weekends if you're chilly or wet outside.  We'll be baking, shopping, farewelling & then you'll see a WHOLE lot more from the Posie lounge with lonely weekends for the next 6-7 months.  Love Posie