Gifted Gorgeousness_October 2018 Update

After not posting for GG since June!!!!! I finally have an assorted range of goodies to show you.

(Click on the pic above to find out what Gifted Gorgeousness is all about)

First up is this gorgeous Elephant Baby Sampler that I am stitching for my dear friend Marie's (of Sunday walks around Princes Park fame) DD1, who has just had her first baby.... a little boy, Sebastian David....

Isn't he a darling little baby?

Next, I have these wonderful gifts sent to by my dear stitchy friend, Mia from Craftartista.

Some lovely Anchor and DMC floss...

Two pairs of sweet earrings...

Some hot chocolate (which meant that the parcel was opened by Customs to check it out)...

Some wooden cross stitch pieces ...

I was also lucky enough to win a prize in the raffle at a Spring Carnival evening I went to a week or so ago ....

(There were actually two packets of chocolate biscuits plus a bag of chocolate-covered liquorice as well but I gave them to my dear friend Lisa's mother, Barbara, who loves chocolate - the Spring Carnival evening was held at her Nursing Home - it was a wild night, started at 5.30pm and I was home by 7.30pm - lol!)

 "Speaking" of Barbara, I was helping Lisa clean out her mother's house (it has been sold to enable her to move into the nursing home) and I managed to score Barbara's buttons. This ice cream container was full of buttons but I managed to fit them nicely into this Twinings tea tin.

There were a couple of extra small containers of buttons, too....

....so they went into this tin.

This is my entire button collection now.....

My favourite tin is the one on the right, which show Collins St, Melbourne c1960s, I think by the design of the cars.

Well, that is all from me for now, 

you can check out the other GGers by clicking on the pic below.

hugs, 

                          

GRAND DESIGNS EAGLEMONT: THE TWO HOUSE PROJECT_BACK HOUSE_Mid- OCTOBER UPDATE

Things are starting to move apace now with our Back House builid - only about two months to it is, hopefully, finished. So, I decided it was time to give you all another update.

Now, just for those who are wondering what on earth I am talking about with my Grand Designs, here is some background:

As I have mentioned to you all previously, TraderVic are embarking upon a major building project - we are building two brand new homes on our very large block here in Eaglemont.  This will eventually necessitate pulling down our family home and replacing it with a brand new "dream" home for TraderVic and I.  This will be the Front House.  As our block is so large, we are also building another home in the back yard whilst still living in the original house.  This is called the Back House and is being built first.  I am hoping to document this grand adventure every week fairly regularly. I hope that you enjoy sharing this journey with me.

So, here are the latest pics in some sort of chronological order from early September to now.

Warning: lots and lots of pics!  I will put the kettle on and some homemade scones out for you as you scroll through - I hope that you enjoy them!

Laundry

En Suite

Main Bathroom

Upstairs

3rd Bedroom

 Upstairs again

4th Bedroom

Upstairs again - the kitchen area

Looking up the stairs...

Dining area

The 4th bedroom on the left, laundry on the right.

2nd bedroom

Upstairs, TV room.

Upstairs, lounge room.

4th bedroom again (and more doors - they seem to appear everywhere and shift around and there are at least two more than we have doorways for, go figure!)

Laundry again.

Upstairs powder room (I think)...

Ensuite 

Main bathroom

The Kitchen cabinetry arrives!

Powder room

Main bathroom

More kitchen cupboards

Is there a bath in that big box?

The Kitchen cupboards go in (this is one side of the kitchen)

Inside the large pantry (much larger than my current one).

The Fridge space...

Pantry again - how cool is it that I will have this great view to look at every time I go to the pantry?

The wine cupboard

The mirrored bathroom cabinet doors

The cabinetry for the TV room (this will divide it from the kitchen) - it looks nothing special here but what until you see the last photo of this post.

One of two built-in robes (Bedrooms 3 and 4)

Cabinetry for the walk-in robe in the Master bedroom

The other side of the kitchen

The walk-in robe being installed

Sad story about the tiling in the bathroom - apparently the tiles that Johnson supplied were faulty (they weren't all the same size) but the silly tiler just laid them all anyway - family bathroom, ensuite and two powder rooms - and now they all have to come out and be retiled with new tiles!

TraderVic checking things out....

... and lastly, the TV room cabinetry all finished - the timber looks stunning!

If you want to read previous posts (track the building progress in pics) on Grand Designs Eaglemont: The Two House Project, please click on the link/s below:

 BACK HOUSE_WEEK ONE....

Back House_Week Two ....

Back House_Week Three....

Back House_Week Four

Back House_Weeks Five and Six

Back House_May update

Back House - mid-June update

Back House - early September update

hugs, 

P.S. You can check out my Friday Frolics stitching on Frosty Hopes over on Kitten Stitching and the Friday Frolics.