27-Dec-2021 - What is growing in my garden today

 nectarines in the backyard

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Merry Christmas Everyone!

  Wishing everyone a very merry Christmas and a very happy, safe and covid-free 2022!

Handmade Item of the Day ; Handmade Doll - "Chrissie"

September 22, 2021 at 08:56PM

Chrissie was made with the idea for a little child to love, feel and cuddle and show the world how to care and make this world a better and happy place for everyone. 

Click on the image above to see more details of this handmade item.

via Instagram https://ift.tt/30iRu6n 
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Handmade of the Day : Handmade Doll - "Carrie"

September 10, 2021 at 06:27PM

Carrie was made with the idea for a little child to love, feel and cuddle and show the world how to care and make this world a better and happy place for everyone.

Click on the image above to see more details of this handmade doll and for any enquiries, please send me a message.

via Instagram https://ift.tt/2ZYTCfu 
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Mother's Day Gift Ideas : Make a Difference this Mother's Day

In less than two weeks we will be celebrating Mother's Day. Make it more special for your mums by making her wear a mother's day rosette button on her special day. A few selections of rosette buttons to choose from with and/or without streamers and a regular Mother's Day button. 
1) Rosette buttons with streamers on sale at $7.50 each - click on the image below or click here to check them out. Buttons are size 57mm (2-1/4").

2) Rosette buttons without streamers on sale at $6.95 each - click on the image below or click here to check them out. Buttons are size 57mm (2-1/4").

Proceeds from the sale of these rosette buttons for mum will help pay for the cost of distributing dresses to disadvantaged children. Help make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged children. For more details on my charity work, please click here.

Mother's Day Gift Ideas : Buttons for GrandMa

Size and value does not matter. It is the thought that counts. And here is something special for Grandma.  A regular pinback button size 57mm. Not too heavy but great to pin on her shirt. hat or bag.

Check them out. Click on the images above. Each button can also be purchased as a magnetic button, keychain or mirror-backed button.

Making A Difference : Share your blessing this Easter. Sponsor a Dress

A time to celebrate new life and new hope. Share your blessings this Easter. Sponsor a dress and make a less fortunate child happy. To sponsor all you have to do is click on any

Due to the pandemic, I placed on hold any dress distributions in 2020 but I hope to resume in 2021  towards the end of the year. Sponsor a dress early. Thank you.

Want to help make a difference this month of May?

 I’M STEPPING UP TO HELP SAVE KIDS’ LIVES

This May, I’m walking 6,000 steps a day to help Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) find cures for genetic diseases and childhood cancers.

Walking every single day isn’t going to be easy, but it’s nothing compared to the challenges facing children and families affected by these diseases.

I’m glad to be doing my bit to help step up the pace on much-needed research and I’m hoping you can do the same. Please help me reach my goal by making a donation today. All you have to do is click on the image below -

Thank you for helping make a difference.

Craft Book of the Day : Scrapbooking - The Complete Book of Creative Scrapbooking

 If you are into making memories using your creative papercrafting and scrapbooking skills then this book is for you. Turn treasured keepsakes into works of art using imaginative techniques and materials to create unique pages, greeting cards, altered books and framed layouts for display. It offers a treasure trove of inspirational ideas for scrapbookers who have already mastered the basic skills.

Use this guide to build on your expertise and create scrapbook layouts and formats limited only by your imagination. The step-by-step projects show how to emboss with enamels, create paint effects and work with materials such as fabric, metals and recycled compact discs.

Special projects include exciting formats such as mini albums, wearable scrapbooks, altered books and time capsules.

Comes with a bonus of 24 acid-free sheets of stencils, templates and embellishments inside. A great book also for those who wants to develop their scrapbooking skills. Click on any of the images above to check it out for more details.

Pre-Owned Book of the Day : The Complete Guide to Home Mosaics

 Still on pre-owned items but this time for those who are into Home Mosaics. A complete guide book with the ready-to-use templates still unused and included in the book. This book provides all the information you need to create stunning mosaics all around the home. It includes a comprehensive basic techniques section and features over twenty original projects complete with ready-to-use template.

Fully illustrated step-by-step instructions for all skill levels. Easy to follow techniques section about how to get started. Instructions on adapting designs to suit your needs.

Expert advice on materials and tools.

Check it out again for full details by clicking on any of the images above.

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Pre-Owned Book of the Day : Reader's Digest' 30-Minute Cookbook

 Pre-Owned. still looks very new. Used only once. 300 recipes for healthy and delicious meals. All recipes tested by experts and home cooks to ensure that they can be made in 30 minutes or less.

Hundreds of beautiful colour photographs. Clear, step-by-step instructions. Professional advice on time-saving cooking methods and equipment.

It has a shoppers guide to the best ingredients and Nutritional analysis with every recipe.

Only the best from Reader's Digest. Click on any of the images above to check it out.

Pre-Owned Book of the Day : Reader's Digest' Health & Healing The Natural Way

 Not a craft book or a craft magazine but a book that is good for everyone's health and well being. It is pre-owned and looks like new condition. Read only once and has been kept inside a book cabinet all these years.  Health and Healing. The Natural Way. Eating for good health.

More and more people today are choosing to take greater responsibility for their own health rather than relying on the doctor to step in with a cure when something goes wrong. We now recognise that we can influence our health by making an improvement in lifestyle - a better diet, more exercise and reduced stress. In eating for good health you will find out just how much your health and general well-being is determined by what you eat and how even a minor change in your diet can help to strengthen your resistance to may illnesses from the common cold to heart disease, cancer, hypertension and stroke.

this book highlights aspects of the diets of different countries that may be usefully incorporated into a healthy diet. And there are practical suggestions to help you make the changes in your diet and that of every family member that will enable you to reap the ultimate benefit - a long and healthy life.

Check it out by clicking on any of the images above.

Craft Book of the Day : Patchwork & Quilting - Applique Delights

100 irresistible blocks, applique blocks to mix and match. This book includes 8 quilt projects featuring mix -n-match blocks in applique or embroidery, 100 charming 5" block patterns to please every taste - flowers and fruit, birds and bugs, teapots and baskets or even a piece of cake all the magic numbers you need to enlarge blocks up to 20" on a copier. It also includes complete instructions for fusible web and had applique, embroidery, piecing and finishing.

Click on any of the images above to see more details of this book including the price.

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Craft Book of the Day : Patchwork & Quilting - Color-Splashed Quilts

 Book condition is new. Bright, lighthearted quilts that celebrates life's simple pleasures.

This book includes 7 beginner-friendly projects with complete instructions for cutting, piecing and applique, includes patterns for easy fused appliques and playful designs feature fruit, flowers, ice skates, elephants and more. This book also includes a chapter of quiltmaking tips on everything from piecing to binding

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Craft Book of the Day : Patchwork & Quilting - Sunbonnet Sue

Every month for this new year 2021, Soft Treasures will be featuring craft books for a specific craft and/or hobby to guide you on any project you may want to make and/or give you an idea on what project(s) to make to help create your own personal treasures. For the month of January and February, the featured craft will be on patchwork and quilting. 

If you are into quilting, check out this everyone's favourite - Sunbonnet Sue on projects celebrating the holidays in a variety of costumes and holiday activities. Each appliqued block created out of this book can be made as a single wall quilt or banner and changed with the seasons. General instructions are given for both hand and machine applique. Why not click on the image below to see more details of this book-

This book includes general instructions, materials to use, tips and techniques. Book quantities are very limited so click on the image above now to check it out. 

Quilt & Wallhanging of the Day : Quilted Fabric Organizer - "Happy" Tree

Make your day with this quilted "happy" fabric organizer with detachable 'happy' buttons to make it easy for the future owner of the wallhanging to replace it with something else (i.e. could be family pictures or other buttons).

Quilted Organizer measures 38cm x 48cm. Pocket measures 38cm x 11cm divided into 3 sub-pockets. 'Happy' buttons are sized about 25mm and the tree measures about 19cm x 21cm(widest and tallest points). Comes with bonus dowel for easy hanging. Click on the image below to see more details of this happy wallhanging.

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Handmade mini fabric calendars for 2021

Start the new year 2021 with any of these two calendars handmade especially for anyone to hang on the wall. Calendars are inserted on the mini pocket which makes this unique handmade calendar refillable for any new year. The wallhanging measures about 10cm x 16cms and the actual calendar is about 8.5cm x 5cm. The mini wallhanging is double-stitched on the edges and made of 100% quilting cotton fabric. Comes with a wooden dowel and/or ribbon for easy hanging. Click on any of the images below to check it out -

1) Dare to Dream -

2) Today's Hectic Schedule -

3) Rules of the House -

4) Good Friends -

5) Friendship -

Quantities are limited so check them out now.

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2021 Fabric Calendars

New Year, new calendar. 2021 fabric calendars with 2021 monthly calendar provided. Fabric calendars have unique and interesting cover image and comes with dowels or ribbons for easy hanging on the wall or in your work cubicle's wall.

Calendars come in different sizes. Click on the image above or click here to check them out. Quantities are very limited sometimes one of a kind as they are made by hand.

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