tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30135554970733331922024-03-13T17:28:28.719+00:00Rubie MagpieCreate, Make, Craft and Bake or Idle Chit Chat with a Sprinkling of Sparkle and Shine...Rubie Magpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654309750098188053noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013555497073333192.post-38128258866870136082013-07-09T20:24:00.003+01:002013-07-09T20:24:53.602+01:00Follow your dreams...<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day 9 || Dream </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thought I might have had a dream to doodle.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I certainly did a lot of thinking and doing before bed last night!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alas, must have slept soundly!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't remember a thing!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Busy day yesterday! </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Didn't get chance to post this!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Took FULL advantage of the glorious weather!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I heart sunshine!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And... watching Murray win!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Just want to say a special thank you to Tammy over at </span><a href="http://tammychrzan.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">My Journey</span></a><span style="color: #666666;">, your comments made my day!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you so much for your very kind words!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">XX</span>Rubie Magpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654309750098188053noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013555497073333192.post-12429997783796951622013-07-06T22:24:00.000+01:002013-07-07T22:24:32.491+01:00I heart pattern!<br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Played at doodling pattern most of yesterday!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What could be more appropriate than to create a pattern with this symbol!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Found doodling roses very therapeutic!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Haha! Enjoyed this one yesterday!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, feel really honoured!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Mandala was chosen by</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://anneliescastricum.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Annelies</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">as one of her favourite four of the day.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">xx</span>Rubie Magpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654309750098188053noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013555497073333192.post-10658878993061717592013-07-03T15:18:00.000+01:002013-07-05T08:16:19.324+01:00HELLO JULY!!<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
Oh my! We have hit July<br />
The seventh month of this year!</div>
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">July 2013!! </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Where is it going?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Many thanks to <span style="color: #cc0000;">RM</span> from <a href="http://myrainbowvintagehome.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #45818e;" target="_blank">RVH</a> (<i>hee! hee!, we like are abrievations</i>!) and <span style="color: #cc0000;">Hazel</span> from <a href="http://www.hazelscrochet.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">Hazel's Crochet</span></a><span style="color: #45818e;"> , </span>your comments on my last post made my day.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Totally putting me at ease.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was sooo grateful to receive them, I can't tell you! </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I would also like to welcome on board my brand new followers, hope you enjoy your stay and I promise I will have bits and bobs for you to read shortly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thought I would start by working in reverse really.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What am I up to right now?? </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For my challenge this month...</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have decided to get my doodle head on and take part in <a href="http://anneliescastricum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/1-july-kick-off-doodle-day.html" style="color: #e69138;" target="_blank">A Doodle A Day!</a> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hosted by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Annelies</span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> over at her beautiful blog <a href="http://anneliescastricum.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Studio Ann</a> <span style="color: #666666;">(simply an inspiring place to visit)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">It is a Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest challenge</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">You could still play along though if you don't fancy following on one of these.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">I'm Instagraming!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">What else eh?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">I'm still head over heels with it</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Here is what I have to dooooo....dle!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I learnt something new yesterday!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This doodlehead had no idea what a Mandala was.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks to Wikipedia I now understand.</span><br />
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<b>Mandala</b> (<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit_language" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">मण्डल</span> <i>Maṇḍala</i>, 'circle') is a spiritual and ritual <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol" title="Symbol">symbol</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>, representing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe" title="Universe">Universe</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-M-W_1-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala#cite_note-M-W-1">[1]</a></sup> The basic form of most mandalas is a square with four gates containing a circle with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindu_%28symbol%29" title="Bindu (symbol)">center point</a>. Each gate is in the general shape of a T.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> Mandalas often exhibit radial <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principles_of_art#Balance" title="Principles of art">balance</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SaylorIntroPDF_4-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala#cite_note-SaylorIntroPDF-4">[4]</a></sup></div>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The term is of Hindu origin. It appears in the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rig_Veda" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;" title="Rig Veda">Rig Veda</a><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> as the name of the sections of the work, but is also used in other </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_religions" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;" title="Indian religions">Indian religions</a><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">, particularly Buddhism</span><br />
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<br />Rubie Magpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654309750098188053noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013555497073333192.post-87639033147083278682013-06-29T10:00:00.002+01:002013-06-29T10:08:32.228+01:00I'm still here...<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm still here.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still wanting to blog!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lifes adventures have just carried me away from Rubie Magpie.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am in the process of gathering evidence of my adventures </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(<em><span style="color: #999999;">trying to ease my guilt as I've been away far too long</span></em>)</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So please bear with me!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial;">Hope everyone is ok out there in Blogland??</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial;">Much Love</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;">xx</span>Rubie Magpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654309750098188053noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013555497073333192.post-72512385926503442772013-03-27T00:50:00.002+00:002013-03-27T07:08:35.105+00:00Checking In...<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Boy! Oh Boy! Oh Boy!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have given myself a talking to!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What a bad blogger I have been! </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The thing is I have fallen in </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">L</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">O</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">V</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">E</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's a good job I have really.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have been up to all sorts over this past month.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With the help of my new found love, I hope I can fill in some of my blanks as to my where-a-bouts.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My little brother, </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Little? </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Who am I trying to kid.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He towers above me.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My little brother, seven years younger than me,</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and my only sibling, is getting married in 4 weeks time.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Had the great honour of being asked if I'd like to make their wedding stationery!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Like Derrrr! It would be my pleasure!!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Love Weddings!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All complete and ready to send!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Will be starting on their place cards and table plan at some point this week!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Very excited!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Not only has my brother and his wife to be asked Mini Magpie to be one of their flower girls! </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yay! </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">They are getting married up in the Lake District!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Wit-woo!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sooo, we have booked an extra long weekend away!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hope this weather brightens for them????</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Anyway onto what seems to have been a month of partying!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Just, <b><u>not</u> </b>for me!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mini Magpie's has been a very social butterfly.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There has been a new slice of birthday cake gracing our plates every weekend so far!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Party bags galore!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our first of the month was a visit to The </span><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pinkpigfarm.co.uk/" target="_blank">PINK</a></span><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">PIG!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's local to where we live here the UK.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Making visiting a regular pleasure and is a superb place to for all ages to enjoy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There is plenty to see and do.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From looking at all the farm animals, tractor rides to the adventure play ground.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Highlight though after all my outdoor activities - my <strike>guilt free</strike> enjoyment of freshly baked quiche and scones for my lunch.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Next came Mothering Sunday</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">March 10th over here.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was truly spoilt by my husband and our lil' lady!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even wanted to do the washing up!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mid way through March Rubie Magpie reached a milestone.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have 50 'Fabulous' followers.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fancy that!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Little old me!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thank you so much to everyone who tunes in.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know posts have been a little sparse of late. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Had to show you this one quickly!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Never turn your back when a mini magpie is about!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The left overs from my brother's stationery made my carpet sparkle like never before.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Never again I hope!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Poor little lamb, she can't help being addicted to pretties just like her moma.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I thought by now Spring would be upon us!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Seems I have been misled some what!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Apparently Spring was owed time off in lieu.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well doesn't help when you have a tiny human asking if it's Christmas everyday because it's snowed again when we open the curtains, now does it!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All that aside, it has left me finding some interesting frozen cat prints.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pleased to say I didn't find a cat attached to them a bit further down the path!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My last pic I thought I'd show you is what I arrived home to today!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Started yesterday with the demolition of two internal walls.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I think my 'Kitkats' thought they would pay the builder back for disturbing their cat nap by making their own mark!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Also, the gorgeously lovely Karen over at </span><a href="http://twocupboardsinakitchen.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Two Cupboards in a Kitchen</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">is have herself a ***</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">GIVEAWAY</span><span style="color: #666666;">*** </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">You won't be disappointed as her corner of blogland is a treasure trove of loveliness!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well before I go, just wanted to let you know if you fancy taking a peek at some more fun and frivolities that I have been up to of late, just click on my 'Instagram Love' button and it will transport you into a bit more of my crazy world.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Today is a rarity!</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I HAVE A DAY OFF - eek!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Today, I have time to myself with out the tiny human running around, Mr Magpie or wedding stationery work to </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">complete.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And...</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have been dying to share this little beauty (above) with you since she flew into to my life on Valentine's Day but every time I have sat down and fired Elsie Mac up, my plans to post have been scuppered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #999999;">So, </span><a href="http://adventuresofacraftymum.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Rhiannon</span></a><span style="color: #999999;"> I totally apologise for the delay in showing off your talents!!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #999999;">I have to say I was so chuffed with your gifts and over the moon with my Rubie Magpie, you wouldn't believe. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #999999;">At present she comes everywhere with me.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #999999;">Can't decide where to put her and leaving her hanging around could prove dangerous as Mini Magpie already has her beady eyes on her.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">For those of you lovely peeps just tuning in {Welcome!} I must fill you in on how and why my magnificent magpie came to land in my neck of the woods.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">She arrived with along with a whole load of other goodies as part of a swap I took part in.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What a lot of heart shaped goodies that made their way into our homes all because of you!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Actually, what a lot of heart shape lovely-ness full stop.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Never seen so much!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And, when it came to the handmade item you had to make and send your partner, what a lot of thought everyone put in.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fab job everyone and...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What a fantastic job you did hun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">Lots of lovely people {</span><a href="http://rubiemagpie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/belated-wishes-for-rubie-magpie.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">full list of swap partners here</span></a><span style="color: #999999;">} took part.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">I was paired up with</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Rhiannon</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #999999;">over @</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://adventuresofacraftymum.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">Me, Myself & I</span></a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After <strike>stalking</strike>, sorry,(cough) chatting to Rhiannon and bombarding her with a million questions, we exchanged our gifts via snail mail.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What a lucky Magpie was I? </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thank you so much Rhiannon!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They went down very well, keeping her entertained as I opened my </span>pressies.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">If you haven't popped by </span><a href="http://adventuresofacraftymum.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #cc0000;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Me, Myself & I </span></a><span style="color: #999999;">, make it your next stop!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It turns out that we both have little princesses that are very similar ages so I thought one rainy day, it might help to entertain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">Before I go off to make a brew, I just wanted to welcome </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Deborah</span><span style="color: #999999;"> over @ </span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://beehappyhome.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Bee Happy</span></a>. </span><span style="color: #999999;">Lots of absolutely gorgeous ideas for your home can be found here. Well worth a read!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">And the very talented ( although she claims to only be in training! ) artist </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Pam Dearmond</span><span style="color: #999999;"> over @</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> <a href="http://pamdearmond.art/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Pamdearmond art</span></a> </span><span style="color: #999999;">and as well to</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Katarina K </span><span style="color: #999999;">@</span> <a href="http://katarina-kljajic.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #cc0000;" target="_blank">My Kite Song</a><span style="color: #999999;">, thank you for introducing me to your creative space, I love </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">fairy tales and never want to grow up so I feel at home here. Lastly, but by know means least, hello to </span><a href="http://kippymarrie.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kippy</span></a><span style="color: #999999;"> all the way over in Brazil.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">Welcome to Rubie Magpie, please enjoy your stay!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">I would also like to send my apologies to </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Hilary</span><span style="color: #999999;"> over @ </span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://lemonloves.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">lemon loves</span></a>,</span> </span><span style="color: #999999;">I had forgotten my password to the mail account where you sent me a very lovely message, thank you by the way! Once resolved, well, remembered {after many times of racking the creative cotton wool between my ears}, I found a lovely surprise waiting for me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999;">I had been nominated by Hilary for a Liebster Award - an award of appreciation given by bloggers to bloggers - you can find out more</span><span style="background-color: white;"> <a href="http://lemonloves.co.uk/appreciation/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">here</span></a><span style="color: #999999;"> on her delicious and inspiring blog. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Happy Valentine's to you all!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Is </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">LOVE</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> in the air today?</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Is</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> LOVE</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"> all around? (</span><i><span style="color: #999999;">thanks Marti Pellow! Shall be watching Notting Hill later!</span></i><span style="color: #666666;">)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What is the meaning of </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">LOVE</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> to you?</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For me, it's a great big hug!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">LOVE</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> them!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope cupid works his magic today!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">xx</span>Rubie Magpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654309750098188053noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013555497073333192.post-7902569515797998382013-02-05T22:54:00.003+00:002013-02-25T17:16:26.375+00:00Totally Random...<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> ...and needed to share.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh my word!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Deee-lichhh-eee-ous!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Very more-ish!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tooooo more-ish!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Who would have thought it??</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Seaweed flavoured Pringles!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They are now my favourite snack in this whole wide universe.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They arrived here, to tickle my taste buds all the way from Thailand.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And tickle they did!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">It's probably a darn good job they can not be found in Asda* (*</span><i><span style="color: #999999;">other supermarkets are available</span></i><span style="color: #666666;">) as I think I would have shares in them.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Although, as they look like they do on the tin...</span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(</span><i style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yes, it's true, they really are 'green' coloured Pringles</i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">)...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">If I did keep eating them I would probably turn the same colour.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">That's what my moma used to say...</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i>"If you carry on eating all those, you start to look like one</i>"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">She also used to say if I had a frown on my face...</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i>"If the wind changes, you'll stay like that"</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Please to say that it hasn't!!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">But I imagine if I continued to eat this lots and lots of this delectable delight, I might turn out like greedy little </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNm1kfxlNJQ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Violet</span></a></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNm1kfxlNJQ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNm1kfxlNJQ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>B</b>eauregarde</span></a><span style="color: #666666;"> did in Willy Wonka and Chocolate Factory (1971 version, the best, my all time favourite movie) when she turns blue!!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">We'd make a right pair!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">I'm sure they say 'Blue and Green should never be seen' though.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Maybe there is a lot of 'E' numbers in this snack.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A final note about my new found foody love, if all else fails, I can call our local chinese takeaway and order crispy seaweed in a little foil carton.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Not much difference there then.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'd just preferred the idea of Seaweed crisps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">On another foody treat note...</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Out and a about last week, I found giant sizes bis-quits!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fancy that?!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oooo with a brew, yes please!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">P.s </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am still on with my</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> '<a href="http://all4meggymoo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/i-love-hearts-swap.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">I love hearts</span></a>' </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">swap package and will be giving it to Mr Posty this weekend. Will post pics after my swap partner, </span><a href="http://adventuresofacraftymum.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #76a5af;">Rhiannon</span></a><span style="color: #999999;"> over at Me, Myself and I has received it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">And welcome to Rubie Magpie Claire from over @ </span><a href="http://madmaison.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #76a5af;">Mad Maison</span></a><span style="color: #45818e;">. </span><span style="color: #999999;">Pop over and say hi to Claire, I'm really enjoying catching up with her shenanigans and I've fallen for Wolfie xx</span></span>Rubie Magpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654309750098188053noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013555497073333192.post-46946385891075998382013-01-30T23:21:00.005+00:002013-02-25T17:16:36.464+00:00****Little Dotty Bird is having a 'GIVEAWAY' ****<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The lovely Lisa (a.k.a</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> <a href="http://littledottybird.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/a-giveawayfor-you.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Little Dotty Bird</span></a></span><span style="color: #666666;">) is having herself a dotty little giveaway!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #666666;">Spreading a little love around blogland with her handmade dinky dotty heart brooches.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And alls you have to do is simply... become a follower!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How good is that?</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lisa popped over to Rubie Magpie and introduced herself a week or so back.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Me being me, nosey!! (<i>cough) </i></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I popped over to Little Dotty Bird to take a peek at the author who left such a lovely comment.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So glad I did!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was not disappointed!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not only is Lisa a super duper crafter, especially with her sewing machine</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> but her voice behind her</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> adventures has very much kept me entertained over the past week as I have caught up with her shenanigans. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can't wait for her next instalment!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pop over!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a read for yourself!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Say Hi!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You never know, you could bag yourself a treat in the process!!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">P.S</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> I would just like to say a BIG thank you to everyone who wished Rubie Magpie a Happy '1st year of blogging' Birthday. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Very kind of you! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">What an 'Eeeee-jit' I am for forgetting about it!!</span><br />
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And...welcome aboard to </span><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Rhiannon</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> @ </span><a href="http://adventuresofacraftymum.blogspot.co.uk/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Me, Myself and I</span></a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> (Rhiannon is my swap partner in the 'I Love Hearts' swap over at </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://all4meggymoo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/i-love-hearts-swap.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">All4meggymoo</span></a>, </span><span style="color: #666666;">and super duper crocheter)</span><span style="color: #45818e;">.</span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://womaninreallife.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #cc0000;" target="_blank">JoKnows</a><span style="color: #666666;">, her blog is full of delectable delights</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">and to</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Karen </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">over @</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://twocupboardsinakitchen.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Two Cupboards in a Kitchen</span></a>. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Find out just why Karen has an obsession with shelves!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> <i><span style="color: #999999;">(love your idea behind your blog Karen!! genius! your shelves filled with gorgeous goodies will keep this magpie hooked with intrigue to what you will be displaying next!!)</span></i><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Enjoy your stay here at Rubie Magpie, so pleased to meet you and happy you popped by x</span></span>Rubie Magpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654309750098188053noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013555497073333192.post-1294674192497758912013-01-21T23:17:00.002+00:002013-02-25T17:16:57.320+00:00Belated Wishes for Rubie Magpie<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I missed my blog birthday!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This time last year I was a mere twinkle in Blogland's eye.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy 1st Birthday </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rubie</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Magpie</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Never</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> did I think I'd see a year pass as quickly as 2012 did.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I blinked and missed it!</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nor</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> did I for a second, think that peeps would be interested in the what I had to say. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here, there and around the world.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just thought it would be these four walls, a large mug of tea and Elsie Mac (my faithful computer)</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over whelmed!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's what I am!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have had such fun along the way. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This new journey </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has been a great way to document my makes and finds and meet like minded crafts people along the way!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a delight!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd also like to take this opportunity thank each and every one of you who take the time to read my babble and to comment, I love hearing from you so 'THANK YOU'</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You make my day!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here's to the next year of creative adventures.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2013!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What's on the horizon??</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Well, what better way to start this year than a </span><a href="http://all4meggymoo.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/let-swapping-commence.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">swap</span></a><span style="color: #666666;">. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm very excited!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lots of peeps have entered!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a list of all the entrants and links to their blogs pages.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take a peek!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am currently being introduced to some very talented crafters.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><a href="http://septemberviolets.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">September Violets</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">-</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><a href="http://www.yarnigras.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Yarnigras</span></a></i></span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rlGE7L4mc2M/UP2_iDC1QoI/AAAAAAAAAzk/Mk2XUVpwlSE/s1600/I+love+heart+swap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rlGE7L4mc2M/UP2_iDC1QoI/AAAAAAAAAzk/Mk2XUVpwlSE/s1600/I+love+heart+swap.jpg" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><a href="http://grannytaughtmetocrochet.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Granny Taught me to Crochet</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><span style="color: #e69138;">- </span><a href="http://blog.suepops.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Crafts@home</span></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><a href="http://all4meggymoo.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">All4meggymoo</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">- </span><a href="http://spark1eaccessories.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Sparkle Accessories</span></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><span style="color: #45818e;">Snatasha3</span> <span style="color: #45818e;">-</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><a href="http://lissylouandthe2littleboys.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Lissylou</span></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://jillecymraeg.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Jillie</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">-</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><a href="http://tangledsweetpea.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Tangled Sweetpea</span></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lulu-Locket-Photography/287663461263604" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Lulu</span></a> - <a href="http://moonstruckcreations.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Moonstruck Creations</span></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><a href="http://prettylittlejewels.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Jewel</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span></a><span style="color: #a64d79;">-</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><a href="http://littlecraftingbird.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Wendy</span></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><a href="http://mymummymade.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">my mummy made</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">- <a href="http://www.feltbyrae.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">felt by rae</span></a></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><a href="http://feltabulous.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Ellie Foster</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><span style="color: #e69138;">-</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><a href="http://stinsplace.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Stins</span></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><a href="http://madaboutbagsuk.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Mad about bags</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">-</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><a href="https://plus.google.com/102519091674361656808/posts" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Lisa Williams</span></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><a href="http://tsdailytreasures.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Tammy</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><span style="color: #45818e;">-</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><a href="http://anaussiefelter.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #45818e;">An Aussie Felter</span></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><a href="http://faithymay.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Faith</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">-</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><a href="http://abigsmile4.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">A smile a day</span></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><a href="http://rubiemagpie.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Rubie Magpie</span></a> - <a href="http://adventuresofacraftymum.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;">Me Myself and I</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><a href="http://hazeyfantazey.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Hazel (cupcakery)</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">-</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><a href="http://all4meggymoo.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a64d79;">All4meggymoo</span></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><a href="https://plus.google.com/112104712038158924514/posts" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Melliemoo crochet</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;">-</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><a href="http://grayseasailor-onesaylorslog.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Grey sea sailor</span></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><a href="http://stocki.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e69138;">stocki</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><span style="color: #e69138;">- </span><a href="http://handmade-homemade-lizzy.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Handmade Lizzy</span></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><a href="http://gillymakes.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Gilly Makes</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">-</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><a href="http://hazelscrochet.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Hazels crochet</span></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i><a href="http://www.applecrisp.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Apple Crisp</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">-</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><a href="http://thepatchworkrobin.blogspot.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Melanie Moore</span></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Fantastic result for our host, the lovely </span><a href="http://all4meggymoo.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">Shelley</span></a><span style="color: #666666;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now we all have our 'partners in swapping crime', let the </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">swap commence!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">My partner is the lovely Rhiannon over at </span><span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://adventuresofacraftymum.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">Me, Myself and I</span></a> </span><span style="color: #666666;">(adventures of a crafty mum).</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am very much looking forward to <strike>stalking,</strike> (<i>cough</i>) getting to know her and sending her some goodies that I hope she will like and find useful?!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So far, my time spent reading about her adventures has been very good indeed and I am in ore of Rhiannon's crochet makes.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She is inspiring me to take this craft up again.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm still learning!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So please, if you haven't already, pay her a visit. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Say hi!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You won't be disappointed!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ok so, over the next few weeks, I will be busy foraging around to find bits and bobs for my swap as </span><a href="http://all4meggymoo.blogspot.co.uk/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">Shelley</span></a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> would like us all to send our packages to one another by Valentine's day so I best get cracking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">In the meantime I hope the snow isn't disrupting daily life for you too much.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Keep safe and stay warm!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Grab yourself a large cup of hot </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">chocolate, that's where I'm heading now and then returning to check out some more lovely blogs to get lost in.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh! and Happy New Year everyone!! </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope it's a good one for you all!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Much love </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">xx</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">P.S</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I would also like to a big hello </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lisa</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> @</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;"> <a href="http://littledottybird.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">Little Dotty Bird</span></a></span><span style="color: #666666;">, </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Tiffane</span><span style="color: #666666;"> @ </span><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://anaussiefelter.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">An Aussie Felter</span></a>, </span></span><span style="color: #45818e;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Wendy</span><span style="color: #666666;"> @</span> <a href="http://www.youngheartoldsoul.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">Young Heart</span></a><span style="color: #45818e;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">a</span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">s well</span><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;"> </span><a href="http://houseofnicnax.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #45818e;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">House of Nicnax</span></a><span style="color: #666666;"> and </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Mirjam</span><span style="color: #666666;"> over @ </span><span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://stinsplace.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">Stins</span></a>.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome aboard, enjoy your stay here at Rubie Magpie, so pleased to meet you and happy you popped by x</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Rubie Magpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654309750098188053noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013555497073333192.post-43554510473209347552012-12-27T22:18:00.001+00:002013-02-25T17:17:15.858+00:00Forgiveness needed!!<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh Boy!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Merry Christmas!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Am I too late to say that?</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I truly hope you have all had a jolly good time over the last few days?</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where have a you been? I hear you ask...</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good question!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Life has run away with me.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I have blinked and missed the last seven weeks since I last posted.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One thing is for sure I have loads to fill you all in on.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First things first.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">If you still here with me, I have to tell you about a fabulous swap that Shelly (<i>my </i></span></span><i style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bff )</i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> over at </span><a href="http://all4meggymoo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/i-love-hearts-swap.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">All4meggymoo</span></a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is hosting.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ta-dah!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I '</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">heart</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">' it!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Literally!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shelley has an obsession with hearts (the ornate variety) for as long as I can remember. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last year, from me, Shelley's birthday present simply consisted of nothing but heart shaped objects.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So please join in, I know I will be, by following the link above and spread the 'LOVE'.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While you're there, why not sit back with a cupa and catch up with Shelley's makes, creates and marvellous bakes, you won't be disappointed!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, while I'm here, can I just introduce you to Foxie Loxie's friend, Spike. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This pair of ickle critters has kept me entertained while Elsie Mac (my beloved computer) was having her hard drive replaced.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which is another reason for this magpie's absence.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh! and potty training Mini Magpie.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Multitude Birthdays.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Christening.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Christmas!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been all go at this end!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also need to fill you in on my time at the WYPW (The West Yorkshire Print Works) and how I got from here...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...to there in a fabulous screen printing weekend!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So please don't give up on me??</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will return to tell all in the New Year!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wishing you a very peaceful 2013 that's filled with everything you enjoy and lots of happiness with everyone you love to spend time with.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HAPPY NEW YEAR folks!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Much love </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">xx</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;">P.S</span> To all of you beautiful people who took the time to comment on my last post back in October, I would just like to '<u><b>thank you</b>'</u> all for your lovely comments, all very much appreciated and to welcome Hazel over @ </span><a href="http://hazelscrochet.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">Hazel's Crochet</span></a><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">to Rubie Magpie.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">After </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">deliberating for an age as to whether or not poke more white felt fluff into Mr Loxie's face.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I caved.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now I know it was the right thing to do.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still can't believe how lovely needle felting is.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the picture below, I started to add in Mr Loxie's white beard.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Continually stabbing with a single felting needle, this helped me add in all the extra fluff he needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Sara</span><span style="color: #666666;"> @ </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://bichinhosnacabeca.blogspot.co.uk/"><span style="color: #45818e;">bichinhos na cabeca</span></a> </span><span style="color: #666666;">asked if I would put a mini </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tutorial together for those, like me, who are trying this craft for the first time. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sure! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No problem!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is top of my to do list! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a spot of fun styling Foxie's hair.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His head needed a little more shaping after adding on his ears.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cool</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> though, don't you think? ; )</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Slightly worried that I was just carrying around the head of a creature who has a name but nothing else, next on the to do list must be his body.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the same way I made his head.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Using an odd end ball of wool that I had left, I started to wrap orange felt fluff around it, poking it into the ball of wool as I go.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a plus side, stabbing the felting wool into the old ball of wool has quickened up the forming process and saved me using all of the orange coloured fluff.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Will do this again on future projects.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So as I continued to shape his body, stabbing and poking away. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought he needed a nice white bib.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having the bib shape in mind, I took more white fluff and poked it into position.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh the joy!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thought it was about time to marry these two floating body parts together.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Come on! </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What's he going to look like???</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So taking a long, sturdy darning needle and the help of a very experienced {in the soft toy making department} good friend of mine. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We made 2 parts became 1!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Foxie Loxie has started to gain some character!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I added the eyes in the same way as I had his nose.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My little friend just needs some limbs and his tail now.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh his tail!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's under construction as I type.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Very Basil Brush style bushy. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hee Hee!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watch this space!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Till next time...Take care</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">xx</span>Rubie Magpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654309750098188053noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013555497073333192.post-6765345279633325952012-10-14T15:20:00.000+01:002012-10-14T15:20:03.964+01:00Two weeks on...<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All Finished!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hooray! </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can finally share what I have been up to over these past two weeks</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ...</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ribbons tied...</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ...and...</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ...100 </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hearts</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> sewn...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ...to bring </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">two</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> beautiful people together...</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ...to become </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fabulous</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">team.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fun I have had buried under mountains of ribbons, beads and sequins.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sticking my fingers together with super glue.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All in the name of </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">L</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">O</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">V</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">E</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">October 1st 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know an entire month has passed before me since I last posted.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main reason is my cousin is getting married this December and I had the honour of being asked to create the 'happy couple's' wedding stationery. Time is not on our side though so it has been full stream ahead.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm also still locked into </span><a href="http://rubiemagpie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/trying-something-new.html"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Project: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Foxie Loxie</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">. {photos to follow}. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">And I also wanted to thank everyone who left lovely comments about my new project and about other posts I have made, you all made my day!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yep! Thought I would try my hand at a new craft recently and despite a few minor incidents in which I took my felting needle for granted, we are getting on like a house on fire, I just need to pick up the pace a little.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here is the story so far of Project: </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Foxie Loxie</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Starting out his life as a mere ball of wool, I have found myself constantly stabbing (can't think of a nicer way to put it) Foxie Loxie into some sort of shape, well his head anyways. I've noticed it is a very time consuming craft, one that can not be rushed as injuries occur. I unfortunately dropped my 7 pronged needle on my big toe last week and it gave me a nice tattoo! Doh!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still I am finding it very therapeutic, just like crocheting, which I have to say has taken a back seat, hopefully not for long though.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have noticed something while typing away...since I started blogging in January, I have been very inconsistent and some what flighty. I seem to start something and never finish it (e.g my crochet birdie, he's still half finished) Too many open ended projects.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You see, I am easily distracted, temptation is too great, I'm just drawn to so many inspiring crafts, like bees to flowers, flies to... and wander of on a tangent. I just want to try my hand at everything. Where is the harm in that? I know...you should finish what you started young lady, heard that so many times.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wandering off on a tangent does have its plus points though.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I mean, take yesterday for example, I was tackling my cousin's wedding stationery (this was after needle felting, making dinner and playing shops with Mini Magpie) I needed to load up gold thread into Sadie (my sewing machine). Realising that yet again I had forgotten to purchase extra spools to save me winding on a new coloured cotton over the last and then unwinding it when it isn't needed but i need the colour three different thread colours deep, I suddenly had a 'eureka' moment. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wasn't going to waste cotton any more, uh-uh! no-sir-ree.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wasn't going to be lazy and discard it, rehoming it in the waste bin. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NO! </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was going to find something to attach it to and save it to be used again...but what could I use? </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking around my wonderfully tidy, huh! yeah right, I'm flighty remember, craft room, I couldn't see anything to hand, until...w</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">aiting patiently behind Elsie MAC, were several toilet roll tube inners that I had been saving to grow my next batch of seedlings in. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instant cotton reel!! Soooo sorry just had to share. Just like putting neat bleach onto mould really does zap it away!! FACT! It really disappeared before my peepers.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It appears that not even Mini Magpie's magic, dressed in her over-sized wellington boots and tatty, "<i>I not want new</i> wings mummy", could help "Magpie's Patch" this year. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The weather has put an end to everything I have tried to grow in my new veg patch. Which is why I have had nothing to report of late. I was so excited at the beginning of this year with all the seedlings that what grew.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had high hopes for my new patch but with lingering frost in April, scorching sunshine and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">all the rain we've had, I just lost my battle to grow my own : (</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I seemed to have reared slugs and snails, no puppy dog tails but an abundance of earwigs instead. I've never seen so many!!! Arrrggghhhhh!! They have all munched their way through my potato leaves, which was all I had left. I've never really thought I had a phobia of any creepy crawlies, but until now, I had forgotten just how much earwigs freak me out!! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My 'Marto Pants' (MM's name for tomato plants) grown from scratch at the beginning of the year never materialised for me and every time I planted out the courgettes I'd grown from seed, they would disappear quicker than I could plant them again. It was like the scene out of Wallace and Gromit 'The Curse of the Were Rabbit' where all the carrots kept disappearing. I would come out the next day and POOF!! GONE!! Curse you slugs!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've written it all down on paper and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm hoping that my little helper can wave her magic watering can (<i>it's</i> <i>almost as big as her, so I'm hoping it holds a lot of magic</i>) and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">put a plan in place for next years crop. </span><br />
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<br />Rubie Magpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654309750098188053noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013555497073333192.post-65257673188512638032012-08-23T23:31:00.002+01:002012-08-23T23:32:05.050+01:00A need to share...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Words escape me as to just how amazing this animation is. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">My friend D emailed this link and I just had to share the joy and my love for paper cuts (<i>not the hurty kind</i>) with you. If you get a spare minute (or 13) you <strike>need</strike>, <strike>must</strike>, omg, just have to watch this for yourself. You won't believe your peepers!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Created in 1980 believe it or not, crikey that means I was just two years old when </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Michel Ocelot, a French writer, character designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television programs (he also has directed a music video for Bjork) created this outstanding (in my opinion) piece of animated art, which was </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">entirely created out of paper cut outs in and according to </span><a href="http://studiobanana.tv/2010/09/28/les-trois-inventeurs-michel-ocelot/" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">this</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> article, tells the story of: </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Michel Ocelot was named as the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">winner of best animated short at the 34th British Academy Film Awards for this piece and I can only say 'Totally well deserved'. Monsieur Ocelot is a genius!</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Another snippet that I just have to share is look at this gorgeous selection of goodies that are to be given away to one very lucky person...image, sipping your tea out of this rather fine drinking vessel whilst slicing your favourite cake with this splendid tool shown above...Oh my! How good would that be??</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Well, the lovely </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Sophie</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> over @ </span><a href="http://sophiejames1979.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-best-of-britishand-great-british.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">A Good Year</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">has very generously organised this fabulous give away after being inspired at just how 'GREAT' Britain really is. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Pop over and read all about her what inspired her giveaway, join in and have fun or simply say Hi, you won't be disappointed you called by.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Well wonder no more my lovely reader friends, here are a few pics (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><i>apologies for the quality</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">) to show you what I sent over to Rachel as part of our 'Jar of Love' swap organised by </span><a href="http://booty-fullthings.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/jar-of-love-swap.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">Katie</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> over @ Booty-full Things. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Do you recognise the patterned fabric I have used to create Rachel a pin cushion?? Hmmmm...now where have I seen that before I hear you ask yourself??</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> It was originally this dress, found in a charity shop by</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"> <a href="http://rubiemagpie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/what-lucky-magpie-am-i.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">myself and mini magpie</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">It also helped create my handmade item that had to be included in the 'Jar of Love' swap...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I tried to sneak as many bits and bobs as I could into the jar. I popped in ribbons, pegs, a Cath Kidtson keyring, sweets from our past, a vintage tin with a vintage 70s/80s patterned scarf in it that I thought may come in handy as a piece of usable fabric, just trying to think what else?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Oh yes! Buttons that I backed onto old snap cards so they wouldn't escape around the jar...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">lots of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">r</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">n</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">b</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">w</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> drops for them all to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">enjoy!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Thank you again Rachel for my fabulous jar.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Beaming with excitement as I begin to unveil my treasures found and received over the last few weeks. They have been the highlight of my days as I have been working extra hard and long hours recently, both at work and it's wedding season, so these delights have brightened my break times.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I think it's only right that I start with saying a big thank you to</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> <a href="http://booty-fullthings.blogspot.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Katie</span></a></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">over at </span><a href="http://booty-fullthings.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/jar-of-love-swap.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">Booty-full Things </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">for organising the 'Jar of Love' swap. It was my first ever swap too. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Now you can see how much fun I had unpacking all these tasty treats, can't you??</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">P.S I almost forgot...finally, after all this weird and dreadful weather we have had to endure since May, we have eventually got to taste the <b>only</b> fruits of our labour that have not been eaten by slugs or earwigs or washed away for that matter.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">An open day and charity fundraising event took place today at Mini Magpie's Nursery. Lots of activities to do and things to buy. All in aid of a fabulous cause, all monies go to</span><a href="http://ukgreetings/HAxup"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">"Great Ormond Street Hospital"</span></a>.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">This was the one activity I could not drag Mini Magpie away from...brings back good memories. It was my favourite game as a child too. Seem to remember winning goldfish though swimming around in clear plastic bags, thank goodness that's not the case anymore, (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><i>sorry fish, I fear for your lives with "The KitKats" around</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">) MM's prize was a shiny gold </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><i>plastic </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">medal and after all that hooking, she didn't want to wear.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To see what people think they have no use for any more. Well, what is it they say? "One mans loss is another mans gain"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">And this beautifully illustrated children's book by</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;"> <a href="http://www.mabellucieattwellclub.com/history_of_mabel_lucie_atwell.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">Mabel Lucie Attwell</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">. I fell in love with these chubby </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">little</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> cherubs. I knew of the British illustrator Lucie Attwell but never before come across any of her books. Simply wonderful and all based on her daughter Peggy, so cute!. Kinda reminded me of how Mini Magpie is right now, all cute and squidgy. It has that really old but sweet smelling paper smell about it too. Couldn't resist!!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">And in amongst some papers on the book shelf, another Lucie Attwell made an appearance. This </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">little bathing beauty </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">titled " I like it here!" well,I'm glad you do as I like you here </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">too,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> at my house. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Rubie Magpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654309750098188053noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013555497073333192.post-54981034866918936072012-07-14T22:21:00.002+01:002012-07-17T21:35:38.988+01:00"When everything has gone...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">...only love remains"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Just touching base after a very hard couple of weeks but I think the title of my post contains everything I can express at this moment in time. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Our family lost a very special lady in our lives at the beginning of this month. Such a beautiful person and we all adored her. A mother, Grandmother, Great Grandma and most of all a very good friend. When I sit here and think about it, I sit here with a huge, warming smile on my face, remembering all the fun times we shared as I grew up (<i>I was very close to my gran</i>) and that makes me think what a very lucky girl I am to have been blessed to know someone as wonderful as you, Grandma. I will treasure all those very happy memories. Thank you!! I will miss you so much.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">God bless you!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">xx</span>Rubie Magpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654309750098188053noreply@blogger.com6