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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was about time </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">with </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">water</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">gives us the perfect</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">dough</span><span style="font-size: large;"> to play with...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">You just need a round glass bottle</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and a sheet of glad bake paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Put the dough in between the paper </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and roll it out with </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the round bottle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">A small </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">heart</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> shaped </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">is perfect for what we want to create.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">A thin plastic </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">straw</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">poked into the dough,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">gives us our </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">holes</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> for hanging.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: large;">and a squillion creative ideas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: large;">(<em>which make it difficult to go to sleep at night)</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Slowing down to a <span style="font-size: x-large;">snail's pace</span>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: large;">for the rest of the Mad Tea Parties that are being held</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: large;">(bearing in mind, that her Mad Tea Party is in Arizona, USA...so it might be a little behind our time. 15 hours I think?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: large;">(<em>Love to you, Vanessa</em> ♥</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: large;"><em>and thanks, once again, for hosting your famous Mad Tea for us to join in</em>)</span></div>
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Victoria Sayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015227972951118205noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446629005704143595.post-67988748094761421252012-07-22T00:03:00.010-07:002012-07-22T03:33:45.669-07:00Oz Clue<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">"This Green and White Garden </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">is a beautiful place,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">With beautiful things </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">filling every space.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Vicki would love you to stay,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Take your time and see.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">But come back again later,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Cause you need to <i>find me</i>."</span></div><br />
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</tbody></table>Victoria Sayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015227972951118205noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446629005704143595.post-25749361044111402342012-06-21T23:35:00.000-07:002012-06-21T23:35:16.449-07:00Cubby House<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Ellie: "I know. I got a <span style="font-size: x-large;">good idea</span>!"</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Nanni: "What's your good idea?"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Ellie: "Let's <span style="font-size: x-large;">build</span> a </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">cubby house</span>!"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"><em>With soft, sheer walls and fairy lighting.</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"> <em>And we can eat yummy nibblies...</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"><em>And play games on Nanni's iPad...</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">...and take a wee nap.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Doesn't take but a few minutes to achieve such a special cubby house.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"> All you need is an <span style="font-size: x-large;">ironing board</span> and some <span style="font-size: x-large;">chairs</span>. As well as a few <span style="font-size: x-large;">sheets</span> and a string of <span style="font-size: x-large;">fairylights</span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Ta Dah!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"> This particular cubby is a little larger than the usual one we build, which is made up of a long piece of string, a sheet, and a set of fairylights.</span><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">(To see more pickies of the smaller one, <em>this</em> cubby,</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">just click <a href="http://greenandwhitegarden.blogspot.com.au/2011/02/playing-in-palace.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>)</span></div>Victoria Sayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015227972951118205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446629005704143595.post-26119543609298601602012-06-20T17:22:00.001-07:002012-06-20T17:25:22.572-07:00Rainbow Royale<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"What kind of</span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">would you like?" </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Ellie's mother asks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">So seeing as she <em>missed out altogether</em>, on a party last year,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">her wish was granted.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Well if it's good enough for the Queen of England...then it's grand enough for Miss Ellie.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Ellie's very </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">clever and creative </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">parents made all those </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">yummy food thingys</span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">that you can see, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">while I did the <span style="font-size: x-large;">decorating</span>, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">with coloured paper, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">glue and thread.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Different sized large punches </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">were used to </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">create the circles, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">and were then </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">stitched together </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">on the sewing machine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">The bunting was made from a pad of coloured paper and string. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I punched out small dots and glued them onto the triangles that I had cut out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Victoria Sayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015227972951118205noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446629005704143595.post-50437223733709842262012-06-14T17:39:00.001-07:002012-06-20T00:16:35.680-07:00Macaron madness<div align="center"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">After (virtually) going to <span style="font-size: x-large;">Paris</span> </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">again, </span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">(<em>via Anita's <a href="http://wwwcastlescrownscottages.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Paris Party</a> links</em>)...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I was ever more curious as to how those <span style="font-size: x-large;">French macarons</span> tasted.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">It seemed like everywhere I turned ...THERE was <em>another </em>picture of those pretty macarons.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">You know, ...I have always wondered if I would ever get to taste them, as I have never seen them in real life...here in Australia.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">It seemed like they would always stay just a <span style="font-size: x-large;">little dream </span>of mine.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I simply could NOT walk past without grabbing a box of these curious thingys.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Not knowing if they were a biscuit or a cake...I just had to satisfy my curiosity.</span></span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">AND YES!...they had come all the way from <span style="font-size: x-large;">France</span>!!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I soon learned that they would all be different flavours.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I had always thought that they were just coloured differently, for pretty effect...and would probably all taste the same.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I had also thought, that like most sweets, they would not be very flavourful...as most sweets always looked way better than what they promised to taste like.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Instead of throwing out this </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">metal lantern</span>, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">when the base rusted out...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I plopped it onto this garden bed, and the tiny groundcover has grown into it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I LOVE it!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I have to confess to not giving enough time to gardening these past couple of years.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">It's not that I have lost interest,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">just that I have been otherwise occupied.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">But STILL, because the garden has </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">'good bones'</span>, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">it is never too hard to keep it from looking 'too shabby'. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">A single pot of Royal Cape Plumbago</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">is enough to star in it own little corner of the yard.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Even though I do not get to spend much time in the garden these days,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I never cease to derive massive enjoyment from just <span style="font-size: x-large;">SEEING</span> the garden every day...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">One of my all time </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"><em>favourite plants</em> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">is <span style="font-size: x-large;">Zoysia</span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">It always manages to </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">look </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">lovely and green...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">even when the lawn looks a bit </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">old and tired </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">during Winter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I hope you have enjoyed seeing my garden this Winter, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">as much as I have.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Thanks for looking!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Victoria Sayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015227972951118205noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446629005704143595.post-66358396669244262882012-06-03T17:05:00.000-07:002012-06-03T17:05:23.205-07:00Well Wishes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">"Just living is not enough...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">one must have </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">sunshine,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">freedom</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">and a little <span style="font-size: x-large;">flower</span>."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;">~Hans Christian Anderson</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">"<span style="font-size: x-large;">Flowers</span> are the sweetest things God made and forgot to put a soul into."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I was<span style="font-size: x-large;"> thrilled</span> to be given these <span style="font-size: x-large;">beautiful flowers</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">last week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Now that they are in fact starting to wilt, I thought I would post them here when they were looking their best, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">so I could <em><span style="font-size: x-large;">continue</span></em> to enjoy their <span style="font-size: x-large;">beauty</span><span style="font-size: large;">, and also share them with you.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">It is <em>only a shame</em> that you can't <span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>smell</em></span> the <span style="font-size: x-large;">roses</span> and the <span style="font-size: x-large;">hyacinths</span>!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Thanks for looking!</span></div>Victoria Sayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015227972951118205noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446629005704143595.post-7030455010741895202012-03-18T19:33:00.000-07:002012-03-18T19:33:52.864-07:00Holly<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Just a quick nudge </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">to point you in the direction </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of my other blog. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The one I share </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">with my daughter, Jill.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">To see a peek </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of what's coming to Lilliput Loft soon...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">just <a href="http://lilliputloft.blogspot.com.au/">CLICK HERE</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">(sorry I have been so absent from Blogland. This year is just a little too full on I'm afraid...here's hoping things will be a bit quieter next year)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Victoria Sayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015227972951118205noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446629005704143595.post-16938997303052645162012-02-24T23:35:00.000-08:002012-02-24T23:35:24.872-08:00Kiss me.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoiWphXbNYupfj_LsC7rrN4bLc2afQDk2W6qei9xA-k1Q3yBeqJFyJoJ4QDWQWN8ccK_6-UGNc2hGwqRBTBJ80gIUXJCxuIQ_g1_fOo_F1u9PZPLzerVlYRJy1HaApcaYgRQI_ItLC1qw/s1600/8710225-portrait-of-a-cute-young-preschool-girl-dressed-as-a-princess-in-a-pink-and-gold-gown-posing-and-kis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoiWphXbNYupfj_LsC7rrN4bLc2afQDk2W6qei9xA-k1Q3yBeqJFyJoJ4QDWQWN8ccK_6-UGNc2hGwqRBTBJ80gIUXJCxuIQ_g1_fOo_F1u9PZPLzerVlYRJy1HaApcaYgRQI_ItLC1qw/s400/8710225-portrait-of-a-cute-young-preschool-girl-dressed-as-a-princess-in-a-pink-and-gold-gown-posing-and-kis.jpg" width="300px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Click <a href="http://lilliputloft.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/frog-princeand-others.html">here</a> to find the frog!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Victoria Sayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015227972951118205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446629005704143595.post-5510477778680283282012-02-14T15:54:00.000-08:002012-02-14T15:55:58.767-08:00Seems everyone likes a Circus...<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Roll up! Roll up!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Come see our Circus</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">(nursery mobile...that is)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">with the amazing Ringmaster as he tames the kooky Lion, and the performing seal.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">See the juggling monkey do his clever tricks and watch the dancing bear.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Our Circus mobile has had a lot of attention lately.</span></div></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">We are due to be featured in another two magazine articles in the next few months...all due to our Circus mobile catching peoples attention.</span> </div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hmmm...perhaps I should have included some </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">green</span> coloured fairylights </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">amongst the pretty <span style="font-size: large;">blue</span> bulbs,</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">then it may just have succeeded in being a </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">true <span style="font-size: large;">turquoise</span> theme this year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My Knight watched on in curiosity. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Wondering where I was going </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">with this years Christmas decorating.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Once the lights were in place, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">it was time to add the sheer nylon fabric.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have had this particular piece of white fabric </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">for a very long time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It measures approximately 18m in length.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Over the years it has been </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">used time and again throughout the house, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">draped over windows or</span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">doors, etc. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It makes a perfect backdrop for a photo shoot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Just a few <span style="font-size: large;">baubles</span> and <span style="font-size: large;">beading </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">with a splash of <span style="font-size: large;">tinsil</span>...in the pretty turqoise colour, to compliment the white.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The large decorative <span style="font-size: large;">glass </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">bowl</span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">was a real find at a bargain price,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">at the weekend markets some years ago.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Yes...I really am being <em>very lazy</em> this year, as I have not even put up our 'proper' Christmas tree.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Instead, I have opted for just the fibre optic one, which takes all of 2 minutes to assemble!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Sorry to disappoint anyone who </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">was expecting something showing </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">a bit more </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">effort. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">In years past I have spent many days on the decorating. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This was accomplished in just one day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">But I am just a bit out of oomph,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">as the year draws to a close.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">HE is the reason.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">This Christmas </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">my home decorating </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">is going to be a bit more modest.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I have gone with Anita's favourite colour.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Turquoise.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">(For those of you who are not familiar with the beautiful Anita, do yourself a favour and check out her gorgeous blog called <a href="http://wwwcastlescrownscottages.blogspot.com/">'Castles Crowns and Cottages'</a>)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Yes Anita is quite smitten with this amazing colour...so much so, that I think some of her enthusiasm has rubbed off on me.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Turquoise...the colour reminds me of a wonderful holiday we enjoyed a couple of decades ago (was it really THAT long ago?)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">We stayed on a boat, at sea on the Great Barrier Reef for about five weeks. It was the BEST holiday ever!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">My favourite memory was of a magical little island of sand called Davy Cay.</span><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large;">To see what </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large;">has been keeping me </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large;">so busy lately...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large;">just click <a href="http://lilliputloft.blogspot.com/2011/11/princess-and-pea.html">HERE</a>!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">To get a better glimpse of it, just click <a href="http://lilliputloft.blogspot.com/2011/10/if-crown-fits.html">here</a>!</span></div>
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adorable little princess with you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She is our three year old Grandie, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Elliana, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who has a 'slight facination' with the Disney movie, 'Tangled'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Her mother has made her a 'tangled wig' </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to go with a princess gown </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that was recently picked up for a song.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ellie LOVES it!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While I'm on the subject of Princesses...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you might want to check out my latest project.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just click <a href="http://lilliputloft.blogspot.com/">here</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for more details.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">...then you might want to </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">tippy-toe over</span> <span style="font-size: large;">to </span><a href="http://lilliputloft.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">to </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">discover what we have </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">had </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in the works for </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">some time now. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">(via our new blog)</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">...are those </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>magical pixie dust sparkles</em> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I see radiating from my </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">very clever daughter's hands </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">trusty sewing machine???</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Well...then <em><span style="font-size: x-large;">that</span></em> might explain how she keeps coming up with such delightful creations!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>Victoria Sayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015227972951118205noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446629005704143595.post-80068569012609227402011-09-18T16:39:00.000-07:002011-09-18T16:39:54.195-07:00Tales of Beatrix Potter??<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: A Little Pot, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I 'stumbled' across this little item, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: A Little Pot, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was <span style="font-size: x-large;">shocked</span> and <span style="font-size: x-large;">strangely delighted</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: A Little Pot, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The cutesness cannot be denied</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: A Little Pot, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...but there IS some ghoulish strangeness to it all. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: A Little Pot, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even so, bearing in mind the era in which it was created 1835-1918</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: A Little Pot, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I do still <span style="font-size: x-large;">love </span>it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: A Little Pot, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Click on the video below to take a <span style="font-size: x-large;">whimsical vintage</span> look into Mr. Potter’s Museum of Curiosities, a (now closed and dismantled) English taxidermy museum, in this circa 1965 film made by British Pathe. Revel in the magic of anthropomorphic taxidermied animals that eccentric curator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Potter">Walter Potter</a> dressed up and staged in various scenes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: A Little Pot, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Narrator states: “Walter Potter … was a genius who made fur-lined dolls into whimsical but veritable works of poetic art.” Wonderful or disgusting depending on your viewpoint…</span><br />
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</div>Victoria Sayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015227972951118205noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446629005704143595.post-16862946263546626642011-09-10T22:43:00.000-07:002011-09-10T22:43:09.882-07:00Nothing here folks!<span style="font-family: Alice in Wonderland, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Yes, I'm afraid </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Alice in Wonderland; font-size: x-large;">...oh, alright then...here is a sneak peek...</span><br />
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Victoria Sayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015227972951118205noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446629005704143595.post-45501059654873757202011-09-06T20:28:00.000-07:002011-09-10T21:56:48.297-07:00Lilliput Loft<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'bout time we had a blog that was JUST for Lilliput Loft.</span></div><br />
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Thankyou <a href="http://www.sevencherubs.com/2011/08/cherish-your-cherubs-project.html">'Cherish your Cherubs Project'</a> by Naomi at <a href="http://www.sevencherubs.com/">'Seven Cherubs'</a>, for allowing me to share with you our very delightful granddaughter, Elliana.</div>
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Victoria Sayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015227972951118205noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446629005704143595.post-75669423425824188872011-08-27T05:12:00.000-07:002011-08-27T05:12:01.166-07:00Published<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">A parcel from Sweden.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, it finally did actually arrive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was a bit bemused and a little flattered</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">when I had contact from a complete stranger, named Mark, via our Lilliput Loft Facebook Page.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He asked me, after reading my blogpost regarding our painted Faerie Room,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">if I would mind if his wife used a photo from my blog, for the cover of a book she hoped to publish.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The actual photo was of an unfinished wall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I replied, "Sure. No worries."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I offered to photoshop a few of the finished pictures into the scene, but they really didn't seem to mind that the scene was not fully completed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdcgV8N_DuSKJMk6raR_yMK76U3jX7pjqxIEaOGne7MqxEaNiZqi7wOhxWw2LuhzwCLPm4-xk9qpKgfBDoAzhPJlZpgg4_55nB4qten1MIgc0mQT_BhRVOct3pvyBxepkJNVOAbpIFmdPu/s1600/img_5449a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdcgV8N_DuSKJMk6raR_yMK76U3jX7pjqxIEaOGne7MqxEaNiZqi7wOhxWw2LuhzwCLPm4-xk9qpKgfBDoAzhPJlZpgg4_55nB4qten1MIgc0mQT_BhRVOct3pvyBxepkJNVOAbpIFmdPu/s400/img_5449a.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few weeks went by,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">before I heard from this Swedish couple, again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">OK...so they mis-spelt my name.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not to worry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6466ql_-zjPQa3ENnNj1AqPcumkwydEbgU6X4S-cEH7Wab8T8pZLyP7eBm1O2SR3El6Xnr-Ba8AP_nhfv9sHjGxx8TBDiu8JdCKLA_uclvUC7Npy6ZVwszDgRG-E_PtxyyJZAhwzLVXi/s1600/img_5453a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6466ql_-zjPQa3ENnNj1AqPcumkwydEbgU6X4S-cEH7Wab8T8pZLyP7eBm1O2SR3El6Xnr-Ba8AP_nhfv9sHjGxx8TBDiu8JdCKLA_uclvUC7Npy6ZVwszDgRG-E_PtxyyJZAhwzLVXi/s400/img_5453a.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bit of a buzz to actually see my painted wall on the cover of a book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have yet to read this tale, so I cannot tell you what I think of it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will try to find the time before too long, to read why my 'wall art' was "SO Perfect" for this tale.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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