I thought I would warn my little readership that I will be switching to wordpress very soon. As you can see from the current state of my sidebar, blogger has once again messed up. I’ve had a fair bit of trouble with blogger this year so I’ve decided to take my hubby’s advice and switch. Not sure how soon it will be but at least that strange sidebar will be better. By the way, I deleted those two links that are covering my photo but they are still there for some reason, even though they don’t appear on the template! Weird.

I’ve decided to run the same auction that I did in the post below, you can read about it here. The details are exactly the same except that the bidding goes for 7 days and starts at $4.00. Please take a look and see if theres something I can make for you.

This is a photo of my Nanna, my Mum and I. I think I would be about 17 there. This photo holds a lot of sentiment for me because my Nanna passed away in 1998 and I miss her a lot. She was a hospitable, generous and caring person, all characteristics I would love to emulate. This is typical of us, sitting around her table drinking tea out of china cups, she also wore that colour a lot. Miss you Nanna.

Currently I am running an auction in my Wahmania shop and its a bargain! So far theres just one bid and bidding started at $5.00. If you think you might like to grad yourself a bargain custom set then pop over to this link and take a look.

Here’s what the listing says:

This Auction is for a custom designed set including beads for earrings and a matching pendant.

If you think you might like to bid, please take a look via the link above. There are more styles to choose from in the listing.

I can’t believe it. My daughter is 18 months old today. All of a sudden it seems she’s more toddler than baby and she’s running around, keeping us entertained. Shes a bubbly one our Kezi, giggly and smiley and very friendly. She has no fear. She really does have no fear. She’s not afraid of dogs, the vaccum cleaner, loud noises, balloons popping or anything much else….yet.

Anyway, we can’t belive how fast time goes. Happy half birthday Kezi! xxxx

Me and Malachi, he was 1 hour old here

Keziah and Malachi are 6 months and 2 days apart in age.
This is him at 6 months and her at 2 weeks

There is a possibility on the horizon of one church but we’re waiting on that. What do I miss about regular church attendance?

- catching up with friends each week
- the opportunity to sing songs each week in a group
- the little bit of sermon I usually get to catch (inbetween keeping Keziah busy)
- morning tea!
- the chance for Kezi to play with other kids

I don’t think finding a new church is too far off!

This week’s PF theme is ‘heat’. Living in Perth means that heat is a part of life. In summer itusually gets to around 42C (thats nearly 108F), sometimes a little higher and usually for a few days in a row. Sometimes we have a heat wave where this last for a week or more. This summer wasn’t too bad. I’m not posting about Perth though because the hottest we ever experienced was in Niger, West Africa.

I’m fairly sure we had days where the temp got up to 50C (thats 122F). When we went to Papua New Guinea on our way home someone commented that we didn’t look very ‘brown’ for people who’d lived in such temperatures. There’s a reason for that. When its 50C outside you don’t really go and bask in it and try to get a tan (well, we didn’t anway). Besides, two words…..skin cancer.

Anyway, this photo is from the heat we experienced in Africa back in 2000-2001 (spot the giraffe by the way) and the second shot shows just how ‘white’ we really were afterwards!

Wordless Wednesday

Last week I ran a survey about my shops (Polyclarific on Etsy and Wahmania) to find out whether people liked my items and if my prices were right. The results are very intersting and I thought I’d shar a few of the stats.

• In total 25 people did the survey which I was encouraged by.

• It seems that magnets are the most wished for item, seconded by pendants then earrings.

• Most people think my prices are about right although some think they’re a little high. Two people said I underpriced my items.

• Most people said that my range is just right although, on person said its too bright and one said its too dull. Quite a few said I need more variation.

• The most favoured items were Pendants followed closely by napkin rings and then nacklaces. Only one person needs a bookmark and only one needs earrings.

• There were some great suggestions in the areas of style and colours and some interesting suggestions which I will take into consideration.

Thank you everyone who did the survey, you’ve been a big help to me in adjusting things in my stores.