Scrap happy
We are heading to Canada on Sunday so I am dashing about packing, repacking bags that small children unpack, sorting, making lists and generally feeling slightly panicked. In between I am finding moments to cut out a bunch of my new dolls. Above is the scene under my ironing board. I thought it makes for an appropriate photo for today because it looks a little like the way I feel. Argh!
Anyway (she says calmly, after a deep breath and a cup of camomile tea), blogging may be a little irregular over the next few weeks but hopefully I will post some gorgeous photos of lake-side Summer living! Hooray!
Responses
20th June 2008 at 2:17 pm
This is a bit what our house looks like – except it’s recipes and boxes of foreign food scattered around house! Being creative is messy 
20th June 2008 at 2:23 pm
Ooh! Canada! Lucky you. Hope yall have fun.
I like the photo. It looks like my work space after one full day at it with the crafts.
20th June 2008 at 2:55 pm
That’s exactly what the floor at my place looks like!
Have a wonderful, wonderful trip.
20th June 2008 at 3:59 pm
Where are you going to be visiting in Canada?
I live in Kelowna, British Columbia which funnily has a large Australian population in the winter because of our ski hill.
Hope you have a great trip!
20th June 2008 at 4:05 pm
Have a great time! I’m about to post my Friday archive – a photo from when I did photography at school.
20th June 2008 at 4:20 pm
Wishing you all a fabulous time – much more fun than school hols in wintery Melbourne!
20th June 2008 at 8:11 pm
Have a wonderful and safe trip
Nothing like a nice long flight with kiddies!
20th June 2008 at 10:25 pm
We’re just starting to get some actual summer weather here in Manitoba
21st June 2008 at 4:54 am
Hello from sunny Nova Scotia! Have a wonderful trip. Will you be spending any time on the East Coast?
21st June 2008 at 10:35 am
What? NO Friday Archives???
;-O
Have a pleasant trip!!!–stay north; we are having a horrible heatwave down south.
21st June 2008 at 12:02 pm
i like that very interesting pile of bits-shows you have been very busy creating-good luck with the trip organising and have a wonderful time.
22nd June 2008 at 3:37 am
wow have a great time if you find any spare summer please send it to England- its wet and miserable here( no suprise!)
22nd June 2008 at 8:44 am
I would guess they are headed to Toronto. (I’m such an internet sleuth!)
23rd June 2008 at 6:54 am
Have a fun and safe trip to Canada, Claire! I hope you are relaxing at this very moment!
Linnea
23rd June 2008 at 6:32 pm
My daugheter have drawn a picture for you. How can I show it?
23rd June 2008 at 7:13 pm
hello, im yvette.
i really quite like tour website.
your terific at sewing and i one day hope to be able to aquire your skills.
i was wondering if there is a website that has instructions on how to make a quilt with just squares and not like triangle together to look like a square?
and has no border?
if you do i would much aprisheate it:)
thank, yvete
24th June 2008 at 12:25 pm
delurking to say…
that if it is indeed toronto please send me an email and I will hook you up to all the wonderful, kid-friendly, best kept secrets of my city! We are having a wonderful summer here in Toronto, though sometimes a bit stormy. Rain gear and swim suits are good things to pack.
Good luck on your journey!
24th June 2008 at 2:45 pm
Feeling jealous that you will be enjoying summer while we suffer through winter here, but not envying your packing, flying, jet lag and unpacking. Hope the kids travel well, and let you relax a little!
24th June 2008 at 11:24 pm
I love seeing heaps of scraps – it screams high productivity 
I hope you have a lovely time in Canada.
27th June 2008 at 9:18 am
have a great time – send lots of photos – lakes and mountains – any bears up there? and tall tall forests.
27th June 2008 at 9:38 pm
a note to kathreen – yes, there are bears. stupid supid bears who scare me and make me wet my pants. but have only seen samesaid animals twice in my entire life, so….
to claire – are you coming to visit my while you are here? because even though you do not know me at all and i have only commented here like twice in as many years, i read you all the time and could make time to meet you for tea. to be all, you know, welcome to canada and whatnot.
you will have a lovely time. this is a wonderful country and well worth the distance you will have to travel. enjoy!
28th June 2008 at 12:04 am
Oh, oh, oh! I bought the Twinkle quilt you have on your etsy sidebar this week without even seeing that you had it up there. It’s really well done!
1st July 2008 at 1:58 pm
Welcome, welcome, welcome!!! Where, exactly are you going? I’m from the Vancouver area…
1st July 2008 at 4:14 pm
I just found out that you are BACK on Loobylu and now you are going to Canada! I wanted to ask you if the kiddie website is still going – I couldn’t quite remember the name. There is such a need for it…. Have a great trip!
4th July 2008 at 3:24 pm
I liked looking at your scraps. Enjoy your holiday. It sounds like you need it.
6th July 2008 at 1:23 pm
Have fun in Canada! And congratulations on the article in the Green Guide, very entertaining and a beautiful picture.
9th July 2008 at 9:08 pm
Hey Claire – hve just found a link to the newspaper article about you and the wonderful world of blogging. Great article and good profile for you. Hope you are having a fab holiday in Cananda – just think of the fame you;ll be coming home to!!
20th June 2008 at 1:06 pm
Oh Canada is a big place! I hope you have fun with the in-laws!
Right now in Quebec, we have been stuck in rain and are so ready to have some sun…