Our van is currently parked here:
Travel-related
Yes, a carnivore’s delight here on Pardoo Beef Corporation’s station stay! They specialise in growing wagyu beef, the cattle having about 200,000 hectares to run around on. There’s also unlimited fishing and crabbing just a few kms away on the coast – or, if you’re like me and have no inclination to fish – you can watch the potty calves have their twice daily feeding, where patting and letting them suck your fingers is encouraged!
If you are planning on visiting any part of Australia, here is a great travel blog. It’s far more informative, great pics, not too much text – and this couple do lots of stuff at each place they come to – than mine is. But it won’t tell you about cool textiley stuff!
mnmtravels blog – it’s well worth a read. Even if textiles are never mentioned ..
On a completely different tangent ..
Mr Whippy: I’ve not had one of these soft serve choc dipped wonders served out the side of their van for many, many years. And probably won’t for another long while. However, instead of their clangy music speakers being stuck in the 1950s (I am SO over hearing a tinny ‘Greensleeves’ being belted out…), I discovered the individual ice cream drip tray:
Here’s another blog goody – entertainingly written and often fibre related (yay!):
A book that I am seriously considering buying .. an information pill to become a super fantastic chef. Apparently most chefing knowledge comes down to just 4 things: salt, fat, acid and heat. I reckon I could be pretty smart – pretty soon. Well, as soon as I get around to getting this book ..
Salt-Fat-Acid-Heat by Samin-Nosrat
Craft-related
Aaaahh, yeeessss, you were probably wondering: hhmmm, how can I turn my used tea bags into a leather-looking item? Well, I have the answer. It may have taken me 5 months and many attempts, but here’s how you can do it without the learning curve 😉
And just to do a bit of a pre-empt on my next random post, I’ll be doing a bit more leather work – though using the real stuff this time, with a hint of medieval armory flavour to it. Anyone can do it – and in a confined space too!
Oh yes, so much to learn – so little space to do it in … that’s what living in a caravan does to you. Hopefully we’ll stop searching for our ‘forever home’ and just find it very soon. Crafting sanity may depend on it ..!!
Many best wishes on your own crafting endeavours, hopefully you can turn them out faster than me ..
Cath
. Love the tea bag idea. The patterns on tea bags are so great that I have to save them and now have a use.
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Wonderful! Yes, I also love the patterns on them – random and a great colour. Excellent that you can now reuse them!
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Great post
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Thanks kindly for dropping by
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No problem 🙂 check out my blog when you get the chance 🙂
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Will do! 🙂
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Thank you 😀
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great post cath and lovely book cover. hope u get outta the van and into a proper craft room soon! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Thanks Trish – I’m hoping a get a proper craft room soon as well!
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Lovely colours coming through in your cookbook cover cath.
The colours are much more intense in the completed cover than during the process pics. Is that due solely to the shoe polish..or more teabag layers..or..?..& is the finished cover sturdy yet pliable like leather?
You’ve zen tangled in some areas too -kinda fey & interesting! You think up such original projects, well done cath xx
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Deb – thanks for having such wonderful queries! Colourwise I think I’m a pretty crappy photographer, the intense colors were shot in the van, the washed-out ones were shot outside. I’m afraid I’m not smart enough to do any colour processing .. yet. The cover is very similar to kangaroo leather in both thickness and pliability. Those zentangles were a mistake .. thanks for being kind though!
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Cath, wonderful recycling of teabags. Was it you that knitted a teddy bear with the strings from the bags? If not, there’s your next project!
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Hahaha!! No it wasn’t me, but I know a lady who used about 4,000 to knit a very lovely, soft, shaggy scarf! Thanks for that idea tho, I’ll add it to my list😆
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Always so inventive Cath. Your cookbook cover looks beautiful and will hopefully inspire your cooking!! I can’t wait to see what you come up with next!
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Thanks so kindly for taking a look – and hopefully my cooking will become more frequent due to gorgeous cover!😀 I’ve got a bit of a doosey planned next, hopefully it won’t take another 5 months to make it werk tho!
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Hi Cathy
Very intetesting indeed! You are building up quite a few skills now. Very handy I say!
Helen
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Helen! Thanks so kindly for commenting. Yes, a few more skills under my belt can’t hurt my portfolio for possible tafe entry (interview in late Nov.!)😊
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Great idea Cath! I’ll have to start drinking more tea. I think it would also make a great wall hanging! Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks Marilyn! Yes, I think there are endless possibilities – a wall hanging would look lovely. Yes, do drink more tea!😊
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Hey Cath, are you guys still travelling? Monika.
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Yes STILL travelling. I’ll have a home by the end of the year, or I’ll have a divorce.
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