JaM - Happy Days

JaM - taking Just a Moment to gather & share the things you have noticed, consumed, created &/or bought during your week....

I caught up with my Dad this week
and after chats over cups of tea & apple slice

we went Op shopping

I managed 8 Op Shops in 5hrs

finding treasure in every one of them.

Old hangers - new love

Books - knowledge is power
 

Mrs Tiddlemouse - she needed a good home

Chip Fryer - I've heard they make great peg baskets

Zips - they were orange & will make great rose necklaces

Ties - they were orange & will make great rose brooches
Buttons - I will never have enough

 Tins - so I have somewhere to put my buttons

 

 Tea Towel - I don't have an orange one and 1987 was a pretty significant year for me.
I traveled that year to India, Kathmandu, Thailand, Gulf of Carpentaria
Dan & I moved in together
I enrolled in the Fashion Design Course
Decisions & adventures that ultimately determined my destiny & sealed my fate.

 

What were you up to in 1987...

JaM - What's not to Love

JaM - taking Just a Moment to gather & share the things you have noticed, consumed, created, bought during your week....

I love winter - it's so much easier & heaps more fun to dress for the cold.

op shopping pay dirt - Kathmandu Raincoat $10 say no more!

 op shop swappers off & running - love it when others think your idea was a good one.
talking about Reinventing to the uninitiated - 'as above'.

booking holidays - significant birthday here I come.

hand stitching & unpicking - discovering that the slow road is sometimes the best.

great company, creative bombing, dinner cooked, feet rubbed (true story!)

(Andi REinvented her skirt into a Piece of Cake)

(Alex bought flowers for everyone)

(Bambi Jacket nearly finished)

(Alex got new boots)

(Sustainability Talk for the local Council)

(cold mornings)

what's not to love...

hope I haven't just jinxed next week!

A MeMe on Monday called JaM

Why a MeMe 

because I fear if I don't commit to something that requires me to say something regularly

I'll lose my Blogging Mojo completely

it's been fading fast the past few weeks.

I joined in a couple of MeMe styled joint thingys last year and LOVED them

and having successfully pulled off the Op Shop Swap

and even though I've neglected my Eco Quilt Challenge duties [I'll be back]

I feel I'm ready to take the plunge

I'm also joining a Gym

and now I've said it [out loud] I have to do it!

I'm really bad at doing anything anyone else does,

my sense of co-ordination and fine motor skills are appalling,

so I've taken a little of what I like about others 'thingys'

and stitched in a few of my own
and come up with

JaM
(Just a Moment)

It''ll be a place to come & share stuff
stuff you have, are yet to acquire, things you think, things you know
cos all we have is time, this moment, right now
everything else is borrowed, on loan, temporary.

I didn't want to limit this MeMe with too many specifics
no guilt, shame or pressure.

It's going to be very simple.

On a Monday

• I'll post a theme, do a post on the theme and invite you to do the same. Please offer suggestions for themes - think this is where I fell down with the Eco Quilt [much guilt].
• You then. if you so choose, do your own post on the theme, with a link back to the MeMe so others that are interested can join in.
• Leave a comment if you so wish.
• Most importantly leave a link at the bottom of the MeMe so that we can come visit you.
• The Link will be open for a week - Monday-Sunday

 See ya Monday!