Hmmm...seems like a bit of sarcasm there!

I've mentioned to a few friends something that happened just before Easter. DH stood in the kitchen and was looking towards the dining area. On his face was a look of stunned shock...'Where did that come from?', he uttered. 

I followed the direction of his gaze...

He was referring to our dining room table...what did he mean, where did it come from? It's been there since 2004 for goodness sake! Could it be something to do with the fact that for the past few months my stitching/crafting work area has spilled over from my sewing room on to this table? Could this table have become invisible under cutting mats, fabric bundles, boxes of threads and projects under construction? 

Yep! I had a big 'tidy up and put away' just before DsD1 and partner arrived to spend Easter with us! :-)

Christmas in July...

Well the day dawned...July 25... and the day we could open our parcels from our swap buddy in the Christmas in July Swap. And wasn't I spoiled!!! Thank you so much Peg!

Some of the parcels were wrapped in this paper...don't you just love this Santa Bear???

So here are my lovely surprises from Peg...

Beautiful fabric and ribbon on this journal cover...

Such a cheerful fellow on this mug rug!

A sweet lot of reindeer around the Christmas tree....

That reindeer fabric is just so cute!

Look at all that work in this Santa mini quilt!

This table centre is gorgeous!

And a lovely hanger for the reindeer wallhanging...

But that's not all!!!

Most of the family are coming over for dinner tonight...I don't think these will last very long! lol

Now the items I made in this swap were for Vickie... and these are what I sent her...

One of my little hexi decorations with a Santa button in the middle...

A reindeer table runner... and a little nuts/sweets dish

And a length of bunting made out of 'holly fabrics'...

What a fun swap! Thank you to Cheryll for her superb organising of this and so many other swaps!

The last few snippets about being in Brunswick Heads....

We've been home a few days now but I thought that I would just share some more of the photos.

These were the scenes which greeted us each morning...the river is like a mill pond at that time of day...

This time looking upstream from our cabin...

Some of the campers hoping to 'catch some breakfast' :-)

While DH and his friends played golf, my friend and I chatted and worked on craft projects...I worked on a throw with yarns that had been donated to K4BN and also stitched hexies. Mary learned a new craft...tapestery.

I had shown Mary how to do a basic tapestry stitch on Thursday  and from then she was  'hooked' !  This is a little wallhanging of a colourful bird which will go into the bedroom where the grandchildren sleep when they stay. 

I took this photo today but it shows the throw that I worked on while we were away...

Our constant companion each day was Charleigh the dog... (I spelled her name wrongly in a former post)

My friends had brought their coffee machine so I was spoiled having cappuccinos made for me... 

On Thursday and Friday we had a delicious cooked lunch...

On the last night all the golfers have dinner together at the Brunswick Heads Hotel which is in the township. DH took me as well but I was the only wife there... but my meal was delicious even if conversation was sparse...lol

The Brunswick Heads Hotel...

I noticed this sign across the road from the pub... seems like another community worried about the extraction of CSG

Another view of that old bridge...

On Friday morning DH had left for the day's golf very very early. Before he left he put heavy items into the car and then I finished packing the car later. So when he finished the competition we were ready to head back home. We had one stop on the way home, at Tweed Heads South. My SIL had told me about this big store there called Fantazia. I browsed around the 2 shops that make up the store, buying a few haberdashery items, including the cute gold tassel that I put on my hexie ornament. There were 4 in the packet and I have a feeling all will be used quite soon :-)
Had to take 2 photos to get the  facade in! It is huge!!!