Donkey

After a great day of catching up with one of my dearest and closest friend, we took the kids up to see the donkey that lives close by to our house. Little Miss C has loved this donkey from a young age and is not scared to feed him carrots on a daily basis if she had it her way.... I was glad to capture this moment with some pics for the memory book.

In the Garden

A perfect spring day to be out in the garden, with the birds singing and the butterflies out and about. I captured this photo while pruning the sea daisies. As C was having her afternoon nap she was unable to see the butterfly so I wanted to shown her what I had found in the garden. Unfortunately soon after taking this snap the cat jumped and caught the butterfly as it flew past her. I scared the cat and luckily her grasp on the butterfly was not enough to kill or damage the wings and the butterfly flew away to a safer back yard.

Happy Spring Everyone

Mardi

Madeit Home Page Feature

My Hot Pink and Lime Green Bunting made the home page of the Pretty in Pink. All items are handpicked by made it and are on the home page for a day.



Thanks Madeit

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Zoom Zoom Rocket Top

ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM

Were going to the moon!!

Hope onboard my madeit Shop and

pick up you very own rocket top

Zoom Zoom Zoom

Were going to the moon!!!

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Arti Mardi goes RETAIL!!

My small business has had its first big step. Arti Mardi buntings are now available in my very first retail shop in Sunbury, Victoria. Ella May's Boutique is a clothing and accessories shop located at 88 O'Shanassey Street.

I am thrilled that my handmade adventure has taken me down this road and look forward to seing what journey I will experience along the way. Hopefully not too bumpy!!!!

For those of you who do not live near Sunbury Arti Mardi buntings and Appliques Tops are still available via my MADEIT shop

Jingle Bell Rock

With Christmas coming soon, I have been working on a design for a bunting and appliqued top. Below is a sneak peak at the applique top which will actually play Jingle Bells and many other favourite Christmas tunes. Once the finishing touches have been added and road tested by C for durability the top and bunting will be listed on my MADEIT shop just in time for Christmas.



Have a great weekend

Mardi

Chibobo, Zambia

Back in 2008 I was fortunate to travel with a group from St Marys Anglican Church to Zambia to visit and work with the locals of the chibobo community and orphanage. While we were there we completed a playground for the basic school, and started the koala club with the careers of the orphans.

The playground was one of the major projects to be completed and with many set backs we were able to finish in time. The children would watch day after day with anticipation of what was being created in front of their eyes. As Chibobo is located 450km from the capital Lusaka and 30km from the closest town Serenje, many of the children have never seen a playground before.

Since the playground was constructed the number of children attending the school has increased!!!

It was noticed that the careers of the orphans had little to do during the day when the children were at school. A need for sawing and knitting was noticed as been not only a source of making clothing for the children but also as a possible source of income for the orphanage.Which started out as a small group of 8 ladies and 2 men the group increased daily as the word spread amongst the community, with very little supplies some were using sticks as knitting needles.

 

A few years down the track the group now meets weekly with some members walking up to 10km to enjoy the time shared together. They won 1st prize in Serenje with their placemats and other items made from local fabricand made uniforms for the children to attend school in. It is such a joy to see how far they have come in this time and I hope one day that I will return to Chibobo to share with them once more.