EllenaElizabeth Makes

Family History I've been very involved with family history for the last few years. I joined Ancestry.com and discovered Trove which is a fantastic Australian resource that's completely fre...

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I love my chooks. I have four and each week they produce roughly 2 dozen eggs. I line their nesting boxes with shredded vintage sheet music.... just for a bit of fun really. ...

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Good morning. I hope there is someone out there reading this...I have not blogged for so long because I cannot load any photos and what a bland blog it would be without photos....right? T...

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My great-grandmother's sewing machine. It's a Beirne. Have never seen another one like it. Some of my vintage handkerchiefs.   Hello all my blog friends. This is my first post for ...

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Isn't she pretty? This little cake is quite special. Recently my family had a re-union picnic that I could not attend as I was recovering from spinal surgery. My aunty is a great cook! ...

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A recently purchased vintage linen with exquisite crocheted edge is sprucing up the top of my microwave. I love my eclectic display and my african violet is so pretty when it flowers ...

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  So happy to see my little Scotty girl  after being away from home for so long. It's so wonderful to be home again, five weeks to the day. How I have missed being in my own home an...

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My paternal grandmother, aged 18 weeks. She was born in Rossland, Canada 1919 Here she is aged 4 Bit of snow here... This is an un-known event to me as I live in Australia. My g...

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Today I made two baby cards for little boys who will be born soon. I'm glad I know ahead of time that the babies are boys  and I'm just waiting on hearing what their names are so I...

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I love collecting interesting little things. My friend made this cute little shoe pincushion for me  My lovely rose lamp Hubby and I love our 'bed of roses'. A vintage beaded p...

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A beautiful winter sky last week Some rusted garden ornaments that I've collected over the years. I leave the cobwebs as I like the look of them An old horse shoe Love my rus...

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 I've had such fun the last few days making some new cards Usually it takes me days or weeks to make one card Making cards quickly may be a new habit... I hope so! For this card I piec...

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Welcome to Where Bloggers Create 2012 I recently made this altered canvas for my sewing/craft room. I entered it in the local country show and it won first place. A cut glass ...

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Here's my dear hubby holding the water from the bird bath. Did you happen to notice it's frozen? LOL The amazing thing is that this photos were taken today at 1pm. It's been extr...

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Click on the photos to enlarge and to enjoy. Today I decorated this frame that was given to me by a friend when she had a 'clean out'. I removed the glass and covered the backi...

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This is my sole pansy flower at the moment. Hopefully they'll be blooming in profusion within the next few weeks. Pansies are my favourite flowers. This collage is the same photo with f...

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I recently learnt about a collection of postcards (still in existence) that were sent to my great grandmother in the early 1900's. My grandmother (who was her daughter) was about to burn...

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                                 I thought I'd share some winter photos with you. We're in the middle of winter here in Australia. These photos are a cou...

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Just thought I'd share some views from around my sewing room. Hope you're all having a great week wherever you may be. I'd love to hear from you so please lea...

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I made this a couple of years ago and have been having lots of fun taking photos with my new CANON EOS 600D. These two were taken using the macro setting and  then I had fun edi...

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This collage is courtesy of PicMonkey. I just love this new collage effect. It seems I've run out of storage space on Picasa. Anyone have any ideas about what I can do? What have you'...

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I would like to share my latest card made for some lovely people who recently showed my family great hospitality and kinsmanship. They are farmers and I think they will like i...

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Even though this 100 acre farm is out in the middle of nowhere, it is almost right next to another farm house, so it's still like being in suburbia (in that respect). The original owner ga...

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I found this former beauty a while ago She is crumbling and just falling apart. Such a sad thing, it breaks my heart. She was probably built about 1890 and is what we refer to as a ...

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