Markets - 1st to 7th October

SATURDAY 6TH OCTOBER
Ballarat Town Hall
Bundoora Park
Daylesford
East Gippsland
Echuca
Golden Plains
Kingston
Koonwarra
Murrabit
Myrtleford
South Gippsland
Spotswood
Sunraysia
Tatong
Torquay Central
Veg Out St Kilda
Westerfords Park
Woodend Community

SUNDAY 7TH OCTOBER
Castlemaine
Flemington (ex Melb Showgrounds)
Heathmont
Hurtsbridge
Lilydale
Maffra
Mulgrave
North Melbourne
Tallarook

#339 - Creative

Hello all and happy Sunday!

The prompt for this week is: Creative

Week #227 with The Craft Barn.

This week its the turn of The Craft Barn to sponsor the super sketch here at Sketch Saturday.

"We are a UK business selling a wide range of craft supplies including stamps, dies and embossing folders, punches, an extensive range of items to alter and decorate and much more for your scrapbooking and card making projects. We are committed to providing the best, most up to date craft products at great prices, coupled with first class service.

We have over 10,000 products, some of the leading brands that we stock include: Sizzix, Ranger, Tim Holtz, Crafty Individuals, Katzelkraft, Crafts Too, DecoArt, Copic, Viva Décor, Spellbinder Nestabilities, Impression Obsession, Tando Creative, Marianne D and Cosmic Shimmer to name but a few. We are constantly adding new products to our range of craft supplies so be sure to add us to your browser favourites so you can pop back and see us."

The Craft Barn offer a wide range of goodies for all crafters from all things 'Cuttlebug' to grunge paper, from cottage cutz dies to cosmic shimmers, then there's your essentials like cardstock and papers and adhesives.

Not forgetting their HUGE stock of clear and rubber stamps to tantalise you!

There really is something for everyone :)

For all the latest products that have been added to the site PLEASE CLICK HERE

LATEST NEWS from The Craft Barn!...

EXTRAVAGANZA 2012

Click here for details and booking 

of workshops and masterclasses

Click here for the amazing list of free demonstrations

If you do have the opportunity to go, then please do. This is a very popular event, and very worthwhile, you may pick up some crafting tips and meet up with fellow crafters too

And of course you will be able to see the full range of wonderful products available in store.

This weeks challenge winner will receive a generous gift voucher from The Craft Barn, HUGE thanks Sandy!

                         This weeks prize is a £10.00 gift voucher to spend in The Craft Barn Store.

So on with the Sketch!

Guest Designer this week is.......
 Andrea

Donna

Steph

Susie

Alex

Trish

Niki

Carrie:

Jen

Tiggertastic

Lizy

Lesley

Finally It is with a heavy heart that we wave goodbye to Hiedi. 
Hiedi has'nt been with us very long but she will be sadly missed.
I hope you all join me in wishing her the best of luck!
Now its your turn!
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Winner of #226

Prize Claimed

The winner of last weeks sketch sponsored by Bugaboo is.......

# 75 Audrey E

with this fantastic creation!

Congratulations!!

Please leave a comment below and email Susie at susielittle@ymail.com for deatils of how to claim your prize from Bugaboo 

Welcome Again

Welcome back to Spiritual Sundays. I appreciate the comments many of you made on the prayer question. I don't doubt that everyone who comes to this blog has plenty of people and things to pray for. I think it is a good idea to put prayer requests on comments you make here each week. You can also send me and e-mail (see on the sidebar) and I will add it to the Prayer Request page. I try to keep

The Doors

You may remember a storm we told you about last year which did some major damage to one of our shed's doors.  You can see it here.  Although the doors were put back into place and they did work, they were never quite the same.  In preparation for this winter, the doors of "Padre Pio" shed are having parts replaced and are being put back into proper working order.

 Fr. Anthony Mary, F.SS.R. and Postulants Mr. Esteban and Mr Janes working on the runners.

Watch out Father, you missed something!

Pull!

Changing the damaged panels and fixing the new ends on to the doors calls for teamwork.

 Br. Magdala Maria, F.SS.R. grinds off some of the rusty bolts
and smooths down some of the damaged areas.

The doors are slowly raised into place with the help of a Teleporter

This is the tricky bit... getting the doors on to the runners ...

Last minute adjustments before the sun sets to make sure the doors open and close smoothly

As good as new!

A New House

During the summer we had a pair of geese come to live on Papa Stronsay.  They did not have a house to live in, but they did not mind because it was the summer and they were not troubled by bad weather.  As the autumn came on, however, they became increasingly worried about how they would get through the winter.  Seeing their plight, Br. Nicodemus Mary, F.SS.R. offered to build them a dwelling place:

The goose house was to be built using a spare ruin.  Br. Nicodemus is preparing to fill the gap in the wall.

 The structure is almost complete.

The beginnings of the wall.  Behind can be the small shed in which the monastery generator is housed.

All done!  In time a gate will go in the gateway, but the geese cannot fly so for now it is fine.

I hope they will be happy with their new home!

Markets - 24th to 30th September

SATURDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER
Boorondara
Echuca
Hume Murray
Torquay Central


SUNDAY 3OTH SEPTEMBER
Flemington
Mulgrave

#338 - Ease

The prompt for this week is: ease.

 Have a wonderful week everyone!

Week #226 with Bugaboo Stamps.

This week at Sketch Saturday for sketch #226 we have Bugaboo joining us

Why not pop over and see what's New for September!!

and this weeks prize is a super 7 digi's from the fabulous store!

Here's another corker from Jen!

Our Guest Designer this week is.......

 Mary 

Steph

Donna

Carrie

Lesley

Niki

Susie

Alex

Trish

Gro

Jen

Lizy

Now it's your turn!

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Redrawn winner #223

Re -drawn #223

Morning... The winner of the Ribbon Girl Prize is....

with this fabulous card!!!

#5 Coops

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Please leave a comment here then email Jen on the email address on the side bar for details of how to claim your super prize from Mary and Andrea 

Winner of #225....

Prize Claimed

Good morning. The winner of last weeks sketch sponsored by 

Bunny Zoe Crafts. .......

The winner is......

# 37 Jenny

Here is Jenny's Beautiful card!

Congratulations!!

please leave a comment here and email Susie at susielittle@ymail.com for details of how to claim your fabulous prize from Bunny Zoe Crafts.

There's Nothing Quite Like Homemade!

I have only ever experienced pasta in its dried-out form, in a bag from the supermarket.  However, at Papa Stronsay we have recently been the recipients of a very kind gift: a pasta maker!  I was really taken by the whole process and thought that some of our readers might also fall into the same category as I do, of being ignorant of the process of making pasta, so I am posting some photos below of Br. Magdala Maria, F.SS.R. and postulant Mr. Esteban showing us how it's done:

Beating eggs for the dough.

 Kneading the dough.

The dough is repeatedly put through this roller.  Each time the setting is changed so that it rolls the dough a little thinner.

As this happens, the rolled dough gets longer…

...and longer!

Once completed the very thin strip of dough is laid out and the process begins again on a new piece.

The pasta-maker has several attachments for making different types of pasta.  Here the tagliatelle attachment is fitted.

With all the sheets of pasta dough prepared, the process of cutting can begin.

As the strips of tagliatelle emerge, they are hung to dry.

It dries for up to an hour, but by this time, it is not as dry as it would be in a packet or dried pasta, but has just become a little firmer.

Into the pot!

The finished product!  It is really incredible just how much better homemade pasta is than the pasta bought in the supermarket!

A big thank you to the kind donor of this equipment!