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A Lovely Doll Makeover
This lovely, unassuming lady used her creativity to give Bratz Dolls a makeover. She and her husband can't believe the way this has gone viral on the internet. It is just such a refreshing thing to see! Enjoy.
Watch this on TV
If you have access to Channel 9 on TV (Sydney) and are home at 9pm Tuesday evening, check out the new series that everyone is talking about. "The Bible" Looks amazing. I'm looking forward to checking it out tuesday night. There are ten, one hour weekly episodes. They say it has been put together consulting many Biblical scholars to get it true to the actual Biblical accounts. Click HERE for a sneak peak! Read more about it on "The Bible Society" website HERE. If you watch it, tell me what you think in the comments! (or email me: thecraftgroupplus *at* gmail *dot* com) I'm not keen on images of Jesus, especially where he is a handsome white caucasian (I'm sure He wasn't!) but I will wait and see. I will even watch it 'properly' i.e. not knitting or blogging or cleaning up emails at the same time. That way I will save my family from my annoying questions like "what just happened?" :)
Cancer Council fundraiser
What a morning we had yesterday! At The Craft Group we hosted our annual "Cancer Council Morning Tea" as part of the big Australian wide fundraising project, the Biggest Morning Tea . We did some Craft, then we had some announcements. Then Pam introduced her ex neighbour who is fighting a pretty big battle at the moment with Cancer. Bec was coming home from hospital yesterday and is really not well. We couldn't ask her to come and speak but we still were encouraged by her. We watched a You Tube clip made by her church. It is just Bec talking and sharing where she sees "Home" to be. It's only 5 minutes long and is really worth watching... Click HERE to watch it. Then we read out an email Bec sent to me the other day. She said how much Psalm 139 meant to her lately. (I've added it below). If you are reading this Bec.... thanks for sharing your Hope with us. It was very touching and helps put life into perspective. It is really all about ...
A Simple Act of Kindness
How nice is it when someone was really kind to you? The message of t his video is to pass it on... http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=WD7GWPNX
WOW Stop-motion animation.
As you already know... Cartoons are made up of 1000's of different drawings, each one slightly different than the previous one. Animations like "Wallace and Gromit" and "Pingu" are the same, except that photos are used instead of drawings. They make up a scene, take a photo, change the scene slightly, take another photo and repeat this 100's or 1000's of times to make something which, when played in quick succession, looks like a moving picture. This is called Stop Motion Animation.Very creative, effective and time consuming! Watch this one. It is the largest in scale of its kind. When you watch it, just remember that the fisherman in the boat is a real person. It's bigger than you think. After clicking on it, click again to see it slightly bigger. Then at the end, click on "WATCH THE MAKING OF HERE". Very interesting. What does this have to do with Craft? Well isn't it the same thing we do all the time? 1000's of stitche...
Sunday Inspiration - Diane Rose
How good does the light have to be for you to sew? How good are your glasses? How good are your eyes? Watch this lady and you will be inspired! Have a special Sunday.