Life in OZ

I lived in Australia for 7yrs. and just moved back to Canada last yr. I lived on a 40ft. sailboat in Nth. Queensland sailing the Great Barrier Reef. It was a dream life!

I made my crafts all wk while out sailing and came in on the wkend to sell my creations at the local markets. We sailed with the dolphins, sea turtles and the humpback whales on their migration up and down the coast.

I grew up on a farm so the water world was all new to me but i fell in love with it at once. I love getting away from it all and the sailboat was just that. Pull anchor and off into the sunset!

My family came to visit a couple of times. It was so nice to fullfill my dads dream of sailing (i got to tell him what to do, like pull that anchor, hoist the sail!) Oz is a very special place and i miss it but am so glad to be close to my family now.

This is a photo of Paula and me enjoying a glass of wine watching the sunset on the deck of the sailboat.

In Movie "Australia"

When I was in Australia last year there was the movie Australia being filmed near where i was living on my sailboat. I went to be an extra and got hired as long as i cut my hair short. I was on set for about a mth. as a Military Service Woman.

Then one day on set the director, Baz came to me and asked me to sit in this office and say a line. Well, was i nervous! I just thought i was going to be some extra in the back ground running around. I had to do 3 takes since my mind went blank. My line was "I'm getting a signal from Mission Island." This is when the Japanese were coming to Oz to bomb during the WW2. Nicole Kidman was on set and told me i did a good job. My name is in the credits as well!

It was such an amazing experience and one i never imagined. It is amazing what life brings to you when you are open to it. I have always been one to go with the flow. I have travelled alot so with that comes many experiences. There is a world of opportunities you just have to go for it and have faith in yourself that anything is possible.

This is a photo of me (middle, tallest with nurse bag) and the girls on set.

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Felted Dog Fur

After brushing my beautiful dog Keyna there is alot of hair! I have heard of people making sweaters from their dog hair so I spun some of her hair on my spinning wheel. It is not the easiest fibre to spin so I decided to felt it.

So now I offer to take customers animal fur, felt it and make a small to large pouch or pures for them depending on the amount of fur they have and how much they want to spend.

This picture is a sample of what I have made from Keyna's fur from 3-4 brushings. I add a little colored sheeps wool and a sparkle of angelina.

Orders are welcomed! Just convo us and get brushing your dog!

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Kelowna Farmers Market

The Naturally Spun Sisters did our first market of the year together. We had a great stall location and display. It rained for about 20 mins, but the sun came out after that! We sold out of our eco pads and did some great networking. Met a fellow spinner and might be getting some alpca wool. Also had some interested clients for felting their own dogs hair into pouches/bags.

Our Beloved Pets!!!

I have an amazing dog named Keyna. She is 11mths old today! She is husky, german sheppard, wolf and is so wise for her age. I feel so blessed to have her as my friend. We take her to the local dog park everyday and she loves it. Her favorite thing to do is to play with other dogs. She tries to get them to chase her by stealing their balls or getting a stick and pushing into them. We are living on a ranch right now so she is so lucky to run around heaps.
Paula has a cat named Pelee which she rescued off Pelee Island in Lake Erie in Ontario Canada while working at an eco camp and learning centre for kids. She did restoration projects around the island and counted endangered species as well. Pelee now lives in White Rock BC. She is a tabi cat (orange) with a short tail because one day she came home after a horrid accident with the top half of her tail missing! She is way too friendly and tries to go into every neighbours house and we assume she got a door shut on her tail. She is more like a dog by following us around, playing in water and is very vocal making a whole repertoire of noises. She is quite the cat!
Our parents have 2 chihuahuas, brother and sister, Spike and Teenie. They are 15 years old! They are such a part of the family and are so entertaining as small dogs can be. Teenie loves cheerios and Spike like crickets, Yum? They still live on our family farm back in Ontario. What farm dogs?! This is a picture of Spike and Teenie keeping warm by the wood stove.