Hi all, sorry I have been a bad blogger this week, I have spent most of the week feeling like the little guy above, staying up until all hours making little booties for orders, only when I came down in the morning the elves hadn't been to visit and the mess from the night before was still there. They are all done and posted now, just in time for the weekend.
This weekend is unfortunately a no crochet weekend as we are all very busy in the garden preparing for something very special.
Dylan was very eager to help his dad in the garden today, but only managed about 2 mins before he got side tracked by frogs.
Here they are working hard, clearing a space for this........................................
Isn't she beautiful , my very own log cabin. I'm so excited, a place for all my crafty bits.
I can't wait to paint her, adorn in bunting, crochet cushions and pretty jars of buttons and ribbons.
Right I'll have to be off now as I have to study the Cuprinol garden shades chart and decide on colours.
Speak soon xxx
Wow, what wonderful weather we have had this week, more Summer than Spring.
We have spent the weekend pottering about the garden and visiting the boating lake, which has a fabulous park and coffee shop.
A lovely afternoon was spent sitting outside the coffee shop, looking over the lake and admiring the most beautiful blossom.
I was quite impressed with this picture as it was taken on my mobile phone.
Once the coffee and cake had been consumed we walked over to the park area, unfortunately Dudley wasn't allowed on the park, so he and I sat on the grass near by, whilst Scott took Isla-Rose on the swings. I even managed to get a little crocheting done, perfect.
I'm still heavily inspired by the Royal theme at the moment and found the most amazing buttons on Folksy, Alexis Barn Creates... , gorgeous handcrafted buttons.
Here is what I have done with them...
So that's the blossom and booties, now for the boys !!.................................................
How cute !! They even have similar hair.
Speak soon xx
Hello lovely people,
You may remember a few posts back I mentioned a surprise for Lucie's 11th birthday.
The BIG surprise was a trip to London on the train, a theatre visit to see Lion King, then an overnight stay in a hotel.
We had the most fantastic time ever. We went with my mum and my niece, as it was her 9th birthday the week before.
They didn't know where they were going until we arrived at the train station.
We had a real girly weekend and I loved spending some special time with Lucie, who suddenly seems very grown up.
Lucie couldn't believe her luck when she realised she could have muffins, croissants, fry up and cereals for breakfast.
We couldn't have had asked for better weather, we even found time for an ice cream.
You may have noticed the first picture includes me !! Never before has my face been seen on this blog, I have only included this one as we look like sisters....ha ha....in my dreams.
In my last post I was busy making Royal bunting which I was going to put in my Folksy shop, but has since found a new home.
We are currently decorating Dylans room and he has gone for a red and blue theme, which is great as everything is red and blue at the moment, when he saw the bunting his face lit up "COOL , that will look great in my room". So that's where it is.
It looks perfect there, what a great idea Dylan.
Gosh look at the time, school run time already, then ballet, then ikea for some storage for Dyl's room, then it will definitely be Swedish meatball time, yum yum.
Speak soon xx
This post was supposed to be a birthday post, as both my girls have had birthdays this week. I am itching to tell you all about our exciting weekend, but in the last 2 days I have received the most wonderful swap gifts and feel that I owe these kind and talented ladies a big thank you, so I will save the birthday piccies for next time.
My first parcel to arrive was the Spring swap, my partner was the lovely Helen from The undomesticated scientist . They arrived in a huge box, how exciting!!
All the gifts were absolutely perfect, Helen had obviously studied my blog .
I received this wonderful up cycled jeans bag, with such pretty lining. It's already been adorned with a crochet flower and has had it's first trip out to the knit and natter group, the perfect size.
I also received a bright and fun lavender heart with the words " laugh" embroidered on the front, this is hanging near Isla's bed, I am hoping the lavender will help her sleep.
Starbucks coffee was also included, as was the ingredients to make crispy cakes, Helen has obviously took on board my limitations in the kitchen.
I also received several balls of wool, crochet magazine and some pretty ribbons.
Thank you so much. xx
My second parcel was a heart swap, my partner was Debs from Two bones and a bagle .
Debs wrapped her beautiful gifts in the prettiest heart paper with little labels on each, I had every intention of taking a photo to show you, but as I missed the postman yesterday I had to collect the parcel from post office whilst on the way out to lunch, obviously I couldn't be expected to wait until I got home to open it, so I will admit to opening it whilst sat in the car outside the post office, very childish I know.
If you look closely you will see I have already started eating the little heart biscuits, they are very yummy!
Lots of lovely little heart goodies, flip flops, chocolates, muffin cases, heart sandwich cutter, lip gloss and that's just the start, look at this wonderful gift......
..... a beautiful cushion cover, isn't it lovely?
Some beautiful tiny heart bunting.
Debs and I have both had a little chuckle at this as I sent her the very same tiny heart bunting, great minds think alike and all that. The pattern came from the talented Julia Crossland . I was planning to make some more of this bunting to hang above Isla's bed, now I don't have to.
Thank you ladies, I have been utterly spoilt.
Thank you also to Jackie at Sew special bears and Beki at Ramblings of an everyday mummy for organising these swaps.
Just enough time to show you a few little bits I have been playing with this week....
The beginning of some more Royal bunting.
Still enjoying the flowers, this one is now on my jeans bag.
Some little booties for my Folksy shop.
Speak soon xxx
O.k, I will admit it, I thoroughly enjoyed last night and think I may have caught the dreaded Bieber Fever !!!
He put on an absolutely fantastic show and there is no denying the boy can sing, dance , play guitar, piano and the drums.
There were guest appearances from Willow and Jayden Smith and I was eagerly awaiting the arrival of Mr Will Smith himself ( more my age group ), but this wasn't to be.
It was definitely money well spent to see Dylan's face light up for the whole 2 hours.
He grinned from ear to ear, he sang at the top of his voice, jumped up and down and waved his very expensive glow stick the whole night.
This is Dylan ready to go to the show...
Waiting for the show to start, reading his FIFTEEN POUNDS programme ...
His beaming face.....
Mesmerised watching the show....
The only problem we have now is that Dylan want to learn the guitar and have street dancing lessons, but it's OK , he assures me he can already sing !!!
Finally a great big WELL DONE to Lucie, who yesterday pointed, leaped and twirled her way through her grade 4 RAD ballet exam. She has 6 long weeks to wait for the results.
I have a very, very busy weekend coming up as its Lucie's birthday on Tuesday, she is having a surprise weekend, will post again on Monday to let you see what we got up to.
Speak soon. xxx
Thank you for all the kind comments I received yesterday regarding Dudley, I am pleased to say he is almost back to his normal cheeky chappy self.
We had a bad night with him crying and I had to sleep downstairs with him, but he's gobbled his breakfast and right now he is having a mad moment racing round the room as fast as he can.
Now for a Ta dah moment..............
I started a cardigan a few months back, using a pattern from a King Cole pattern book, I started to struggle on one particular bit ,so it was soon popped in a bag and put to one side, but after a recent visit to town I was amazed to see how many crocheted cardigans, waistcoats and shawls there were, I found myself thinking " I could do that" as I walked around the shops. That evening I rescued my lonely cardigan and tried again, do you want to see? ...............................
I'm itching to make myself something else now, I might be fashionable in 2011 !!!
Speak soon xx
Good morning folks.
I am up extremely early this morning as poor Mr Dudley has to go to the vets for an operation. He has a rather large hernia that needs repairing.
It's amazing how quick you become emotionally attached, I have been worrying about him all night, I think its going to be a rather stressful day.
He is sat at my feet, looking up at me with his cute squashed face, as if to say " hey mummy, you have forgotten to give me my breakfast" .
I stayed up quite late last night and have managed to finish another pair of booties, I am really enjoying making these at the moment.
Daisy green mary jane booties, perfect for Spring.
Hopefully I will get time to post later and give an update on Mr Dudley.
Speak soon xx
