apricots

Our little tree is heavy with ripening fruit and we've found that fruit trees are a bit of a social thing. A bag or fruit chucked over the back fence can help make new friends, or can be swapped for some lemons... and a jar of jam really makes people happy... well most people. Oh but there is so much jam and not enough jars!!

baby kitchen

The girls grandmother spotted this little kitchen dresser at a garage sale a couple of months ago. We tidied it up and Audrey and I painted it white, added some coloured contact for hotplate and sink and... voila!! Instant kitchen in the kids corner of the loungeroom. Audrey picked the tea set to match and we found a gorgeous little cooking set, complete with stock pot, whisk and oven mitt... cuppa anyone?

Johns

About 6 months ago I made a little gumnut baby for Audrey - remembering primary school days! She called it John. Then a month ago we happened across a pile of gumnuts sitting in a grassy spot near the beach and Audrey exclaimed "Johns!!" We quickly gathered them and have just finished assembling our Johns to give to the family for Christmas.... I like the purple one best. Audrey likes the pink, of course.

Christmassy fun

Well its been too busy to post as we did things so I'll wrap it all up into one...

We've done an activity advent calendar this year which has led to lots of fun stuff for Big Owlet and given us happy little distractions each day. It was rather slap dash, but here's what Big Owlet woke up to on December 1.
I think everyone's favorites have been painting toenails, crazy hair and dinner-time dressups. Undies on one's head never fails to amuse.

There's been lots of cooking going on too...

One day soon...

Oohh I just love these fabrics!! My girls both need some new summer clothes, so I've added some lovely new fabrics to my stash... now to pull my finger out and find the time to make something. Waiting doesn't seem to work and the days are getting warmer, like a little niggling reminder that it needs to be done...

Purple and Green

A recent clean out of the fridge uncovered an overabundance of purple and green foods so we had a purple and green day! Look at our yummy broccoli soup, sauerkraut and beetroot and chocolate muffins!!!

Well 3 months down and not much activity! I'm designing a new winter range for my work and the inspiration has finally started to flow now that our busy move is behind us. In my spare moments I have begun knitting squares for the fair for the Steiner school that Audrey goes to. Its not very creative - garter stitch is about all I can manage right now - but I'm loving making things with my hands again and the colours are just so lovely to work with I had to post!