happy birthday to me...

oh so gooey evil!! Its possibly the best birthday ever when you are given cookbooks, teapots, pyjamas, jewellery and slippers and treated to beakfast in bed and dinner at the local chinese... lazy susans never go out of style...

easter eggy fun

We had a lovely relaxing easter holiday... cleaning up the garden, egg dyeing, chocolate making and hot cross buns. Its lots of fun now that the girls are older. So much more they understand and can get involved in. We had an easter tree made from a branch cut fom our poor old crab apple tree. Little Owlet loved decorating it. After all that, we needed some fresh air, so we went away for a couple of nights to hug tees and remember how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful part of the world...

Pyjama party

These are the pyjama pants I made for Audrey for Christmas. I stitched around the neck of a T-shirt too for the top and we've been chatting about adding some sort of embellishment... one day... I also made the girls some dresses a-la Auntie Cookie and used up most of that stash of pertty colours I had. The girls loved them and it was fun to make something again. I've been designing things on screen for so long I forgot how good it feels to have a product to hold at the end of the process. Creative times ahead!!

Back in the swing....

Has it been that long? Really??!!! I've had many things on the go and now Autumn is in full swing I shall start getting back to craftier things. I've started going to these lovely Sunday arvo gatherings called Crafternoon. They involve craft and chat and baking and cups of tea and all things lovely and creative. I managed to make a pincushion as most bloggers do at some stage. Its really made sewing so much more fun though!!

one jemima, two jemima...

When I was a baby I was given a doll I called Jemima. She looks nothing like the Jemima on Playschool, but she has pigtails so that's her name. We used to lie in the hallway in warm patches of sun on sunny mornings - Jemima would stay in the shade though because her tan was already well developed. Jemima loves eating vegemite toast. When Big Owlet was 1 year old, I made her a Jemima. She has red hair, coat and shoes and pink and white stripy legs. Fortunately she doesn't like vegemite toast! I think it'll be time to make a Jemima for Little Owlet soon... wonder what she'll look like?

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?