Where has the year gone!???

I am lamenting the year that is almost half gone, my baby girl who is two, my baby boy who will be 1 in 5 minutes time, and the time I don't have to craft!

We have sold our house which happened so fast which is just wonderful but now we have the arduous task of finding one to buy that fits our fussy requirements..I'm sure the perfect Star house is out there, it just isn't on the market yet!!

Now that J man is crawling and eating I also just don't have time to scratch myself, thankfully he is sleeping better so I'm not in a stupor spending hours on the computer instead of with the kids but I still have less and less time to do anything! I can't wait to move, have my sewing machines back and start crafting again! I'm not even checking my regular craft blogs right now because there are such cute things out there that I am dying to try that I can't!!

Oh here is a cute photo too just because I can! Izzy was using the J monster as a mattress..payback is going to be a bitch isn't it?!

Happy Birthday Isabelle!

Our gorgeous girl turned 2 last week and we had a Garden Creatures Tea Party for her party! We had a great time and we loved seeing all the kids dressed up in their little costumes! Too cute!
Happy Birthday gorgeous girl! You have brought so much love and laughter into our lives and we love you so very much big girl!

It was also wonderful having Ben, Gabrielle and Thomas here for a few weeks! The boys made the cutest little spiders ever!

Twilight Tide Pettiskirt GIVEAWAY!!!!

Twilight Tide Pettiskirt GIVEAWAY!!!!

These skirts are ABSOLUTELY amazing and I desperately want to get my hands on one for Isabelle's birthday! I think I will attempt to make one but considering my sewing skills are just beginnning and I'm not too confident with my ability to make it as cute as these!!

Long time between posts!

I have been so busy sewing, house-hunting and just working around the house to be able to update my blog.

Iz and I had a wonderful cooking day yesterday, she helped me make banana bread and that was just soo much fun! No really! It was FUN!!

She is just such a treasure and learning so much each day!

I have been sewing a few bits and pieces...bags, birds, butterflies..... seems I have a thing for B words.... !! Will pop some pics up soon!

Baby Shoes...

Today I made the cutest and easiest baby shoes ever!

Took me around 3 hours all up including cutting, ironing interfacing and sewing, but now that I know how all the pieces work together I would guess that I could do them much quicker! I also think that I will play around with the pattern seeing as I enlarged it for Izzy but I think the dimensions might be wrong - I forgot that feet grow faster in length not width as well! :)

Izzy will have fun with these!

Pettiskirt time!

I might be jumping ahead of myself slightly BUT I desperately want to make a pettiskirt for Izzy! They are just adorable!

HERE is my motivation! Isn't that the just cutest! :) Off to Spotters to get fabric tomorrow! Wish me luck!

I have shined and cleaned my house all day today so that I can spend a day of sewing tomorrow - Iz will be at mums for the day so I will be relatively uninterrupted!

Off and running.....

I have my sewing machine and overlocker set up now! Hooray! My mum has given me her cabinet so I can sort out all my threads, pins, bits and bobs!

Today I created a pattern for an owl and finished sewing him with all sorts of offcut materials that mum gave me to use! He needs a bit of work - his eyes are too high, ears need to be lowered, and his body needs a bit more shaope - he is a bit boxy the poor love but I still think Izzy might love him!