birthdays | mary emmens

Feeding the animals

5 Nov

You know sometimes you intend to write about something and then you don’t? Well this is one of those! Way back in May I won a wonderful prize in the Sew Mama Sew giveaway day, it was from the lovely...
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1st birthday gift

31 Jul

One of my nieces celebrated her first birthday in July, I was umming and ahhing over what to make for her. I made this: It’s cute but I wasn’t convinced about it’s suitability for a 1st birthday gift, maybe as...
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Party bags and cake

11 Jun

Our little girl Leah turned 5 last week, it also rained, a lot. So the planned trips out got cancelled but we still managed to have fun. She was desperate for a skateboard, here she is on Friday morning, eyes...
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A quick birthday gift and an Etsy shop!

7 May

Some lovely friends of ours moved to a new house just over a week ago, we’re delighted, it’s much closer to us, a walk across the park and we’re almost there. Following on from moving house, their daughter celebrated her...
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A quick birthday gift

27 Jan

Our friends little girl had her 1st birthday last week and on Saturday we went and celebrated with them. All week I had been thinking about what I could make for her. I made a book for her when she...
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A pirate patch – tutorial

11 Jan

Pin It Or maybe the title should be ‘How to make a pirate patch in less than 10 minutes’! Leah had been invited to her friend’s 5th birthday party, on Sunday morning just a few hours before the party I...
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I had a birthday

4 Jan

It’s true at the beginning of December I had a birthday! It almost passed me by. I actually spent the day doing 2 fairs back to back (read more about those here)! Fortunately my wonderful husband took the 2 days...
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Birthday gifts

13 Nov

Just a quick one as I am tired and short of time! Bethan celebrated her 7th birthday this week, you might have seen on my facebook page a photo of a work in progress cushion cover, well it got finished...
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Birthday boy

9 Oct

Our gorgeous little boy turned 2 last week! It really doesn’t seem that long since he looked like this: I got the cushion cover finished in time without a problem – I do love an invisible zip! He seemed quite...
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Another pattern tested

8 Oct

Earlier this year I took part in the Dress a Girl Around the World sew-along hosted by Little Big Girl Studio and received a package of goodies in the giveaway at the end. One of the prizes was my own...
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