A first birthday
12
Mar
The gorgeous boy who lives next door to us was one today. I decided a while ago on what to make him for his birthday and then his mum saw the book I made for baby Ella and said something … Read More »
Dress a Girl Around the World
9
Mar
I have a fairly long list of blog subscriptions that fill my Google reader each day and on Monday night up popped this post that caught my attention and inspired me even at such a late hour to print off … Read More »
What’s in your loft?
1
Mar
I’ve got an event coming up in a couple of weeks and am starting to get my head in gear for what I might need to make for it. So, I went up into our loft to have a root … Read More »
Time for tea
26
Feb
Is there a time when the offer of tea is refused? Rarely in this house which is not what I thought would happen to begin with. When Tobi and I first got together he didn’t really drink tea however it … Read More »
New baby, new soft book!
17
Feb
I have been keen to make more soft baby books and some lovely friends of ours recently celebrated the arrival of a beautiful baby girl, so I took this opportunity to get started on another book. Except…I discovered I didn’t … Read More »
Ikea fabrics for children
15
Feb
I’ve not been to Ikea for ages, our nearest store is approx 70 miles away so not somewhere we would just pop into. However I do like to keep an eye on their website especially the textiles section and today … Read More »
Girls and their hair accessories…
14
Feb
With two girls in our house and one with particularly long hair we have a number of hair accessories. If you have girls too you probably also suffer from never being able to find clips or bands when you need … Read More »
Celebrating the girl!
12
Feb
It’s not often that I write about anything that’s not sewing but I need to make an exception, it’s not sewing but it is creative! We have an annual festival here called Animated Exeter and a couple of weeks ago … Read More »
Celebrate the Boy
11
Feb
Last year I happened upon a month long celebration of all things boy hosted by Rae and Dana on their respective blogs – it was fantastic! After having had two wonderful girls we were then blessed with a gorgeous little … Read More »
Freestyle sewing
8
Feb
My sewing machine is back from it’s service but I’d not even got it out to see how it’s running because I was having such a great time with the Singer! I was having a bit of an issue because … Read More »