Family Pics

Completely unrelated to sewing but I picked these photos up yesterday and thought I would share them, they are the first family photos we have had done, I'm really happy with how they turned out.

A bit of sewing at last

With the weather turning cold here after Anzac day I thought I had better get the kids PJ's that I cut out a few weeks ago finished, I still have one more top to applique for Connor and I'm slowly getting photos of all of them as the kids wear them, but here are a couple so you can get the general idea. (Connor has started pulling this scrunched up, eyes shut face everytime you tell him to smile at the camera now)


Also a gorgeous pic of Elizabeth walking, she walks more than she crawls now (after 3 weeks of practice) but amazingly as soon as I get the camera out she drops down and crawls to me so getting an action shot has been difficult (thats also an apology for the atrocious photos LOL)
And finally, a picture of the finished quilt I made for Breanna's Birthday (which was actually in January) It is only the second time I have attempted quilting (the first being a cot sized raggedy edge quilt) and being single bed size it was quite a challenge for me, but I'm happy with how it turned out (wonky seams and all) but more importantly, Breanna loves it and it was finished just in time for the cold weather to arrive.

Ingrid Means

What Ingrid Means

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing. You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long. You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start. You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. You are deeply philosophical and thoughtful. You tend to analyze every aspect of your life. You are intuitive, brilliant, and quite introverted. You value your time alone. Often times, you are grumpy with other people. You don't appreciate them trying to interfere in your affairs. You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something. You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense. You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun. You are balanced, orderly, and organized. You like your ducks in a row. You are powerful and competent, especially in the workplace. People can see you as stubborn and headstrong. You definitely have a dominant personality.

What's" Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Milk bibs

Miss Elizabeth is a very messy drinker when it comes to her bottle, I dont know whether she tries to drink it too fast or what but it ends up running out the sides of her mouth and all over her, generally soaking the top of whatever outfit she happens to have on.

So..... to combat this I made her some bibs, cotton on one side and plastic on the other with a middle of towelling to help soak it up, so far so good, it has kept her dry each time I have put one on her, I have made 5 all up, might have to make some more to keep up with her though.

Only 3 pictured here though as she is currently wearing one and the other one is in the wash.

Exploring new talents

We went to a birthday party yesterday for a little friend of Connor's who turns 3 tomorrow, her mum works full time so asked me if I could make the cake for her. I like making the cakes for my kids birthdays so I thought, why not??? One Dora the Eplorer cake coming up.

I thought about using coloured mazipan but as it was a kids cake I wasn't sure they would like it so instead I covered the cake in icing to give it a sticky base and then traced out the Dora shape and used coloured sprinkles to fill it in and black writing icing gel to do the outline.

I think it turned out pretty good and Felicity's mum and dad were both very pleased with it.

Valentines swap

I've been slack putting these pics up, This is what I received from the lovely Adds in the Valentines Day swap.

A beautiful handmade coaster to protect my bedside table when I curl up in bed with a coffee and my laptop (to surf blogs of course)

An applique quilting mag full of inspirational ideas and some gorgeous little fabric pieces.

Oh and a packet of ferero rocher which lasted about 10 minutes.... they were yummy!!!!!

Aprons for my little helpers

Breanna took such a fancy to my apron (made for me by Liv in the kitchen swap) when we baked cucakes in the school holidays that I thought I would make her one as a present. Fortunately I had some matchinf fabric in my stash so I whipped one up in time to make another batch of cupcakes a few days later. And since I knew there would be tears and tantrums if Connor didn't have something special to wear I made him one too.

As you can see from Connors face they were a bit hit (or that could just be the thought of licking the beaters!)