were back !!!

Well were home, all the laundry is done and river is back at pre school so I thought I'd take 10 minutes to share some of our holiday pic's with you.

So here goes ....

We spent some time at Disney land Paris....







And visited the feline park...






and fed the ducks in melune ...





and then on to Belgium for a little bit of retail therapy.....


and a quick trip to the supermarket to stock up on...

( I swear if they sold these in the UK I'd be massively overweight by now lol)

and then home again ...




Well that's it for now, I'll be back in a short while to show you some crafty projects I've finished.
Speak to you all soon

au revoir !

Hiya
Just a quick one to say that were off on our holidays for the next 9 day's. I have packed some crafty stuff to do in the evening's so I should have something to show you when I get back. Oh and lot's of pic's too I hope.

Speak to you all soon

What do you do with your son's favorite jeans when he's grown out of them????

Well you recycle them of course lol
I forgot to take a photo of them but basically he had these blue jeans with Thomas the tank engine on the leg but after his latest growth spurt they were now too short.
Anyway to cut a long story short here's what we ended up with...


Two little Thomas bean bag's for river to play with. I must have done good because they've had a lot of use already.

Thanks Sarah
The postie delivered a lovely parcel today


from Sarah Have you checked out her blog and her etsy shop yet they are both full of lovely hand made items.
So anyway a big thankyou to Sarah for being so kind.

Quilt attempt number three.


Here's quilt number three I'm not so keen on this one ( Not really my sort of colours) But hubby Say's it's his favorite so far. Plans for number four are already being sketched in my notebook so watch this space lol

I've also been busy stitching another little bookmark. I love these little beach hut's and I managed to find some matching cotton fabric in my stash to back it with.
We do seem to be getting a little collection of bookmarks now I'm not sure what were gonna do with them hehehe.



Oh and here's a couple of little note cards I made up last night.


Well that's about it for now I'll speak to you again soon

Jam cake's

Not much to show you crafty wise today but I snapped a couple of pic's the other day whilst river and I were making Jam tarts (or Jam cake's as river calls them hehehe)So I thought I'll show you them.


River proudly cut out all the circle's ( for the bottom's) and the teddy bears ( for the top's)all by himself.
I think baking is something we should do together a little more often because he really did enjoy making his very own jam cakes lol. But before that I must make him a decent apron to wear.

Well that's it for now
speak to you all soon

Mini quilt attempt number two.

Well here it is mini quilt number two....



Still not to the standard I would like but I'm getting a little better with each attempt so maybe one day lol


Here's a card My neighbour ordered it's for her 11 year old grandaughter I hope she likes it!!!

Anyway That's all for now I'll speak to you again soon

A sneaky trip to the beach and a good team effort

We were a little naughty on thursday. It was such a lovely day we shut up shop and headed off to the beach.




We were blessed with nice weather for the whole day and I we all thouroughly enjoyed ourselves and we even managed to squeeze in a trip to the craft shop nearby lol

When we got home hubby and river decided that they wanted to got blackberry picking. So off they went in there wellies and came back and hour later with a bowl full of beries ( Hubby said they would of had loads more but river decided to try and wash them in the brook hehehe)
So anyway after a bit of team effort we've ended up with several jars of ...



Ummmm I wonder how long it'll last in our house lol

Oh and I finished another bookmark last night ...


He hasn't got a home yet but I'm sure he'll find one soon

Anyway that's about it for now I'll speak to you all again soon

Scrap store bargains

Hiya
I took a trip to my local scrap store yesterday and picked up some real bargains so I thought I'd tease you with them.



I got all this yarn for the giveaway price of 50p a ball now is that a bargain or what. Most of it is 100% cotton but I also got a few others including luxury alpaka yarn. I could have gone mad and bought loads but The scrap store has a " don't be greedy" policy because all of there stuff is so cheap which I suppose is only fair.

I also picked up these small pieces of fabric and a pot of buttons for just pennies.


They are only small pieces but I'm sure I'll be able to make use of them.

Anyway Gotta go now, the Ironing is calling me (again)
Speak to you all soon

Sorry!!!

Hiya
I'm sorry about the lack of posts over the last two weeks and I'm afraid I haven't got any crafty projects to show you. But I do have a few pictures of river in Thomas land.







We visited During our week up at my mums and a lovely time was had by all.

But now it's back to the reality of potty training and decorating which has been taking up most of my time this week. Next week is looking to be the same too.
I'll try my best to post something crafty as soon as possible
Speak to you soon

Bubbles bubbles everywhere lol

Hiya
I decided that I fancied having a go at making some soap this week so after finding this tutorial
http://down---to---earth.blogspot.com/2007/07/rebatching-soap.html

Here's some of what we came up with


From front to back we have
vanilla
honey and oatmeal
lemon
They all smell so yummy but I have to leave them to dry out for a whole week before I can use any of it.

I've also had another go at making myself a bag. I seem to be improving with each attempt and although it's not perfect I quite like it.




Oh and we popped over to sherbourg (spelling) for the day last Tuesday and as we came in to dock our little ferry was dwarfed by this..




"The queen Mary 2" or in rivers words "WOW mummy it's a big boat" lol
I think it's one of those things, You just don't realise how big and amazing it is until you see it in real life.


I'll try and post again this week but just in case I don't get round to it River and I are going to my mum's next week and won't have and Internet access (sob sob)
So I'll catch up with all emails etc etc when I get back.

Speak to you all soon

A couple more finished projects

I just thought I'd pop on a bit quick whilst river's playing quietly ( It won't last for very long) I've been keeping myself busy stitching and knitting, here's what I've come up with...

Tadaaaa!! lol

My very first door stop ...

And one of my car boot sale bargains has now turned into a cute Eeyore cushion.
What do you think??


Speak to you all soon

Time for a change

Hiya
As you've probably noticed we've had a bit of a change about. I thought it was time to get rid of the black and swap it for something a little more chearfull. I also added a few new tune's to the Music player, I hope you enjoy them.

I'm afraid I haven't got anything crafty to show you just yet but I promise there will be in the next day or so.
But I do have a shiny new award to show off. I've put it in the sidebar for you all to see A huge thanks to Joey for thinking of me when giving it out. I guess now I'll have to have a think about who I'm gonna pass it on to.

Anyway that's enough dribble from me for one day I'll be back in a day or so.