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.

It's been a while

Sorry it's been a while since I last posted but it's been one thing after another...

We had out little trip to Belgium ( which was lovely ) Then we had Internet troubles so we couldn't get online at all for a few day's and now we've all got this dreaded Bug that's going around (again).

Anyway I have got a few crafty thing to show you, as always all comments are very welcome good or bad lol

Do you remember the lighthouse that we bought at the boot sale a few weeks ago well here it is in it's finished state hanging on my bathroom wall



I think hubby and I made a good team on that one.




And I've been playing about trying to get back into my paper crafting and Here's what I came up with. I just can't seem to make anything that I'm 100% happy with at the moment.

And I had a play about with some felt and beads and come up with this ...


Hopefully it will be made into a door stop but that's one to be left until I'm feeling a little better.

Oh and while we were in Belgium we came across this fab little quilting shop with loads of different kit's fabrics and buttons which of course I just had to have lol
Anyway I thought it was about time I had ago at one of these lovely little mini quilts I keep seeing on all your blogs So Here's attempt number 1



It's a little rough round the edges but not bad for a first attempt I suppose

And It's not finished yet but here's a sneaky peek at mini quilt attempt number 2



Anyway that's it for today I'll speak to you all soon

Were off for another trip away !!!

Hiya
Were off to Belgium very early in the morning So I thought I'd pop on now and show you all a few pic's of this week's completed projects.

Do You remember hubby's bird house well here it is in it's finished state.


He's very proud of it and made sure that I took a photo of it for you all to see.

I've finally managed to finish baby popcorn who actually wasn't a s difficult to complete as I thought it was going to be ( Ain't he cute)

Hubby's nicknamed him scary ted cause he's been sat on the arm of the sofa for a week with no body just a head lol

A lovely lady who I've not long met (online) forwarded this knitting pattern on to me ( Thank you your so kind )because I really wanted to give it a go. I had to learn three new stitches to complete it and I know it's not perfect but I like it. Maybe the next one will look a little better lol




I need to say a big big THANK YOU to Sarah from pink petal designs for this lovely place mat that I won on her blog. It's lovely



Oh and I've finished and posted off my kitchen swap items today but I forgot to take a picture before I sent it duh!!! lol
Any way I hope she likes it.

Have a lovely weekend and I'll speak to you all when we get back.

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Our morning at the car boot sale

Hiya
We took at trip to the boot sale this morning but this time we were selling so we were there early enough to grab ourselves some bargains.



First up was this lighthouse shaped set of wooden shelves The top bit is broken off and it's in need off a good clean and a lick of paint but hey it'll look lovely in the bathroom once we've given it some TLC. And the price .... £1



An old pattern book for cuddly toy's of witch there are several I Fancy having a go at and it's in immaculate condition and she only wanted 10p for it..



A bag of 14 balls of 100% cotton yarn In some of my fav colours Baby blue and lovely duck egg colour for £3



and this spot the dog fabric panel which I thought would make a lovely wall hanging quilt ( much nicer than the a-z poster he's got now) for only 50p

And last but not least



Hubby picked up three odd shaped slices of wood for £1
But why I hear you say... Well I said the same thing but after about and hour of hammering and drilling in his shed he came out with this...



a funky bird house which right at this moment is getting painted with a rather large collection of different coloured paints.... I'll be sure to show you what it looks like when it's finished ( I can't wait to see it either lol)

Oh And I've been working hard on my project for the kitchen swap and it's now finally finished. I can't show it to you just yet cause I want it to be a surprise for my partner but I'll be sure to take a photo before I pack it up and I'll let you see it when I know she's received it.

Gotta go now cause hubby's dishing up our tea ( Yes he cooks too lol) So I'll speak to you all soon.