lots of links

My purple soft snowflakes made it into a treasury curated by the lovely Marmalady ! I have also been experimenting with a couple of new ideas, finished a new purse/pouch and am working on some more ‘homes for pins’ as the stocks are getting depleted. All I need now is to sit down and do the painting, and then try and get some photographs. And… I’ve been tagged! (Thanks bagladee ) And given an award! (Thanks Jewelstreet ) And another award! (Thanks Just Original ) For the first two I need to do a list of six things, one of six quirky yet boring, unspectacular details about myself, and the other of things that make me happy. But I am going to cheat a tiny bit and combine the two so you don’t get bored, I hope that’s ok. So here goes: Things that make me happy 1 I love walks in the woods, especially in the autumn 2 I love being woken up with a kiss from my daughter 3 An evening in with my husband, a good film and a glass of wine Quirky, unspectacular things 4 I can wiggle my ears (sometimes if I don’t think too hard) 5 I really like grouting tiles 6 I’ve lost half a stone in the last month (just over) with the help of my wii fit Just Original is also promoting the Jamie Oliver ‘pass it on’ recipes, see here for more information and a recipe to get you started. So now I need to tag/award six people, all of you get both awards as you are all such great blog friends, and if you want to take part in the tag the rules are here . Cicada studio Claires blog Please sir Indigo Blue Red otter Flower garden (I have never done a post with sooo many links, its taken me forever!) : )

whirlwind

What a weekend! It was great having three days, I took the Friday off work to spend with Holly as it was half term. We needed to go clothes shopping for her in the morning as she has suddenly shot up, and then in the afternoon I did a little bit of painting (walls in the house) before getting Holly into her witch costume and going to her friends Halloween party, where I stayed to help. This is the pumpkin (well really it is a squash from the allotment) that Holly and Stuart decorated, I think they did a great job! Saturday was spent doing food shopping for Holly's party and the afternoon baking cakes and muffins while trying to keep a little someone out of the kitchen. Then Sunday was the party, 10.30 till 12 at our local leisure centre, with a bouncy castle and parachute games. When I booked it I thought 10.30 was quite a good time, but it did mean having to get up much earlier than I would have liked to get all the food ready to go! Luckily we had lots of kind helpers and the party went really well, Holly had a great time. The parachute tent in this picture was good fun, its a bit blurred I know but I couldn't stay still against the wobbly parachute as we were all sitting on the edges to make the 'tent'! And this is Holly's cake, I went for individual chocolate muffins as we had a limited time slot for the party and I remember spending ages cutting and wrapping cake for the children to take home last time, so I thought this was a way of making one bit of the party a bit easier, and everyone got a muffin to take home. And last night I even managed to do a little bit of sewing, which was a nice way to round off a busy time. And I listed a couple of the medium sized soft stars that are in the picture above. Hope all your weekends were good! : )

Its been half term this week which in theory should mean the week is less hectic, but it hasn't seemed to work out that way yet! It's Holly's birthday next week and we are having a party for her on sunday, which has meant lunchtimes/after work I've been finding/buying paper plates, tablecloths, party bag presents etc. Then yesterday I had a really early start as we had a shower enclosure delivered, I had to get up and dressed at 6.15am as they were coming between 6.30 and 7! They came on time and it turned out that they had been driving since 2am and we weren't even the first delivery they had made. Not a job I would like! I also haven't been able to put this book down, in fact I have finished it since taking this photo last night! And some of my soft decorations have been featured in a treasury west on etsy, thanks riskybeads! : )

what happened to the weekend??

This weekend was not the best for me, I came home early from work on friday because I felt dreadful (sore throat etc etc) then seemed to spend the weekend waiting while other people did things, without having time to do any of the things I wanted to do myself. Not the end of the world I know, and I did get to go out for dinner with my husband on saturday night as Holly had a sleep over at a friends, so it wasn't all bad. And I did manage to buy this book that I have been wanting ever since it came out, I'm just itching to find some time to read it! Last week I had a very quick go at printing, the results are next to the book in the photo, now that I have the book I can't wait to get my teeth into it! : )

new!

Here's my newest little purse, this time with the turquoise on the outside. This one is a bit smaller,more like a roomy coin purse. Will be listed shortly! I am determined to do some sewing this evening, so far this week I have had the intention but not the time, and also too many things in my head that I haven't been able to pin down what I want to make. But tonight will be different! I hope : )

sew hip issue one

I know pictures of this new magazine are everywhere at the moment, but I couldn't resist showing you my very first appearance in a magazine! Can you see picciolo in the second photo? I know it is only a tiny tiny advert but it's in a real life magazine, and to me it just seems amazing that I actually have something to advertise! So please forgive me for getting over excited. The magazine comes out at the end of the month, I have really enjoyed reading it and have plans to make some things from the patterns included already. : )

stars everywhere