Christmas is Coming!

It's nearly Christmas and I'm getting into the Christmas Spirit. Got a couple of trees up and have been enjoying my flower course. I've made a garland using eucalyptus, evergreens and green orchids and a wreath for the back door. I enjoyed making them, but it took ages, about 2 hours each. Would love to make a few for family but where would I get the time??

Here is my fireplace with the garland. Unfornately one of the glass baubles has already bit the dust after falling onto the hearth. Hopefully the other two will manage to last it out!!



My new tree. I love this look of this tree and even better everything, including the tree, was either on sale last year, two for one or just a real bargin!! Think that's why Ian likes it too!!

Charlie has been really good and hasn't gone near it too much!! I told him the little owl would tell mammy and daddy if he touched anything! So far it's working!!

Dresser Complete!!

Ta-da! Granda's dresser is complete. Just got it up to Charlie's room tonight and it looks great with the wallpaper!!

I got a few tester pots from B&Q mixed to match the stripes of the wallpaper. They'll not be that hard wearing but there's plenty of paint leftover to do any wee touch ups required!

The two wee dogs were made by my Dad when he was at school. I just sanded them down too and painted them. I think they look great and Charlie already loves them!!

Here are a few 'before' pics of the dresser. Unfortunately I didn't take one before I started sanding!!

Time to Start Finishing!!

I'm tired! I have a desire to finish so many of the things that I have started but I don't have the time and mostly the energy! Being back at work after maternity leave makes life so much busier.

Just thinking through the half finished projects maddens me and I really do want to finish them. I think that I will set myself some deadlines and try to stick to them and we'll see how it goes.

So first deadline is for Granda's dresser. Mum and I papered Charlie's room last night with stripy paper from Harlequin's What a Hoot range and it is fab!! So I must finish the dresser so it can go into Charlie's room too! Think I'll give myself a week!!! Already have the basecoat done so just have to do the top coat!



Here's a few of the things I actually have managed to finish recently!

My tea cosy & matching tea pot stand (no pic) I just recovered an old tea cosy using Heather Bailey fabric (I think). I'm really pleased by how it turned out and now my sister want a matching pair too!!






I have also recently started a flower arranging class and this is my first arrangement. It's all done inside a pumpkin which I thought looked great.


Really enjoyed tyring something new and we are going to learn how to make a Christmas Wreath and a garland which I'm really looking forward too.



So here's to deadlines and the hope that they will spur me on to actually finish something!!

Offical Notice!

Ok! I'm about to start making a few things and I'm hoping that if I make them offical I will actually to them! I fancy making a nice tea cosie out of some Amy Butler Fabric. The green in it matches my kitchen. I am in the middle of painting my Granda's old set of drawers for Charlie's room. Also have to make a curtain before friday for my bathroom. So here goes!! Hopefully I will be able to show the fruits of my labour shortly!!

I'm still Alive!!

Gosh it's been ages since I've written anything!! Though I'm sure that no-one has noticed! We're still out in the country using this dongle thing to get online and it's so rubbish that I avoid using the internet unless I need to.

So to update you all we are nearly ready to move back home and I'm so excited about getting into the 'new' house. I will post pics when I get some and when I'm using a different connection so I don't go crazy waiting on it to load up!

Back to work about 2months now and it's goin fine. I'm enjoying being back to get some more adult conversatia bit of craic with the girls.

Charlie in now 1!! Which is so hard to belive as I just started this blog shortly after he was born and it doesn't seem that long ago.

Have been busy so haven't made that much. A few crocheted brooches and the beginnings of a scarf. Will also post pics of these soon.

Bits & Bobs Update!

Well, I have finally got round to blogging!! We are settling in well out in the countryside and the building is going sorta well. We had a few hiccups last week and a few this but everything has gotten sorted.

The builders have the foundations in already and the concrete floors done too. Not bad for a week and a half's work!!

I'm going to take a few pics 2moro and hopefully I'll get them posted soon. We got a dongle to stay online with while we are away from home and it's pretty slow! I tried to load photos up last night but it took so long I gave up, so I'm at my mum's catching up on some internet geeking tonight!

I thought that I would post a few pics of some of the things I've been at recently.

This is Charlie's new cot bumper I made. The fabric is a brushed cotton and it's lovely. Charlie enjoys talking to the dumper trucks and diggers. I put two layers of padding inbetween to make it nice and cosy and I just use a white brushed cotton for the back. I quite pleased with it. I must admit that I did sew one side panel to the other side panel instead of to the shorter top panel but just left it as it had taken me ages to get that far. However it looks spot on and only the pickiest critic (i.e. me) would notice!





My crocheted scarf is coming along nicely. I have now completed 2 full rows in the dark blue and I'm actually looking forward to wearing it! I think that I have crocheted it a bit too tight but it should be ok however it's getting looser as I go along so I'm not sure how wide it will end up!!!


This is my first (well maybe fifth) attempt to complet a flower. I tried to follow a video on you-tube but think that I may have gotten mixed up at the start. I really want to make a few flower brooches so I will have to do a bit more practising.

Hope this makes sense as Charlie is sititng on my knee at the minute trying to eat the keyboard and the mouse!!

Our First Night

Had our first night out in the country where we will be living while the renovations are going on. Will post a few pics when I take some.

It's great just a lovely wee place for the 3 of us. Charlie slept in his own room last night and had a great night's sleep and so did we!

Woke up this morning to a beautiful morning and a fab view of the countryside. Back home at the minute clearing up a few more bits and bobs - which is what I am meant to be doing rather that blogging!! But Ian never reads this so he'll never know!! Sssshh!!

Also must remember to get the next part of my crochet mag which I'm really enjoying! I checked out some of the crochet pics on flickr and there is some great inspiration!