A new find

This woman makes beautiful things, has some very original photo ideas.....and is a shoeaholic...a woman after my own heart!

http://in-my-pocket.blogspot.com/

Check out her flicker photos

car o rama continues

.......... so, I over estimated on the car fabric for the bed and now have meters of the stuff! Here is a nappy bag I made. It fits three nappies and a flat wet wipes pack. The lining is an old business shirt of Michel's. He always buys very good quality cotton shirts for work, I always loathe to give them up once the cuffs and necks have gone. So I figure this is a good way to use all the really nice spare bits like the backs and fronts. I have to buy some velcro to close it, thus preventing everything falling out and swimming around in bag.

Stay tuned for more car fabric, as I am planning on making a few more bags, also recovering as much of Marcus' push chair as I can.

Car o rama

I bought some bright fabric with different cars on it to recover Marcus' sun bed. The original cover was a very cool, but very stained orange 70s flower design, covered by a very 80s light green fabric. I was given it by a friend's sister. It took a lot of organising to move it, store it, get the staple gun, talk super clean hubby into taking it on, getting time away from Marcus to do it etc etc. I love it! So does he, and more importantly so does Marcus!!

cousins

Below is a photo of us in the 70s. James and I have the boots on. I can't remember having the photo taken, but I remember grandma and grandad's garden! In particular the garden shed, it was grandad's wood work shed. I used to go in there with him and hammer things, I loved the smell, and whenever I am near wood shavings it takes me back to the happy times with him "working" on our visits to England.

cousins

You can't beat a blog

I haven't blogged in ages. One of the reasons being that I started to face book, but it's not the same. I want to feature my handmade stuff and talk about crafts, face book is too general.

So, on my first entry in a very long time, I can tell you that I have only knitted a scarf (it took me roughly 2 years!) and last week I got sand in my camera, so no photos!!!!!! Despite all of this, I feel like I really want to start blogging again and using the little time I have to DO something.

I can, however put up some blogs that I have found and really like!

wee wonderfuls and a ervilha cor de rosa

I bought a pattern from wee wonderfuls.....will keep you posted.

Like a phoenix......

Hi Reb!

Remember how I thought I had killed all my plants, including the indestructible bamboo?  Well look here.... imagine my joy!