Busy weekend ahead

Well today is my sisters 40th Birthday so we are all going for a big family meal later which should be good.  one of the presents i have got her is 2 tickets for a spa day with treatments included.  I now have to think of a jazzy way of presenting the tickets.  We also have Lili's school fair today where we will no doubt end up coming home having bought back half the junk we donated to school last week!!

I haven't had chance to blog for a few days but have been busy trying to catch up on making things.  Here is a cushion i have made for my friends little boy Freddie.

 Its working progress really as i think i might add some felt cars on it and use wheels for buttons.  Its the first cushion i have made using a zip and although i really went round the houses with doing it i got there in the end!

Website find of the day!!

Today i came across a wonderful website called widdlytinks which lets you add lots of great things to your blog.  You can also create some fantastic free layout pages.  This is what i did:-


Photo Tinks by WiddlyTinks.com

The link for anyone who wants to take a look at the site or have a dabble is here http://www.widdlytinks.com/

Easy Peasy Dolls carry sleeping bag and pillow

Lat night i returned to Weightwatchers for the first time in about 12 months.  i am a gold member but have felt myself going off the rails recently so thought i had better reign myself in!!.  I weighed in at 11.5 lb over my target weight - needless to say i wasn't happy.  I dragged myself back home and decided to do some sewing to cheer myself up (and to stop me raiding the biscuit barrel lol!).  I got out some fabric from my stash kindly donated to me from a lady on freecycle and this is what i made:-

Its a padded sleeping bag for my daughters dolly.  It has a pillow that comes out and handles to carry it out around.

It was soooo easy to make and as with most things in my life i just made it up as i went along!

What a lovely swap

I woke up this morning to the postman bright and breezy ringing my doorbell.  He was delivering a parcel from Alexis who is the person i was joined with to swap in Crafty Helen's fabric swap.   She has been far too kind and has made my week with such a lovely bundle of items.  I have to say the handcream is the most amazing one i have ever tried and feels so silky when you apply it.  How cute is the guttermann tin with threads in?.

The buttons are a mix of modern and vintage and i just love the pin cushion (which i really need!). 

The chocolate has been devoured already and its only just after breakfast lol!. I really love the fabrics and am going to have to make something very funky with the cat print fabric.  Thank you so much Alexis it really is a beautiful bundle and you are so kind.

I love my mini (and the bag i just made!)

My mini was in for its first MOT yesterday and passed with flying colours.  I'm not usually a car person but i really do love my mini.  Anyone who owns one will know what i mean. They are such fun cars and drive really well.  Anyway enough boy talk and back to some girly chit chat!.  I made a bag for my mum yesterday from some fabric in my stash. I just made it up and didn't follow any pattern(just winged it!!). I made my first Yo yo to go on it and i love it. 

 I think i am now going to go yo yo mad so don't be surprised if everything you see for a while has yo yo's on :-).  Anyhoo tell me what you think of my first attempt......