CRAFTY SUNDAY

Earlier this week whilst blog hopping i signed up to Crafty Sunday run by the lovely Maria over on the Me and Ma blog.  Basically all you have to do is agree to show something you have made that week.  Now this weekend my hubby has been away so i have had a few spare nights to do some crafting!!.  So this week i am going to show the bow bag i made.......

It was easy enough to make and i did my first elasticated inside pocket to hold a mobile phone

This is what it looks likes from the back

If you want to make one the tutorial is here

i have also made a bundle of scented hearts stuffed with wadding and dried lavender.  They smell divine!!

Kandi I thought of you when i made the union jack one lol!!

MY LITTLE GIRL HAS THE CRAFTING BUG

Today was my neice's birthday and my little one asked if she could make a necklace for her.  She has a large bead set from Tesco (which was great value at £6) and used beads from that and a dog button that she picked whilst we were out shopping for fabric earlier in the week.  She stuck a cute cat picture on some card and wrote on the bottom of the sheet. I punched two holes for her so she could thread the necklace through.  My neice was pleased as punch with it. I was touched that she wanted to make her something that she thought was special and for 4 years old i think she has done well.  She clearly has the crafting bug - iv'e no idea where she gets it from :-)

EAT YOUR HEART OUT NEXT!!

I just had to post this picture i took yesterday of my little girl wearing the skirt i made her earlier in the week!.  I was so chuffed when someone asked me where i got my daughters lovely skirt from yesterday when we were out!!  I have to say it does look better when on.  Guess what i will be making later....

Whilst we were out i let Lili pick some fabric to make a skirt and i think she is definately going to take after me as she was obsessed with the buttons on the stall and i ended up buying her some dog, flower and sparkly heart ones.  We spent yesterday afternoon making her a necklace with a bead set she already had.  She has put one of the dog buttons in the middle and it looks quite

sweet.

BAKING DAY

I'm hoping that the weather improves today so me and Lili can venture out.  Yesterday it rained all day so we had a movie afternoon where we made popcorn holders and then she picked a DVD to watch - Alvin and the chipmunks!!.  After that we did some baking. We started with Jammy Buns taken from The diary of a frugal family blog.  Really easy for children and cost very little.  As you can tell i let lili make the buns - not too bad for a 4 year old!!

Then we made homemade pizza and i let her roll out her base and then put all her toppings on.  Now don't start getting a vision of me being a domestic goddess when i talk about making my own pizza bases.   I have a breadmaker that does it all for you (sorry to break the illusion :-).  If you don't have one i would so recommend getting one.  I have used my constantly since getting it last year and everything tastes so much nicer and you know whats in it.  Pizza dough only takes 45 minutes to do so you can decide at the last minute that you want to make it.  I usually cook half of the dough and freeze for another time as it does a big batch.  Tear and share bread is also devine.

EASY PEASY SKIRT & PURSE

I hope everyone has had a lovely bank holiday weekend.  Of course today is the first day of school holidays and of course its chucking it down here - like i expected anything else!!.  Anyhow my best friend came up from Kent this weekend and called over on sunday.  I showed her the bag i made last week and she loved it so i said she could have it.  I thought it would be nice to make her a matching purse so which i will post onto her.

I also bought Lili some tops from Next for our holiday and was about to buy a red and white skirt to match and then thought what am i doing i can make one just as good (ok probably not as good but i can kid myself!!).  So i made this skirt which is using the lazy days skirt tutorial but using a ribbon for the waist that ties on the outside.