Wednesday 30 November 2011

Gulp!


 I have never, ever spent so much money on wool. Never. Ever.


But it was worth it....


Madelinetosh vintage in Scarlet - lots of it..

Monday 28 November 2011

Not so 'little' ladybug..

Happy Birthday to my beautiful, smart, quirky and totally unique Ladybug!


Birthday cake - a 'strawberries and cream' baked cheesecake as requested by the lady herself...


Monday 5 September 2011

Gifted

While things may have been a tad quiet (ahem!) on the old blogging front, it doesn't mean that I've been sitting back and twiddling my thumbs - no siree!!

Apart from the usual busyness that summer holidays bring, this year they have brought along with them a number of tiny new arrivals (for friends, not me, I hasten to add..)  And of course, new babies need presents....


Burp cloths, because you can never have too many of these... 


An 'in threes' cardigan in deliciously squooshy Madelinetosh Vintage DK...



A teeny, tiny 'pebble' vest made out of a surprisingly soft skein of Noro Silk garden

To go with the vest, something I haven't made for aaaaages : a nappy cake!


It wasn't all about the babies though, oh no. A lovely little lady celebrated her first birthday too. On special request, a blanket for her doll's crib was made.



.. and because I liked the first one so much, another 'in threes' was produced.




Not too bad eh?!

Wednesday 13 July 2011

Week two...

The holidays continue apace. Just back from an amazing wedding in the UK and life goes back to normal!

Today's activity :


Saturday 16 April 2011

First one finished!

Crochet bunny by tinywhitedaisies
Crochet bunny, a photo by tinywhitedaisies on Flickr.

Yay! First bunny finished. I've decided in my usual organised way, to try and make six of these for Easter gifts. Five to go.....

Friday 15 April 2011

In the eye of the beholder.....

Well, I think she looks a bit 'odd'...

  But a certain four year old thinks that she is beautiful, so who am I to argue?!

Lula doll from this book, knitted with oddments of wool and without the flowery bits as a certain little lady was trying to be so very patient, and they would have taken longer!


Also being made this week:

 crochet bunny from here

and a pile of felt squares destined to be coasters!

Wednesday 23 February 2011

And another one....

I'll move on from houses soon, I promise. 

Just as soon as everyone has finished moving!

Thursday 17 February 2011

I think I may be addicted....


After a few false starts, 


I have begun to get a feel for free motion embroidery.


I think I'm addicted....



Monday 14 February 2011

Today we had...


heart pie (otherwise known as Chicken Pie - from Jamie's 30 min cookbook)

..and heart potatoes!

Happy Valentine's day! xx

Friday 4 February 2011

A New Arrival...


Look who has joined us in our home this week...!


We have wanted a piano for so long, but we never had the room in our old house.
When we moved, we certainly had the room, but not the spare cash.

 
and then we heard about this old Lady who was looking for someone to take care of her - for free!

 
and so she came to live with us


Personally I think tutus and stripy tights are the 'must-have' uniform of every pianist....