My new favourite thing

Squeak! look! isn't this lovely.  The very sweet people at The Binary Box sent it to me and it's just brilliant. Perfect for those essential messages, and for making your kitchen look all pretty.  I put it up all by myself too. My blackboard teapot wall sticker is so lovely in fact that I have chosen something else from their website for Sister in law for her birthday.  It's very cool so I hope she likes it....And when we are in our new home, I would really like this too, maybe in the entrance hall.

Getting crafty

Bump is due in 16 days now (and counting) and, as part of the nesting instinct which is kicking in, I have made this patchwork blanket for the baby to lounge about on.  It was going to have some cute prints of animals on it, but I figured once the baby is all grown up, it could always graduate to a throw for a grown-up bedroom.  I have gone for a mix of blues and greens in different prints, with some blocks of cream too.  The fabrics have yummy textures too for junior to cozy up to.

I'm sure Darling boys reaction will be to play 'falling over' on it as soon as he sees the blanket. This is his brand new hilarious game, which involves throwing yourself on the ground, and saying...'fallen over!'  Everyone nearby has to join it- its pretty infectious and totally fun.  

I am totally amazed that I have actually finished a craft project...

Christmas is a-coming!

It is my goal this Christmas to make Darling boy his very own stocking. I have seen some gorgeous fabric in Heathcoats and I am busy designing something lovely. This craft project was on the schedule for last year, but I just didn’t get round to it.

I hadn’t discovered Heathcoats and hadn’t had my haberdashery desire sparked by the offerings in Exeter. Also, as parents, Handsome Husband and I decided he was too tiny anyway and would be getting a mountain of toys from the rest of the family, so we would get a couple of good prezzies, and put money in his bank account instead of doing a stocking .

This year though I think Darling boy might be keen on the idea, especially if there is a train or car in the stocking. I just love the idea of Darling boy always having the same stocking each year, and for it to be home-made by his dear old mum. Christmas is all about tradition and doing the same things at the same time, it’s about comfort and familiarity, but mostly it’s about love. The great thing about starting your own family is that you get to make your own traditions and customs. You get to set ‘they way it’s always been’, to re-invent the cozy warm Christmas you had as a kid for your own bambinos.

The next project

I popped into Heathcoats the other day, quite innocently just intending to browse. I was just mooching when the most scrumptious chestnut brown silk with shades of green velvet stripes jumped out at me. Well, what was I to do, but buy 4 feather cushion pads and the fabric and rush off home with good intentions of sewing up envelop cushion covers as excellent craft inspired Christmas presents.

Hooray!