Forebear Friday

I missed last weeks forebear friday post...whoops.

Here's one from the early 1900's.

L-R: Charles, Ernest and James (my Great Grandfather). These are the three youngest brothers...numbers eight, nine and ten in the family.

Hope you're having a lovely Friday. xx

My Creative Space...

I'm dropping in my sewing machine today for a service because it's been playing up a bit over the last few days so I won't be doing any machine sewing till I get it back next week. So instead of using my machine I've been hand stitching this.

My MIL asked me to make a cover for a book that she uses every day.

I just sandwiched a stiff interfacing between two op-shoped fabrics and blanket stitched round the edges. I did iron that pink gingham, not sure what happened there. I'll need to give it another iron I think.

Anyway, hopefully now it will last her a few more years to come.

For other creativeness go to Kootoyoo (thanks Kirsty).

Fourth (and last) giveaway winner.

Well, the last winner of my month of giveaways (namely this one) is...

Congratulations Steph from mon petit poppet. I've sent you an email.

Thanks to everyone who entered my giveaways. I've really enjoyed organising them.

Hope you all have a lovely Wednesday. xx

Fairyland

Today we went to Fairyland for a party. Ella got dressed in her hand-me-down/handmade/gifted fairy costume...

I think she needs new stockings though...

Then off to Fairyland we went. Into the fairy grotto, which was beautifully decorated. The fairy's did some dancing and games and eating.

There's a shop underneath the fairy grotto with lots of gorgeous fairy supplies in it...

You sure need a lot of money to be  a fairy these days!

They had some fairy cupcakes and they all got sparkles on their faces.

Then home. Possibly having had too much sugar?

She opened her party bag in the car and was very quiet for a while...obviously enjoying her chocolate and testing out her new sparkly pen.

I did try to explain that it was a fairy grotto...not a fairy grotty.

My Creative Space... (and giveaway number four)

I've been doing some knitting...here's a leg and a body.

It's going to be a horse and then I'm going to stick a horn on it so it turns into a unicorn for Ella. I love the knobbly knees. It's knit flat in the pattern but I'm doing it in the round to save doing all the seam sewing, plus the starting increases were too hard to do flat. Maybe I'll get another leg made today.

For other creativeness go to Kootoyoo and click on a few links.

Now for my last giveaway (for now anyway).

Here's the one that I'm giving away this week.

I know a lot of people don't have iPads (yet) but feel free to enter anyway and you could give it away as a present or something.

It's made from a aqua coloured upcycled fabric that's got brownish/orange strips on it. It's lined with grey polar fleece and has stiff interfacing so it's easy to get your iPad in and out (effortlessly my husband said).

To enter all you need to do is leave a comment. CLOSED

Entries will be open till 8am on Wednesday 28th July 2010. Please make sure you leave an email address so I can contact you if you're the winner. I'll post to anywhere in the world.



Good luck! Hope you all have a nice Thursday. xx

Third Giveaway Winner

The winner of this giveaway is...

Congratulations Michelle from midge & judy. I've sent you an email to get your details.

The last giveaway will start tomorrow. Thanks to all the people who entered this one.

Hope you all have a lovely Wednesday. xx

I won a blog giveaway!

A few weeks ago I entered a giveaway over at Jill's blog and won a $45 gift voucher to buyster.com.au (thanks Jill). Today I got the things I purchased.

Some funky serving spoons and a bowl.

Hope you're all having a nice start to the week.

My giveaway's still open till Wednesday morning.

Elsie's finished coat

I might have got a bit carried away on the trim.

I did a sort of blanket stitch round the bottom edge and crocheted a simple lacy bit for around the neck.

I think my dog, Wicket was about to sneeze in this photo...

Don't know if it's a good thing but I've branched out.

Facebook and Twitter here I come...

     

Wish me luck.

Forebear Friday

This photo's from about 1910.

The girl lying down at the front is my paternal Grandmother, Marjorie Doreen and the girl sitting behind her is her sister, Dorothy May.

Other faces look familiar but I won't bore you with details.

I love the men's hats and all the clothes.

Leave me a comment if you have an old photo on your blog today.

Giveaway here (or just scroll down).

Have a great Friday. xx

My Creative Space... (and giveaway number three)

I'm dog sitting my sister's dog Elsie this week and she likes having her coat on but the one she has is getting a bit old and small. 

It was a hand-me-down to start with but now I think its time she had a new one so yesterday I whipped up this.

Today I'm going to finish it off, maybe with some pink trim or blanket stitch or something.


Visit Kootoyoo to see more creative spaces today.


Now for this weeks giveaway...number three of four.


I feel like I'm repeating myself now so if you've read the last two weeks blurb then you know what's going on so just skip this bit. For those who haven't been here before...just for fun I've been giving away some iPad sleeves. I've given away two already so two to go. One today and one next Thursday. I know a lot of people don't have iPads (yet) but feel free to enter anyway and you could give it away as a present or something.

Here's the one that's being given away this week.

It's made from a plaid upcycled fabric. It's brown (as you can see) with a bit of black and olive green running through it and lined with white polar fleece and has stiff interfacing so it's easy to get your iPad in and out (effortlessly my husband said).

To enter all you need to do is leave a comment. CLOSED

Entries will be open till 8am on Wednesday 21st July 2010. Please make sure you leave an email address so I can contact you if you're the winner. I'll post to anywhere in the world.



Good luck! Hope you all have a nice Thursday. xx

Giveaway Winner Number Two

The winner of giveaway number two is...

Congratulations Sarah (aka Cotton Kiwi)!! I'll send you an email to get your details.

Giveaway number three (of four) will start tomorrow, good luck and thanks to all the people that entered this one.

Have a great Wednesday. xx

Birthday Party

Today we went to a birthday party. It was my cousin's (as mentioned in this post) daughters 3rd birthday and it was very very pink. The food was just gorgeous and the kids had fun dancing and running around.

Even the napkins were cute...

And the cake was brilliant...and yummy!

There was even some craft which Chantal had prepared. Gorgeous little paper dolls with clothes the kids had to stick on.

Thanks Chantal for a lovely morning!

Oh, and you've only got till tomorrow morning to enter in my giveaway if you want to.