The Weekend.....

The Sun was out on saturday, which was lovely for the marriage of my brother Mark and his bride Di, here with my mum and dad.

the first time all the family (well almost all) have been together,

 it was a lovely day and i had a tear or two lol

look at Di's gorgeous dress, she made it herself, 

Well done Di you looked beautiful

heres to a wonderful future together Mark and Di xxx

 as for the rest of the weekend, i was working in THE SHOP yesterday, the shop being Craftydaze, it was the papercraft extravaganza, a full day of crafting with some fab results, they all went home tired but happy crafters.

Then when i got home, as if i hadnt had enough i made my little owl, a pattern i am working on, very happy with my first draft,as always a few changes i want to make, 

but one happy crafter

sooo what can i call him??? 

i need your help here, i am rubbish with names!!

Sewing Weekend

 So the Girls have been making the BIG BAG........ again, WOW i wonder how many of this bag are wondering around Leicestershire now, 

quite a few, i've lost count lol

 

well done girls, looking fab.

While they were making the BIG BAG, i was making a some what smaller Cat bag, 

a variation on the owl bag from an earlier post,

 just love this bag not sure which one i prefer, the owls or the cats !!

i also made this sewing machine mat with pockets and a soon to be pin cushion, just loving the bright colours of this one

 

With patchwork main panel and all over freehand quilting.

Playing !!

 Not the best pics to show colours as taken in the dark but you can see what i have been playing with, 

a butterfly hanger, 

need to add a few gems maybe, 

i will have another look at it later when i get time.

 and a christmas hanger, this is the stampin up ornie from last year, just love it,

 lots of variations to be had.

Christmas Post!!

From Caraftwork cards, the knew collection pack,

 love it, 

but then again i love them all, as soon as i saw it i had to have a play and this is the result, a 7"x7" mini christmas album, ready for the photo's

Watch this Space !!

And see what this turns out like!

i have 2 weddings to go to a week apart so i am making my own dress !!! a long time since i have made a dress so we shall see how it turns out, may end up out buying something the day before lol

Belly Dancing at WI !!!

 So last night was first night back after summer break and it was belly dancing, moi, with no rythm whatsoever and thinking maybe my stomach would not be up to this, best not risk it, 

so i manned the camera instead, 

but i did do the india calling can't remember its name and a bit og jiggling from my seat!!

but here are some of the ladies giving it a go.

Halloweeny (bag)

 Here you go, 

i remembered to bring my bag home today,

 i love Halloween so thought it would be nice to have a bag for the occasion, 

any excuse to make something Halloween lol

i saw the fabric, liked it, but  didnt know what to make with it to start with but a bag always comes to mind in the end lol

Halloweeny !!

 My head is buzzing with ideas at the minute,WOOHOO

 more than one pattern going on at a time,

 what is happening to me?

 i had better take advantage of it while it lasts lol i still need to remake my owl bag from my previous post and iron out the wrinkles as it were, but then another one popped into my head so that is also in the pipe line, actualy made my first run on it but left it at work so you will have to do with a pic of my bedtime scribbles as a bit of a preview but watch this space, 

so tonight i have been typing up the pattern for my flower heart cushion, owl bag is still in scribble form and needs typing up, Halloweeny bag is still in scribble form too!

not giving much away my scribbles are they lol

Starting School and Skegvegas!!

 Well the time has arrived for jakey to go to big school ,he has always gone to nursery and loves it but its time to move on, and in his uniform he is no longer our baby, 

look how happy he is at the end of his first day at school, 

well done jakey

So we decided to take the littlies to skegvegas before the weather turns and as the weekend was forecast to be ok,this was the time to do it,

 we didnt tell them just turned up to pick them up yesterday morning, packed a picnic and off we went.

those that know me know i just love the beach and getting me feet in the sand/sea, and after the year i have had this has been my first chance to do so, so i am very happy!

 the kids loved it too, we bought buckets and spades and played on the sand for a couple of hours, ran in and out of the sea,

 notice jake in the background paddling in the sea!

 jake loved walking up and down collecting his shells,

minutes after this jake while paddling was knocked over by a huge wave (in jakes words) in reality it was upto his ankles lol but he was soaked but loved getting very wet,

luckily we had a warm towel and a change of clothes to sort him out when he had had enough.

It was all too much for mia at one point and she fell asleep mmmmmm not sure i would have been comfy like that but she slept in this position for about 2 hours so it must have been comfy lol
and we received lots of chuckles from people when they saw her