Dress Teaser

Ahhh, bliss...

Bliss is carrying a sleeping youngster from her pram to her bed and watching her sleepily snuggle up with her teddy bear.. This is a *moment* I have been waiting a long time for! Its so different knowing she is exhausted and not going to wake up, so different to when she was a baby and asleep in my arms but where the slightest jolt could un-do it all. Exhausted toddler is GOOD! :)

Stash it away

I went fabric shopping today! :)

Fat quarters:


A bag of zips:


Pretty purple drill fabric:


I also bought some denim and some terry towelling as I want to make some pencil cases and some baby bibs sometime in the near future.

Happy Cards

Tonight I have been making cards for a birthday celebration we are going to tomorrow.

Pretty Notebook Cover

I have made up a reversible notebook cover by following a free pattern from the Kirin Notebook website


It was very easy to make so a pretty simple project (still took me all evening though!). The final product is really cute! What a nice way to fancy up a notebook :)

Notebook cover:


Inside pocket:


Side view:


Reversible side:

More cakes

Of course, it wasn't just one birthday party that little miss had - there were THREE all up! I made up a batch of cupcakes which I divided between a dinner with our immediate family and one for a celebration with friends.

Birthday Party!

It has been a little quiet here on this blog partly to do with returning to work and because we've all been very sick lately (I blame childcare bugs!!). My little girl has now turned one and we threw a big party to celebrate. It was a great excuse to catch up with all our friends and family, some of whom we haven't seen as much this year! It was a wonderful day and well worth all the effort we went to in organising things. I "decorated" the cake myself and wouldn't have it any other way despite my husband urging me to just buy one to save us the stress.. Time was getting short but I soldiered on, I cut corners (pre-bought sponge) and I re-used a design that I'd made earlier in the year for Sarah's cousin (see earlier in blog) but I got there in the end and her cake was made by ME!! Yay!!! I think making party cakes is a super special bonus of being a Mum!! :)

Boo wore her special dress on her party day. It was the perfect dress for the day and it suited the weather really well.

Lots of love to my little girl who is now ONE!!

The party girl:


The cake:


The aftermath: