The sweetest shorts

 I found this Pattern through Pinterest and knew instantly that I wanted to make a pile of them for Ainsley for the summer.
They are just so cute.
I made 2 pairs and then decided I would try to make them reversible and it worked, I did struggle turning them right side out, So Ken had to help but I did it and how cute are they?

The 1st pair,with matching belt

Reversible.white with red

red with flowers

Teacher Appreciation day

Friday was Teacher appreciation day.
The kids and  I came up with 'Time out bags' for their teachers.
This was a great idea until it got out of hand.
Let me explain..........
Ainsley has 2 teachers and a teachers aide, teachers aide day was at the beginning of the year but we didn't know about it ,plus Ainsley would not have let me leave her out hehehehe.
Byron only has one teacher but there is a teachers aide who works in his class and also spends some time in Ainsley's so of  course she couldn't miss out.
Then of course the sports teacher   had to get something and then the music teacher ,oh and you can't forget the librarian.
See out of hand.
But we do love our Teachers so it was all worth it.
I made tote bags 'time out bags' and we filled them with a few bits and pieces for the teachers and the aides to take time out of their day and relax. Crossword books,Pen, choccies, biscuits, coffee and tea
The sports teacher got a little box with the treats and the Librarian got a bookmark with a few treats.
The librarian got a zippered pouch filled with treats.
All up 5 bags,a foil box a zippered pouch and a book mark with treats
The kids really enjoyed Handing them out, They got as much out of giving them as the teachers did receiving them. which I loved.


The gifts



The contents of the bags



the zippered pouch and it's contents



The sports teachers little foil box.

Remi-Licious

 This Post i have being trying load for a week but have had trouble uploaded so many pics.

It was my nieces birthday on Wednesday and she is having a party tomorrow.

Today I finished off her present and am really happy with the outcome.

Her mother asked me to make her some food for her kitchen.

I came up with Remi-licious Icy Treats.

the set contains

Ice cream cones in various flavours, both normal and soft serve, Icy poles, Zooper doopers (not sure what the real name is for these),  Ice cream sandwiches and also ice creams in a bowl.
I also put some brown fleece into the cutest little bottle as chocolate Topping and a Tea towel Apron to match. but I did this after i had taken the photos'



Remi's Ice cream Palour"Remilicious"







A sundae





4 flavours of ice cream cones







Icy pole



2 flavours of soft serve



Ice cream Sandwiches





zooper dooper



A Horse of course

For book week Ainsley decided she wanted to be a "horse girl" not a cow girl, not a jillaroo but a horse girl.

I asked her which book she was going to be a character out of and of course "The saddle club" was the book even though she can't actually read these books.

So easy no worries there, we can do a horse girl easy.

At least I thought until she decided it wasnt the rider she wanted to be but the "horse" and a white one too.

hmm Ainsley your mum may not be that clever.
But guess what I proved myself wrong, I am in fact that clever.
Look at what i created today, not only does it fit the bill but it goes above and beyond as it is in fact a towel.
I am feeling all proud now, lets hope it is ok to wear a towel to school on Thursday hahahah.

I will take photo's of it on Ainsley on Thursday, for now the chair is enjoying being a pony heheheheh

Not sure why she doesn't look happy, She was.

Supplies are ready.

After making Eliza's blanket my niece Aisha sent me a spare pillow case and has asked if i  could make her a bigger blanket.

I can't make Aisha one without making her brother Brayden  one so I took myself  to spotlight today to get supplies.

Whilst there are so many colours in the pillowcase i found it hard to find coordinating fabrics that were not just plain, I really like the mottled purple and think that should be enough to set the butterflies off.

I may steel some of the grey and black from Brayden's, but I wont know that until I am cutting heheheh
I had some camo in my stash and also the army fabric, I thought these were a good start for Brayden.
I wanted some colour so it wasn't drab and i couldn't resist the stripes, the fabric is a soft soft cotton.
I didn't get a photo of it but i got polar fleece for the back, As they are in the cold region I got the good stuff, really thick arctic style, Mmm warm and toasty.

Mini carry all

I have had this idea in mind for a while.
I actually want to do a cushion with this type of inlay, but thought it would look nice in little wallets and bags so here is a little pouch I just created.
After making my dad a little camera bag similar to this one for his birthday I decided to add a strap to the zip pouches I normally make.





Eliza's blanket

My sister rang and asked me if I could make a special birthday blanket for a young friend of their family.

the brief was.

 She is turning 15
She loves dancing 

Can it be approx single bed size.

 Can it please fold into a pillow.
Oh and did I mention it needs to be warm? the live in Armidale N.S.W, where it gets to minus temperatures.

I had bought some cheap t shirts in the last summer clothing clearance and had the perfect one to suit.
I grabbed some fabrics including the softest coral fleece, some dance inspired silver.
This is the final blanket, I have left the fluff on the front to show just a little bit of what my house was covered in, not to mention what was all over me by the end.



The front
yes I am aware it could do with an iron.



As a pillow





The back





The T.shirt



On a bed to show the size



"Coach" Softball bracelet

I finally got to making Byron's softball coach her bracelet or cuff, what ever you think suits it better.
I was originally wanted to put it on a yellow ball so as to distinguish it more from a baseball, but as the team colours are white, black and red i am happy.
Now to hope it fits.





horse play

This Post was sitting in my drafts due to photo uploading issues

Ainsley has a slight obsession with horses.

I found a few little horses(so cute) in the toy shop the other day and even though i am sure i am starting a collection of these cute liitle ponies i grabbed them and tonight i have whipped up this play mat for her.



Horses out having a play



All tucked up in bed

All folded up ready to go.

L'il Owl and friends

This post has been sitting in my drafts for a little bit now but i was having so much trouble with photo's uploading that  i gave up, so here we are.
I bought the cutest cot quilt panel a few weeks ago with only a hint of an idea of what i was going to make.
Today inspiration hit and here is the end result.
Pretty pleased with it.
The panel has 9 of these little squares on it so 9 bags it may eventually make heheh.
I love the size it turned out, perfect child size messenger bag.
i am calling them the L'il owl series of bags.

 l'il owl in a li'l orange boat

ellie and the  l'il owls

L'il Owl  with his  l'il mate



L'il owl and his L'il friend




All bags are like this on the inside with a zip pocket




All bags have a name plate on the back



Make up Folder


I found some really cute little note books in my newsagents on the weekend (top model) and fell in love with the make up book.
Basically it was page after page of faces to practise putting make up on with the front cover holding the make up.
The only problem i found was it was $25 and way out of the budget for a random purchase, But with Ainsley's birthday being months away i decided it was a must have hahahah.
this is what i came up with.
I used a plain black ring 2 ring folder that was in the cupboard, a little make up i had in the gift box and i printed off some nice faces, i tried to stick to disney as they have such lovely faces.
i printed these off onto pages from a water colour paint pad we had.
I added some little pockets to the back for some other pens or pencils, i am thinking about adding pages at the back with dolls to draw the clothes onto.

inside with a lovely example of what to do



inside back cover

example of some of the picture to make up

folder all closed

Trial wallet.

I have been wanting to make a wallet for so so long, every now and then i will google and drool over all photo's of beautiful wallets people have made.
I bought some material to make one but didnt want to cut the fabric until i knew i had it all sussed..
So i made this one for Ainsley as a trial.

the ist thing she said to me was can i have  note money to put in it.

A winter Coat

Made Ainsley this coat and can you believe the hardest and most time consuming part was the damn Bow on the back, I just couldnt get that right.
The pattern called for bows on the pockets but i havent dared try those heheheh

I am very happy with this and will be making more from it for sure



she looks a bit too grown up in this one, but i love it



the Bow shot heheheh





the fun shot hahahahah



The Photo's look a bit yellow because i snapped them about 20mins ago and it is dark outside sorry