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

Ainsley Birthday invitations

Ainsley's Birthday is in a few weeks so yesterday we made the invitations.
I cut everything out and made one for her to copy and then she sat and made them with me, of course Byron had to make  one too lol.

I glued a magnet to the back(I used the ones you get in the mail with a calendar on it, just cut it to size.)

This is the final result, i think she did a great job.
I should also add that Ainsley took the photo's.

all lined up in a row.

close up

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.

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.

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

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

Lets read a book

Well it has been a long time between visits here in blog land.
I have done alot in the past months but no crafting..
We moved from W.A to QLD, bought a house and moved in, had Christmas, then Holidays and Ainsley started Prep so here i am with time to blog.
Whilst Ainsley has a large Bedroom she also has Large toys (kitchen, supermarket etc) So we have no where to put her books.
They are living in the large bookshelf in the spare room, which is OK but after she has read one in bed there is no where to to put it,
I have been thinking on and off about a solution to this, while looking at blog i had stumbled upon, I found the solution, and even better it was simple.
http://pennycarnival.typepad.com/penny_carnival/2009/02/tutorial-hanging-book-display.html
I would never have thought to do this.
I love other peoples brains heheheheehe.

so here is mine

I made it reversible, mainly because i couldnt choose which fabric i wanted to use.

The love of fairies

I bought the panel of Michael Miller Autumn fairies a few months ago but didnt have in mind exactly what i wanted to do with it.
That all changed when i went shopping with Nat and Found Fairies for quillows for her twin girls.
So i made a quilt/duvet/doona cover.
It took a while to draw and plan how it would eventually end up but didnt take too long to actually assemble and sew.
I am pleased with how it looks even though i did manage to do the closure wrong, but hey details details.
I am planning a pillow case tomorrow.
Let me know what you think.
please click on the photo to enlarge it so you can see the fairies better

A couple of the fairies my favourite and Ainsley's favourite

Apron strings

Ainsley needed a new apron so i thought my girly who wont wear anything that doesnt twirl needs a frilly twirly cup cake apron.

So this is what i made for her.

I am thinking mummy needs a frilly twirly apron too hehe.

excuse the chocolate face.

I Also decided yesterday to unpick the ruffle skirt and make the pink layer smaller--oh the joy that was i should have left well alone.

i also made her a long sleeve t shirt to match.

i think it will be worn every day this week hehe.

Ainsley gets a new skirt and Tyke gets a jacket

I decided that Ainsley needed a long skirt for winter so last night we got onto the net and found a tutorial http://home.earthlink.net/~cornpatchcreations/twirlyskirt.htm

Then into the fabric box to choose the fabric.

I really liked burgandy for the middle layer but of course Ainsley was choosing and she had to have pink.

I liked this tute it was easy to follow but i think the middle layer needs to be a bit thinner so oh my i think i will need to make another one oops hehe.

I will hopefully get some action shots today.

Byron asked the other day if tyke can have a jacket and if he could help sew it.

The answer was yes on both counts.

So he helped me choose the fabric and i got a pattern from here http://sewing.circleofcrafters.com/freepetvestpattern.html

Ainsley has seen the dress and thinks Tyke needs one of those now haha, She wants it to match her new skirt wont that look nice on walks?

I am not sure i can do it.

So i got ready to sew and Byron ditched me to play with the boy across the road.

Tyke wasnt feeling very photogenic

Another skirt.

i fell in love with these butterflies so had to make a askirt the same day.

Happy Birthday Ainsley

It was Ainsley's birthday last weekend.

So what does a 3 year old girl need?

A Dora bike

A chocolate mousse cake covered with in the night garden characters

A gathering at the park with your boyfriend who was celebrating his birthday in the same week

to enjoy a sausage sizzle and donuts for a cake at the park the next day.

Here i sit

awaiting something witty or even exciting to write in this the 1st post of my new blog and i apologise but this is it.
i am creating this blog to share my sewing, kids ,life with my on line friends and acquaintances.
i love a chat so please leave a comment if you like.
i am looking forward to being inspired to sew more, craft more, cook more, in general create more,take more photo's(this i am really slack with) of my kids my day my life.

I am aware that the photo in my Header is out dated but it's so darn cute.

header has been changed this is the orginal

so here are some newer ones




Byron on his new bike Ainsley in the trailer on the back of my bike