Crafty catch up Pt 2

On Wednesday night I headed out to NCB too see some crafty peeps, and give over my end of the bargain....

and phew, she liked it!

It was filled up and used straight away, a lovely compliment!

Karen was making some cool little chicks, that Brianna was sneakily trying to coax into her hexie tin...

they were pecking away, not noticing the yummy cakes being devoured around them!

and to all those peeps who think I buy a lot of fabric- this was given to me from the naughty Cindy; I gave her some pink chenille (which I also have coming out of my ears) and was given some 'scraps', all of which are usable!

oh, I did manage a bit of crafting in too....

I got busy with those scraps over the weekend.....

 

and one for my little sis

PS The pink one for the kid may be up for grabs....she doesn't like some of the fabrics! Doh!

Crafty catch up

I have a few things I've made that I haven't blogged about yet; there are a few orders I've had that will

be posted after the recipients receive them!

But I can always post the kid's stuff!

I jumped on the bandwagon and made her some belts; I have serious belt envy now, and will be

doing some for myself!

 

when we arrived back Sunday night from camping, this was on the doorstep! Thanks Cathy! I went against all my beliefs and sewed before washing *gasp*

 She was thrilled to wear these brand new pj's to pajama day at her school holiday program! She was in them for 24hrs, actually, as she had to then wear them to bed....

I had to put the reds tripe on the back of hers, as I nabbed all the fabric for me!

I'm throwing this pic on, one of my happy nappy bag recipients! With baby Ivy in the green pouch at the front, awww, cute! (can't find a previous post when I need it!)

I also made some jewellery rolls for a friend, pattern from here- so easy!

And what has the kid been making? She loves Build a Bears; despite the home made softies, these have won her over. What a great photo, though!

Weekend

We had a break from Twitter, housework and online friends and went away with people in the flesh on the weekend!

What a gorgeous day Friday was, it was a relief to arrive at our destination and realise everyone was really NICE! (a big group of single parents and their kids, my first activity with the group)

But she took along a friend just in case.

After a yummy 'someone else cooked it ' dinner and marshmallows around the fire caused my lovely kid to tell me in the middle of the night how much she loved me for bringing her there (awwww). Saturday was action packed!

We walked down a massive hill (didn't think about that at the time)

and she paddled a canoe!

learnt the hard way about the arm flick with the bow and arrow;

and we learnt she takes after her mum in the daredevil activities;

I was the ONLY crafter, which got a bit of a laugh, and by the end of the weekend I was the Pied Piper of knitting and hexies; start pushing craft at the kids, peeps! They gave these 2 lots enjoyment with 'sorting'.

The rain came and gave us lots of chances to make friends, rediscover a skill at table tennis and generally laze around and be fed.

Did we want to go home? Not likely! The views on the way back were just as breathtaking.

As was this happy girls smile. Awwwww!

Thanks to the great company, awesome chicks I met and the camp in general. And the huntsmen spiders who stayed hidden and didn't hijack their way out in our luggage.

And thanks to my Twitter pals for missing me, double awww!

Finished!

Yep, I finished something this week I can actually blog about, I'm pretty happy with it!

And so is she, more importantly!

It was a pretty straightforward pattern, it wasn't too long between buying and making too! It wasn't hard to get her to pose in it, but after a game of 'downball' with the neighbour, it was declared 'too hot' to wear (perfect for winter, then)

(don't know what this face was for)

the inside of the hood was an old cushion cover!

I rather like the pockets!

Little Miss got crafty with it on the weekend, and these babies arrived.

and she got one of me stuffin' the footstool.

 

(that was definitely Take 1!)

 (that would be me upside down, cute sister the right way round)

See ya, Ma.

You're the best.

Revamp Part 1

I have been seeing cool little footstool makeovers all over blogland

I counted my lucky starts when this one was at the oppy today for $5

I raced home and got to work (denying the kid her promised bike ride)

OK, we're down to 2 layers unpicked, but the 2nd layer seems to have 3 pieces sewn together....

Back to vinyl. Wow, I thought, someone's covered over this? But the corners

were giving it away.....

The legs came off pretty easily, they are a nice plastic.....

The kid helped me out with some action shots. I nearly broke a sweat!

Hmm...

Right back to a pillow (as in on the bed) squished into a pillow case!

 Lets just say, there was a LOT of dirt, I used sandpaper, pliers and elbow grease and

here's what I ended up with!



Hmmm, could've gone to Bunnings for that......

Random...

I headed off with thousands of others on the weekend, half of which seemed to be bloggers I knew haha, and had a play with the ole Hipstamatic.

Hmm, not bad.

mmm, lunch, I didn't try the tacos- this was the kid's lunch, which she didn't like, so I had that and she had the taco. It's experience was wasted on her, I think!

she loved the origami making- spent a precious $2 out of the $5 spending money I gave her (the rest went into her piggy bank, God bless her! She even tried to pay for her lunch!)

I ran into an old pal- and am making another bag in return for another piece of art

Aye Carumba!

I'm saving for one of her clocks!

So by this stage I was dragging around a tired kiddo (camp and a sleepover within a matter of days- she had some serious luggage under those eyes!)

But am so glad I met up with my gang of crafters and newbies; met up with Carly and she gave me fabric to make her some clothes; chatted outside and tried not to lose a small child over the edge of the pier; and generally didn't buy myself anything!

I'll be there next time solo (without kid, that is!)