Some more jewellery

I managed to make some more necklaces for one of my mum's friends, let's hope she is going to like them.





I love the amber one, I might just keep it,if she doesn't like it.

New toy

I am so excited, I got a Cricut Expression for my birthday. I have only had it for two days but I can already see a new obsession coming. It is so much fun and you get brilliant results with every cut. (I will have to go to my local craft shop tomorrow and get some more bits and pieces and then I can post my first cards.)
Ok, here they are. I love this machine. I almost cried the other day when it didn't cut properly but I figured out that the knife got loose and that ripped my paper. This could definitely turn into a new obsession. I think that I will start on scrapbooks as my next big project. We have taken so many pictures of the girls but never managed to print them and put them in albums...so this will be my resolution for next year (because I will be busy making more cards before Christmas), make scrapbooks for the girls!
I forgot to mention that I used the Winter Woodland Cricut Cartridge and for the gingerbreadman I used the Paper Doll one.

Happy Halloween

One homemade costume for book week at school. It was really easy to do, just cut platic bags into the shapes you want and fuse them with your iron. You need to put baking paper over the plastic before you iron and don't put your iron on too hot. The tail goes off to the side to allow leg room. The picture was taken after a full day at school. The eye patch is a left over from my pirate outfit (I went in to school to read and had to dress up, too).
And here are our Halloween costumes, not home made but still great fun!

Something else I have tried

I came across the tutorial for rose barrettes from the purl bee and while M. was watching the British GP I started making some, I ended up with 5 pairs...got carried away again I suppose. They have been used for all sorts of games, so a few were missing before I could take a picture. I like the red and green ones best but guess what, surprise, surprise...K. loves the dark pink ones.

Latest craze

One of my friends got me interested in beaded jewellery and now I am hooked. It is great fun and I can do it in the garden while the girls are playing. I have been making a few things, trying out techniques and buying quite a few beads and findings. It is a bit dangerous because bits and pieces only cost around 99p but it all starts to add up... sewing seems a lot cheaper to me...but the downside is that it is best done inside. So beading for outside and sunny weather and sewing for inside and bad weather (or when I can find a free moment ;-))

A few more things I have made

I have discovered new sewing feet. I have used my zipper foot before but made piping yesterday, I think that I could get addicted. Today I tried my rolled hem foot for the first time, I can see that it will come in very useful but I need more practise. I made the apron dress from Everyday Chaos again, K. just loved her old dress and when I got pink, rainbow fabric I just had to make an other one (picture will follow, finished the dress after she went to bed).
We are off to Germany in a week and I have been busy making some bags to take with me:

I have been busy

Apart from building tens, painting faces, dancing to silly German children's songs, doing puppet shows, eating ice cream and playing a lot in the garden, I have been busy sewing.
Some of my friends are expecting or already had babies and I have been busy making baby quilts. It was such fun and I got a bit carried away, the last one had crinkly bits, tags, pockets and different textures...The first one was made following a tutorial by V and Co and went to a little boy, I hope he likes it.

And of course there have been loads of bags again...I think this one might need a little make-over..