Our beautiful Princess, Arabella was born on the 28th October and has been keeping us busy ever since!
Dylan had his fifth birthday in November, celebrating in great style and was the star of the school play (literally, he played a star!!) in December.
Santa (& all my family and friends) was very good to me. My stocking was filled with tons of ribbons, crafty bits, baking gadgets and I got lots of books to fill me with ideas for a crafty 2011. My faves are:
- 'Lovely Things to Make for Girls of Slender Means' ~ Eithne Farry
- 'Kirstie's hoemade Home' ~ Kirstie Allsopp
- 'The Crafty Minx' ~ Kelly Doust
Arabella doesn't give me a lot of time to myself but I managed to get a few bits done in advance for her:
This was my moses basket when I was a baby, almost 26 years ago. After me, my 2 brothers, sister and my son it wasn't looking too great!!! So with some new lining (and I can't take all the credit, I had a HUGE amount of help from my Gran's friend) and a new stand (the original was mouse-attacked!) it now looks like this (I've since added some pretty ribbons too because a girl can never have enough ribbons!):
These shoes were so much fun to make, and reversible too, I was so proud when the little princess wore them. The pattern is from: http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/reversible_fabric_baby_shoes_2
Finally, and nothing to do with crafting, but another love of mine... SHOPPING! I just love the sales, went a bit mad this year despite being flat broke. Could not resist buying these 3 fabboo dresses in Monsoon:
And now I must go and rescue the chocolate fudgie cupcakes from the oven!!! xXx
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