Oh my!!

http://oh-write.blogspot.com/2010/06/marens-kitchen.html

I don't know whether to be glad or sad that I didn't see this post before buying E her kitchen over 12 months ago for her birthday. Glad probably - otherwise she probably would have had bits of old furniture only half completed into kiddie kitchens scattered about her bedroom :)

Awesome-ness, yes?

I forgot the cake!

All year E has wanted a Peppa Pig Fairy Cake. This is what we came up with. 1/2 slab from Woolies with fresh whipped cream and sugar icing picture on top. We copies a pic from the internet and made each section individually. I'm quite impressed with the quality of the colours, if I do say so myself. We were loving ourselves sick over it! Then on the birthday morn, Miss E said to her father . . .

Daddy: Are you excited about your Peppa Pig Fairy Cake?

Miss E: *frown* I want a turtle.

Needless to say she got a Peppa Pig Fairy Cake.

Miss E's 3!

I know! She got a scooter for her birthday and loves it.

Loaded up with the necessities . . .

Here she is burning pink rubber up our driveway.

Mum: Smile E so I can get a photo of you with your new scooter.

E: *look*

This photo makes me laugh and then involuntarily I shudder. In about 8 years I'm guessing that look won't be so cute!

And because she is an Extreme Sportswoman - some drawing with helmet.

You just never know when a colouring pen might jump up and give you a noogie.

Do you think it will last?

I live in hope.

:)

Want to win something?

I thought you would!

Head over here to win some beautiful Farbenmix fabrics. Crafty Mamas is where I "hang out" online when I've got a moment. It's lovely there :)

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What have I done lately?

I've made a shirt for Miss E! Gearing up for her 3rd birthday on the weekend so will have lots of posts to do with that soon!

I used this pattern as I love Indie Tutes and follow her blog. Always so inspiring and down to earth.

Thanks for looking!

A shirt for me

Well I finally finished this shirt for myself. Hmmmmmm. Jury is out. Well actually no it's not. It has decided, beyond reasonable doubt, that this shirt makes me look pregnant. Not a look I"m going for at the mo! What do you think?

Here is what it looked like on the beautiful model in the latest Ottobre women's mag . . .

I got rid of the shirring - five rows thank you very much! Because it gave my muffin top a muffin top. I also have made the skirt but it is a bit big. I'm thinking the shirt is too big as well - should have made the size down. Instead of shirring I just put ties on the side - a suggestion from Lissy on the Crafty Mamas forum. But I think, if I'm going to keep it, I need to take in a lot of the fabric in the side seams. What to do, what to do? You can see all that extra material that would have been taken up in the shirring. Any suggestions?