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Wednesday 27 April 2011

Easter

I love to decorate my house according to the season or occasion, and Easter was no exception. Normally my mom holds an egg hunt at her home, but as she's currently homeless whilst waiting for her new house to be finished I offered to have it at my house. I couldn't wait to get started but as usual, work, family and life got in the way and I ended up doing most of it at the last minute. So apologies that this post is coming after Easter.
I normally make the mantelpiece the focal point, and I'm lucky to have two in my home. however I decided to hand the one in the living room over to Jack who made bunting and egg people to decorate it with. For the one in the dining room I began by making a pic of my lil lady wearing her bunny ears and surrounded by Easter eggs.
I still haven't named her and have been toying with Bobby as in bobby dazzler, Dolly as in daydream not parton, or kitty which is my nans name, which I think is really cool but she hates!


I wanted everything to be in pastels so I stuck to the colours lemon blue and pink. I painted polystyrene eggs which I scattered over the mantelpiece and wooden eggs which I hung as a garland along the edge.

Out in the garden I wanted to make it really fun for Jack so I made giant Easter eggs and flowers from recycled cardboard, and we hid eggs with each persons name on, when you found your egg you got a prize. A pot of mini chocolate eggs and bunnies.

In the kitchen I wanted to make some cupcakes in the same colours so I decorated them with lemon and pink fondant, mini eggs and white fondant flowers. We had hot cross buns too but I can't take the credit for those, that has to go to the real baker in the house, Gary who made them at work.Next year the hunt will probably be in my moms new house, but I've decided to still decorate our house and have plenty of things I would like to make, maybe I'll have to start in January!! Xxx

Sunday 10 April 2011

Sunday Stitch Up : Introducing Trampoline!!


Would everyone please give a warm welcome to Trampoline or to give him his full name Trampoline Willy Poo !

I made this little cutie over the weekend and left him for Jack to find, I thought he might name him something more appropriate like squeak, but I should have known better. So Trampoline Willy Poo it is.

He's a bit on the messy side for my liking, but its the first time I've really done anything like this, so I think more practice is needed for this sewing malarkey. It doesn't matter though really because Jack loves him, despite pulling his tail off in the first 5 minutes and needing emergency repair! Boys!!!!