christmas tree
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A winner and more bleeping robots
*** If you have a minute please could I cheekily ask you to vote for my Travelling Pic Stitch block at Quokka Quilts - I'm number 11 in the Europe group! Ta! x
Thank you to everyone that entered my giveaway, reading what was making you smile was so fun and there were some brilliant comments. Welcome to those of you that became new followers too, I know I added a few blogs to my reader as well and I hope we can all get to know and inspire each other!
The winner of my Sew Mama Sew giveaway, as picked by Mr Random, is:
Congratulations Julie! I have sent you an email.
If you are sad you didn't win, please don't be! I will be having another giveaway on Monday, so enjoy your weekend and then come back for a chance to win more fabric as part of the Quilting Gallery Blog Hop Party.
After entering a bunch of giveaways over the past few days I was amazed how many people still have their word verification turned on. I have ranted about this before but maybe it's time for another little plea. When I could be bothered I pointed out to people that they had it on, some people may not realise (after all you don't generally comment on your own blog) and some people may not know there are great alternatives to word verification (i.e. switch off anonymous comments instead or approve comments to avoid spam). So help spread the word and stick this button on your blog:
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If you want to turn yours off then you can get a how-to HERE.
Oh and don't even get me started on 'no reply' bloggers or those that don't read instructions and fail to give you their email addresses. People I am hormonal and dangerous!
To leave on a happier note here is a picture of my Christmas tree! We've been making more decorations and I'll show you those next week :)
And if that's not enough to get you grinning I bet looking at these TREMENDOUSLY BEAUTIFUL Anna Maria Horner ribbons will! Oh and should Father Christmas be reading, yes I would like some of these, very much please!
p.s. My son just told me that baby horses are called donkeys, I couldn't help but laugh!
no limits
There really are no limits to what you can create with your kids and you need no budget, just the crap around your house!
For example witness the joy of the simple hole punch:
When it was my daughter's birthday we had a ladybird theme and I decided that morning to make a quick 'pin the dots on the ladybird' game. One big sheet of paper, some coloured paper circles, a bit of blutack and it's all good. We've actually kept this up - the kids like making patterns with the dots and it's great for talking about colours and numbers with the little one.
My kids love helping me out occasionally when we've exhausted the paper options - here's my little girl winding a bobbin (that's the foot pedal on the desk), must point out that despite taking a picture I was of course supervising this task! Check out her serious concentration :)
Over the weekend we spent some time making Christmas decorations, for us and for my son's teachers. I was worried how much they would want to do but except for the actual sewing, they did it all!
I cut a cardboard tree shape and drew round the template on fabric to make the front of the trees, then I gave them some Sharpies and let them do whatever they wanted.
He mostly liked zig zag tinsel and she liked baubles. I'm really proud of them because, once I quickly sewed them and turned them, they sat really nicely and stuffed them! Admittedly my daughter really liked sticking her arms in the bag of stuffing but those little hands made quick work of it. Once they were in bed I sewed up the openings and added some buttons.
It was a learning experience for me too - their creativity and patience was a big surprise.
And if all else fails, you can always have fun making silly faces!
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