Artists in training

How funny are these two munchkins!!!!!

I found these photos on the harddrive on my camera,I didn't even know they were there. They're from around the time of Lily's second birthday and the girls are indulging in a bit of near nude painting. I can tell you however, that other shots show they did have their gumboots on for the rain!!!

I do believe that Lily's nose is blue as Tully painted here. She looks a bit like a puppy dog!!!

Late night shots

Late nights are my time. It's usually the time I get to sit down finally and do a little crafting be it knitting or sewing. Usually after Lily has finally gone to sleep (often later than her father LOL) I do the rounds cleaning up her chaos and the scattered parties she's managed to spread all over the house with her various dollies and little people, that I'm not allowed to disturb during the day. Apparently the partying still continues even when she's not actively playing with them. I was thinking how much the house has changed since she was born and how much more tidying up I have to do, it's bad enough picking up after Andy LOL But as much as the little messy parties are sometimes a chore to pick up at the end of each day, it's the little reminders like the following that make it all worthwhile and make me smile.

I found this artful little decorating hanging off the surround sound speaker wires. I thought it was pretty cute and didn't have the heart to clean it up, so it's still there.

Lily's flower vase; that is just inside the front door. This is where she puts her flowers that she's picked after we've been out on our walks. Usually we come home from music on Wednesday morning with a handful of sourgrass. She hasn't learnt the delight of chewing it yet. I remember being told not to chew it when I was little as a dog might have weeed on it, but it was so yummy!! She's also added some sheoak cones, a banksia cone and some shells to the mix. I'm going to make her some felted bowls to keep these treasures in.

Her rainbow rocket from Library last Thursday. After the eclipse the stories were all about the moon. We showed Lily the eclipse and she quite liked it but then said, "Now I want to see the moon shine green."

As I put things away in her bedroom while she sleeps this cute little eggs glow at me. Aren't they the most awesome nightlights. They're three eggs that constantly change colour. They're made from a soft but tough material so you can pick them up and walk around with them and even drop them and it doesn't matter. Lily's godfather, Kenny, gave her these.

And because it seems I haven't being doing any sewing (I haven't) or knitting lately, here's a little picture of something I'm working on at the moment.

anouk

I know I've blogged this dress before, but this is the yearly update of the pics. The following photos are taken almost a year apart for each one with Lily in the same anouk dress I knitted for her when she was 4 months old.
So from left to right here is Lily wearing the same dress at :
4 months 16 months 29 months


What do you think, will we get another year out of it?

some short coming very shortly

well, within the next hour or so actually. I'm uploading to ozebaby as I write.

Golden Orbs Denim Hemp Shorts ~ size 2


Kimono Black Cord Shorts ~ size 2


Hope to have a few more pants and shorts up in the next few days.

I've signed up to have a stall at the kids market our playgroup is organising for October 19 so I have to get some stock organised for that ~ my plan is to do a couple of pieces per week between now and then for it. It should be fun, and all the stalls are from other WAHMs connected to our playgroup and the other one held there, so there will be kids clothes (the other seller there has mass produced stuff she sells), toys, books, jewellery, etc.

A quick preview

Up late last night finishing off these pants. It's always nice when the bubby goes to bed at a reasonable time and allows me some sewing time LOL Oh, and contrary to my last post they're actually both size 2s; denim flares and cord bootlegs. I'm off for a hairdo this morning so shall add some elastic to their waists and upload this afternoon (all going well)

And I thought I'd share some pics from these very special books. The following images all come from 3D Puppet Wonder Books, which I've had since my childhood. I must have liked these a lot as I have a few, and they are just soooo cute!!! I love the little puppets!! I'm sure you can guess what fairy tale each image comes from :D

Baby Blossom Pinnie

A couple of pics of the little pinnie that I am going to sneak up at around 9:30pm tonight. I'm glad I went to the fabric store for some buttons as the ones I found were just perfect and much much nicer than the ones I temporarily lost; so I guess that was a fate kind of thing to lose the button :D

I've also got some appliqued flares and a funky pair of brown cord bootlegs that will hopefully make an appearance tomorrow ;) size 2 and 1 respectively with some cute fairy tale fabrics :D

Children's Book Week

I love Children's Book Week. When I'm teaching I look forward to it every year and eagerly read all the shortlisted books anticipating and trying to guess what will be judged the winner. I must say though that the focus of my reading has changed somewhat since having Lily. I used to read the books for younger and older readers, now it's the childhood section.

The winners this year all look great but I must say I've only read those from the Childhood section hehehe. You can check out the winners here.

Anyway, to celebrate Children's Book Week we decided to have a little book themed stocking based on this year's theme of READiscover. This all went up last night.

Dreamtime Stories Denim shorts ~ size 1

"Long, long ago in The Dreamtime, the earth was in darkness. Animals and birds lived by the light of the moon and stars and they knew only the night."
'How the Sun Was Made' from "Tales of the Dreamtime"
collected by K. Langloh Parker

Treasure Island Bootleg Pants ~ size 1
(I did get a bt of a giggle out of the fact that I'd make the Treasure Island pants bootlegs LOL)

"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest— Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"
Robert Louis Stevenson

An Ode to Lily Flared Pants ~ size 2

"The next Saturday, Lily's Aunt Jemima took Lily shopping. "Hold tight to Blue Kangaroo, said Aunt Jemima.
On the bus Lily met a nice lady wearing a large pink hat.
"I love buses," said Lily, as they reached their stop..."
'Where Are You Blue Kangaroo'
by Emma Chichester Clark

"Everyone told Lily Hippo she was too loud.
"Lily Hippo, keep it down please - I can't hear myself think!" said Dad.
'Too Loud Lily'
by Sofie Laguna

Swiss Family Robertson Flares ~ size 1

"Fritz and I looked about for some small empty firkins; these we tied two and two together with handkerchiefs or towels, leaving about a foot distance between them, and fastened them as swimming-jackets under the arms of each child, my wife at the same time preparing one for herself. We provided ourselves with knives, some string, some turfs, and other necessaries which could be put into the pocket, proceeding upon the hope that, if the ship went to pieces in the night, we should either be able to swim to land, or be driven thither by the waves."
Johann Wyss

Little Red Riding Hood Skirt ~ size 2

"There was once a sweet little maiden, who was loved by all who knew her; but she was especially dear to her grandmother who couldn't make enough of the child. Once she gave her a little red velvet cloak. It was so becoming and she liked it so much that she would never wear anything else, and so she got the name of Red Riding Hood.
Grimm Brothers

The Golden Goose Denim shorts ~ size 1

"Simpleton cut down the tree, and when it fell, lo and behold! a goose was sitting among the roots and its feathers were of pure gold."
Grimm brothers

And another little pair of shorts I've done recently as an instock.

I have a gorgeous little size 1 appliqued pinnie all finished and ready to go up bar the buttons. I found in my button tin the most perfect matching buttons, but one has now gone missing. I'm not sure whether it has disappeared back into the jar or whether it's gone with all Lily's "lovely things". But if I find it tonight it will be up tomorrow afternoon/evening ;)