Yeah, and another ...

... I cut straight into the February Project kit that I received from Scarlet Lime to keep the momentum going and scraplifted a LO by Linda Sobolewski in March's Scrapbook Trends.

Can't believe that this little baby is now 7 with a whole load of attitude!!!

Struggling to scrap ....

... since the start of the new year, I've had very little inclination to scrap. I think it's due to being distracted by other crafts (such as making yo-yo brooches for the school's Mother's Day Present Room) but also by the fact that my Scarlet Lime kits have not been turning up in a timely fashion.December and January's kit had been sat untouched when February's turned up this week (along with a missing project kit). So I knew that unless I cut into it straight away I was in danger of having the kits pile up. So armed with a photo, challenge from The Studio and sketch from Studio Calico I got stuck in. The challenge was to create a LO about being a boy and what you might miss out on - the title reads Glad to be a Girl.

I've taken a close up of the journalling.

Hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things now, I have a stack of photos waiting to be scrapped!

Not scrapping but ...

... making invites for my cousin's summer wedding. I've spent the last couple of days doing the final assembly - sticking in inserts and fluffing up handtied bows. The wedding colours are a secret, so you'll have to make do with a b&w photo! Why is it you have to do things like this standing up?? Now my back is aching!

Mom 2.0: Defining A Movement...

... I just read this on a blog I have recently been following - Posy - and wanted to share it here.

Here are the words:

WHAT I WOULD TELL HER: (If I knew what to say.)
You are a miracle.
And I have to love you this fiercely: So that you can feel it even after you leave for school, or even while you are asleep, or even after your childhood becomes a memory.
You’ll forget all this when you grow up. But it’s okay.
Being a mother means having your heart broken.
And it means loving and losing and falling apart and coming back together.
And it’s the best there is. And also, sometimes, the worst.
Sometimes you won’t have anyone to talk to.
Sometimes you’ll wonder if you’ve forgotten who you are.
But you must remember this: What you’re doing matters.
And you have to be brave with your life so that others can be brave with theirs.
The truth is, being a woman is a gift. Tenderness is a gift. Intimacy is a gift. And nurturing the good in this world is a nothing short of a privilege.
That’s why I have to love you this way. So I can give what I have to you. So that you can carry it in your body and pass it on.
I have watched you sleep. I’ve kissed you a million times. And I know something that you don’t, yet:
You are writing the story of your only life every single minute of every day.
And my greatest hope for you, sweet child, is that I can teach you how to write a good one.
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A crafty weekend ...

... so new stash needs new storage right?? My growing crochet supplies were getting really messy in a plastic carrier, so I decided to make myself some storage. I had this lovely Cath Kidston fabric in my neglected pile of fabric and found a pattern for a project bag on All People Quilt. I'd seen something similiar on etsy.com with a flat square bottom which would have been better, but this does the job just fine.

I also wanted to make a case for my hooks and in amongst my fabric I had a tote that I had started quite a few years ago, but never finished. So with a bit of reconstruction and some help from these instructions, I came up with a matching crochet hook roll.

I really enjoy sewing and must remind myself to do it more often, it was my number 1 pastime before discovering scrapbooking.

Onto a hat for DD2. She choose some brown wool, so last night I set out on making a Brownie Hat. When she tried it on this morning she declared it too itchy and not like the picture of the one she had seen in the Next Directory!!!

So I've claimed it for myself and added the flower this morning (DD2 hadn't wanted a flower on hers). That's my Sunday Morning look (weekend exhaustion)!!!

I had a parcel from Scarlet Lime, finally!!! Got my replaced December and the new January kit, so I might do some scrapping this week!!!

Lastly, I've had a lovely award from Lizzie - shall pick that up this week, thanks Lizzie!

Crochet update ...

... I have found the most amazing crochet blog - Attic 24. I have referred to this blog several times over the last few days and really need more colour in my life!!!!

I had already stitched the squares together that I has so far for my blanket, but after seeing a tutorial on Lucy's blog for crocheting them together I realised how dissatisfied I was with what I'd done. So I unpicked it and crocheted them back together. The results are much neater.
I've learnt a couple of things so far with making this blanket. Firstly, that I really shouldn't have got carried away with making totally blue squares whilst waiting for the brown wool to arrive, much nicer to have a mixed coloured square - I've got another 8 plain squares to incorporate! Also that I shouldn't have double crocheted a border around each individual square - uses up far to much wool! I'm thinking that I might end up making cushion covers, rather than a blanket.

I've also made my first hat. Quite please with myself as I didn't really follow a pattern to make it, other than for the first few rows to get me going. The flowers are also from a pattern from Attic 24. DD1 is tres pleased and had lots of lovely comments at school today.

DD2 has requested a brown hat and I've got some plans to make some fabric project bags, so a trip to the haberdashers is in order!

I fear ...

... I've combine the 1st of Jan challenges from The Studio and Stuck? Sketches for this one.

The Studio's challenge is to
- Make a page that includes a lot of “white space”.
- The subject of your page should be something that scares you; scrap your fears!
- Use 3 photos in the design of your page – but don’t forget that white space!

Another old kit, as still waiting for the postie to arrive!!