Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Childs Own Studio part 2



                   Well last week I finally received my dolls from Child's Own Studio...
It is run by a lady named Wendy Ta so who is one very talented women....You send her a drawing that your child has done and she makes that into the wonderful soft doll that is so incredible it looks just like the drawing....


                            This one is based on a drawing done by Kerry when she was four years old....


                                    The LM drew this picture of Kerry with Jaxon in her tummy....



The LM loves the Honda and drew this when he was in day care  this would be one of my favourites as I know how much he loves the car....


My favourite though is the picture LM did of himself and Dog Dog......he loves them and just wants to play with them all the time.He said this is his Dog Dogs cousin...


Brianna sent this picture of a mermaid that Annaliese did ...she has turned out  really good....


Finally this doll is based on a drawing I did when I was four and a bit.....pretty basic hey....

So now I need to find a home for these cuties so we can look at them and treasure them hopefully for future generations...

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

What have I been crafting lately...

I have been doing lots of bits and pieces of craft lately nothing real big just small things that I have been wanting to do for a while....
 

I did this scrap page of the LM.....I haven't scrapped for ages and I had forgotten how much I enjoy it..


My first scrap page of Jaxon ....I love how this page  turned out.... hopefully I will do some more now I have been bitten by the scrap bug again...


Yep you read it right I am knitting jumpers for penguins.I read about  it in a magazine and thought yep do it .....only thing is I am a slow knitter....

I am right into these photo blocks at the moment.....Kerry wanted one of Jaxon to put on her desk at work and the other two are mine...


                           I am into these necklaces at the moment made from bottle caps .....


Candles candles candles been making lots....I decided to put washi tape around these tea lights for something different much better than the plain silver ones aren't they..


The little clear bottles which I have filled with  100's and 1000's. have all turned out great... and have made great gifts...


                                                 Here they are made into glitter necklaces.....


I made the button and charm brooch the other day and didn't know how to package it up but I was going through my scrap papers and found this...Perfect..

I have enjoyed doing these bits and cant wait to do more.....

Monday, April 28, 2014

Easy Easter egg nests...



                            For Easter I made these treats for the kids .....talk about easy.....


All you do is melt some chocolate and add in some dried noodles.I used Chang's noodles and just mix till all covered....


Spoon mixture into a patty cake tin pushing the mixture down to form a hallow. Put tin in fridge to set.


                                                               A close up of the nests...


When set just tip them out and hey birds nests made....Hang on we arn't finished yet....

I melted a couple of chocolate buttons and used them to glue the "eggs" into the nest.I used Cadburys Mini Eggs and I tell you a secret -these are yum....



                              So there you go ....A quick easy treat for the kids for Easter......

Friday, April 25, 2014

Mixed Up Photos Friday 42



Hi friends hope you all had a great Easter we did .....here's hoping you enjoy my photos this week...


The LM and his "friend" Amber... she lives behind us  and the LM  talks to her like this all the time when they arn't playing....


                  Ashley and Kyla -she is such a lovely dog....Ash has really trained her well.


                                               Tyler and Makayla  love each other so much....


                                    You go girl......Brianna doing yoga a different way.....


                                           Baby Jayce ...is still the cutest baby around....


                                                  Our lovely nephews Zeke and Trey.....


I finally got my dolls from Child's Own Studio and the LM loves them all he wants to do is play with them....


                                         Me and my two boys.......love them so much....


                                                               Look at this cute little face.


                                           Little Lilly is sure growing up fast...a real little cutie...


                                      The LM loved playing on this equipment today....


                                               My baby is growing up so fast......Still a cutie....

                                                                 Have a great weekend...

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Little Man gets a pen pal



                   The LM received a parcel last week  and boy was he excited....

I had been telling him for around a week that he was going to be a pen pal and he could write letters to them and received some letters back which he loves...

Well the big day arrived and his lovely decorated envelope arrived,I thought he was going to tear the letter as he was trying to get to it so fast....

Inside was a beautiful penned letter some lovely stickers a Easter card and a drawing .I tell you I have never seen such beautiful writing in my life from a seven year old.

He was so excited he has read the letter a few times and has starting doing a rough copy to send back.

Its great in these times of mobiles and laptops that a simple letter can bring such joy.I hope they keep writing to each other for awhile...



Wednesday, April 23, 2014

A new Grand child Boy or Girl.



                 We received this invitation to Kevin's son Karl and his wife Stacey baby shower .....

         They have found out the sex of their little baby due late July and the invite held the clue...

                                         I'm afraid I didn't get it Kev had to show me.....

                                                             Did you work it out?....

                                  That's right we are going to have a new grandson.....

                      Congratulations to Karl and Stacey  and their beautiful little boy....

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Going healthy Who Me !!!!



                    Yes you read that right....I am going healthy well I am trying to ha ha ....


                    Instead of missing breakfast I have started making myself a self a smoothie....


I used milk plain yougurt mixed fruit berries some baby spinach and chia seeds plus extra ice then use my stick blender and mix this all up....


I tell you at first I was hesitant about drinking it but WOW I love it and I look forward to this each morning.I find that it fills me up and I don't eat again till dinner time..


                  So I am trying to get healthy one step at a time and so far it is working good...
I know it will be hard and it is a long ride ahead to try and get well,its not my weight that is this issue it is trying to change what I am eating to help my immune system..







Monday, April 21, 2014

Craft Days ...


I have met some lovely ladies through LM's class last year and have always enjoyed chatting with them...

Since getting sick I have retreated a bit well no I have retreated a lot any way I decided NO it's time for a change....


So at the start of the new term  I spoke to my friend Michelle and asked if she and the girls would like to come over for a craft morning...

I thought it would get me out of my bedroom and back into socializing again...

Well first week it was  3 ladies then 4 ladies then 5 ...I have to stop at five....I have been showing them bits and gee we have fun.

We laugh and giggle like young girls.Talk about our kids and partners and just enjoy ourselves....

I am so glad I took that first step ,Craft Monday is something I look forward to now.