Remember me dolls

Following on from yesterdays post here are the pics as promised. When we were deciding on our farewell teacher gifts we did think about doing individual dolls that looked like the teachers. Mini1 though thought that this would be better..... dolls that look like her so that the teachers will remember what she looks like when she has left. I like the idea and biased as I may be I'm sure doll or no doll those who know mini1 will always remember her.
The added fun part to this was chopping up lots of letters and picking out the correct ones to spell names, Mini1 then picked the doll that she thought the teacher would like best.

makery for baby #1

I have made oodles of things for the girls, I'm not so sure if it was easier or more natural as it was 'girl' stuff, themed and with a hint of girl print, colour and pattern but with this time the bump is a boy and not being involved with as much boyswear design or boy print designing I thought it would be a fun challenge to get into the boy mood and create some bits and bobs for him, they might work out they might not but the sewing, stitching, drawing, cutting, sticking, will all be fun.
So what am I going yo get going on first....

As with all parents we like our babies and children to get a good night sleep it's good for them....and us! On that note my first baby make is a dreamy cloud with home grown lavender filled dream drops.

striped linen & liberty cotton lawn

cut out shapes ready to go

hand stitched detail to cloud 'dream'

                         

 finished cloud with lavender dream droplets


I'll be back to the makery fun again tomorrow whilst my girls are at afternoon day nursery and after my independent midwife visit. Tonight I'll be thinking about the next makery for baby.

making dresses

With the big event of pre-school nursery taking place this Tuesday, we acquired Suzy Bear from our lovely day nursery, she'd act as the link and friend between both nurseries and be on the journey with mini1! It worked well and she is still with us as she is joining the girls for their sleep over at Nanna and Pa-Pa's this weekend. Her clothes and pj's were washed today ready for the trip and she sat naked, but that's okay said mini1 you can make her a dress. Well of course what a great idea, then minimini1 wanted a dress for one of her beloved hop-hops (she has 4 so I feel at the moment I have got off lightly)

Well here is Suzy Bear and Hop-Hop 'dressed' up in their new frocks!

Suzy models Laura Ashley floral hearts with vintage cotton lace trim and polka-dot tie

Hop-Hop models Liberty throughout with vintage cotton lace trim

princess polly peg & the pea

As a lover of crafting, making, doodling and textiles also collector of bit and bobs I have lots of things in my make room. Before the girls when I worked in busy fashion studios producing prints and such I'd make like a busy bee in my own free time oodles of dolls, softies, this and that.
Since having the girls people with other kiddies have seen them and asked for one of this or that and I really love making the for presents and for other friends. The other day we got playing with the peg dolls and putting her to bed and this reminded me of the princess and the pea I've made in the past so today with the minimini1 we made a new set, can't say that the little one really helped (only just 2) but she loved the fabric and especially wrapping herself up in pretend headscarves.
We decided to give our Princess Polly Peg the same colour hair as mini1 as she was not with us but we were thinking of her as she played at forest school, I might need to do another set before pick-up as I feel there could be a little competition for playing PPP&TP!

new adventures and a distraction

What a day....mini1 is happily settled in her day nursery but with reception class looming in September and a drive away we thought it best to enrol her for the term before school starts at he pre-school nursery that has the connections with the school she will be going to. Today was the day she started, and...... she did GRRREAT!
Phew!, relieved or what I only called once and she was doing fine, I was so happy and very proud. Later she told us of her new friends and to think what trouble and upset we had a year ago but with an amazing day nursery and this new one she has been a real star.
I was lucky too, i had my mind taken off the matter by my wonderful cousin coming over and having a sewing demo, she requested for the demo she would like some fabric accs to be created so here is what was created, floral wrist piece using navy linen and liberty cotton voile, vintage buttons and gro-grain tie, plus a single vintage floral linen wrist piece that my lovely cousin models here by sowing it in it's multi use form as a pin brooch.
We did well, happy all round and the next workshop will be.....