My Life's Ingredients

Just a quick update on crafty things... ;) I've signed up for another swap on Craftster ... :o But hey ... it's for a great person and fab crafter and I'm looking forward to making items for her (edited - that's already finished and sent - "Back to Hogwarts Swap" for Ant Bee). Whittling down the lists Nursery teachers' presents for when the girls leave in less than 2 weeks (pinterest to the rescue ... I have now found an idea I quite like and hopefully get sorted!)  -  DONE An order placed with  Kat'sGeekKrafts   for bags .     DONE Crochet summer hat for wee Erica Crochet summer hat for wee Finlay (re-do as the wee boy has a bigger head than anticipated!! ;) )  2/3 Done!! YAY Instead of the Wooly ghan below I'll make a FiS inspired something in time for DH's birthday Wooly ghan for hubby's Christmas (?) Wooly ghan for big sis (that will be most likely for Christmas if not next year, not her birthday) OAHPT Swap for Ginny (got...

... well... in a crafting kinda sense. One person in our OAHPT (One Awesome Harry Potter Thing) swap (where I made the paper pieced blocks on a tote) flaked and because the swapper who lost out lives in Scotland I decided to jump in to make her something and then she wouldn't have to wait too long for the postie to deliver it. :D I had been toying with the idea of making another paper pieced item, but she stated that she likes Amigurumi ... and she likes Buckbeak (the Hippogriff in HP). Soooo ... in my infinite wisdom I decided to make something fairly new to me (I've only made 1 amigurumi before, for yet another HP swap), and the pattern was a bit of a problem for me, too (the "toes" and the wings in particular ... had to ask several friends on help what the foundation stitch is!!)!! But here he is ... Baby Buckbeak, ready to "wing" his way to Stirling tomorrow!! ;) The pattern can be found here .   I should be safe to post this, as my swap...

Another busy week again ... really can't wait for the nursery to start up! :) On Friday the girls were "camping" ... downstairs in the living room, with daddy on the airbed beside the tent. That was the easiest solution for us to have their bedroom ready for the replacement of the old Velux Window on Saturday morning. ;) They liked it a lot, and who knows, maybe next step is sleeping out in the garden for a night ... next year? ;) Of course we had an early morning, not only for Niz to come and replace the window, but also because the girls were due to go to yet another (!!!) birthday party! Seems since nursery broke up they've been to 1-2 birthday parties each week!! And we still have 2 more to go! ;) I myself was very busy last week finishing off my first Kat's Geek Krafts order (!!) of 25 custom bags. I will post a photo after the event, just in case the organisers want to keep the design a surprise. Just can say it's "Shiny" and inv...