Fairy Pillow

My Sister turned 21 in November, instead of buying the usual 21 presents like the key to the door, or the 21 glass etc, I decided to make a 21 gift that was unique and one that she could always keep. I made a pillow case and embroidered it, it is supposed to represent a girl evolving into a woman.

It's a shame I didn't iron it before I took my pictures because then I sent it straight away, so I only have bad pictures of it to show!

The announcement

Finally, we got pregnant! We couldn't be happier about it, we are still on cloud 9, everyday when we feel him wriggling about in my tummy, it's a blissful feeling.

So I needed to announce to my brothers and sister, unfortunately we don't live in the same country now, with me living in Sweden, and I didn't want to just skype them and tell them, so I looked around on the internet for a different idea for how to tell them, and there it was. I'm always saying 'Bun in the oven' so I decided this was the perfect way to break it to them, I would make a Bun in the oven, and here it is.

I made one each for my two brothers, one for my sister, one for my parents, even though they already knew, and then I made one each for my grandmothers. Being in Sweden I thought it would be nice to address them to their Swedish names, so in Swedish my brothers will be Morbror, which directly translates to Mothers brother, my sister is Moster, Mothers sister, my parents are Mormor and Morfar, mothers mother and mothers father, and my grandmothers are Gammel Mormor and Gammel Farmor, old Mothers mother and old Fathers mother. It makes so much sense in Sweden, so practical as always.

This great news will probably change up the topics of all of my future projects, maybe this will turn into a baby items blog!

A tub for all the seasons

I wanted somewhere to tidy all of our wooly items, and our summer hats etc, and the little organising pots I made seemed like the perfect idea, only on a larger scale. I decided to make the 4 sides reflect the 4 seasons. I used interfacing to make it more rigid, but it's still quite slouchy!



Spring

Summer




Autumn




Winter

This is so that you can get an idea of the size. Also I added
these little ties tot he corners to keep it more square.

The wedding

We got married on 28th September, 4 years to the day from when we first met. It was a lovely quiet wedding with only close friends and family, we home made a lot of the things, including all the food. I made my wedding dress, and a cardigan and a hat, and some little bits and bobs. I'm going to lump all the wedding bits into one post as it was one occasion and they all go together.

Our wedding invitaions

A table decoration idea I had, although proved to be a bit time
consuming to make a lot of, so settled for a simpler design.

This was an idea I had for the name places on the tables,
I wanted to make a test so I made it into a magnet for,
you guessed it, the fridge

This was my wedding hat, not your traditional brides
head piece, but it was an outdoor afternoon party
in September in the North of Sweden sourrounded
by the forest.

This is the dress and the cardigan I made

These were the actual name places, I made them into magnets
after so that we can continue to use them, I also made
some of the guests who wanted it into magnets.

A little crochet flower my mum did for my hat.



The actual hearts that we used, although didn't use, because
they got forgotten about, so didn't actually make it to
the tables, but some of the guests took them home with them
as a wedding keepsake



And these are my thank you cards I made for everyone who
gave us a present.

Pretty little smock

I decided to try to improve my sewing skills even more in preparation for the future child I was so desperately trying to make. I love that our friends have a little girl that I can practice on. They love tie dyed material, and I went into the second hand and saw this purple tie dyed curtain just waiting to be made into something pretty for their little girl. It was very very easy to make, and I am so so pleased with the end result, it's so pretty and perfect for keeping clothes clean when doing somethiing a little messy.

Practice makes perfect

I made this dress out of a table cloth I picked up from the second hand shop, I decided to make my own wedding dress, but got a little panicked as had only made one dress previously, so thought it best to have a practice first. I was really happy with the outcome. Not bad for a novice!

A bit of gardenning organisation

Just simply, all of my seeds were lying around all over the place and I decided I needed some organisation, you have to start somewhere, I'll get round to the rest of my life that needs organising at some point in the future, i'm sure!