My Princess

Nappy Monday....

.... Have i told you how my friend Kate makes nappies ......

well shes just released the second design in her latest collection and boy oh boy i love the colour!

if you've got a sec its worth checking out over at Bib and Tucker - again Kate you are a wonderfully talented lady!

Wonderful weekend

So Sunday has been and gone and it was great - i think we are all having a slower day today to regain energy!

Heres my fav pic and i'll be back later with another post and a Scrap page

In preperation of tomorrow

i have re-iced the second layer of our wedding cake!

Yes the time has come for Becas Dedication, the gown is pressed, the house is clean and of course the cake is done!

So i thought that i would share it with you all - not my best decorating job (at 10pm last night) but its done and I'm sure Beca really wont be too worried.


Wish me luck for the busyness tomorrow brings

Lucky Dolly

She got her own summer sundress today!

Emma is in love with her mini - me

and i can see why - how cute is she!

I've been shoping ...

So with Emma's Summer dress done i have had to cast on another! ... for Becca of course --- after i finished the first one with fabric to spare and saw how well it goes with Becca's new nappy
dun da da dun ...
Yes our first Bib and Tucker Pocket Kate sells some really cute nappies on her site and her new designer range is just amazing! She has such passion to hand paint each nappy - they truly are a work of art.

So with this new love I'm having for nappies i can see a few more in the near future joining our stash!

But for now its back to knitting Becca's Dress - night All

Wheres Summer Gone?

With all the hot weather we were beginning to have and having stumbled across a lovely wee dress on Rav that is perfect for little girls and summer, I went in search of the perfect materials.

So on the 8th I came home with some lovely girly summer print cotton fabric, and after failing to find the perfect 10ply cotton decided to take a risk and double strand some Paton's Panda Bamboo & cotton DK with some Wendy Pearl Luxury Cotton DK - and even they took a lot of searching to find!


Since then, with the odd spare moment I've managed to finish the knitted bodice (mistake free!) and refreshed my sewing skills to complete this: (please excuse the photos but i just couldn't wait to share... and we all know how co-operative 2 yr olds can be)



Both Emma and I just LOVE this dress - I've got plans to get another one on the needles after i finish Dolly's one (70% there :) ) ... and the Rav link for more details

P.S did anyone notice that i missed yesterdays post - this is the reason - i was at the sewing machine

Blogtober Confession #2

... gosh that was quick!

I've hit 150 blogtober hits and have no Bragbook asyet to giveaway!

SO .... what I'm going to do is try and get one made in the next week and give people a bit more time to become followers then give you a post with a pic of the giveaway for you all to enter.

This month seems to have gotten busier and busier! (esp with yarn to be untangled!)

but i promise it WILL be given away in Blogtober!

DISASTER!!!!

being a lovely fine day with Beca down for a sleep i decided to finish mowing the lawn - Emma normally just watches and plays with dolly so i wasn't to worried ... until i came in and found this:


Yes i have learnt that my little girl loves wool as much as me ... i just wish it wasn't this one she decided to 'knit' -- yes when i came in and asked her what she was doing .... "coz i'm just knitting mummy"



Yes that is my Paua Yarn swap yarn!


I'm beside myself and don't even know where to start untangling this mess

Crafty Saturday

So this afternoon I spent some time with some lovely friends of mine - the craft of the hour was yarn and dying yarn for our TNN Naki swap ... all i can say is that there is some lovely yarn being made and dyed for this swap - what a lucky bunch of ladies we are! ... and the due date is slowly rolling around - 27th October -- but mines ready to go so its going to be a wee wait for me.

Heres the yarn i've done - anyone wanna guess the Kiwiana theme for it?








There's plenty of crafty things to do while i wait though - I've set a deadline of next Saturday to get Emmas Summer dress done by - and I'm half way through the knitted bodice so it should be a goal that will be easily obtained. ... and on that not I'm going to get back to it - i must have spent to long scrolling though Rav - add that to surfing Blogtober blogs tonight making my Eyes are 'screen tired'