Advent.....

...........when we moved here into our little wooden house (built by husband), I decided to make our own advent calendar......so I sat sewing for a whole day and made 25 pockets and 25 snowmen pegs to hang them up with ............so this year as Max (our 11 year old baby!) is becoming more and more like a stressy teenager I assumed he wouldn't want to participate in the hot/cold hide and seek game that we play to find the pocket with the chocky.........you'd think!.........but last week without it even being talked about Max informed me that YES we would be doing it again this year!!!!...........so here's day one........minus the chocolate Santa!......... .
..............and one of the snowman pegs!..........

.............so anyway all Ive done so far is order the goose............no I'm not panicking!

Rachel x

One....

......well our little girl is a fully fledged one year old as of yesterday.........





.........we had a small pary tea with cake and chocolate goodies..........

....new clothes....thankyou Grandma and Grandad in Scotland xxxxxxxxxx.......some money to spend....thankyou Aunty Roo and Crew ............and new toys (Jiggy loved the little cat especially).............

...........we ate a lot.......she ate a little!..........

............and a tired little one year old went off home to bed!...........

.....we love you Eva........

Rachel x

The Rug........

.......this is where me and Jiggy have been for the lat two weeks..........it's not a rug but a quilt I made last year.......but we put it on the floor for her to sit on whilst we played........ it's empty now........




.....for the last two weeks I have been looking after Jiggy whilst Helen has been on holiday in Africa.......honestly I was not jumping for joy at the prospect.....don't get me wrong I am totally in love with this little girl.......she is awesome........she is beautiful.........curious........happy........endearing.......and I am totally blown away with her and I can't imagie life without her........but the thing is I am at a time in my life when I have heaps of daytime for me........selfish?......I disagree.......I have been a stay at home mum/mom 90% of the time........I devoted all of that time taking them everywhere........showing them as much as I could......giving them great experiences.........just the same as you guys out there I know.........I chose the best primary school for them...........the best secondary schools.........which meant lots of driving for me..........tool them to ballet/tap,football,judo,gymnastics,surfing, sailing and guitar........watched endless ballet shows and football matches and guitar recitals........they excelled at all of them...........got totally involved in school activities and school camp.......of which I loved.........and loved every single moment..........but always in the back of my mind knowing that there would come a time when it was all about me........and it's here.......and I love it.........and I can still support and admire and be so proud of the kids whilst they move on with their next adventures..........and I'm loving that too................so as the last two weeks slowly crept up on me I braced myself.............. I knew I wouldn't be able to spend all day in the sewing room or just drop everything and go charity shop shopping in search of more unusual or vintage fabric ...........

...........and the thing is we had the best time...........I played and fell in love more and more with this little girl who is my grand-daughter ...........we talked, we played, we took endless walks,we sang songs and even painted........I even let her play on th sewing room floor! .........I did nothing else...........no sewing or knitting or hoovering or washing and it was amazing..........and now she has gone back to Helen........and I find myself thinking about her and wondering what she is doing............(i'ts only day one)...........and now all I can think about is next May when Helen goes on holiday again and we can be together again...........just us.......me and her...........who'da thought...........

.............oh and here's a funny pic of the cat as we caught her the other morning.!.........

Shoes and hair.....

......well the shoes are sorted.......



........but I'm still messing around with the hair........

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........I'm going back to mess a bit more....

Rachel x

A small story...

.....I saw this at this lovely blog here ........

Orla Wren - The Fish And The Doll from Tui on Vimeo.

......back to stuffing and sewing....

Rachel x

Creating.....

......I'm having so much fun making these dolls at the moment......and each one is turning out differently.....this one is in the process of having shoes made.......

.....she may be Yevette.......

Rachel x

Fabricy love....

.........as most crafty people know a lot of inspiration comes from clothing/bedding/curtains...well anything fabricy really and today's car-boot thrift was no exception........

......all of these I intend to use for more dolls.......later...... as today is another sunny one and I am going back outside in the garden to savour these last few warm days.....

....hope your sunday is a good one too...

Rachel x