52 Things this year for YOURSELF!

Ok Ok you talked me into it (you know who you are LOL).
Pennywiggle from EB had a 'dare' on her blog, to do 1 self aimed thing a week just for YOUESELF, and she was trying to talk me into joining her with her dare so I have desided to give it ago!!!!!

So I now dare YOU to take the Challenge with us!  Come on give it a go, you know you want to.

"1 self aimed thing a week, they don't need to be big and expensive, they can be as simple as taking 30mins to read a book, taking 10 mins to have a cuppa and a bikky or they can also be as big as you like, going out all day, getting a massage, taking a holiday.

I don't care how big or how small but they have to be for yourself or for your relationship with your partner, cannot be for the kids or the family!!! It's all about doing 52 things to recharge and please US, the mothers/wives/daughters/sisters/lovers."

A last minute Christmas gift!

Nothing like some last minute sewing.....And when I say last minute I mean last minute........
On Christmas morning when the boys were opening there prezzies DH asked me if I had gotten anything for J, J and Z his cousins kids. I hadn't as I told him the week before who I got prezzies for and was there anyone I missed, his reply NO......I then asked him again on the Tuesday before Christmas to be sure...Still the answere was NO noone else!!!!!!!!!! So on Christmas morning I was in a panic searching the house for gifts.....I had a car stashed away for Dominic for his 1st birthday so that would be ok for Z, I had a rattle in the packet still in my nappy cake stash, so perfect for J as he is only a few months old....But nothing for the other J....As we wouldn't be seeing the 2 J's till dinner DH said not to worry we would go to his Aunty for lunch and maybe AJ would get something we could regift......Well AJ ended up opening everything and the things he didn't unwrap were too good to regift.........
We came home and the boys had a sleep and I jumped on the net and done a quick search of something I could quickly whip up, I found this tute for a crayon roll, so I quickly searched my stash and whipped one up, so from searching for a tute to wrapping the prezzie was less than an hour, so I started at 4pm and we were out the door at 5pm.....Not bad!!!!!
I said to DH 'Aren't you lucky I can sew?' otherwise we would of had nothing to give to J........
The only thing was I didn't even have a colouring in book to put with it, only a blank artist book, I felt so scrungy, So I told the mother that it wasn't much, and she said no that was perfect as he doesn't like to colour but loves to draw......I don't know if she just told me that to be nice or if she ment it but he did sit for ages drawing in the book and he carried the crayon roll around all night never put it down, so that is good!!!!

The crayon roll all rolled up with the book.
Out flat before adding the crayons.

And with the crayons.

A giveaway at Izzy and Ivy's designs!

Check out this great giveaway at Izzy and Ivy's designs. 3 people will win a set of 6 of there new patterns WOW.........Closes 28 December so you better be quick!

Art Cases for Christmas

A last minute Christmas prezzie thought.......I was googling the other night and I found a free tutorial for these Art Cases and thought wow they would be great to make and add to my neice and nephews gifts........Well nearly a week later they are finished and I think I could of done a whole lot better on them but as I am running out of time I was really rushing!!!!!!!
Firstly, I didn't have pre-quilted fabric, so I quilted some fabric myself, that is what took so long.....If I had the pre-quilted fabric they would of been so quick!!!!!!! If and that is a big if I was to make some more and quilt the fabric myself I think I would quilt the fabric and then cut out all the bits for the art case, not cut out and quilt all the bits.....It took too long and then my art case came out smaller than it should of too.........

Both Art Cases closed.
The sides look like they are crooked but I asure you they aren't it is just the pic, or the way they are sitting as they don't look like that really, well at least I hope they are straight LOL!!!

Both opened.

Hope they like them and use them.........I have noticed lately that when we go out they like to take a book and pencils to colour in when bored so hopefully they will take these out instead....

I might have to make another by the looks as AJ has taken off with the car one.............

EB Secret Santa Swap-What I made.

I got Aimee to sew for in the EB Secret Santa Swap.
I made her a sewing bag and a jar pin cushion and a Christmas Dove. I also put in a unpicker (cause if Aimee is like me then she will never have to many!) and little tape measure in the jar..........

The embroidered label inside the bag!

The bag opened up!

And all the next pictures are just the embroidery I done on all the sides!

The bag looks lopsided in the pics but I think it was just the way I stuffed it! LOL!!

The Jar pin cushion.....It was supposed to be made with a baby food jar but I thought it would be safer made with a plastic bottle and the unpicker won't fit in the baby food jar.

The Christmas Dove!

EB Secret Santa Swap-What I Received!

For the EB 'Crafty' Secret Santa Swap I received a lovely little package from Santa?????? (LOL! The person didn't reveal themselves, I wish they had of so I can thank them personally....HINT HINT).... The goods all wrapped up nicely in 2 pieces of fabric with a nice gift tag.......
Inside is-A case for my iphone to stop it getting scratched and dropped etc like I do. The other goody is I know, something to do with coffee???? I am so sorry I don't know exactly, I have seen someone else in another swap receive one but it was never really revealed what it is used for???? I feel so dumb!!

My iphone tucked nicely in the case.

Thank you soooo much to my SS, hopefully you will reveal yourself so I can thank you!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and I hope Santa comes to you all!!!
You know I was told Christmas was on Friday, OH NO!! I thought it was Sunday, I have 2 days less to finish making the Christmas presants I have to make!! Well I guess I should get of the computer and go start some sewing LOL!