Thursday, September 16, 2010

SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2010

Latest FO

Geez, I haven't written since January. That's terrible. I've been busy though. I've been trying really hard to find time in between running after a crazy toddler to make things for the shop. It's all about patterns now - I think what I like about making patterns is that you do it once maybe twice and then you're onto something new. I'm not much for making the same item again and again.

So the latest thing I've made is for bub - the cute skirt you see above - and I'll be writing up the pattern for it and putting it on the shopreally soon.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Done!


I've put my first sewing pattern up on Etsy! The finished bag is also available there.

Here's the shop site: teapotandsnail.etsy.com
Thanks Alie for the comment that motivated me to finally finish!
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Getting around to things

Amazing, this mummy job. Just never get time to do things. And when I do get a moment I just want to spend it on the couch, feet up, telly on - like the good old days of slobbing about. How I miss the slobbery. But those days are gone now and have been replaced with the days of taking opportunities when they arise and making hay while the sun shines.

So I've decided to get around to some things that I was always meaning to do even before I had bub. One of those things is going up to Queensland to see a friend - she has a 2 year old that I haven't even laid eyes on. Unfathomable.

Another is to complete my first sewing-pattern-for-sale to go on Teapot & Snail. It's called the Sling Tote and it's a big old across-the-shoulder bag I designed for a friend as a baby bag and then fell in love with. This bag can hold anything and it has a nice wide shoulder strap that spreads the weight evenly on your shoulder so the weight doesn't make it cut into your skin.

Another thing is to start taking proper care of our poor long-suffering garden. It was a beautiful thing when we moved in a year and a bit ago but a couple of hard summers and me busy with a baby has made it shrivelled and dry like a mummy.

Speaking of mummies, this one is finding life much easier now that we've passed the 1 year mark. It's amazing what a difference it makes. She is much happier too. Clingy. Oh, horribly so. But so pleased with herself and her new skills. She is walking with aplomb and so very proud. I think she was a 10 year old trapped inside a baby's body. She really is a blossoming thing and I'm so happy to watch it happen.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2009

Universal

That's what motherhood is. It's the one thing that binds us across cultures, races, even species. I was just watching out in the garden a mother magpie trying to feed her young. Great big lump of a thing he was but he still needed mum. She painstakingly lifted a piece of food and aimed it just right over his beak. I thought of myself trying to get that spoon into my own baby's mouth and laughed. The baby bird had a few goes and finally got hold of the food. Mum pecked at his beak trying to encourage him to lift his head and get the rest in. Frustratingly he tried but dropped the piece. Mum flies down, picks it up, and tries all over again (I'm thinking of those chunks of crust under the highchair). Another couple of goes as she patiently kept at it. Must. Feed. Child. *sigh* How I recognise this feeling! Then she gets a glimpse of me watching and it's PANIC. The child is shooshed off and sent back to the nest and she comes at me with wings flapping and beak snapping. You'll do anything for these little things. Anything.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

I got a fang

She got her first one today :)

Hey anyone in Canberra - Canberra Handmade market is on tonight (the champagne twilight market) and tomorrow and the Yarralumla Woolshed. And also my little Etsy shop Teapot and Snail is at the Italian Cultural Centre SPring Market on Sunday, from 10am to 3pm - 80 Franklin Street, Forrest.

Happy Springing.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2009

Little bear


We had Grannie and Grampa to stay this past week and took them to say goodbye at the airport yesterday. Bubba is looking around for them - the guest bed is empty, the house is quiet. Where's Grannie?!!

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MONDAY, JULY 27, 2009

Six whole months


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