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hearty tomato and pif pressies

Look at this heart tomato

if only I could photoshop my photos then I could doctor the photo so you couldn't see the dirt on the handle of my fridge! mrsa has nothing on that handle. it's a wonder we're all alive.

Yesterday I received a pif pressie from www.peasandneedles.blogspot.com

look what I got

Thank you so much Lucy, I love it all, but the children have been stealing MY moomin sweeties.  I love the girl it reminds me of a dress I had as a younglin, it had a girl on the front and on the back was the back of the girl. I called it my Susie dress, and one day I was out with my Dad and it ripped, so my Dad took me to a sewing machine to get it fixed. I loved that dress.

Now I must get on with my next lot of pif pressies.

oh almost forgot here's the rest of the pif's I sent before.

This was to Dominique at  www.rosesposes.blogspot.com

Then this one to Sara at www.all-about-eden-saraeden.blogspot.com

new friends

Hi, yesterday I met up with 2 people that I met through blogging. They were Nicky from http://thevintagemagpie.typepad.com and Asti from http://lilupix.typepad.com we just met up to have a cup of tea and had a good chat and laugh. How fab to meet people that have  similar interests and just through blogging. I also got to give Nicky her pay it forward pressie.

I managed to send the others off today.

I am convinced that the man that brings parcels waits until I have gone out before he delivers a parcel, so I then have to retrieve it from the main office. Anyway I did get this

and inside was this

other side

inside

how scrummy. all dotty!

pay it forward

I have now actually wrapped the pay it forward pressies and will try to post them tomorrow, this is the first pay it forward, so second people will have to wait longer. I have been so busy but not sure with what!!

Well I have been sticking these up

These are decals from elephantine on etsy, you just peel them off and stick them on the wall. The pink ones I have put above the curtains, so the birds look as though they are on a ledge. I am very into birds at the moment.

music...sherbet ...Howzat

I don't know why but I love this 70's song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNcFxhgcvZ8

No sewing just dodgy 70's music!! check out the clothes and haircuts!

pay it forward pressies

I have been busy making the pay it forward pressies, I have almost got them finished, they are half wrapped soon ready to go and anextra pressie as a surprise for someone.

I also got 2 prints framed this week and hung them on the wall

Little boy, on seeing the keep calm and carry on said 'does that mean when we're fighting we should keep calm and carry on?' Children have such great perspective.

Bought this spotty paper today, it's meant for origami, which I am hopeless at, it's too mathematical for my brain, but just thought it would be good for 'arty' stuff.

goccoing again

I have been gocco printing again, tried out some fabric printing this time.

Then on paper

I have also been sewing, sneak preview of mini quilts.

That's all your seeing!!

I have also been selected by a random number generator on http://monda-loves.blogspot.com/

for a pay it forward, I have to give away a gift within 365 days of receiving mine, it is for the first 3 people to leave a comment on this page, but I've just recently done one so I don't know if any one else will leave a comment. Please do because I like making things to give away but you will have to do the same. It's ok if you want to leave a comment and not do the pif, I don't mind, I love to get comments anyway.

Planting veg

This week we have been trying to make the garden nicer. We have tried to make a mini allotment at the back of the garden. It was a right mess before but now it looks like this:

We have planted tomatoes, peppers, salad leaves and herbs, more to follow soon. We are very pleased. I think it looks good. I have been doing loads of sewing but it's all top secret as it's either for pay it forwards or mini quilt swaps. So cannot show any sewing.

pay it forward

I got my pay it forward pressie yesterday from Debbie at http://debbiehill.blogspot.co.uk this is what I got

Thank you Debbie. I love it all.

The postie also bought me another parcel, that contained this

It is another skirt to make. It is designed by a fab artist called Rob Ryan, he does the most amazing screen prints. He must have the patience of a saint, I couldn't sit still that long. Apparently you can have the hem scalloped or straight, can't decide which to do. We have been working in the garden, it has been a right mess since we had the back fence done at the end of last year and the back part was just awful. So we have now got some wooden boxes with grow bags in and are going to make a sort of allotment and grow our own veggies. Show more when it's more presentable! Have also been sewing, but can't show that yet.

mini quilt swap

I have signed up for Lucy's http://lucylocketrecycledherpocket.blogspot.com/ mini quilt swap but I'm such a clot at adding the above picture in the sidebar. I couldn't do the other badges either. If any one has typepad and can tell me how to add it I would be grateful. Anyway I am really looking forward to making a mini quilt. I have made mini pictures but not really a quilt. Does a quilt mean padded? or pieced together? Just looked it up in the dictionary. Quilt:coverlet, esp. made of padding enclosed between two layers of fabric and kept in place with lines of stitching. So there you go, if you didn't know.

gocco mad

I have been goccoing today. I bought the gocco printer ages ago but just haven't got around to doing it. So bigger boy and I spent the day having fun. We took ages deciding on what to draw and then came up with this: mine

His

Then I did this

Then his

Then mine

Ok I know it's not anywhere near Christmas but I am trying to be organised for once!!

then I did this

And added some papers to the bunting

I had such a great day and so did bigger boy. While Small boy made this