Monthly Archives: November 2008

Print your own fabric tutorial!

This Christmas, with all our presents being handmade, I had to improvise a bit . I needed pretty printed fabrics, but could not find anything i liked. So i decided to print my own fabric using the gorgeous designs from … Continue reading

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A New Sling

It must have been about a week ago that my mother-in-law looked at me wearing my chubby Georgie in a sling, poked him into his oh so adorable little babybottom & said “He’s getting too big for that!”. & She … Continue reading

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Paper Snowflakes

Since it never snows here, but we really want a snowy winter, we decided to make some paper snowflakes. It was really quite simple, all you need is construction paper & scissors, & if you want to make them extra … Continue reading

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Cute Advent Calendar

Today we made this really cute Advent Calendar , it’s a house, the windows & doors open & behind them are photos. Get the free template here! Are you done with your christmas crafting yet? We have finished almost all … Continue reading

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another slow day

As we all still have a cold we won’t do a lot today. There will be a lot of popcorn eating, cookie baking & possibly icing-testing, & definitely a lot of sleeping. ( both of them are in this picture, … Continue reading

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Sand Prints

Baby Georgie has got a cold, again.. So it’s a quiet day, some drawing, looong baths & sand prints. We poured yellow,orange,red,green & blue sand onto a tray, then i let Emily play with it & mix it up: then … Continue reading

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Coloured Rice

How to make coloured rice. You will need things You’ll Need: 2 cups uncooked rice 2 teaspoons rubbing alcohol 1 teaspoon food colouring in the colour you want the rice to be baking paper Mix the rice with the rubbing … Continue reading

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winter?

Even though it is not quite winter yet, we are feeling very snowy. We have been reading “The Snowy Day” all through autumn, & now we finally got out all the other winter books. A few favourites from our winter … Continue reading

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weekend

Hello! Sorry for not being around much, it’s been a busy weekend. Today we went to sunday lunch at nanny&granpa’s house, & it was great, as always, & we were also given some lovely new (to us) toys by our … Continue reading

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