Stripes and pom poms

Yes it's beanies again. I just love them. Had a play with some stripes this time and ended up putting some pom poms at the top too. And one without any stripes.

It is cold here! The wind is blowing like a bull mad and if it's not windy it's rainy. I am freezing, but also loving this. Trees are turning yellow and we can cuddle up in bed late in the mornings listening to the rain thinking how lucky we are that we can stay indoors. And when the sun appears we run outside to take the few rays in, feeling the warmth.

Autumn tree

It is officially autumn here. While people back home are writing about the excitement of a spring, we want to enjoy this beautiful autumn and share it with you!

We wanted to get something autumny into this house, so Emma made a lovely art work for us (with a very little help from me). All i did was paint the tree trunks and she did the rest. Now I was amazed how well she knew what to do with the sponge, she never tried to paint with it! We used a transparent A4 sheet so it looks great on a window.

But it was too fancy to be on a window, I wanted to frame it. Here IKEA frame (the cheapest ones) worked like magic. I need to get more of these picture frames since after this I already have a few ideas for them. Now I don't really know where to put it since we haven't nailed anything on the walls yet.

Here's the little artist with her art work. Note that she's not even 2 years yet and try to ignore the flash.. She insisted on me taking a photo of her and the art before bed time. What a proud little girl and what a proud mummy I am too!

Coming soon - a baby!

What do you do when you don't feel inspired? I try to think of someone special who I could do something for. Well not always, but it did work this time. I have a massive amount of things that I'm suppose to knit and sew and I just haven't been feeling like doing anything. But then I thought to do something very tiny and little for this little kicking machine inside of me. And voilá, I got my inspiration back!

Yeah you got it right! We're getting another baby! Yay! And if you're thinking it's a boy based on the colour of the onesie, well you're wrong. Or you might not be.. We don't know what we're having, the brown material was just the only thing I had.

Fox is done by a stencil that I whiped up. Actually I made two different sizes, smaller one for the sleeve and a bigger one at the front. I'm also thinking of making one even bigger for a different project.. See I'm all inspired and have too many ideas in my head again. Gotta love it. I'm not a very artistic person as you can see, but I like the fox. Simple and cute. I'm on a roll now.

Diaper "awesome" covers

Oh this has been the most fun project I have done lately. There is this gorgeous lady in the next town from us who takes amazing baby and toddler and kid photos. Just all her photos are amazing. Well she ordered some diaper covers from me. Apparently it's so much cuter to see these things around the baby's bum than a nappy.

And what made it so much fun, you ask? Well they are so tiny (though they look massive in the photos) and soft and adorable. Plus I got to try them on for my super cute niece to see that the size was right and she just looked so precious. Yeah I should have taken the camera with me then so that I would actually have a baby wearing them here. Oh well.

The bow family's weekend

Well hello there everyone. How was your weekend? Ours didn't end until this morning since we had daddy home for an extra day and morning. And all we did all weekend long was family family family togetherness.

We...

... partied with red bows

... dove under the water

... had a picnic by a massive rock

... climbed the massive rock (half way)

... slept in on two mornings (yeah I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the time)

... cuddled in bed even though it was already 9am

... ate sushi

... ate sushi the next day too

... + all sorts of silly things like making milk moustaches

Major culture difference issue

Oh how culture differences can get on my nerves sometimes. I got so annoyed that I even drew a graph to demonstrate my point. Yeah I drew, me who doesn't possess any skills in that area. Proves a point I think. (Mind the awful photos, my camera is still broken, just focus on the message)

So the problem is that here people just rock up at your door and come in to hang out. Now I know I'm a stay at home mum, but should that mean that I've got nothing to do. Some people maybe, but news flash: I do things even though I'm home.

And you might think that a perfect time to rock up is when the kiddo is asleep, second news flash: That's my time, time that I'm doing my own things, time when I work (aka sew, knit etc.), time when I can do things that I can't do when my child is awake. So do I want visitors on that time? No.

In Finland I would never ever have this problem. There my friends and family would call me first, maybe even a week before, to see when would be a good time to visit. And I do the same. That way everyone can adjust their life when they know in advance.

I'm not putting Australia down here, it's just the way they do things around here. I'm used to different way and I like my way. So I'm thinking of putting a sign on out door that says: "Don't come if you haven't called first." :)

Note, this same thing (just the other way around) annoyed my husband in Finland. "Why won't people just rock up, why do they have to call before, that's just stupid", he'd say. So it's just what we are used to I suppose.

Journal covers

One lovely lady went to the shop (Victoria's place) and ordered some journal covers. She said: "a pink one, a purple one and a yellow one thank you." So Victoria came to me and asked me to make them. Ta da here they are:

I made a couple of different options and I fell in love with the first purple one. I think I might have to make myself one of that kind.

As I was making these I was thinking to myself, my oh my how easy are these. Why would you order these when you could so easily make them yourself. Now I don't mind making these and getting money in return but I did think that maybe all you sewers would like super easy and simple tutorial on how to make these. To make for gifts or for yourself. You could make it for your journal or your calendar or to fancy up your notebook.

What say ye?