Obviously, working from home, home schooling my son, looking after 3 kids, a house, a fella etc etc, clearly isn't enough! I need more responsibility! AND its half term!
Enough already, I have been planning to get a dog for a while now. My eldest son who I home school has autism and I knew he would just love it.
It turns out, my son, Max, has had a look at Lexie dog, and that's about it. My daughter Jess and youngest son Billy, on the other hand, have not left poor Lexie alone. I mean literally in her face.
This means Lexie is following me everywhere. I am some sort of protective umbrella from the kids.
It also means when I am working Lexie sets up home in my craft room, as its nice and quiet.
I don't mind really, kinda makes me feel special.....
Note that Jess arrives and the dog leaves....
Anyway, this week, i haven't been able to create as much as I wanted to, as its half term and every time i get stuck into anything, one of the kids has a drama or wants something to eat, or I have to wipe a bum or something.
My most popular item at the moment is hand made Christmas Dec's and this is what I've done this week... The gingerbread men's eyes aren't boss eyed, they are those wobbly eyes and its just where I have led them down and they have a drunk, crazy look about them.
People often say, 'use a sewing machine, you will get it done so much quicker' (read it again but in a sarcastic whiny taking the mick voice), but I don't like using a sewing machine.
I like hand sewing everything. I like the look it gives, a rustic, handmade item, that I have spent time on to make it look good. No item is the same. I find sewing machines very military and very neat, but it doesn't give an item any character. You can look at some of my items, some of the stitches are a bit wibbly wobbly, but that's what its all about for me. It means it was made by a human being, who isn't perfect, just like everyone else (and that i was probably thinking of the latest episode of Boardwalk empire or Downton Abbey and lost concentration for a bit).
These are £12 for a set of 4 or £3.50 each. I have made these for a craft fair I am at on the 30th November.
I'm really pleased I have finished these, I have made so many I started to lose the love for them a bit. I can now move onto to other projects, like making bunting, tea lights, like these...
I made these for my mum, as like a little tester. I'm happy to say that the tea lights didn't burn down her house or kill anyone. Hooray!
And I thought id make some matching bunting
This gave me an idea for in the quiet months of January and February 2014. I often get asked how to decoupage, so i have set up some one to one sessions at my house in the new year. Its not likely to be a very professional thing... don't get me wrong, I will show the customers how to decoupage tea lights and bunting, but it will be whilst we munch on biscuits and drink tea and chat about rubbish, in my kitchen.
In the meantime, I will be making owls and boxes and bits and bobs to sell to make some money for crimbo, otherwise its satsumas all round on Christmas day!
These are some of the past owls I have made
Naww putting those owl pictures up makes me look forward to making some more! I haven't made any in ages!
I'm not very good at writing long posts, i'm to lazy. I like to just post little snippets of my crafting life so as not to bore you to death.
So, I shall leave you with this very interesting and totally 'not posed for' picture, taken by my daughter as i work very hard... Luckily i had a bra on.
Laters!
