2 cakes to come this week!

This is a busy cake week, its my friends baby shower tomorrow and of course there needs to cake... So i googled for inspiration an this is how it turned out:

cake updates!

so i thought it might be nice to gather the pictures together of some of the cakes i've made :D this is not all of them as some of the photos are on the old computer and need retrieving
the boys baptism cake that i made back in October:









the cake i made for my friends baptism:


cake for my friends little girl:




lightening mcqueen for my friends little boy:


blue angry bird for another friends boy:


ben10 cake for my nephew:


wedding cake for my borther in law:


lego cake:


dexters 1st birthday cake:




red angry bird for hubbys birthday:

I'm actually shocked at how many cakes I've made, and this is not even all of them, still disappointed in some of them that didnt turn out how i planned but overall pleased :D

Catch up! (again)

So I've managed to neglect my blog again... However this does mean a pictastic update is coming up:
These are my most recent crafting exploits

these are Suffolk puffs/ fabric yoyos that i started making at a surestart course ive been doing called revamp and make

hair combs i made for the wedding blessing

an applique cushion top, also made during revamp and make

button headbands for my sisters for the wedding blessing

close up of button comb

fabric yoyos in the blessing colours :D

Folksy shop set up

yes that's right readers, I have registered with Folksy and set up my shop. though i still haven't put anything in it. i haven't had much time for crafting recently but i have got a few bits that are already made that i could list so that shall be my job for tomorrow whilst hubby is on his days off.

In baby wearing news we're still going, hubby has been doing a lot of the wearing and George has wanted to walk a lot so i haven't done as much as I'd like. I'm thinking of getting something new so that i fight hubby to wear D instead of just letting him do it, wish me luck!

christmas...

Is it over yet? this holiday season has been a bit of a flop really, the boys have had a second bout of the chicken pox in a month so time for crafting and such has been very limited. I've hardly gotten anything done

I've been thinking more about setting up my Folksy/Etsy shop and decided today is the day to take the plunge and register a shop, even if i put nothing in it till the new year its a start isn't it? the trouble is deciding what i want to sell and whether to focus in more on things of just go with the wide eclectic range of things i like to make and see what happens

Christmas!

Where has this year gone? cannot believe this year is nearly over. Another year of crafting, babywearing and of course making cakes. I've been thinking a lot about my crafting recently and since i have been told by my friends to start selling what i make and having more faith in my abilities i have decided to go with it. so in the new year i shall be opening a folksy/etsy shop! and now i have written it on here i cant go back....

eeek! nervous doesn't cover it!

boob cake!

so craft time seems to be in short supply at the moment, one of the drawbacks of having a young family, but i did make a boob cake last week.

im breastfeeding my youngest son and attend a bfing support group most weeks. this week just gone was the graduation ceremony for the new peer supporters so of course cake was needed. given the nature of the ceremony a breast seemed appropriate, not sure the mayor (who ended up cutting the cake) would agree!

oh dear!

Oh dear I am a bit rubbish at updating this blog. apologies to my few followers who have by now probably forgotten they were even following me.

In recent news we are still babywearing frequently, mostly with Dexter but sometimes George will ask to go on mummy's back :D I'm also loving having a slingmeet nearby and the sling demonstrations my friend Amie and I have doing at our local children's cenre.

I'm still crafting away on various half started projects, most recently the elf that will be coming to visit the boys over Christmas. It's taking me longer than I thought to make him as I have serious lack of concentration issues. I'm currently starting lots of things and finishing very few of them. This problem extends to all areas of my life right now but I'm finding it most frustrating with regards to crafting for Christmas, Christmas shopping and the dreaded housework.

There has been some cake making going on, most recently in October when I made a Noah's ark cake for myself and the boys baptism, a cake for my friend and her girls who were also baptised the same day and then Dexter turned 1! So of course there needed to be cake for the little gathering of friends we had for him

I guess really a lot has changed since the last time I wrote, I now have a toddler and a preschooler! Dexter is walking now albeit like a cowboy. George is coming on in leaps and bounds, he has such a strong personality and it's lovely seeing him develop into a real person. His language is also coming along and he comes out with some cracking comments that I think I should start writing down before the childhood innocence is lost and I cant remember anymore.

I guess the biggest news for me personally is that I've been baptised, found a nice church to attend and really feel like my faith is growing everyday. If you'd have told me this time last year that I would be attending church, enjoying it and really knowing that God is in my life I would probably have rolled around the floor laughing! But here we are!

So now I think I've updated you with all recent developments and hopefully I wont be as lax at updating from now on. There shall be a post with pictures of recent babywearing, crafting and cake making exploits in the very near future!

June update

Sooo, time for another update on me. Yet again been distracted by the small ones in our household. D has cut his first 2 teeth this last week and hasnt been his usual happy self. G has been treating us to more of his challenging behaviour.
We're still baby/toddler wearing and still enjoying it. G now asks for a sling and decide whether he wants mummy or daddy and between front carry or back carry.

Some knitting, some cakes, some crocheting and some babywearing

So again i have left it far too long between blog possible but i have been a very busy little bee. I have knitted g's winter hat and made a start on d's (which is a big achievement for me since knitting does not come naturally to me)

I have also been crocheting, i have completed a few more rows on my ripple blanket for our bed and its now big enough to be used as a bed runner as it is. I've also been working on my other big crochet project which is my squares blanket.

In cake news i have now baked 4 cakes this year for our nieces and nephews and also 1 for my big boy who is now 2! Where on earth does the time go?!

Im writing this blog post on my phone so will come back and organise and edit pics when im on the pc...

So I now have the blogger app...

I have been rubbish at keeping up to date with many things recently. This poor neglected blog is a prime example. In a bid to try and change this i have now got the blogger app for my android phone and im hoping i will utilise it.

So a small update on us, dexter will be 6 months old in a few days and is starting weaning. He is more excited by the spoons and bowls currently though

On the babywearing front my stash appears to have exploded and both hubby and i are still carrying both boys. I have some lovely slings and im trying to make sure i use them all in turn otherwise i will feel guilty and have to sell a couple.

On the cake making front i have made 2 cakes this year, one in january for my nephew and one for my lovely husbands 30th birthday in february.

I have also been fairly busy on the crafting front. Been playing around with buttons and hot glue gun recently. Decorating picture frames hair bobbles and various other things. I've also been crocheting away on various projects including bunting for 2 of my friends lovely girls, my mammoth ripple blanket project for our bed, flowers and such for hair bands and brooches.

Ive also been doing some sewing, made a small toy mei tai for my friends little boys 2nd birthday. I also have another one cut and part sewn for my big boys 2nd birthday at the end of the month.

Phew that was a long update i hadnt realised quite how productive ive been the last few months!

very bad blogger...

I have seriously neglected this blog since little man arrived and the last post date has shamed me into writing something tonight. Its been nearly 3 months since I did the last post and family life is hectic. G has settled into life as a big brother and absolutely idolizes his little brother. D is growing up far too quickly and is a chilled out smiley little chap.

Part of the reason I've been so lax with updating is that my lovely big boy developed a fascination for pouring liquids and drowned my laptop with orange squash.

in my absence i have been busy crocheting and generally crafting, I've made 1 cake and a few loaves of bread and as usual a fair amount of babywearing including my first tandem slinging experience which was awesome.

And little dude is awake, gotta run I promise faithfully to do an update with pics soon....

Baby Dexter has arrived!

Born on the 19th of October at 05:50 weighing 7lb 7oz. He was born at home in the birth pool after an unexpected 8hr labour only 4hrs after the midwives arrived (I was in labour 26hrs with my first son)

So he is now 11 days old and I havent had much time to do anything to be honest. I have crocheted a few bits for him including a cardigan, hat, booties and mittens.

I also made a hat, mittens and booties for my neice who was born in September:

on the babywearing front newborn snuggles rock! I didnt wear him the day he was born since i spent most of it catching up on sleep and being generally pleased that he'd arrived, early (unlike big brother who was 13 days past due date) and I'd had a fabulous labour and birth experience. So he got to go in a sling for the frst time at 1 day old:

Here he is in a holidaying short wrap that my lovely friend sent me especially for my newb snuggles:

So far we have discovered he seems quite laid back (of course there is plenty of time for this to change) he likes to be snuggled (as all babys do) and that big brother is besotted with him. George is truely fascinated and wants to sit next to him all the time. He also likes to point out Dexter's body parts since we have been teaching him his. Think we might leave eyes for a while though...

Button Fun

So i have been busy and have neglected my blog yet again.... I'm now 34 weeks pregnant and have been having some much needed craft time. I've finished the blanket for the pushchair I was working on (tutorial here: http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/granny-stripe.html )along with a few other little crochet projects such as hats and booties, though it remains to be seen whether they will actually fit baby or not lol

The blanket before I put the edging on it:

and all done:

This week I've been working on a crochet jar jacket (tutorial here: http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/crochet-jar-jacket.html ) to put round a jar to put a button bouquet inside :

After the button bouquet was finished I had some fun using a hot glue gun to glue buttons on a mirror that lives in my bathroom but may now need to be relocated

So all in all I'm feeling very productive on the craft front, I've also done some babywearing this week I hadnt been doing much whilst the weather has been warm because I've come close to fainting without having the baby on board too. We were trying out our new to use Didymos Antigua Geckos which I bought to use with the new baby but couldn't resist having a play

I think thats all for now hopefully i wont leave it as long between updates this time but no promises ;)

sooo another month has passed

I've been a fairly busy bee on the craft front what with finishing the wedding cake for my brother in law and all. It turned out pretty well though could have been better but for my first attempt it was satisfactory:



I also made the topper to go on top which was most satisfying until my lovely son scattered all my beads everywhere:
 



Other than the cake I have also been crocheting, I have a big problem with sizing though as the hat I was making to fit the new baby fits on G's head and the booties seem too small. I've done a little bit more on my granny stripe blanket from http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/granny-stripe.html :


and I have sewn a pram liner for the buggy to add a bit of colour and comfort for the new baby as we will be switching from pram to pushchair mode a fair bit once baby 2 is here: