ingredients for 'Nappy Cake'

I am making a nappy cake for my friend who had her little baby girl on Monday, and to go in the nappy cake I have made a crochet baby hat.

I followed a pattern I found on the internet, but they came up a bit small, I would say they were more for a preemie baby or perfect for a baby Annabel doll.

 I had made the white and pink one, but as always everything in this house comes in two's, so I had to make another one too.

The second one was asked to be in pink and purple though.

So know we have two baby Annabel's with nice warm heads.

 I then tweaked the pattern to make a slightly bigger hat, which is to go in the nappy cake for my friends little girl.

 I am also making a Granny stripe blanket to go in the nappy cake.

This is my third attempt at this, as I have recently been making granny triangles for bunting so kept putting chains inbetween the treble clusters and it took me a while to work out why it wasn't working, and then at last it clicked.

 I am so excited about this blanket and can't wait to see it finished. Still have a long way to go yet though!

I am using wonder soft by stylecraft yarn, which is 100% acrylic and is lovely to work with.

Amy x

Whistable

 During the summer holidays, on a hot sunny day we went to Whitstable.

These crochet/knitted covered bikes were outside one of the shops and I thought they were fantastic.

  Whitstable has some lovely beach huts,  most of which were in use so I didn't feel comforatble taken photos of them ones.

The price to buy one of these beach huts was anything up to £100,000!!!!

 We enjoyed fish and chips, ice cream (which melted so quickly), and a paddle in the crystal clear sea.

Amy x

Sneaky peek

 

Just something I have been crocheting for my girls bedroom.

Amy

Lego world

 Welcome to our Lego house.

We love lego as i think most people do,

(apart from when you miss a small bit and end up treading on it with bare feet!!)

You can never have too much Lego, yes it is expensive but it lasts forever, my children play with the lego that me and my brother used to play with when we were children.

 Our (lego) garden has a huge pond/lake with a bridge over to a small island, it is so peaceful.

 With flowers that never need watering and bloom all year round.

With a workshop/studio in the woods.

Amy

Cakes...

June is a very busy month for us with lots of family birthdays, my brother, my sister in law, my son, my partner, my grandma and some friends all have their birthdays in June.

This makes June EXPENSIVE!!!

And lots of cake baking.

My brother turned 30.

We decided to have a family picnic, which turned out to be a picnic in the rain!

I made these cupcakes for him. 

I made a chocolate cake for my son, covered in chocolate fudge icing and then covered it in smarties, but I forgot to take a picture of it before the children got stuck in. 

I then decided to make my partner a 3 layer victoria sponge cake with strawberries in-between each layer and on top.

I have never made one like this before but will definately make one of these again, it was so yummy.

Amy x

Finger knitting

Today myself and my 5 year old twin girls have been learning to finger knit.

I have been wanting to do it with them for a while but thought it would take a long time to teach them.

 How wrong I was!

None of us had done it before, so I searched on you tube and found a simple tutorial that even I could understand. I had the instructions in a book too, but found the tutorial easier.

 And as for my girls, well what naturals!!

I couldn't believe how quickly they picked it up and were soon telling me to go away because they could do it themselves and didn't need my help.

They really enjoyed it and didn't want to stop, only trouble was it was dinner time.

 I wasn't sure what to do with it while they ate, so I had a think and we ended up putting the knitting onto pencils.

Straight after dinner they asked to carry on, which to be honest isn't like them, they have usually forgotten by the time they have eaten dinner. 

So finger knitting definitely has the thumbs up from us.

I better get some more yarn, I think we could be doing a lot of this, and then all we have to do know is work out what to do with metres of finger knitting. 

Amy

Walking through the garden...

...to find the remains of the children's play yesterday.

It did make me smile as I walked around the garden to see where they had put things and what they had made.

It made me wonder what they were playing yesterday, what they were imagining and it took me back to my childhood, which gave me a warm feeling.

It made me so happy.

The entrance to a camp/hideaway

And a barricade to the fairy garden, with 'no adults allowed' signs.

Amy