Scraps....

I have spied this project in blog-land many times over the past couple of years and I have been itching to give it a go. (Sorry I can't seem to find the original link!!)

The other day I finally bit the bullet and grabbed some scraps and got right to it.

They are padded with an up-cycled cloth nappy and kinda quilted with stitch in the ditch (or stitch in and outta the ditch in my sewing room!!).

They will be perfect for resting the cups on to dry after the washing up.

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My Creative Space

Usually I am really shy about showing off my creative space. Mainly becauseI share my creative space with the family dumping ground - you know that horrible space that we all have and use to place (throw) all our crap. Overcome with disgust at the state of the front room (read you couldn't even open the door anymore!! YUK!!) and urged on by my 2nd trimester creative mojo abundance I had a massive purge and reorganisation of this space. While it still may not look pretty it is definitely creative and presentable.

This is the most inspiring slice of our front room...... my desk.....

Its times like this that I wish blogger was more flicker-esque then I would be able to put those little info boxes all over my pix ;)

Amongst the button jars and tins of letters you will see one of Wyatt's very precious Lightning Mcqueen books that his brother ripped and the mama has yet to repair. Also nestled in here is one of my fave crafting books Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing with some doorstops cut out and waiting on sewing time.

One of my fave things on my desk this week is those painted egg cartons hiding in the back. I intended to make some spiders for Halloween out of this cousin-craft-session but time was against us and for now they sparkle at me with the glittery goodness while I sew, waiting till I can find another egg carton craft..... Christmas perhaps mmmmm???

Lastly my new loves..... see them sitting there in there black handled beauty..... my new pinking shears. ohhhhh bliss truly is a mama with pinking shears ;)

What is inspiring you lately??

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10 minutes....

I am sure I am not alone when I wish there was just more time in the day. Some days it seems that I am so busy just getting everything done that it is the end of the day before I realise it and I have not created one stitch.

So I grab 10 minutes while the James baths the boys.

Sometimes you can get a lot done in 10 minutes.....

Sew some tag stitches on the hand-me-downs to keep them sitting nicely on babes shoulders instead of sliding down his arms.........

Sew buttons on.....

Cut out pattern pieces or fabric for the next day......

Cast on for a new project......

Sew the ties onto your apron....

Hem a piece of fabric and turn it into a sarong.....

Drool over the newest addition to my bookshelf and dream of the time when I will get more than 10 minutes to read (see link on side bar for more info);)

What do you do when you only have a few minutes to create??

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Mama Pride

Look at what I found while cleaning up outside.....

What am I talking about????

Take a closer look.....

A little closer......

I know I should be mad but this is Axel's first drawing and his mama is proud as punch....

Did you notice the 2 colours!! OMG!!

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Better Than Flowers.

I was checking over the garden this morning when I noticed my onions were looking a little...... broken!! Guessing that the puppy had been wrestling them I figured it would be best to pull them up early.

I popped them onto the garden bench while we got on with the weeding.

When we were finished I called out to Wyatt to grab them off the bench for me. What he presented to me was enough to stop this mama's heart for a second or two.....

This truly is better than flowers...... thanx babe you made mum's day.

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Fry Up

It seems like summer is creeping in at a rate of around 5 degree's a day. With the temperatures pushing 40C you would think I was crazy for de-heading one of these.....

.......and frying it up into a big batch of these.....

OMG I cant tell you how good these tasted after a long afternoon cool down at the local pool...delicious-o!!

I have been dying to try these out for years and having my very own cauliflowers popping up in my patch left me no excuses. I used the Jamie Oliver recipe out of "Jamie at Home".but it was basically a SRFlour beer batter mixed with ground spices turmeric, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, black peppercorns and dried chillies.... coat vege with flour dip in batter and fry.

SO good...and just enough of our very potent home grown chilli powder to ensure they were adult only ;) The best part watching the parsley fry what a spectacular explosion and who knew fried parsley would taste so good. I guess Jamie did ;)

Moments

Today I found myself wondering around taking pictures of my babes enjoying the special moments of their day.

It was so peaceful and cool in the shade so I pulled up alongside them and started scrolling through my pix. I was surprised to find this little moment amongst them.....

Do you see those grey/green bumps...... that's me.....

Yup not just me but baby and me..... stretching out for all the world to see..... oh my!!

A quick round of mental arithmetic had me smiling as I realised that we are now 19 weeks.... whew almost half way. Must be time for another peek at baby!

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