A skirt for me

With all of the things that seem to happen at this time of year and all of the places that you tend to go, I thought that I really needed to have something nice for me to wear!I have been seeing lots of skirts getting around blogs of recent weeks and when I saw this on Ethel loves Fred and I thought perfect. I have actually had the pattern sitting in a box for maybe 12 months now because I thought that it would look to full on my small frame. Claire was kind enough to let me know what she did to make it look not so full - Thanks Claire.

My grandmother sent this material down last time Mum and Dad came to visit and I really wanted to show her that I do actually make something with what she sends me. So what do you think? I dont think that I would have actually chosen the fabric had I seen it on the bolt - but it looks nice made up.

And I am pleased that some how (out of pure luck) I managed not to have a big blue flower right on my behind! (opps and you can see the petty coat in that photo - but only because of the angle (I was doing self portraits again)And I will add this one in - cause I like the clouds. I have not worn a shirt tucked in for so many years - but as I was walking through Myers the other day I saw that all of the models had theres tucked in - so it must be the fashion - right?

Getting into the Christmas Spirit!

Ahh the first of December yesterday - where oh where has this year gone. In a blink of an eye it is that time of year again - And I am so not ready.

Last year I made an Advent Tree for Amelia and I was all organised for the 1st of December. This year I keep on thinking that December starts on the 11th of December after the kids and I fly up to Queensland and have stopped off in Canberra to catch the Wiggles in concert.

I am seeing some lovely advent calenders around blogland. Go and checkout this and this. But I am really leaning towards this idea that I have seen over at Pea Soup. Why have I never thought to do this at home. We do it every year as part of the church services in the lead up to Christmas and I think that Amelia would get alot out of it - so I am going to be super organised next year.

So, I thought that I had better do something Christmassy with Amelia (considering that I am not going to put the Christmas tree up this year as we will not be home to enjoy it) I saw these the other day and it took me back to doing them as a child with my Nan's old Womens Weekly' s. So with Amelia's help (I folded the page and she scored it) we made these!

Plum Puddings!
Look at these - Fit in your hot little hand. And best of all they will not add inches to your waist line!
See told you I was hooked on making food at the moment.

Cooked Breakfast! I'm cooking breakfast! How do you have your Eggs? And would you like one piece of Bacon or two? All cooked on the BBQ.Tim said that it was very clever - but he likes his eggs scrabbled - now there's a challenge for me!

The idea came from here - I am still having issues converting American patterns to English crochet - so I just sort of winged it and made it up as I went.

The Makings of a Salad Sandwich!

I also played around with the ham and have come up with square shoulder ham - what do you think?
Mouth watering! I also have breakfast and dessert - stay tuned.

To Have and To Hold... On Saturday we attending the wedding of Chris to Cindy.

Thankyou for allowing us to be part of this special and joyous day.

A break from Christmas Crafting!

We are heading to a wedding on the weekend and Amelia is going to help out and hand out bubbles and fans to the guests. As the colours for everything in the wedding is Red, White and Black I thought that it would be a little odd with Amelia wearing a Pink dress.

I had seen a dress that I liked here and here and remembered Novy mentioning that Sandi Hendersons Analise dress was similar to what she had made.

So with that information under my belt I ducked over to Crafty Mamas and bought it. Five days later I present to you...

Well a sneak peak anyway.

I will take lots of photos at the wedding tomorrow.

Now to find some shoes and make something to go in her hair (cause pink just won't cut it)