Christmas Artist Market

A completed Christmas Stocking with remnants of vintage & new fabric in offbeat colourings for Christmas (orange, blue, red, yellow) not in traditional red & green colours.

Christmas Comes Early

I casually commit to the Artist Market months in advance then become quite jittery when the Market gets closer & have to cross town to use Kate's machine. Since threading up my machine, (christmas present ) I am mesmerized with it, and in busy making mode.

Lucille & Arabella's Gallery

My little artists have brushes & paints out before breakfast and Lucille busily paints throughout the day. Looking forward to Lucille's kinder designs next year.

My Little Lady

Audrey enjoys the backyard in her bouncer, watching the branches move, watching the girls on their bikes, watching their ballet concerts (she cant wait to join in). We love mornings in the garden and our backyard concerts (`I'm a Little Teapot' by Lucille & `Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' by Bella). After lots of clapping I am urged to drop a coin donation in their concert jar. Money raised is often spent at a charity shop on thrifted treasure.

Family Holiday

We have had a lovely break at Rhyll: a little town with a beautiful inlet / general store / boatyard / jetty, close to Cowes / Phillip Island. We went to the Koala Conservation Centre, the Penguin Parade, lots of walks to the beach, Cowes : to buy a Birthday Cake for Kate `Happy Birthday Auntie Kate'. It was fun: Shane went fishing and caught a little flathead, not enough to feed the family: the local fish & chippies were good. The kids didn't want to come home. Nana came out with some classic comments, that kept us laughing all weekend. Cute House: Captain Locks Cottage: great for a big tribe. On the last night, Lucille & Arabella had a candlelit chicken nugget dinner.

Mini Masterchefs

My girls love baking. They love mixing, licking, beating, double dipping & arguing about who is in charge of mixing & licking. There is the usual jostling for best position, a fall & a clunk on the head, but gingerbread biscuits make everything better. I clean the flour covered floor & have a cup of tea with the girls continuously dunking & dropping their gingerbread biscuits in. Not exactly what I would call relaxing but delicious!

Audrey : 6 Months Old ( in one more week )

My Little Red Riding Hood is almost 6 months old, time is flying ( insert sad face ) as I try to absorb every last detail of Audrey as a baby. I keep filling my blog with baby Audrey, but will add some photos of Lucille and Arabella soon. Lucille is very quirky and confident with her own home-butchered haircut at the moment.