Made It Monday - Cable Beanie

I have been wanting to try crochet cabling and this beanie was the perfect introduction! 

This crochet pattern is designed by Sarah at rheatheylia.com. You can find her free pattern here. 

Christine xx

Made It Monday - Little Hearts ♥ ♥ ♥

Julia loves to celebrate Valentine's Day so she took these small crochet hearts to school to share with her friends. 

This crochet pattern is designed by Lisa at goodknits. You can find her free pattern here. 

Christine xx

Made It Monday - Hearts ♥ ♥ ♥

I wanted to make something special for Julia's teacher for Valentine's Day and I just love how this has turned out!

This crochet pattern is "Home is where the heart is" designed by Barbara Summers. You can find her free pattern here. 

 Christine xx

The happiest place on Earth!

School holidays have been busy as I have just returned from a family trip to Florida, USA where we visited Walt Disney World. It was another fabulous holiday with so many wonderful memories.

Julia had a wonderful time meeting Disney characters...

 ...and Disney princesses.

We all had a great time visiting the four theme parks within the Walt Disney World complex - Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disney's Animal Kingdom.   

Each park had its own magic and charm, but our favourites were Magic Kingdom and Epcot.

Magic Kingdom may be the happiest place on Earth, but it really is true... there's no place like home.

Christine xx

Resolutions for a Happy New Year

As the year draws to a close, I am looking forward to starting 2013 with a fantastic family holiday! We fly out in four days and I'm sure that I will have some photos to share on our return.

Meanwhile, as it's New Years Day tomorrow, I was thinking about some resolutions to see in the new year. I turned to Pinterest for some inspiration and this beautiful collection smiled at me. Perfect thoughts for my new year! 

Source: Pinterest

Happy New Year to all! 

Christine xx 

Christmas creativity - Gift bags for Julia's teachers

At the end of the school year, Julia (Miss 6) and I put together some handmade gift bags for her wonderful Kindergarten teachers. Some goodies were handmade by Julia, some by me, and some by friends. 

These gorgeous bags are from Amanda at Appleberry Kids. 

Inside the gift bags... 
handmade card and butterfly magnet by Julia; 
mug cosy, tree decoration and card handmade by me; 
sticky notes note book by Cassy at Cards by Cassy; 
Alice in Wonderland necklace by Kelsie at Pretty Little Piper; 
zip pouch from Johanna at Onepear; 
Christmas tree biscuit from Beck at Becca's Biscuits beautifully decorated by Julia; 
and a Starlight Foundation chocolate star. 

Julia and I had so much fun choosing and making things to include in the bags and Julia's teachers loved their gifts! 

Counting down to Christmas? Eeeek... it's Christmas Eve! Merry Christmas everyone! 

Christine xx

Christmas creativity - Julia's goodie bags

Julia (Miss 6) has had a fabulous year in Kindergarten this year. She has been lucky to have the most awesome teachers and has made lots of new friends. 

She decided to make goodies bags for her classmates this year and fill them with some small gifts like a pencil, balloon, a chocolate Santa and a handmade Christmas card. 

The bags were so colourful and the kids loved them! 

Counting down to Christmas? Eeeek... only 1 week to go! 

Christine xx