New Year’s is a coming
An unlikely couple! Christmas was lovely. Easy, fun, lots of laughs and enough presents yet not too many and both girls loved the dolls. Amelia spent a full minute or so cuddling her monster...
December 2006
Two more sleeps
Merry Christmas! I am going to take a few days blog break as there is plenty that needs doing around here and then plenty of not doing that needs doing after Monday. I will...
WIP – Lily’s Christmas stocking
This is a detail from the Christmas stocking that I am whipping up for Lily. It’s almost exactly the same design as the one I made for Amelia two years ago but using different...
Smoked
A little black and white cat comes to visit us on the front deck every morning and Amelia is besotted. There is a gift wrapped (a small rubber ball for chasing) and placed under...
Christmas crazies and Gingerbread
I think I have gone into Christmas denial. It’s probably not a bad way to be, because, honestly Christmas seems a little out of control. Too many presents, too much rushing around trying to...
Moomin cookies
A lovely parcel arrived today — some Moomin cookie cutters from Hanna. Thank you Hanna! It’s warm and revoltingly smoky outside but it smells a little like Christmas inside.
Gear
A couple of days ago I put some designs up in Cafe Press which we have put on a bunch of gear – including tshirts, bags, mugs and hoodies. This is a kind of...
W.I.P. Friday = Monster almost done!
Well, Amelia’s ugly girl is almost finished. I just need to stitch on the flower and add the spare eye to the other hand and she’s all ready to wrap and stick under the...
James Kim
Sad news about James Kim today. We have heavy hearts and our thoughts are with his family and friends.
Safe returns
I guess it’s the hormones – or perhaps it’s because our girls are the same age, and we move in similar worlds, but I couldn’t even tell Big-P about the Kim family without blubbing....