A touch of the deja vue

when I saw these photos today I had to look twice as it only seems a few months since Mya started nursery (she's now in 'big' school) and today our little Gracie started nursery.....she was so excited and raring to go - fingers crossed it lasts.

A gift for Nes'i

I always make my grandchildren their own shawl and have been knitting away over the past few months making one for our miracle baby.  I chose a Victorian pattern called Tree of Life and it is made in 1ply wool (I must be mad).  It measures 60" square and I am rather pleased with it.

My not so 'little' girls

my babies are growing up, Mya is 5 now and Grace will be 3 next month, so glad we'll soon have another baby to love.  Meanwhile back to my big girls, they are such good company and I love having them here.  The latest photos.....

At last some cards....

,,,,my mojo has gone awol again but I have managed to make a few cards, mainly because some important birthdays are coming soon.  It took me twice as long as normal to make these but I got there in the end...

firstly a card I was asked to make for a 60th, the front part opens to reveal a photo of the recipient.

and then a very important card - for my youngest granddaughter's 3rd birthday next month, the stamp is called Grace so I had to use it for Gracie's card.....

then it is my younger son's birthday next month, he loves to cook and he enjoys a good wine so I thought this was a good combination....

now a card for my sister-in-laws birthday......

and this one was purely because I was on a roll......

and finally two get well cards - I seem to have had a run on them lately and was getting low on stock......

now to try and track down Mr Mojo.

It's fun time..

... as I am way ahead of myself with stuff for my craft group it has been play time in my craft room this week and there should be a few posts over the next week or so.  Today there are these cute little lollipop covers that I made for the littlies.  These are so quick and easy to make and you can use up all those little scraps you had been saving.....

Guess who is 5 tomorrow...

our big girl had a Tinkerbell party today for all her school friends.

Happy birthday for tomorrow Mya, we love you

xxx

wow - another post and

the second important card for January is for my darling granddaughter Mya who will be five.  I never have a definate idea in mind when I craft - I just fly by the seat of my pants and it normally comes out fine, this one seems to have anyway....

however I am not at all sure how this next one is going to turn out.  It's for my younger d-i-l and is the third important January card.  I had this idea of wanting a multi fold front to the card with lots of hidden bits - well the base is done and below but where I go from now is in the lap of the gods, anything (or nothing) could materialise so you will just have to watch this space.

there are an awful lot of Tinkerbells around..

Mya will be 5 in January and wants a Tinkerbell themed party so I have been making her invitations this week.  Right now I am fed up with sTinkerbell as I call her, think she keeps flying across my line of vision.

Ok here are the invitations

and a single invitation where you can see Tinkerbell is actually flying free.  Of course the piece of cream paper at the bottom has just been placed there to block out the telelphone number.

and a close up on sTinkerbell, bless her.  Now just hope Mya approves and even bigger hope is that I have made enough.

A bit of this and a bit of that....

firstly a couple of cards that I made using acetate... I'm quite taken with the effect of these so you can expect more to be arriving this way soon...

then may I introduce the latest member of the crafting world...

little Grace with her first real creations, just love the intense concentration in the first picture - she was removing the backing from small squares of 3d foam, not easy for an adult but she is determined she will manage it and she did.

Then finally for now I decided to get a little bit inky and messy - not too much you understand as I dont like messy...

and I couldn't resist trying my latest Marianne die - an old model T Ford car...

Twins and their clothes...

....wow didn't realise I hadn't blogged for over a month - apologies.  The reason being I have been busy making presents for Chanukah.  I love to make most of my Chanukah presents and of course for the girls it had to be dolls and loads of clothes for the dolls. 

We started off with these cute Berenguer dolls - they are only 7 1/2" long.  The baskets will make ideal beds for the babies.

 I then knitted them a bunting each with cute little bonnets to keep their heads warm.

and for going out with their mummies they had to have these cute cotton dresses with pantaloons, hats and shoes

Of course they had to have something to sleep in so a sleeping bag each was next

For Sunday best cute little dresses with cloche hats and matching shrugs and of course little slippers

 for relaxed days they needed hoodies and leggins

and as the weather is turning colder I thought a nice warm winter's outfit to keep them snuggly warm.

now all I need to make is the bedding and a shawl each and they will be complete.  I'll blog those bits when they are finished.  Thats 2 presents down and another 10 to go - oh dear!!!

Our new Friday big girl....

....for the past 4 1/2 years Mya has always spent Fridays with us but now our Friday big girl has started school and Fridays have changed.  We've had Grace on Fridays for nearly 2 1/2 years too and now that big sis has gone to school she has become our Friday big girl.  Her normal request for her lunch is a boiled egg and a bagel, just like her big sister but yesterday she asked for and onion platzel and cheese just like poppa.  The platzel was nearly as big as her but she ploughed her way through it.

and it's back to crafting....

...not in the mood for making cards (think I overdid it pre-op) but fancied getting painty and messy so I took two sets of these....

and I turned them into these....

the plan is to put a couple of small pieces of jewellery inside them as gifts for the girls.

Just for a while...

...I wont be here.  Going into hospital tomorrow for surgery and then have two weeks bed rest and a further 12 weeks on crutches so sitting at my craft desk wont be possible.  However I have a few posts pre-planned that will be appearing in my absence and this is a book that I altered over the past week - it kept me out of mischief and stopped me thinking about tomorrow too much.

It was Darren and Talya's birthdays on the 6th and they always take the girls out for a special day to celebrate.  This year they went to Gulliver's Land in Milton Keyne so I made a book of their day out.

Take 2 granddaughters.....

...a blank birthday cake, some melted chocolate and a few decorations (plus a few extra choccie bits for tasting as they worked) and this is what they made for their mummy and daddy's birthday....

not a bad first attempt for a 4year old and a 2year old.  The upside down hearts and excess chocolate was care of the 2year old.