Birthday Sewing

Soon it is Lucy's 3rd birthday. In exactly one week tomorrow, my little baby will be a big girl. Three is a mile stone isn't it?
So I will be busy every evening of this week with this Clothkit doll.

Lucky

Yesterday I got a real proper surprise in the post. And it just made me feel the luckiest girl alive. You know, when someone gives you something that makes you feel really special and honoured? And you are asking yourself: Why me? Why did I receive this great gift?
Well, my favourite blogger pal and online friend Carina send me her beautiful embroidered brooch that she only recently showed on her fantastic blog.



I shall wear this with pride :)

Embroidered wedding present

Today my friend's brother is getting married. He is one of the loveliest guys I know. he is kind and sweet and caring. As I know from my friend he has been sick since the age of two. In and out of hospital with terrible Asthma.
In September 2008 he finally got together with a lovely girl called Caroline. I have met her a few times and I think they are a wonderful match.
I wanted to give them something more personal. Something for their new home together. Something to remember this beautiful day by.





I wish them both all the best for their new life . May their life together be happy and fulfilled.

Another crochetlicious pouch

I have finally finished the crochet pouch that I started at the end of january for my friend. But with Lucy's birthday preperations I was so busy that it had to wait to be finished until after. And as my friend Liana just visited me this weekend (she only left a couple of hours ago), I thought it would be nice to give it to her personaly. So on thursday afternoon, Lucy and I sat down for a crafty afternoon. While I was sewing the inside of the pouch, she was playing with clay and kept saying: "Oh, look!" over and over again. It was a lovely afternoon and here is the result:






She wanted to use it as a little make up bag for her purse. I think it works just fine and hope she will get many years out of it.

January Madness

There was me thinking all the christmas hustle and bustle was over and I could finally get stuck into some much needed crocheting and sewing for my still to open etsy shop. But of course, as life goes, mothers just seem to have no time...EVER for anything else. Or so it seems to me (any advice on how to change that is welcome ;)

This month is now keeping me busy with the preparations for Lucy's 2nd birthday and I am beginning to wonder if I have taken on to much with her present. i still have to pick a fabric for the curtains to partition the den off, which I then have to sew. I also still have to crochet a granny square blanket with is meant to be a decent size and not just something that will last her one year. eventually i would like it to maybe go onto her bed or so. And I have started the snake which has turned out a bit of a nightmare. there are so many colours in the pattern, which constantly change and I don't like crocheting rounds very much. It has over 200 rounds!!! HELP! But I thought I would share my progress with you and see what you think about the colour scheme:




Can you see all the ends? I am NOT looking forward to weaving them in.

I have also agreed to make another little pouch, similar as the one I made for my cousin.I really enjoy doing this, even though it is extra work. Luckily it is a much smaller version and I am already nearly finished with the crochet bit.


This pouch is for my very best friend Liana, whom I know now for 10 years. She has picked the colours and yarn herself and we chose the button together. i love the button. It looks so bright and cheerful. I really do enjoy making these pouches and am seriously considering selling these. What do you think? Would you buy them?

Manic November

It has been a looooong time since my last post and I have been manically busy with making Xmas presents. Especially since I have quite spontaneously decided to fly over to Germany for my mum's 50th birthday on 5th December. She is only having a small thing at home as the real big party will happen next March in conjunction with my 29th birthday, but it is a big event after all. You only turn 50 once, right? And as I haven't been over for my mum's birthday in the last 8 years, I really wanted to be there this time.

The plan is to take all presents with me to save on postage and as I am only going for a week I don't need as many clothes for me and Lucy. Therefore I have been busy busy busy. I also didn't feel quite ready so far to share these handmade presents with you as I didn't want anybody to see anything. But I also don't want to put them on here after Xmas either.

So, here are a few of my favourite things:

a crochet hook+accessories wrap





potholders for my granny



scarf galore- for several people...



Peony corsage for my MIL





I can't believe how much work this all took. When I decided to make as many presents myself this year as possible I didn't realise how much it would take. I just hope they will all know to appreciate it...

P.S: Please excuse the quality of the photographs. The light here is very poor at the moment.

'Tis Winter Time

Brrrrrr.....is everybody as cold as me?

The weather has changed so quickly. Just a few weeks ago I was enjoying the hot weather in Germany and now here in Northern Ireland we have icy cold winds. This gets me into a wintery and actually already a christmasy mood. By that I mean I have started on my Christmas presents. Obviously I won't be able to show you the full thing as I cannot guarantee that the people who they are for will not look at this blog. But I guess a little sneak peak won't do any harm.


I love the colour combination of this. If you can guess what it is please do not write it in a comment. Just write something else ;) It is pretty obvious anyway...

Red/Orange Delight

I have finally finished the present for my cousin. About time, too. After all, I will be going to Germany next friday. At least now, I can concentrate on packing and getting the house into shape.

And this is the finished product:


I am sure you can guess by the photograph that it is a pouch. I guess it could be a clutch as well, but it was intended as something she can put make up or similar things in. But hey, I am happt for her to use it as she wishes :)


To give it extra strength I have lined it with two layers of orange felt. I also have attached two magnetic buttons to make it last longer.


As you can see it can hold a few things, like a mobile phone, lip gloss and your credit cards ;)


For the first time I have added my very own label as this is the first thing I have made and designed completely on my own since I got the labels. I love them. They look very professional. I like that its printed on gross grain and not a woven label. I can also fold them in half in sew them into something, so that they look out on the side.


If you are interested in such beautiful labels, you can get them on Mommie Made It 's etsy shop

Sneak Peak

of my cousin's present.


I made this flower yesterday evening. It is the first flower I made and I quite enjoyed it. I couldn't find the perfect one in any book that I looked at. Either they were way too small, the wrong design or weren't colourful enough.


Flower Power! thats what I wsnted. My cousin only turned 18 and although she is maybe more on the conservative side for her age I still wanted something young and fun. I knew I wanted to use quite a few colours, so the flower had to be very layered. I also knew I wanted a colour in the inside that was very different to the pinks and orange. So, it had to be lime green as that is my most favourite colour and a nice citrusy contrast. But it still goes nicely with the orange (limes and oranges...get it? ;)

The flower will be attached to the finished piece of the big red crochet thing I showed you in my last post ;) I am very tempted to show you the whole thing, but instead I will show you one corner of it, together with the flower.


I am waiting for some felt at the moment and then I should hopefuly have the presenr finished soon and can move on to other things (like finishing the pink elephant..oops). Although I have to see how much time I will have to start any new things as I am going to Germany in 2 weeks. Yay!

Where has the time gone?

Remember a while ago I was posting about a present I was making for my cousin's birthday? This was the post.

Yesterday I had a friend over for coffee and home-made cheescake and she was very interested in my projects. So I showed her the beginning of the present. When I told her that I will take it with me to Germany in August, it suddenly struck me that it is only 2 weeks on friday until I will be going home to visit my family....2 WEEKS!!! I seriously have to get a move on this present.

So today I continued what I was making and thought I would show you what I have done so far as it really doesn't give away what it will be in the end, I think.




Time is flying lately. Lucy is teething again and clinging a lot and that means I don't get much done. And with y bad IKEA experience last week, a wedding plus our trip to Dublin at the weekend, I really didn't have much time for anything crafty. Sometimes I wonder if I took on too much with a 17 months old baby. If I had started during the pregnancy it might have been easier for me as I would have been used to it. But starting now with such a small child that is used to having her Mama all to herself is very exhausting at times. But I think there is no turning back now. I am totally hooked and savour every moment I get to either create something or to sit on my computer and read up on other people's creations. My head is bursting with ideas and I wish I had more hours each day.

Fall is near....

Now that I have all the time in the world again (I wish!!!) I can get started on this idea that I have been carrying around with me for a while now. And this is the yarn I will be using for it:



It is a linen yarn, which I have not used before. It feels quite thick and sort of rustic, but nice to work with. And I love the colours. They remind me of leaves in autumn/fall time.

It is a belated birthday present for my cousin's 18th birthday....in May...oops! But she is in Germany and I am here in Northern Ireland and I didn't see here since christmas. So she will get it in August. Anyway, that is the reason why I will not show any photographs of the progress because you never know who comes across your blog ;). But I will show it eventually. And if it all works out this might be the first piece for my etsy shop. Yay!

I might be quiet over the weekend because I really really have to clean our house. Everything got neglected as I was so busy making the two blankets. Also on saturday we will finally visit our friends with the new baby so that I can give them the blanket.

So-in advance-have a nice weekend :)