Work In Progress

Thought I would show you something that I have been working on for a while now, well actually quite a long time as I started this project a couple of years ago and then lost heart as sewing is not really my strong point and so those projects always seem to fall behind with me and inevitably end up being stashed away for a rainy day!

I really loved doing the redwork embroidery though which is what spurred me on into putting some of them together as I did not want to waste them, I came across them the other day and decided I should go back again and have another go!! I have always loved Sunbonnet Sue and Sams since I was very small and also Holly Hobbie so I really do want to finish this quilt one day but for now I will just content myself with trying to put together another few squares, I would Love to finish it with a blanket stitch all the way round and a couple of rows of crochet onto that.

Love to hear what you all think of this!

Moe xxx

Wonderland Update!

You can See the Official Trailer for the new Alice in wonderland Movie By Clicking Here
Oooooooh Can't Wait!!

A Martha Stewart Craft Day!!

Aisling with her finished Card
Denise's lovely Card

Aoife's Finished Card, she is so creative, she decides that she would paint a Tree Branch under her bird and glitter it, for someone so young I think she did a great job!

Some of the finished balloons

Denise and Aisling hard at work!

Aisling's finished Card

Aoife with one of her creations!

We had a relative home from America last week and she gave the kids lots of lovely pressies, Including some Martha Stewart Craft Sets, which they had really great fun with and it thankfully kept them occupied for a good couple of hours which is always good! They espically loved the ballon making kit that had lots of balloons and sticky bits that you stuck on to make the balloons into birds. And in Keeping with the bird theme there was also a lovely kit for making glittered cards with birds on. My niece Denise is here with us this week and is a little shy but she also enjoyed making both the ballons and the cards. One of the Cards Aisling put Thank you on with glue and is sending this one as a Thank You to the Lovely Auntie Margaret who kindly got them for us. We have all decided that We Love Martha Stewart too!

Aisling making her balloon

Gorgeous Giveaway!

Oh How nice are these Goodies? Really Gorgeous! You can enter the fantastic giveaway for a chance to win them by leaving a comment here : http://alicew.typepad.com/thoughts_from_alice_w/2009/07/summer-giveaway.html before July 17th So What are you waiting for!!!

Be Happy!

A friend of mine took this photograph last year when he was living here in one of these apartments, this is Vancouver by the way and this is one of the most densly populated areas in the world. Sometimes when I am complaining about having to do all the washing etc, I look at this picture and it makes me feel happy that I am able to hang my washing out on a proper washing line and that I can hear the birds and see the sun and hear my kids laughing as they run around the house, and that I have a garden and some space to plant some flowers and veg and keep a pet if we want to and maybe one day keep some chickens.........

I suppose really it makes me realise that it is the simple things in life that matter.

Moe

Just a quick post, the picture above will let you know how I am feeling........

Is the School Holidays almost over yet?

My kids are driving me up the Walls this Week!

They are all a little bit sickly and so are staying indoors even though the weather is Hot

Because our routines are all out of Sync they don't go to bed until all hours

Leaving me Frazzled to say the least!

So I think the above is just about right!!

The Show Must Go On

I am watching the memorial service for Michael Jackson and it strikes me how Brave his Family and Friends are, you can see how visibly moved these people are, we sometimes forget that famous people are only people after all, and that Michael Jackson was someones Son, Someones brother,
more importantly perhaps, someones father, and although he may not have known it friend to many. His Friends are doing him proud tonight remembering him at this remembrance concert, and so we see that in Show business as always The Show must go on.