baby shower decorations

The other day I finished sewing my bunting for my baby shower... all six meters of it! It's not the best sewing I've ever done, but it certainly looks pretty enough. I've started on a couple of other things since, such as these little polystyrene balls that I'm covering in paper flowers that will end up looking like little trees in a plant pot (I'm going to shove a stick in the bottom for the trunk). Not the best description but I will take some photos when they're finished and maybe I won't seem as mad!

Apologies for the bad photos. I only had my phone at the time.

number 1 on the craft to-do list

I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE RETURN OF MY CRAFT MOJO! I think in an attempt to fill my endless hours, I may have regained a part of me that I really missed. So the other day I had a bit of a brain storm and wrote down some ideas for some crafty things I would like to do...
             
press flowers
   tapestry
   weave willow

I started with pressed flowers. I had memories from my childhood and being at my grandparent's in England. Both my sister and I had these plastic flower pressers which were basically a sandwich of cardboard inside two plastic squares that could be tightened with a nut and bolt. It's sad to think that I have no idea what would have happened to the flowers we pressed. I really wish I had kept some! And then I'm sure I have pressed flowers inside books of mine since... Perhaps one day I will be flicking through my books and I will find one!

I think keeping a kind of botanical diary will be quite sweet to look back on, whether I decide to keep the dried flowers in a special diary or frame them. Feeling inspired I went and picked a couple of flowers from the garden and my other half picked a few for me (upon instruction) on our walk. These are now being pressed inside a heavy book with some more books on top. Only this time I was smart enough to write down the page I put them in, the date and the place they were picked. I had a little sneaky peek the other day and so far so good. Even the ones I though might be too fat are looking good. Stay posted for photos.

I also had the idea of creating some kind of dried flower art work to have framed for our house. It might take me a while to collect the flowers though!

baby shower

In a few weeks it will be my baby shower and with all of the work going on at my sister's house, most of the planning has been left to me. While some people might be a little depressed to be planning their own party, I am absolutely loving it. Not only has it given me something to do with my spare time (of which I have too much at the moment!), but it allows me to be the perfectionist I am without offending anyone, making for one happy Kitty.

 The sad thing is that I started making a list of the food to have at the party, and when I got to the end, I realised that I had one lone savoury dish amoungst many sweets... Sugar over-dose anyone?

wooden furniture

Dreaming about wooden furniture...