My First Sketchbook

Sometimes the tidying up is just as fun as the mess making!

A Christmas Gift for a Lover of Dressing Up

I just discovered these beautiful animal headdresses by Sara Lowes at Animalesque via the Petit & Small blog. They come in kids and adult sizes and each one is beautifully hand made. Wouldn't they make an incredibly special gift for a lover of dressing up... I'll put one on your Christmas list Tess! 

A Christmas Gift for a Seamstress Mummy

 A lovely sewing pattern from Cali Faye + Some beautiful fabric by Nano Iro

Homemade Stickies

The nesting instinct has well and truly kicked in round our house and friends and charity shops have been striking lucky thanks to my current obsession with space and tidiness.  There are so many things I've hung onto but not looked at for an age including stacks of old magazines (which are now completely neglected thanks to pinterest). I was just about to chuck them in the recycling when I noticed all the cute images inside. A surprisingly cathartic evening in front of the TV with a pair of scissors later and Stevie had a big pile of pretty pictures to stick.  Her smile when I showed her what I'd done the next day was easily worth the time and she loved picking out her favorites to stick.

Easy Peasy Mark Making

Tip - Use a serving plate for the paint palette and add one colour at a time so it doesn't all go a lovely brown straight away!

Enjoy x

Christmas Ideas for the Tinies

clockwise from top left - quilted baby vest / wooden rain stick / bear paw mittens / cookie print all-in-one / cat poster / angel doll / puppy piano pull toy / bear hat / opposites book