Francesca's Fairy Plaque

One of Francesca's party presents was a plaster plaque with the moulding of a fairy on it. The kit came complete with pearly paints and glittery stuff and holes to hang it up with pink ribbon. She spent ages painting the fairy and making her very beautiful. She is slightly wonky and splodgey in places but I think you'll all agree that she'll look beautiful hanging on the wall of Francesca's fairy bedroom (when we get round to doing it)!

Daisie xxx

How We Laughed!!

Oh my!! My belly hurts, my cheeks ache and I nearly peed myself!

Simon has been being a man and has purchased several speakers and is trying to convince us all that surround sound is the way forward. Not sure any of us are convinced but with this aim in his mind he has taken up floor boards to run speaker cable all over our house! He did find some things that belonged to the girls and a few knitting needles under the floor that I suspect my baby boy had posted earlier, so it wasn't completely wasted time!

To get the cable to go in the right spots he uses an old electrician's cheat of running a retractable metal tape measure through the space first; it is more rigid and easier to direct (and you can reel it all in when it goes in the wrong direction)! When the tape measure has reached the other end you sellotape the cable to the end and let go, it ravels itself back up and hey-presto you have cable where you want it!

When all the cable was where is was supposed to be Simon asked Francesca to find some scissors and (and I quote) "cut the sellotape off the end" She found her lovely pink (left handed) scissors and went into the kitchen. A few seconds later we heard great shouts of anguish. "The tape measure's gone funny and now we can never get it out again!" She had just trimmed the first couple of inches off the tape measure itself! It was Simon's sacred Stanley and I feared the worst but after the news had sunk in neither Simon or I could speak for laughing. I nearly wet myself in the kitchen. Bless! The money to replace the Stanley is worth every penny for the mirth it gave Simon and I. Am sure it will become family legend (like the time when my brother and I were small and went to Guernsey for a holiday, he had forgotten to pack any underwear and spent the holiday wearing mine!) and will make an appearance at many a family gathering and may even get aired at her wedding. Sorry Francesca!

Then I saw this and thought I ought to have a go;

Your Real Name: (I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you) OK, then, Alexandra.
Witness Protection Name: (mother and fathers middle names) Ellen Alice Alexander.
Secret Spy Name: (your first name spelled backwards) Ardnaxela.
Nascar Name: (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad) Frederick John
Detective Name:(favorite color, favorite animal) Purple Cat.
Soap Opera Name:(middle name, county where you were born) Lynn Essex.
Super Hero Name: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning) The Black Peppermint Tea.
Fly Name:(first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name) Ales.
Street Name:(fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie) Mint Choc Chip Crunchie Oat (that is really bad)!
Rock Star: (current pet, current street) Josephine (or Vincent) Moore.
Porn Name: (1st pet, street you grew up on) Sophie Station.
Your Gangsta Name:(first 3 letters of real name plus izzle) Aleizzle (what?!).
Your Goth Name:(black, and the name of one of your pets) Black Josephine (or Vincent).
Stripper Name: (name of your fav perfume/cologne, fav. candy) Clean Hotel Chocolate (get me being all non-fragranced and posh)!

This was fun, especially as Simon's 'Super Hero Name' would be The Green Vimto!!

Although I had always thought that your porn star name was your first pet and your mother's maiden name, which in the case would be much better as I'd be Sophie Palmer. Much sexier than Ms. Station!!

And because it is a terrible crime to publish a post with no pics here are my babies being all posey some time last week (please excuse the snot)!!




Daisie xxx

Party Day!

And you could tell it is Francesca's party by the hair!!!


We played some games;




I ended up looking like Marge Simpson!!

My team also cheated and emptied the bucket of balls straight into my huge knickers instead of aiming and throwing;



My birthday princess;

And all her lovely birthday princess friends;

The hosts were named Queen Rose and Captain Blue and they completely made the day, thanks!

I know it has been a week since Francesca's birthday but her very bestest friend, Olivia, was born the day before and we never have our parties on the same weekend, that's alot to ask of parents, although it does happen sometimes that we all end up at two parties in two days!

Daisie xxx

Snot!

Sorry I have been away for so long but I have been feeling a bit poorly of late. If I was a man I would call it flu! I've had the shivers, the aches and lots of snot :-( feeling a bit better now though.

Not much making going on here this week.

I did make this lovely poppy bag for my Mum's birthday and filled it full of nice girly things;



I have also started making some cards for my new stockist at Botany Bay;



That's it for tonight and hopefully I will make something of interest in the next few days!

Daisie xxx

Happy Birthday Francesca, 5 Today!!

I don't have nearly as many pictures of the girls on the computer as I do of Nathaniel.

Here are the ones I managed to find of my smallest girl:

Francesca aged only a few weeks asleep on two year old Elizabeth;


Francesca aged about six or seven months dressed in her football gear (how fat was her face?);



Francesca and me summer 2005;

Francesca in a supermarket trolley sometime 2006;

Francesca last week ready and waiting to have her hair cut;

This is the very pink cake we had to eat tonight;

Happy birthday my baby girl!

Daisie xxx

Chick Chick Chick Chick Chicken!

Just a quickie to show you the sewing project of the other day;




I have delivered the bag (a bit late) full of birthday goodies to Swirly so can now reveal all. It's a very simple bucket shaped shopping bag but I embellished the sides with squares of aged denim (from an old pair of jeans) and added some felt scraps in the shape of, well, what else, chickens!

I also made this die cut flower from handmade paper and finished it with an antique mother-of-pearl button for her card;

My house smells yummy, just made some lovely leek and potato soup and fresh handmade bread rolls for tea.

Daisie xxx

My Crafty Daughter

I'm sure I've asked this before but do we pass on our craftiness in the genes?

Elizabeth 'had an idea' and spent ages over the weekend making this pencil, bracelet and ring for her friend Myah;



She made rather alot of pencils;



She had a box of assorted beads, some embroidery thread and a roll of double sided sticky tape. I think they look rather professional to say she is only seven;

Today I have been walking in the snow, sewing like a mad woman (not bags for the shop but a belated birthday gift), visiting SAMS, completing my first aid course (feel free to drop dead, have a heart attack, stroke, choke on something or drop into a diabetic coma now I know what to do), got a certificate and everything, making chilli beans for tea and munching on yogurty raisins (mmmmmmmmmmm)!!

Will, hopefully, be able to show you today's sewing project tomorrow when said item has been delivered (depending on snow, of course).

Daisie xxx