First Bithday

Late in January was my baby boy's first birthday. We had a fantastic day celebrating with our families. I made him a few home made goodies. First a birthday crown made out of some cross stitch and some wool felt. It was inspired by the ones that Soule Mama makes. I hope that he will wear it for may birthdays to come. I also made him a cross stitched card and I hope to make one of these for every birthday.

 

Finally was the number 1 cake form the women's weekly children's cookbook. Everyone of my age group I know loves this book as we all used to look through the pages imagining what birthday cake we would ask for come our next birthday.

I have already started thinking about what cake I will make him for his second birthday. Happy birthday beautiful little man. xxx

2013 UFO Challenge - February Completed

I've also left Februarys UFO post till the last minute. I finished 1 UFO's this month. I nearly did not get there this time. I've been a bit naughty, stating 4 projects (and not finishing any of these, ahem).

I finished a small embroidery for my mum. She was given this as a present and asked me to complete it for her. I stared it last January and had only finished one of the leaves. It's a small project, but it's still a finish.


The February project summary:
UFO's completed - 1
New projects started - 4
Total projects completed - 1
Terrible effort this month. Have added 4 new UFO's to the pile. Must try to be better next month.

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Cross Stitcher

My mum brought me this magazine.

It contains some beautiful patterns. I love everyone of them. Particularly the Belle and Boo pattern. As with many cross stitch magazines it came with a free kit. A snowflake garland that was stitched onto cardboard stars.

  It's very effective and pretty. It will look nice on the Christmas tree.

Christmas Sew Along

I have been participating in Sew Happy Me's Christmas sew along (SAL) of a Christmas stitchery banner. It's a lovely design and I managed to mostly keep up with the weekly block. I loved logging onto the computer each Saturday to see what that weeks block was. I have chosen a Christmas stripe to finish the banner in and hope to have it completed soon. A big thank-you to Sew Happy Me for being so generous in sharing this project. (If you missed out on participating I understand that the pattern is for sale on her blog.)

Hand Made Wedding Keepsake

My cousin is getting married today. Congratulations Stuart and Kristin. I can wait to see you guys later and to celebrate with you on your special day. Love and best wishes to you both.