My Creative Space

Today is trying to squeeze out a couple more aprons between running around after the little people - Thursday's are a blur this year.

(sorry rubbish photo's today - camera battery nearly flat, dark cloudy morning, kids fighting and we're running late around here as usual)

Sunday is market day (and the stock box is looking a little skinny...).

If you're a Melbourne person and fancy something to do on Sunday morning why not come and visit the Mulgrave Makers Market.

Lots of great stuff, yummy food, wonderful farmers market and lovely smiling people like me who would love you to say Hi!

Hope to see you there!

Pop over to Kirsty's to see lots of clever stuff.

Jenny

What the tuck?

Some of you asked what was the go with the red tucks yesterday.

Surprise, surprise-its an apron.

Just playing with ideas for the next market which is coming around very quickly - crikey!! I must make something else soon otherwise one tuck apron is going to look pretty bloody lonely!

It was fun to make and not quite as time consuming and fiddly as my other 60's style numbers. Does that make me lazy ???

Struggling with the motivation to get off my chocolate eating bum and get on the sewing machine.

Hopefully a weekend away in the sunny state of QLD (Happy Birthday Jodie!) will help.

(Yep that was me bragging! )

Hope your weekend is fabulous too!

Jenny

My Creative Space...

Should involve pleats, tucks and aprons

but will be spent behind this

Hooning around on these until tea time.

I always thought the Mum's Taxi was a farce for indulgent mothers.

I'm sorry I take it all back!

I was a foolish, naive mother who has now had her rude awakening!

For those with more time (and better organisational skills) check out more creative spaces at Kirsty's.

Going a bit dotty

Yes I am going a bit dotty (I'm sure that's not a surprise to some!)

I love this fabric and have purchased a bucket load.

Other than lovely little spotty aprons for kiddies, it makes an excellent tablecloth (oh how I love them .... sad but true!)

This is a table cloth for my sister's house warming present pretending to be wrapping paper!

Inside is a platter (can't have too many, can you ??) and heaps of plastic plates and cups as their 1st baby will be joining us in a couple of weeks - can't wait!!!!!!

Hmm maybe a spotty cot quilt .....

Look for spotty stuff in the ohjoh shop (when I finish them and get organised!!!) or at the next market (Mulgrave Makers Market 27th March)

Hope all is good and dotty at your place too

Jenny

Knitting nits!

Scene:

School pick-up time. Lots of kids, mums, dogs, prams, bikes etc - the same at every school. Very excited 7 year old runs to mum with a "head lice in school" notice.

Miss No.2: Mum, Mum, I can bring knitting home this week.

Mum: Oh no darling, this is just a notice about headlice.

Miss No.2: No! Mum, I can bring knitting home.

Mum: No darling "Nits" and headlice are the same thing. This just tells us that they're at school so we should check. It's not about knitting.

Miss No.2: Mu-um (note extra syllable and insert eye roll)

Child runs back to classroom and returns with plastic bag containing said knitting.

Mum: Oh, sorry. I misunderstood.

Mum launches into enthusiastic conversation with daughter about learning to "knit" at school as part of their art/craft class.

Oops

Moral - Listen to your children.

Quilts For Queensland

Quilt number 3 is finished and about to be popped in the post to Corrie who the quilting queen that is organising the whole Quilts for Queensland thingy.

I hope it makes someone smile!

I'm quite liking this quilty stuff. Still making it up as I go along but quite getting into it.

However, if you look closely you'll notice that it's big on the wonk factor (that would be the making it up as I go along thingy) .... SO .... I have put my name down for a quilting course at Amitie in June (yay!).

AND a girlfriend and I are doing a pattern making course in April.

I feel so self indulgent!!

But you'll have to please excuse me, I'm off to search for my brain . I'll be needing it in a couple of months and am not sure where I have left it.

Jenny

Ballerinas

Ok, this has nothing to do with Ohjoh stuff, crafty stuff or quilty stuff but my youngest makes me smile (when I'm not pulling my hair out and reaching for the cooking chocolate!- a daytime wine substitute)

Today we're off to her first real ballet lesson (following big sister who is obsessed with it).

Today she's excited! Dressed and ready hours in advance, giving me instructions on which family members should receive emailed photo's of her as "a ballet" (not a ballerina because she just wants to be "a ballet" - apparently).

She's ballet skipping up the hallway which is an improvement on her trial class last week which involved lots of hiding, crying and Mum dancing with the pre-school kids in the class (very disturbing for all as "grace and poise" are NOT generally words used to describe me!) until she warmed to the idea for the last 20 minutes).

I'll do some stretches shortly before we go just in case I have to try and do 1st position again!

Party Central

A bit of organising including sewing aprons for little crafters (don't want to get crafty glue bits on your party dress)Set the table for craft (I knew that buying a canopy for markets would come in handy!) - to be had after some games including eating donnuts with no hands that were hanging from the clothes line, balloon volleyball over the couch and of course, musical statues!

Thank anybody who would listen for the sunshine.Let them into the tent and after a few tips let them go crazy.Feed them, cake them, open the door and let them bounce themselves silly on the trampoline.

Give them their goody bags (tried for more goodies - including their aprons - than lollies this time although birthday girl did say that the lollies were a little light on as we filled them together yesterday).
Wave them goodbye and enjoy all of their beautiful manners.

Marvel at how much glitter is now around our backyard and

have a little rest!

Happy Birthday Lovely No. 2 Girl.

Bad, bad blog etiquette

No, I'm not on my high horse about to blast someone else for poor behaviour from the pedestal of my blog (something about pot and a kettle comes to mind).

Oh no!!! I'm confessing!

I am the bad blogger.

The rude and insensitive person who never posted their 2010 apron swap!

What!!! Jaw's drop, eye's widen.

"How could she??!! How Rude!!!"

I hear you tut-tutting from here and I'm dropping my head in disgrace.

I meant to. Honest!

I don't know what happened exactly but posting my swap didn't.

So in an attempt to save face and to apologise to Momtaz (who has probably forgotten all about that rude Australian) here is the little apron that she made for me in last year's apron swap.

And she said she doesn't sew and it was her first attempt. Not bad! My girls love all of the bling!

And she also included a cute little brooch that she makes which my girls quite fancy too!

Thanks Momtaz and I'm so sorry for being so very rude and slack and just a basically bad mannered blogger.

I hope you're cooking up a storm in the little pink number that arrived from me.

So to all, I promise I will try my best to be a good girl in the future and remember my manners.

Sincerest apologies and happy blogging

Jenny

We're having a party

This week my lovely Miss 2 will be turning 7 (how did that happen so quickly???).

We made invitations yesterday (yes, yesterday - oops!).

Those who follow good and proper party etiquette will have rolled their eyes and shaken their heads. Short notice and minimal organisation. Sounding good isn't it?!?!?!

Ah never mind, we've started!

We've invited 8 little girlies to a craft party. And we're all a little bit excited.

Now to think of something for them to do ....... I'm thinking bracelets and picture frames unless anyone else has a better idea ?!?!?!