BubbaChic

Motivation through fear

Having now moved into our new home (and with a copious amount of boxes to still unpack) I have realised that I just have 2 ickle weeks left, before the kiddies and me head back to England (home) for the summer...and the panic has just set in!

 

I still have this rather lovely little stack of quilts left to finish, which are all in the various stages of production, as gifts for family and friends back home. My plan was to take them back in my suitcase, which would thus save enormous amounts on postage at a later date.

However, the impromptu moving of house and the generally busyness around here lately has meant that I have not yet completely the tasks I wanted to get don't before heading back to old blighty.

With this in mind, and with generous helpings of bloggy eye candy inspiration from some very talented quilters, this week, for me, will be:

 

woo-hoo bring it on!!

We're in!!

The past few days have been a blur of boxes and sore backs, but I did manage to snap a few shots to share....

The kiddies took a break from the move where they could get it -

after a long day, the hot tub was eagerly tried out...

Whilst Jasper checked out the garden (with mama right on his tail!)

and when the kiddies went to bed, the finishing touches were added to some very special gifts for the last day of school...

New digs

We took a well needed break this afternoon from packing up the house to take a car-load of stuff around to the new house...

The kiddies checked out the new bath...

and we wondered around the back garden taking in all the new sights...

and spied a little strawberry patch in the corner...

We are blessed....

I should be packing...

But I can't resist my new pattern....

Packing Up (again)

Fussy kiddies + tired mama = homemade cookies

The only way I could think of changing the pace in our house today to give the kiddies something to focus on than wingedom, was to suggest we all make cookies.

Mads and Josh happily oblidged and set to work on mixing their batches of chocolate chip cookies up whilst mama added the ingredients.

When the cookie dough was ready (minus a fair few chocolate chips) Maddy's *special* cookie spoon was used to dollop dough onto the baking sheet. The baking time passed with a few impatient glances and cream cheese frosting was then mixed with pink food colouring to obtain the perfect shade of Maddy-pink (and Josh didn't seem to mind!)

Sprinkles aplenty were then added to both the cookies and most of the kitchen surfaces...

Phew!

Well, it may be a little late in coming, but after a busy busy week, I used the random number generator to pick a winner for the special scrap fabric pack and the winner is: Comment 17 -Shebrews - I have sent an email to let you know, so just mail me back with your address!

Its been a hectic week, once again filled with illness and, believe it or not, another upcomming house move.

The housemove (which will be move no.8 in 4 years) has come about rather suddenly, giving me exactly 2 weeks to pack up the house. Although I now consider myself to be quite an expert in house packing, there is always an element of stress when moving day draws near, not least because I want to make the transition as smooth as possible for the kiddies.

So, over the few days I have a number of quilting projects to finish up before I start running headlong into the joys of boxing up everything we own.

There have been a few other surprises over the past week, not least a visitor in our home last weekend.

I found our visitor on the kitchen floor whilst sweeping and nudged with my foot, what I thought was one of the kids toys....then it moved!!!!

We trapped the baby snake under a glass and all had a good look at him - and we carefully walked aroound him until Daddy and Grandma could also come downstairs and see our new friend.

We set him free later on that morning and are hoping we don't see him anytime again soon!

A little vision of loveliness

I am having a tidy up and am making up some little gift bags of hard-to-find fabrics as a giveaway...

I have lots of scraps (some kinda big scraps) of fabric that I have just been hanging onto and now they are starting to take over! Just leave a little comment and I will pick a few people by random to send fabric to on Friday....

New dress day!

Milly

A few months ago I stumbled accross this etsy store and then last week this one and thought I would try and make Maddy a mohair bunny. The supplies arrived last week, which co-incided with Joshy (and then Maddy) being home ill, so it was the perfect time to start a little project that enabled me to sit and hand sew.

And so Milly the Bunny was born!

 

Although working with mohair wasn't the easiest experience, I am pleased with the results - or more to the point - Maddy is pleased with the results!