Floral prettiness

 Some of the beautiful flower's growing in our garden at the moment.The one above is a new one this year.

 We have quite a collection of dahlia's in the garden these are just one or two of them.

 Poor old Hamish having a haircut,he really does hate having it done so this time I did it much shorter in the hope it last's a little longer. . . . . . .Oh mummy you should've gone to spec-savers!

 And a little baking this delicious banana and ginger loaf. . . .Mmmm!I borrowed the recipe off my lovely neighbour,who also supplied some over ripe banana's.

And just a little crochet!But I realise looking back through my blog posts that I have forgotten to show you my lovely little Cath Kidston tapestry project now it's finished,plus a small quilting project and a little hooky hanging.Lot's in the pipe line and a few finishes ;-)

Learning to knit!

 This is just such a funny picture I wanted to share it with you!

 And some pretty flower's from our garden

Hooky happenings & a finish!

 First of all I'm thrilled to reveal my finished Cath Kidston tapestry jubilee cushion,feeling very satisfied and smug I must say . . . . .although the journey has not been an easy one.As I ran out of the cream colour wool and then my attempt at doing a piping cord edge failed miserably and of course I then mis-judged just how small the cushion turned out and had to make the inner pad two or three times.So it has been a steep learning curve and it will be sometime before I re-visit the piping cord edging again!

 Of course in between my first finish of the summer holidays I actually managed to make a small amount of spiced pickled runner bean chutney . . . . . .Mmmm!I just love this stuff very morish ;-)

 And my hooky happenings you ask?Well the above picture is this gorgeous and easy to make daisy granny square and you can get the pattern over on the blog bunny mummy.

 And second my almost complete stripy crochet blanket,my first ever and hopefully one of many crochet blankets,it just needs a crochet edging when I get time to pop to the wool shop.

And Hamish's little bit of foody creativity!Can you guess what it is???. . . . . . . .
If not it's a spider made from sausage,salami and black pudding ;-)

Floral happiness!

 Lot's has been going on in our house in the last week,firstly another little Cath Kidston tapestry make can you guess what it's going to be when it's finished?

We broke up from school just a little over a week ago and this beautiful cake was a gift from a pupil,it was almost too good to eat!But I can assure you it really did taste as good as it looked . . . .Mmmm!And it was just soo pretty I wanted to share it with you.

And on Thursday it was our wedding anniversary and Alice wanted to pick me some flower's from our very pretty little garden.Now that the rain has finally stopped and the sun is out the garden look's just amazing in full bloom.I may have to share some picture's with you again this summer.More on my Cath Kidston union jack cushion later this week,it may even be a Ta-Dah moment.The theme for this week appear's to be a floral one!I'm wondering how you've all spent the first week of the holiday's?

Hamish's graduation 2012

 This is Hamish on his graduation day 19th July 2012.My little baby graduating from pre-school and heading off to big school!He got a certificate,a book and a jubilee coin.

Hamish recieving his certificate,I'm sooo proud of him.

A little treat & some progress!

 I needed a new hook for the kids book bags as Hamish starts big school in September & I found this just adorable brightly coloured owl hook.I just love it!

 In between showers this weekend I've actually managed to get in the garden where the weeds are nearly 6ft high,I have to say I haven't finished it's an on going job.I did pick some of the lovely flowers we've got growing :-)

And despite the interruptions from Alice and Hamish about going for walks and bike rides,and the weeding and house hold chores i.e washing,dusting,hoovering,etc,etc . . . . . . . .You get the idea?I have actually managed to make quite impressive progress on my CK union jack cushion,even if I do say so myself (vbg).I have a list a mile long of WIP that I hope to finish when we break up for the summer holidays . . . . . .more on that to follow.
P.S I also have a little list of all the things I'd like to try making too,time permitting of course.

Hooky hanging owl Ta-dah! And a WIP!

 My hooky hanging owl Ta-Dah!I'm sooo proud of myself & it may not be perfect but I'm truly thrilled with it!The owl was actually a little purse pattern off another blog I follow,sadly I can't remember the name of the blog,but I decided I would rather like a hanging owl than a purse.I jus tlove owl's of the hooky or fabric kind!

And on to my current work in progress that I keep picking up and putting down,a Cath Kidston tapestry union jack cushion,that I thought I might have finished for the jubilee Ho-hum nevermind perhaps for the olympics this summer lol!I shall up-date you on that one as it progresses and perhaps I can come to terms with my cushion phobia or rather making them/finishing them and how to?Any advice greatly recieved on how to finish off my cushion.I may just get plenty done with the weather we're having in my little patch at the mo,rainy,wet and windy,and thinking of lighting the fire :-(