baby love

Happy Sunday! I hope you've had a nice weekend, mine has been up and down; F is away and I've got a vile cold which has totally messed with my sewing plans, but thankfully the boys have been generally pretty lovely so I am counting my blessings!

I'm very excited for my good friend Jo, who has just finished work because she is about to have her 2nd baby.  I think I'm going to sew something nice for the new little person, who is currently called Nipper, but if I didn't have the time or the inclination to make a gift, I think one of these would do very nicely...

one of Manda McGrory's stunning new Chevron cot quilts, from Treefall Designs on Etsy...

 

 a lovely bamboo Tree Friends mobile from Petit Collage...

this gorgeous vest by Scandinavian brand Snoozy, from Little Lollipop Kids...

or maybe one of Ellen Giggenbach's cheerful new Board Books from Templar Publishing.

So here we are, Sunday evening rolling round again, F will be back late tomorrow night and I will be one half of a parenting team again, rather than doing (or in the case of housework, mainly not doing) everything by myself.  I'll be so pleased to see him, and the boys have missed him loads.  I have coped fine without him but it's definitely easier and more fun with him here!

Hope you've had a lovely weekend,

Rachel x

Yay! I win!

Wow what a day, the sun is out the sky is blue, there's lots and lots for us to do, and I have won a giveaway!  I love Ellen Giggenbach's work, so on Friday when she said she was offering the chance to win these gorgeous paper houses, I had to have a go. 

And I won!  So they are on their way to me all the way from New Zealand, and I need to find a good spot for them.  They make me very happy, they are so bold and colourful.  So a big thank you to Ellen - go and check out her blog if you haven't already, she makes some really lovely prints as well as her 3D paper loveliness. 

With the combination of these lovely treats and the sunshine,  I am  very cheery today.  I hope you are having a great day too! 

Rachel x