Old becomes new

Well I have these cork placemats (top photo), they have been given a hard time by the kids and I didn't want to throw them away, so they went into the don't throw away cupboard. I was looking at one of my sons school books the other day and a random thought popped into my head, sticky backed plastic would be perfect to cover the placemats, mmm next time I'm at the $2 shop..... well we were at the $2 shop on Friday and there it is just what I need. The kids were fascinated we sat down a discussed what we were going to do, they helped pull the backing of the plastic and hold the place mats down, then they proceeded to find other things to cover!!! any way I must say they come up great and the kids were mighty pleased, "WOW mum they just look like new", Dad got the full running commentary from both of them when he got home, so that is my upcycling this week, watch this space......

The Boys are in town

Can a boy have a doll?, they sure can, my son was given a cute boy doll when he was a baby and he loves it, Bubba still sits on his bed and quite often is company for him when he is not well. I have had a few requests of late "when are you going to make something for the boys" mmmm I've finally gotten there, I hope they are boyish enough, my husband reckons they look like the Twisted Diva's without the hair, but he is a male and sometimes can't see past his nose!!! I am happy with them anyway. On another note, its raining today, which I am happy about, I re-organised my strawberries on the weekend, so they need a good drenching, we had a bumper crop last year so I'm looking forward to this crop, nothing like foraging in the strawberry patch. Till next time :)

Time to start

I signed up for this blog a little while ago, I have followed a few blogs over the past year, and thought its a great way to show everyone (who ever is interested) what has been happening, now I'm not the best picture taker so bare with me, but I will start with my latest design, he's a cousin of Bruno who is another monsta I designed but I did'nt like his arms and legs (they were fixed) so back to the drawing board and this guy (above) emerged, cute aye, anyway have included a pic of the girls as well. So thats it I've started, just hope I can get back here at least once a week!!!