zoesquid - a simpler life

Celebrate

 Its been a couple of weeks now, but gee it was great.

The paddock's were transformed...

 Friends and family came from near and far...
  
 

The kids had a blast...

  

There was plenty of music....

 

And dancing....

 
  Well into the night

All to celebrate this beautfiful mans birthday....

Happy Birthday Timmy xxx

Welcome....

....so Ive decided that nearly 3 years on blogger is quite enough, time to shake it up a little.  So if youve come by way of blogger, thankyou.  Please be sure to keep in mind Im still finding my way around type pad ...it can only get better from here!

Now onto the post.

Those who know me well will know that Im a full time career girl these days, with very little time to craft.  That being said, one sure way to get this mama fired up, is to send little 6 year old preppy, with some "other mothers" hand made craft.   Ok, ok, I know they were doing the right thing by said preppy, but oh how it broke my heart.  It did, however spur me on to create a very special library bag for Meggy.

So with some fantastic directions from here... (Thankyou Niki), this is what I came up with.....

 

I found a great tutorial to enable me to applique the "Meg" detail here (no where near as good as Christies but not bad for a first go),

 

and some gorgeous rosette embelishements from a craft book I own (will post the name tommorow),

 

Not a bad job for a grumpy mum.

Ciao for now