play tents

It’s been a long time since we’ve had a play tent on the blog!

I received a lovely e-mail this week from a customer who had purchased one of my play tents for her gorgeous little girl’s first birthday.  Clementine’s special party had a gumnut babies theme, so we chose lemony yellows and soft greens.  Doesn’t the party girl and her mama look gorgeous!?  Happy birthday Clementine!

Here are a few of the other play tents that I’ve made…

The weather is perfect for snuggling up inside a play tent with a comfy cushion or three, and a good book…hope you’ve found somewhere warm to hibernate this weekend!

sewing in the rain

I love the sound of rain on the roof.  In my sewing room it sounds so beautiful pattering on the tin roof while I’m cutting and ironing and sewing.

This was during the hail storm we had a few weeks ago – so much hail!  The lawn and deck were white, and there were still big lumps of ice in shady places in the garden the following afternoon.

Lots of amazing colour in the sky as well as the grey!

And some more colours inside too.

Beautiful banners for special little people!

And a lovely ball!  This one was a custom order, but I had so much fun making it there are sure to be more…

Hope you’re enjoying the rain too!

new things…and old things

After a long wait, I finally have some more teething rings back in stock!  These rings came all the way from Greece, and are made from natural, untreated birch wood.

Some circles…

Some birdies…

And some rectangles…all teethers are available at Under the Oak in Reibey Street, Ulverstone for $12 each (while stocks last!).

Along with making some lovely new things, we’ve also discovered some old things these holidays!  Some sweet games and books from an op-shop, which have had lots of love from children already.

Something so special about the colours in vintage books and toys!

taking a breath

Ahhh…holidays!  It’s been a crazy, fun, but frenetically-busy last few weeks (markets, markets, birthday, markets, go, go, go) and we are all so relieved to take a breath and just do not very much at all.

Playing Twister…

…scooting…

…playing in the park in Westbury…

…and Ulverstone (this was a while ago…but it was very relaxing, so definitely belongs in this post!).  David and I remember this park from our childhoods, although it’s changed a lot now, and you can’t even climb inside the rocket anymore…

…and “definitely” not on the outside!

But that didn’t stop us having heaps of fun!

Hope your holidays are full of bliss too!

toby’s 8!

Toby turned 8 years old this week!  (look at those big teeth…hopefully he’ll grow into them this year!)

He went bowling with a few friends to celebrate, and had so much fun – thanks for coming along!

Happy birthday Toby!