Giant penguin

I've almost finished my IKEA entry softie- a larger version of the chubby penguin. He stands at about 34cms. I changed his face from my smaller ones and added a wee tail. I still need to sew on the side wings and shove in a little more stuffing before putting my entry forward but fingers crossed he is shortlisted.

Just too cute

This is just too cute! Adele Enerson takes photos of her baby girl, Mila, almost every day while she naps. What a delightful and unique collection of photos to have of your child. Check out her blog here.

Cap'n Jessie Beerbong

I finished my pirate softie today. As mentioned previously, I used the Baby Chibi pattern I bought last year and created a friendly pirate in search of treasure!
I like giving a name to each softie I make and in the search for cool pirate names came across this site which will create a name for you. Penelope turns out to be Captain Jessie Beerbong! I made this pirate for a friend who will hopefully give it a fitting name too.

Inspiration for a 'big girl's' room

With Michaela only three months away from turning 2, I've been on the lookout for some inspiration to create her big girl's room. Here are a few pics of rooms, projects and accessories that are currently inspiring me.

This gorgeous bookcase used to be an old hutch.

I'd love to paint the walls aqua blue, similar to this one

I am a huge fan of all things alphabet with a vintage feel ....

From Sweet William- I have my eye on many of their prints

And only $25 plus free postage.....very cute
www.realshopping.com.au

And after seeing this beautiful room I am seriously considering vertical stripes! I would never think of or consider using three different wall colours but if this was my room I would stay here all day!

Wonderful times

I/We've had a great few days!
My mother retired last week which is exciting for her and us as we can spend some more time together. I've already got her booked in to join us for our dance and gym classes.
We went into Fremantle on Saturday morning and visited the most gorgeous gift shop- Corner Store. I've not been to that part of Fremantle for a while so I'm not sure how long the shop has been there, but I will definitely be going back. They stock loads of cute baby things, books, bags, clothing, basically I could spend hours (and far too much money!) there.

I received my little cloud factory woven labels in the mail yesterday and I am just itching to stitch them into some softies I am working on!! I am really happy with how they turned out.

The pirate softie I am working on is taking shape. The doll is based on the baby chibi doll I've made before but it is the boy version. He is looking a bit like a South Park character at the moment in the face which I want to change....

We finally made it to IKEA today to get some fabric for their Sewing/Craft Competition I previously blogged about. I've decided on a big version of my chubby penguin (I think....) so I've got one week to get him cut, sewn, stuffed and ready.

And with 24C days (winter??!!) we've been out and about visiting friends with newborns as well as the park and play centres (which Michaela is very sad to leave.......cue tantrum and running away from mum!!)

I hope you've also had a great start to August 

Penelope x 

Happy August

Courtesy: http://www.joojoo.me/2009/10/august-indian-elephant.html

Ribbon Fancy

How cute are these ribbons from Ribbons Galore!? I have one of these pirate cuties on it's way to adorn a new softie I'm working on. 

Max and his wild friends

Who could resist these little monsters?!
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