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Make It Perfect sneak peeks (and we have a winner!)

I have shown a sneak peek before for Make It Perfect pattern testing. Here's a few more that I had been working on.

And on to announcing the winner of my giveaway.

It's Nikki! Congratulations, I will be sending the pattern your way soon.

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A car on fire as we were driving past

I'm back!

The very slow internet connection for a couple of days left me feeling out of sorts. But it's all good now.....until the next time we get capped!

Here's a bit of craftiness to share with you.

Fabric covered notebooks for gifts. I am planning to make a simple tote to put each of them in and perhaps just a little something else -I haven't quite decided what yet.

Front of the notebook. I used the Andalucia ribbons - I love those ribbons!

Inside of the notebook. I used my snap press on the tabs to close the notebooks.

And also a bit of baking. Yum!

Choc chip banana muffins

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End of drought

Of the crafty kind!

It feels like it has been a while since I showed something crafty here. I have been sewing but I either forget to take photos or they are for Make It Perfect pattern testing so I can't blog them. I can, however, post a sneak peek of those and expect a post with some of those sneak peeks soon.

Anyway, I sewed a dress for Munchkin. It's pretty, it's pink (but not overly so), it's girly and it has butterflies! What's not to love? But I also made another dress using the same pattern which Munchkin loves since she chose the fabric all by herself so I have an inkling this one's going to be under-utilised. This dress still has not worn yet - weather is waaaay to cold to wear it, and since I get asked if I sell my stuff, I am thinking of selling this one so that some other little girl can enjoy it. It's a Size 4-5 modelled by my 3.5 year old. Hmm, maybe I should sell this other one too - it still hasn't been worn too!

Here's the front. I think Munchkin was watching TV and doing some dance move.

And the back. Frozen in dance move mode!

Front again

Close-up of the butterflies using Kaufman fabric.

And close up of the cute heart buttons, and the fabric is from Freespirit.

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Giveaway time!

Another giveaway for you! And because I am a nice person, you get to choose again this time.

EITHER :

The Lila Tueller Funked Out Peasant Blouse. Size 8-12. Here's a bit more information about the sizing. You can see some photos of the blouse made up here. And isn't this version gorgeous?

OR :

Patty Young's Andalucia ribbons. 1 meter of Petal Flora and 1 meter of Petal Mod Blooms. That's right, a total of 2 meters!

Here's how to enter :

Leave a comment and let me know if you prefer the Lila Tueller pattern or the ribbons if you win. This entitles you to one entry.

Want some extra entries? Tell others about this post in your blog (please let me know in your comments) to get another 2 entries! I will announce the winner in mid October. Please make sure you leave some means of allowing me to contact you if I pick your name, e.g. blog address or email address. If I am unable to contact you, I reserve the right to pick another winner.

Good luck!

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Keeping occupied

What does one do to keep kids occupied during the school holidays?

Get them to help you decorate cookies

Cute teddy cookies, of which the first batch were two-thirds gone by the time I had finished washing the baking utensils. Oh yeah, if you make this, don't put the choc chip on the nose or you will get teddies with flat noses when you stack them in the cookie jar.

And this one's from my lovely sister. She said to mention that she's a keeper too, like hubby!

Red velvet cupcakes from Little Cupcakes of course. Yum!

And the winner is...

Nikki! Congratulations...I will be sending you an email.

To those who didn't win, better luck next time, because I promise there will be a next time. And it will be soon too.

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You know your husband's a keeper - Part 2

A few weeks ago, hubby came home from work with some cupcakes. And then the other day he came home from work with this....

..from here...


On top of that, he also bought me my favourite chocolates


I was a happy woman that day :)