March 19, 2007
The Crafty Gang
Just look at this wonderful doggie that Warren and Emily made today! I have been saving the Innocent boxes and cartons for some time now and this dog was one of the wonderful 'things to do' on the back of one of the drinks. You've got to just love those Innocent guys - great healthy smoothies, cute brand and genius ideas for the kids (and us adults of course!). I bought some paper fasteners the other day for attaching the legs and I just knew it would be the kind of crafty project Warren would enjoy. Its just fab! Every time I walk past it (its now on the shelf in the kitchen) I can't help but smile.
I finally managed to convince Emily to let me patch her special blanket, which is known as 'Rubby' - due to the fact that she rubs the edges and especially the corners. Rubby is actually a sleeping bag from the company 'Grobag' if you know it. She slept in these from very young up until she went into a big bed and she started grabbing the bottom of the bag in the night to hold over her nose while she sucked her thumb. She then developed an attachment for this particular one and since then it goes everywhere with her, the thought of losing it would to too much for any of us to bear! Over the years it has been dragged about all over many floors (yep yuck I know) and has become really threadbare and some of the fabric has been completely rubbed away. I had managed to roughly sew it together before but nothing so drastic as this. Last week practically the whole back of this got torn and there were holes and bits of fabric flapping about all over it, so I asked Emily if I could patch it. She was a bit reluctant at first but soon came round to the idea. I used some of the 2D-Zoo fabric I had been saving for something special and nothing is more special than Emily's Rubby. The only problem was that she insisted on sucking her thumb with it pressed against her nose the whole time I was trying to put it through the machine, which made patching it very difficult! So although its completely rough and ready, it is now patched and hopefully will last her a bit longer.
Emily keeps a sketcher in the back of the car, to keep her amused and she drew this hedgehog the other day, completely unprompted while we were in traffic somewhere. I managed to photograph it with my phone before she had a chance to erase it! For some reason Emily won't draw like this on paper. I can't really understand it, but when she gets pencils, pens or crayons in her hand she just wants to scribble. Yet with the sketchers she is a lot more focused and I can't keep the things she draws! Just thank god for technology and the fact that I can immortalize her drawings with my phone! I remember the days...
I can't post about the gang without putting up a photo of my gorgeous son. Not quite big enough to get crafty yet but still just as wonderful. Here he is on my knee, getting bounced up and down. Shortly after this photo he was sick all over me...the joys of having a tiny!
Phew what a very long post indeed! Thanks for keeping up :)
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