Club Little House!

I was so thrilled when my Club Little House parcel arrived just in time to show my mum all the littles before she flew home to South Africa. It was so much fun seeing what wonderful items everyone had made, and the gorgeous packaging too.

Amy made these darling little gardening sets - perfect for our dollshouse because come summer, we're landscaping!

Lynne's perfect little table, notebook and pencil, with two spare tablecloths for an instant mini room make-over! Am I allowed to say this was my favourite? So sweet, thank you Lynne!

The world's teeniest iPod from Sasha...and it plays music! I hoped I'd be getting one of Sasha's legendary littles long before I even knew what she was making, and I was thrilled to see the shocking pink envelope peeking out from inside my box!

This little guy from Lorraine is going to feel right at home in the snow village I plan on making for next Christmas! See my previous post ;-)

I love Hope's little framed artwork, but the little letter than comes with them takes the cake - such a sweet story and a perfect little heirloom to hide away in the attic.

Kim's darling little glitter houses, with their perfect little box.

I can't believe Stephanie made this quilt in 1:12 scale - it is perfect, and you can see the pattern clearly! I'm in awe, especially after having tried to make my son a quilt with 4" squares - not easy! The little upholstered bench was from Lisa.

I love the crate of oranges from Sharolyn, they look so juicy and sweet, and the little sign for the garden is lovely too.

Such a pity my parcel arrived after Christmas - but this little banner and box of crackers will be stored in the doll's house attic for next Christmas - thanks Jill!

Karen made this clever little dressmaker's dummy, I think some sewing lessons are in store for someone in the doll's house.

Susan's little puppet theatre has already provided hours of amusement for my son, although I do fear his pirates are taking the side of the dragon more than the princess...oh who will come to her rescue?

Thanks again to everyone who participated - I'm tempted to do what Amy did and make something for every member in the next round so that I can get one of every item in return - they were all so adorable! It was lovely being a part of the group this round, I have learned so much about the world of miniatures and swaps!

Happy New Year!

I can't believe I'm posting a Happy new Year message straight after my Merry Christmas post - just shows you what a lovely, busy, wonderful holiday I had with my family!
Everything went back to normal today, my husband went back to work, my daughter went back to school, and my son and I did a quick grocery shop and he's back at preschool tomorrow - hooray!

I thought I'd show you my sweet little snow village - I found it at a garden center we went to on the weekend. It was marked down from £16.99 to £4.45. Quite frankly, I don't know who would have paid full price for it, I mean, it's sweet and quaint and I've wanted a snow village for my mantlepiece for forever, but $24? That's R231 for my South African family and friends....It's really dinky. My plan is to make my own village for next year, with each house or building being separate, maybe something I can add on to each year. For now, this little one will enjoy a brief showing before being packed away until next Christmas.

I hope 2009 is a great year for all of you, I hope 2009 brings you everything you wish for, and good health for you and your family. I can't wait to see what the year will hold.

Merry Christmas!

I haven't had a moment to post, we've had such a busy time! It's been lovely having Nana and Grandad staying, the kids loved having them here and we are going to miss them when they head home to South Africa. We were blessed with gorgeous mild weather so we were able to take them out to many of our favourite places. Today is Boxing day, and the temperatures have plummeted down to freezing again, so we're indoors watching Christmas movies! Nana and Grandad are staying with my sister for the next week, I hope it doesn't stay this cold, Brrrrrr!

My tree is getting pretty decoration-heavy, I love it though! I tried taking a picture with star lights, but I didn't have a tripod so it's a bit blurry. Then I did a blurry-on-purpose shot of the lights, which turned out pretty cool - a fellow Pea showed me how to do that!

What a Busy Time of Year!

It feels like ages ago that I made my submissions to Amy for the latest round of Club Little House. I wanted to make boat shape book shelves. Years ago, before my son was even born, I saw a boat shelf in a little shop in Cape Town and decided that if I ever had a son, I would do his room in a nautical theme and he will have a boat shape bookshelf. Now, my son is 3 and a half, and I still haven't found another boat shaped shelf for his room! So...I made some miniature ones!

Here they are from the start...I used bass wood for the backs, and balsa for the sides and shelves.

If super glue didn't stick bass wood together, I'm not sure I would have made these! It stuck like magic though, and soon they started taking shape.

Look at the state of my dining table! We ate every meal on our laps for weeks!

Here they are, waiting for their shelves and paint jobs.

And this is what you'll find in your parcel if you're getting one of my littles...

The stack of sailing magazines can be untied, there are five different issues. Some have two little starfish, and some just one larger one. I struggled to find enough of the perfect size, but these were all little enough to be okay scale-wise!

They even have a little ship in a bottle!
Amy had the sorting party last week Monday, go and have a look at her blog... and Pam's shows some lovely photos of all the different littles. I can't wait for my parcel to arrive, I'll post pictures as soon as it does!

Christmas Advent

I love this time of year! I love Christmas decorations, Christmas carols, Christmas food, okay, you get the picture! Do you like my wreath? I made it yesterday, with bits and bobs I bought from HobbyCraft. I'm really happy with how it turned out, and all for less than £14. The kids started their advent calendars this morning, we plan on getting the tree up very soon, I can't wait to make the house look all festive!