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I don't know where the week has gone. A very lame thing to write, it's true, but there you go. I just wanted to pop in here quickly to say that new dolls have been added to my bigcartel shop. Frankie (up top) is going to be particularly difficult to let go of, her top is made from some much loved vintage fabric generously sent to me by Ella.
Now I'm afraid I need to go and mop the floor. I've procrastinated long enough.
Another doll from my production line. Having fun with these. Nina here has a shirt made from a tiny, treasured piece of upholstery fabric by the wonderful Cloth. I wouldn't mind one like it myself.
We are a bit bleary-eyed here today. Henry was awake for a marathon 2.5 hours last night. For the first year of his life, he was a fantastic sleeper - we couldn't believe our luck! Audrey didn't start to make it through the night by herself until she was 3, so we were quite familiar with living with broken sleep. For the last few months, though, Henry's sleep has been patchy at best and, as any parent knows, the cumulative effect of sleep deprivation plays havoc with your ability to think straight and feel, well, good. So I am off now to pull out our well-thumbed Elizabeth Pantley for wisdom and advice.
I am on a doll bender, it's official. Maudie and Lilly are the first of five of these girls I've been working on. Plus one for Audrey because she asked so nicely when she was under the weather. This bender began because I found my long-lost pattern making mojo and needed to test out a few changes. So the pattern for these girls will be available as soon as I decide whether to print or PDF it. Does anyone have any particularly strong views about this? I'm thinking PDF. Until then, I'll be finishing up the rest of these girls to go over to bigcartel. But first we have the last few days of school holidays to see through - there is a zoo to visit (weather and lurgies permitting) and a first birthday to attend.
Happy weekend, all!
I've been feeling far too domesticated lately. Which is sad, because I'm a domestic kinda woman. I love the baking, the home decorating, the sewing, the nurturing of the small folk. But lately I've allowed myself to let the not-so-great parts of this domestic based time in my life to get me down - the constant cleaning, the caring for sick kids, the juggling everybody's needs, the groundhog-day stuff.
So, in aid of finding some perspective, I thought I might post about a couple of domestic-related things that are making me happy at the moment.
1. I made marmalade from a whole lot of excess grapefruit we had. From this Nigella recipe (scroll down). Thanks to Charlotte for the idea - when I googled for grapefruit ideas, I came across her post about grapefruit marmalade and ricotta. Oh, how I love the internet.
2. I recently started a tumblelog of houses/home decoration that inspires me. I love that images on tumblr can be tagged (Did you know that? I didn't!) - so this is the perfect way to group all of that house related eye-candy. If only my magazine collection (about half of it above, currently being sorted through) was so compact and easily accessible.
