5 sleeps to go!

This weekend seems to have been the calm before the storm. Hubby has worked this weekend and it’s been pouring with rain on and off so the boys and I had a very quiet end to the week indeed.

Brock came down with Chicken Pox on the 9th . Thankfully he only had a mild case and was able to for the last day this past Wednesday. He had a great day, he handed out Christmas cards and candy canes to all his class mates. He proudly presented his teacher with a package of homemade rocky road that he helped make. Jack also got in on the action and gave Miss G a bottle of champers to say thanks for putting up with him this year lol. Brock said they played lots of games, had a party at lunch time and even got a present each from the teacher at the end of the day. He came home with all his Christmas artwork as well as a package of shortbread and a Christmas bon bon that they decorated and Miss G filled with goodies. Neither the shortbread nor the bon bon made it home :)

I got my first Etsy sale this weekend. Little Cherry Tree is up and running. I’m having a little giveaway to celebrate my first Etsy sale, so head over there to enter.

With 5 sleeps to go until Christmas, I would have to be the most disorganised mumma this festive season. I haven’t done a spot of gift shopping yet! Tomorrow is the day, Hubby has the day off so we’re going to tackle it together. I’ve got some mini stockings to finish off today before the kids and I get started on our baking and our shopping list for tomorrow.

One more thing before I go, check out the awesome Christmas lights display across the road from us!

It's two houses side by side. They do an awesome job every year and despite the lights being vandalised 3 times in the last month the owners still keep doing it for the local kids. It's a bit hard to see the lights before 9pm here because of the late sunsets, but the lights stay on till 11:30pm and there has been car lods of people coming by to see the magical sight that it is.

Hope you had a great weekend! Enjoy the lead up to Christmas!

Today I’m playing along with Claire @ Scissors Paper Rock and Chantelle @ Fat Mum Slim.

DIY Friday : Mini Christmas Stocking

 

Well it's that time of the week again, DIY Friday! It's Brock's first official day of school holidays and let me tell you, crafting isn't as easy with two boys to entertain.

Never the less, I broke out the sewing machine for the first time in over 6 months. I was nervous as I threaded the cotton and plug all the cords in, but it's like riding a bicycle really. The funny part was I was so pleased to be sewing again, I was actually humming "Back in the saddle again" LOL

Right so, mini christmas stocking, pretty straight forward I guess. I just drew up a quick template and went from there. I made a faux cuff for this one and embellished it with some ric rak. Simple stuff really. I'm going to fill them with a few goodies, cookies, gingerbread men, candy canes and chocolate santas. I'm making them as a little something extra for our kids, our nephew and my husband's grandkids. We've decided to go easy on the presents this year. We've noticed that our own boys are more concerned with the getting than the giving part of Christmas, so we're trying to change that by gifting mostly handmade things that they can be involved ing making.

Anyway, so that's DIY Friday for another week.  Happy crafting everyone :)

Going green can be pretty!

I whipped up a little grocery bag today. It's so cute, I love it! The tute is here. It's based on a normal plastic bag.

I used a smaller bag, the blue ones they give you when you've only got a couple things. It's a great smaller size. I'm going to have a go at a bigger one, but I'm going to see how strong an unlined bag is, cause I don't really need lined grocery bags do I? I thought it would be great to make a set of bags from reclaimed fabric, like from unused sheets, extra green :)

Now for some pics :)

This tute was really easy, so in the interest of saving the planet, give it a go!