I was really excited yesterday because I discovered Applehead's Blog and her shop Appleseed. I absolutely love her small people and ordered some postcards from her.
In the evening I showed Dorothy (10) the website and said how excited I was about them.
About half an hour later she came down with this
and this
Aen't they brilliant? She's even come up with captions for each one!
Dorothy is quite like me and is a bit of a perfectionist at heart and often finds it hard to be creative because she sets her standards too high so I was delighted that she had just got on and done these without any help or advice. These truly are HER work!
My next crafter is my 12 year old niece.
At Christmas I showed her (very roughly because I didn't have a pattern with me) how to make some fingerless mittens and she did them really quickly
Then, after seeing Freddy, she decided to have a go at making her own sock monkeys - look how well she has done!
One of them was a birthday present for a friend and now all her school friends are asking for them! She has told them she is "crafty like her aunt" - which I think is great, although BIG sister Ally is a bit fed up as she is the one who taught me loads of sewing skills in the first place!
Finally, keeping on the child theme, I thought I would share this text I received from a friend the other day:
"Hi Hun, I've had 2 tell a lie! Ben overheard me telling a friend about you making his bag, he wanted 2 know why santas elves didn't make it!
Hope u dont mind but i told him u were making gifts with santas fairies as u are good friends with them all!!!
Xx
p.s. dont be surprised if he thinks u have wings 2!"
Hope u dont mind but i told him u were making gifts with santas fairies as u are good friends with them all!!!
Xx
p.s. dont be surprised if he thinks u have wings 2!"
How brilliant is that?????
I rather think I've been promoted - don't you??!!!!
I rather think I've been promoted - don't you??!!!!
