I strongly suspect...,

(first day at school)

... that I may be the Mother of the class clown.  What do you reckon??

Winners...,

I should have done this on Monday, but here in the UK, it was a bank holiday so we've been making the most of the final few days of the school holidays.  

Anyway, better late than never, here are the winners of the giveaway,

1st, and winner of the calendar, is comment 61, which is ::

Hannah

2nd is comment 59, which is :: Julia and 3rd is comment 118 :: Lyndyloo!

So, Julia and Lyndyloo, I will email you and find out whether you would like the pattern and fabrics for the kitten or the hedgehog (although, Lyndyloo, I can't access your blogger profile so have no way of contacting you, so if you could email me instead please)

(Kitten)

(Hedgehog)

Well, Lucy was back in school today, and tomorrow, my youngest is starting, his first day at big school.  Will I be a sobbing mum or a running round the playground cheering mum, I wonder!

The Great Giveaway!

My copies of the sewing calendar have arrived, and it's looking pretty good, Megan has done a fantastic job in pulling it all together.  There are 2 projects per week from a huge variety of designers including :  The Long Thread, Elsie Marley, Sew Christine, Rachael Rabbit, Bella Dia,

 Pink Chalk Studio and there are 3 projects in there by me.  

(The calendar is available to purchase here or here)

So, now for the good part!  The great giveaway part!!

There are 3 prizes in total, top prize being a calendar, and for the other 2 winners, they will receive a little pack of materials (fabric, felt, buttons etc), and a copy of either the kitten or the hedgehog pattern as was featured in Sew Hip magazine (you can see them in the blog sidebar), so there are 3 chances to win.

Just leave a comment on this post before midnight (GMT) on Sunday 30th August, and I will get the random number generator to do it's magic.

Playing with food,

Now, I'm always having to tell Luke in particular off for playing about with his food rather than eating it.  But there are occasions when playing is the right thing to do, and this was one of them.  I decided it would be fun to make pizzas from scratch, even the dough.  (ok, I confess.  We did use the bread maker for the dough)

Each pizza was a different shape,

for Lucy, our resident rock chick and Hannah Montana fan, a guitar.

For Luke, the car enthusiast, a VW Beetle.

And for me, Lucy informed me this was in the shape of my favorite thing.  Given the frequent mess in this house I clear up on a daily basis, I assumed she was referring to the hoover!  But no, my favorite thing, as she reminded me is, of course, chocolate.  Its in the shape of a bar of chocolate!

Now, they're all in the shape of a few crumbs!

ps, next post is going to involve a giveaway, and 3 prizes!!

Well, you could have knocked me down with a feather...,

or in this case, a bottle of wine!, but after all my moaning last week, just look at this...,

my children, (and husband!), frolicking in a field,

chasing butterflies and picking the odd wild flower.

We spent Saturday night under canvas, in a local field with a group of friends.  And, it has to be said, the person guilty of the most moaning was me.   I am not a natural camper, I went under duress, but I went nonetheless.  

Things I like about camping  ::  How excited Lucy and Luke were.  Overexcited.  I worried they were going to burst a blood vessel or something.  Watching them building dens out of branches and bundles of freshly cut grass.  And the fresh air.  I love the smell of fresh air.

Things I don't like about camping  ::  Earwigs.  I don't mind insects in general but really don't like earwigs.  Being the filling in a snoring sandwich between my husband and my son.  And lastly, waking up in the middle of the night and realising that the inflatable mattress which started out to be oh so comfy, has sprung a leak and is gradually going down, and down, and down!