tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31690963580982712982024-03-12T16:17:17.961-07:00Make me a..Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677835010326330244noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3169096358098271298.post-37505502293792718262012-10-29T04:13:00.000-07:002012-10-29T04:13:44.055-07:00...very happy bunny!!<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I just ordered a new sewing machine.<br />SQUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL!<br />I'm very excited. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've been quite restrained. Once you start looking you can talk yourself into NEEDING all kinds of fancy stitches and lovely features, I could have gone a bit mad.<br /><br />However I've ordered the Janome XL601 and can't wait for it to arrive. It has £50 off at the moment and a free quilting pack too, so I'll have more feet than I know what to do with.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I did see it first on the Clothkits website however in the end I managed to find it at a local(ish) <a href="http://www.direct-sewingmachines.co.uk/userimages/procart4.htm" target="_blank">store</a> that also sell online so will have somewhere to go back to if I need to. They took Paypal which was a bonus as I had £30 sat in there from some ebay selling. I'm seeing that as a further discount and another justification for my purchase :o)<br /><br />They also say on their website they offer 2 hours of free tuition when you buy a new machine, so I'm looking forward to finding out more about that when it arrives. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hopefully I can book something in when the kids are back at school and spend an hour finding out what my new baby can do, and another hour learning a new skill! </span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677835010326330244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3169096358098271298.post-80154599450794509172012-10-19T06:47:00.000-07:002012-10-19T06:47:58.335-07:00.."skirt please Mum"? Part 2<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I finished!<br /><br />Me and that sewing machine really don't get on very well. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">...and ta da! The finished gift. Bundled into a white stuff shoe box - their stuff is so pretty..<br />I used my Lotta Jansdotter <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lotta-Labels-Stickers-Stationery-Jansdotter/dp/0811870375/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1350574456&sr=8-4" target="_blank">labels</a> to bring it all together. I love these labels soooo much. I'm going to have to find some spare pennies to buy some more because I can't bear the thought of being without them! Stationery fetishes live on long after "back to school" shopping.. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />My sewing skills aren't great. I want for them to be better. I like to blame my hand me down machine for all the swearing and cursing, and to be fair my mum has said "oh it wasn't that great when I had it.." but I think it's more to do with lack of practice. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway, I've been keeping an eye on the Clothkits website for a while as their clothes are just swoooooooooooooony. Somehow I think it's easier to justify spending money on the kids than it is yourself though, isn't it? I hate that sometimes. In this case though it meant when I saw their gorgeous <a href="http://www.clothkits.co.uk/loganberry-birdie-easy-peasy-skirt-organic-cotton-p-1123.html" target="_blank">EASY PEASY Birdie skirt</a> reduced the other day, I couldn't resist.</span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I mean. It says it's EASY PEASY.<br />How hard can it be? <strike>Famous last words...</strike></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It arrived this morning and I definitely don't have time to do it today. Far too busy making other messes. I can't wait for a little bit of time to get on and get it done though. Imagine how proud I'll be if I manage to make a skirt for my little girl, even if it is from a kit! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you fancy making it, you can find the recipe <a href="http://www.mydaily.co.uk/2010/08/27/apples-persian-onion-soup/" target="_blank">here</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After giving up work in June I'm yet to get organised and find my feet. I haven't managed to find a new rhythm, something to carry me through the week with an element of predictability, a framework within which to work. </span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Of course the kids are now back in school and the littlest one has finally started his "full time" hours. They still have certain things on different days, but there's been nothing to ground me at home. No constants. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I came across this image on Pinterest which sums me up well: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I might dislike the restrictions of a routine, rail against the "Ohhhhhh look what I have to do today" feeling some mornings, but actually, I function better within it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />I'm the kind of person that swings on her chair for a while, saves it all up and attacks it in one giant, sweary, chaotic go. Always have been. I work better that way really, but actually, for everyday kind of stuff, that doesn't necessarily work all that well. Not when I'm meant to be looking after a husband, 2 kids, a dog and an aging cat as well as just me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So anyway, yesterday, enough was enough.<br /><br />I pulled my finger out, wrote a huge list and got on with it.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Cleared up the kitchen AT LEAST three times</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And most importantly I planned out a new weekly routine using this gorgeous free planner from <a href="http://arianarmstrong.com/" target="_blank">arianarmstrong.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rainy days meaning family movie watching and sneaky snoozes, skootched up on the sofa </span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lazy dog enjoying the attention</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Flowers opening and bringing the outdoors in</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cake eating and game playing whilst Dad watched F1</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A teeny glass of wine whilst cooking a roast</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - the original and best</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A very naughty roast dinner on our knees whilst we watched films</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hooky in front of the fire..</span></div>
<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677835010326330244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3169096358098271298.post-88241159148909549592012-09-21T07:58:00.000-07:002012-09-23T12:31:52.322-07:00... New Blog<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, I've decided that Truly Scrumdiddlyumptious needs to retire. It might come out of retirement, but it's not been doing a lot for a while, and I don't always want to blog about food.<br />So "Make me a..." is born. I figure that will cover most of the posts I want to write and where it doesn't, I'll MAKE IT! </span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I miss those Facebook status updates that you were forced to write to fit with "is..." </span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I see this as a challenge. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm not up for fiddling with the appearance right now. I'll come back to that later on. For a start I need to find a backdrop to suit the web address.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I hope you enjoy my new ramblings..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love this carrot cake recipe, and so do my kids. <br />Which is a bonus, as the littlest one is impossible to get vegetables into.</span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's one I've taken from the BBC Good Food website, which is a bit of a go-to encyclopaedia for recipes for me. I use it daily and much as I love nothing more than sitting down with a recipe book, I can't deny that much of my day to day food inspiration comes from BBCGF.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Find the recipe here: <a href="http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/7900/the-ultimate-makeover-carrot-cake" target="_blank">Ultimate Carrot Cake</a></span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677835010326330244noreply@blogger.com0