Tuesday 31 July 2007

dressforms, kids and bags!!







so much to do so little time!! Ive managed to take some fairly decent pics of the kids while they were running wild today - thank goodness the sun is out and i can let them run free in the garden! It gave me some time today to create more bags and ive managed to get them all uploaded too! wahoooo!!

which reminds me i must go take them off the dress forms before they collapse under the weight!! LOL
Thanks to Heather http://designrecollections.squarespace.com/ im a Rockin' Girl blogger!! WAHOO!!!

Friday 20 July 2007

Holidays and Harry Potter!

Today marked the last day of school for the boys - big day for Ben as he starts 'big' school (comprehensive) in September.....I still cant believe i have an 11 year old! When did that happen
?? Mwahahahaaa From now on its all uniforms and attitude and belive me its already started - yes we spent a fortune on kitting him out but more than that is the stinky 'tude he has right now - everything is too big a deal for him to bother about. He seems to love the word NO or I CANT or just a grunt with 'that look'! LOL He is going to stay at mum and dads come monday for a little holiday - means the kids have a holiday from each other too! Below is a piccie of my mum and dad, doesnt he look well concidering everything.......this was one of the only times Ethan has given them willing kisses and cuddles after a visit here - so glad i had the camera at hand!



An old friend is coming over tonight who i havent seen in years so that should be fun, catching up and drinking (well i will be, she cant shes pregnant!) Thankfully i dont have a broody bone in my body anymore so im going to be fine on the cooing and feeling the bump stage! LOL Im thinking pizza for tea - i hate a messy kitchen when guests are coming and pizza boxes just need binning so yayyyy take away night! ;)

I stupidly forgot to order the new Harry Potter book - ok slap me now, how the heck did i forget when its been all over EVERYWHERE for the last 6 months or so! Come tomorrow i will be chewing my nails knowing people are reading it and im not -bwahhhhaaaa! I cant even get out to get one - oh the joys of living in a little village with no transport (and a hubby 6 hours away!) LOL


Just uploaded this yummy kids apron to the site - bought a shed load more fabrics too including wipe clean bag and apron fabric. Off on a mission next week to get some more goodies so watch out soon for some interesting news :)

Tuesday 17 July 2007

Another added to the collection...

dressform that is! :) Dontcha just love these, so girly and practical too (at least thats what i tell dh when i come home with another! ;) )



The last one there is holding the new aprons uploaded to the store.

The kids were just too funny today standing at the window mouths open watching the hailstones!! YES its july and its hailing - where the heck is summer, isnt there supposed to be at least a little sunshine??!!

Sunday 15 July 2007

catch up and thanks!

Thank you to everyone who has wished me well with my new store :) Im so excited and loving every minute of it - so many ideas just not enough hours in the day to get them all through the sewing machine!! lol

Instead of blogging here about Oliviagrace designs i have created a blog to give all the details about new products, fabrics, links and lots more info etc - check out oliviagracedesigns.blogspot.com

Ok, back to normal life.....when will this rain end!! Seriously i know i did a little rain dance earlier so dh couldnt go flying (well a girl has other priorities!) but this is just silly - not only did it start raining once they were on their way back home but it still hasnt stopped and i have washing to dry and kids to let play outside!

Dad is responding well to the chemo, he even said how he had had 'a nice day out' on his last session!! They took a different route to the hospital so got to see some new areas, the needles went in well during the chemo and he felt nothing, no sickness at all and the weather was fab for them - i couldnt ask for more and am so proud of how he is handling it all! He has lost a lot of weight but is in really good spirits which is more than any of us could ask for. I think he has one more session left before he has to go for the scan to see how the cancer is progressing etc.......guess we just have to wait now....

Monday 9 July 2007

How manic can one month be?????

Thing are just so bad around here lately i have to laugh otherwise i would cry - seriously its a wonder i have time to breathe let alone anything else!! So many different directions and new projects - daunting and scary all the same time, i swear if i close my eyes i could sleep for a fortnight! LOL
Debden weekend was absolutely hilarious - ive never laughed so much in ages! Got to meet a lot of new friends and catch up with a lot of good friends ive met before.....i can honesly say ive never had such a fabulous weekend! (and we are off to do it again in october - yayyyyy!!)


A snippit of another bag i made - i have all the photographs now, uploaded all the info etc to the site and im now just waiting on the boxes to post them out in and we can go live!! So exciting but daunting too. Over night ive been working on a new duffle bag wit outside pockets, fully lined etc but my needles just cant take the super thick fabric and ive snapped 2 since i started!! Oh well, more have been ordered (tougher ones!!) and hopefully they will be here tomorrow so we can launch the Olivia bag! :D :D