and the cuffs go to...

Well, you made it easy on me. Four cuffs to give away and four people in need of them. Nikki, Helen, Kimberlie and Ali! Just give me an email with your address and I will post them next week.



Last week, Isabella had slept through the night for about 5 days in a row. This was amazing to say the least. I felt...almost....normal. Being the first good nights sleep that I'd had in about a year, I woke Matt up at 6 am to tell him. I remember walking around the house that day, feeling like I could break into song at any moment, like they do in musicals. What a different week this ones been! She doesn't want to sleep. Not day, not night, not at all! Oh well, at least I had that brief moment of sanity. And I guess she can get away with it cause she's so damn cute!

stars and crescent moons

Isabella has finally learned how to sleep. Well, really, I finally learned how to tell when she needs to sleep. This means that I get a few hours in the day to myself. I know, you're all saying 'sleep!' but I do get a good nights sleep and a rest during the day. So, I had time and the motivation to make something. I made this stars and crescent moon thingy to hang over Isabella's cot. And she loves to stare at it as she drifts off to slumber. All the sleep she has been doing lately has her and I in a much better mood. She is such a happy baby now the she's not over tired all the time. Who knew babies her age are only supposed to be up for an hour or so at a time? Not me.

an unexpected arrival

I imagine I won't be posting much over the next few weeks as we had an early arrival of our baby girl. Isabella Eve was born on May 6 at 5:23pm. It was a long labour, but I won't go into details just now. Words can't express the way I feel, I have never been in love with something so much. My husband wrote a blog here, he is a bit more articulate at the moment.

bogan baby

Matt and I went to...spotlight....the other day and he found this skull flannel material. He wanted me to make a baby blanket out of it. I really shouldn't be encouraging the bogan lifestyle, but here it is. I actually think it's cute, and it will go well with the Motorhead onesy.

Je suis un lapin

Wow, it has not warmed up at all today. Not much natural sunlight to take pictures in either. I finished the bunny. He is so very soft. I didn't follow the pattern exactly. I wanted to make him stripy and with floppy ears. I enjoyed knitting something other then a scarf and I guess I like how he turned out.

I also started making these 'baby announcement' cards. I was so excited when I woke up at 4am and thought of this idea. But I don't know about how they look now that I have made a few. It is that old side of the fist trick, dipped in fabric paint, pressed on fabric and then sewed onto a card. Does it look like a babies foot to you? That is the point I was trying to get across. Speaking of babies feet, the novelty of getting kicked in the stomach 80 times a day has warn off.

Last night, I had a baby shower with some friends. We went to my favorite Indian restaurant. It was so nice to go out and be social, I enjoyed it so much. Amongst the good conversation and yummy food, I/baby got given some amazing hand made gifts. I was very touched and felt loved. But the best gift given was...a box of condoms(not pictured). Like Melissa, I too went home so full and had a really hard time sleeping.

i'm so bored

I know that I should be enjoying this quiet time because it will never be like this again, but I am really bored. I try filling my days with doing crafty bits and doing things that I have been wanting to get around to. But all day, my mind is filled with thoughts: like what is my labour going to be like, am I in labour now, oh my god, I still don't have a baby bath!! Which really doesn't matter, cause the bubs will most likely end up just getting washed in the kitchen sink, but my point is that I think I am over spending so much time with myself.

I made it to the library today and got a few knitting books. One has the most amazing photographs for a knitting book, I'll have to post some pics of it next time. I thought I would attempt this cute bunny found in a book by Erika Knights. I have been wanting to knit a soft toy for a while and am happy I finally found a good pattern. Although, I am not so sure about those eyes, maby buttons would be better.

I also had my weekly trip to the op shop. They had a $2 fill a bag sale, which I would love to take advantage of, but the big belly thing always discourages me from looking at clothes because I usually can't find any that fit. But I did find this beautiful brightly colored baby sling. It is in very good condition and you just can't go wrong when something is only $2.

feeling loved

I got a knock on the front door today and it was a package sent from family friends in Wyoming. I opened up the box to find a baby shower with in itself! I am so touched. I knew they were sending something, but I had no idea of the extent. The hard part is waiting for Matt to get home so we can open all the gifts together.

Dusty, the matriarch of the family, makes the most beautiful things. She made us this quilt for a wedding gift. You can tell she really puts a lot of time and love into the things she crafts. Matt and I have talked about doing a road trip in the States and visiting them would be a must. They built there own rammed earth home and have an amazing garden. I always remember getting Christmas parcels from them and they would send us the best popcorn from their harvest. I will have to post the open presents tomorrow, I have got a few hours till he gets off work.

hello

Well, it has been a while! Almost 3 months. My excuse is that things have just been a little crazy and I honestly have not had much interest in crafting. But I finally started getting into the need to make things again. I have a few projects on. One, being a cardigan for the baby, that has taken me way longer then expected and when I went to sew the last bit on, it didn't work out. I have tried to fix it, but I think I need to focus on something else and come back to it later.
The other project was this fabric lantern I sewed up. I had these little bits of beautiful fabric but it wasn't enough to make anything substantial. So I thought I would give this idea a go and it actually turned out okay. I have another one to make that I will post when it's finished. I really wanted to put these over our lights, but I am afraid it might catch fire, so they will just have to be pretty hanging things.
I also started an Etsy shop under the name evesbijoux. I stopped doing the market a while back and I have all this jewellery collecting dust. It is strange not working or doing the market, I am not used to not contributing to the bills. I thought Etsy might be a good way to do that.
I have got a little over 5 weeks left till the baby is 'due'. I am looking forward to having my baby in my arms and not in my body. I guess you could say I have reached the point of being over being pregnant.