Schools out for Summer !!!

So as a mum of 2 kiddies, 1 school going, its a big deal now with tomorrow being the last day of Junior infants and summer holidays are finally here. 

To completely honest I'm looking forward to the little lie on in the mornings, my kids like to sleep :) so no more setting my alarm for 7.15 to hit snooze 3 times before I finally drag myself out of bed and wake my other 2 sleepyheads.
But I'm pretty sure there'll be a few "I'm bored moments" so gonna have to think of a few budget friendly outings.
www.daysout.ie is a great resource for things to do anywhere in ireland. great website.

In Dublin my top few would be:
Ardgillan Castle just outside my beautiful hometown of Skerries.
Beautiful gardens, fab playground with the best view :) if you got a sunny day then your laughin!! Skerries  is a beautiful seaside town that you need to visit if your out that way. Some great places to eat and a great beach for long walks or dare I say swim :) although they've just been given a blue flag recently so yey! well done...... They have a grea adopt a beach scheme going on there where locals basically have adopted a section of beach to keep tidy and maintain. great idea right ! http://www.skerriesnews.ie/beach

Newbridge House & Farm   fab playground, lovely picnic area, great farm which isn't too expensive for entry from what I remember.

Phoenix Park - great space to picnic/cycle/walking/rollerblade

Rathbeggan Lakes  just outside Rataoth is a great little budget friendly place to go for young & older kids

Other great outings that might cost a few euros are
Dublin Zoo
Tayto Park
Powerscourt Gardens  although I its wicklow, not too far on the good ole M50 and definately worth a visit, stunning gardens!!



We'll be heading down Co Kerry way this year on holiday so next research job is to make my little list of exciting places to see and do there. watch this space :)

I'm pretty bad at this blogging :(

Ok so turns out I;m not so good at keeping a blog : (

So whats been going on ???
Ive been sick last few days with a chesty cough / flu type thing so not getting much sewing done.

 Last couple of weeks I've done a couple of different little projects

I am completely addicted to www.picmonkey.com !! Its so handy and creates such professional looking pics YEY! so my photos are getting a little bit better

 ITouch pouch for a Zumba teacher : ) 

 love this nappy pouch bag I did. Really like this flower fabric. Got it from Lucky Fabrics on Ebay They're in Thailand and I've gotten a few pieces from them over the past few months and have always been really happy. great quality cotton !!!   colours are amazing !

 Really getting into the bunting thing :) My sister in law asked me to do one for my little baby nephews bedroom so I'll be finishing that tomorrow. And a friend has asked me to do one for her company so cant wait to get started on that and show it off but I'm waiting for the fabric delivery...... I hate waiting for fabric deliveries !!!

baby gift sets

Ok I'm finding it really hard to keep up with this blogging malarkey :)
Over past 2 weeks I've been asked to do a baby set for a girl & a boy. This has got my creative juices flowing so to speak. So I put some items together and thought of how I could present it so someone will go "wow"
So I came up with this

Complete with fabric confetti just to give it a bit more cuteness :)

each fit set contains 4 x bibs, 1 taggy blanket & 1 nappy clutch

toddler toy tidy

This week I finally got around to making a little toy tidy drawstring bag for my little boy. Hes 2yrs old and has a lot of little cars & trucks which seem to be EVERYWHERE!!
I was in the fabric shop and spotted the most perfect fabric for this project and it was half price!!! happy days! So got a couple of sq mtre and couldnt wait to get started.
I searched a few tutorials online and usually end up doing my own variation.
Anyway it resulted in this

Then I made another one but I made the drawstring longer and turned it into a backpack.

Now I'm addicted!!! so what can I do with a load of drawstring bags well I'll tell you .......
First I'm going to get myself to Ikea and buy some nice hooks then my bags are going to become bedroom toy tidies for my toddlers wall.
I'll be sure to post a photo when I eventually get round to doing this :)

There is so much to learn

So today I'm getting zero sewing done...... I'm minding a friends 2 kids so along with my own its pretty busy here. The girls are in school till 1.30 but the boys (both 2yrs old) are here playing away and watching good old Peppa Pig (best kids programe ever)
So I'm spending my time watching them with one eye and doing a little learning and researching on the laptop with the other.
I want to get this blogging right.
I want to customise it with buttons/links etc
I want to get some tutorials done
But I have to be more patient.........
one step at a time right?
So I'm reading blogs, tutorials, tips & tricks!
I can probably bet my life that no one has ever read this blog but sure feck it. maybe one day it'll grow to something someone somewhere might be interested in ....lol !!  wish I could insert some emoicons here.....

I have a new logo !

I'd like to introduce my new logo

Courtesy of my very talented brother
Please check out his website http://www.animalmedia.ie/
Big things coming from this guy in the future !!!
Thank You Alan !!!

Oh dear I'm neglecting you blog!

holy sh*t has it been that long since I updated? I'm not proving to be a very good blogger am I ......

Well over the passed 4 weeks my I've been busy with baby gift requests
Like this

and these

People seem to like them :)  yey!