Almost a month!!!!!!!!!

So it's been almost a month since my last post!!!! 

We have been super busy with life. Me writing assignments, kids on school camp and Tama heading off to Thailand!!!! check out the blog to find out what he and the others he went with are up too, it's pretty exciting.  

He also got himself a new toy!!! an iphone, and after playing on it i am officially hooked. Thanks to me downloading instagram, hence the pics below, enjoy :)

My handsome husband and now intrepid traveller

Birthday party time, 9 year old yeehhaaawww

A cool shot out the church office window, just cause i could :)

Me and my baby

Me and instagram, my new love (yes yes i realise i am a bit behind the 8 ball this has been round for a while :)

                                         

                                                            Peace out, mim

How to make a simple baby blanket

So my sister has just had a baby!!!!!!!!!! We are off to New Plymouth to visit and i am so excited. I really love giving handmade gifts especially to new babies. She already has some lovely woolen blankets made by our Grandma so I didn't think she needed one of those. 

I came up with the idea to do a soft blanket that she could pop on the ground when she wanted to pop the baby down but not put her on the floor.

I got this beautiful soft winsette fabric in two different colours So she could pick which side she wanted to use. It also has a quilted inner so it makes it extra soft. 

Here's what to do: Pick some fabric, you could choose the same for both sides or different.

 Next i cut both pieces the same size. I did these just under a meter square. Make sure you place the right sides together.

Next cut you quilt wadding the same size again to fit

I then pinned all three layers together. This is so when you sew it, it comes out flat and none of the fabric layers bunch anywhere. If you have ever made a quilt this is part of the process. I pinned prob a fist apart all over the whole blanket.

The next step is to sew all three layers together. I used an over locker but a straight stitch leaving a 10cm edge would be totally fine too. Make sure you leave a gap to pull it all through and take the pins out after you have sewn it.

Once pulled through you need to sew up the gap. I just did a running stitch.

How it looks all sewn up.

And there we have it!!!!!!!!!!!! so simple and so soft and nice. Easy to pop in the machine and wash too.

I can't wait to wrap my neice up in this!!!!!

Just another small town :)

You know you live in a rural community when....

1.The ute you just passed has a dead sheep in the back.

2.You can smell your neighbours cooking lambs tails.

3.The farmers all leave their dirty gumboots out side the shop before entering.

4.They change anything when it accidently falls on the start of Duck Shooting.

5.You understand and use the words fage, smoko, boi, feeding out.

6.Tractors driving down the residential roads is just another day.

7.You have lived somewhere for over a decade and are still new to town :)

8.Your town holds a 'Running of the Lambs' down the main street.

.........and i love it!!!!!!!!!!!

Things i'm loving

So these are the things i am totally loving this week. My Mum gave me a box of stuff last weekend and there were some treasures in it....

My high school year books!!!!! Was so fun to look back and remember

This was my hot water bottle cover i had when i was little!!! Still super cute

I have been wanting this for a while. Mums Crown Lynn swan vase. It really is so beautiful. Now just have to decide where to put it...???

These travel cups are so special to me. They were my grandparents and wherever we went anywhere with them they would come with us, along with a full thermos, usually beef tea. (Did anyone else ever have beef tea???) I was so stoked to receive these, such special happy memories.

Shots of my Dad. He passed away when i was 11, actually on my 11th birthday. So pretty much anything of his is super special to me and my sisters. I just love these photos. They were taken when he turned 21 and are awesome. 

Make sure you stop by PaisleyJades blog and check out the button to the right 'Things I'm Loving'

Thursday outfit

Top: Glassons
Skirt: Instinct
Belt: Kmart
Tights: Shanton $3!!!!! on special
Ballet Flats: No1

Ok so I have thought for a while I would like to do some outfit posts. But man it's so hard to get a good pic!!!!! Next time i should put up all my lame-o shots just to prove how many times i had to take a picture to actually get one that is half decent!!!

I have a few probs. 

1: My camera is lame. It's really old and bad and often turns it'self off so the whole process takes ages just cause of that.

2: I have to use self timer as the kids are all at school and Tama is at work so that's is always a pain.

3: It's really hard finding somewhere to put the camera and get the shot so i actually have my feet and head in it at the same time!!!

4: When taking the pic outside either the sun is totally in my eyes so i am squinting really bad (Hence the sunnies) or our puppy tilly walks in front of the camera just as it is going off.

Oh well i got it in the end. Hopefully this will not be my one and only outfit post :) Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated to improve this process.

Weekend Wedding!!!

So we went to Tama's cousins wedding in wellington this weekend. It was so lovely and we had such a great time. On request of the bride and groom no pics can go up untill they get back from their honeymoon, which is such a great idea so i will only pop up some of my wedding outfit. Will do another post soon about all the great details and the beautiful bride!!!

Check out my cool hair accessory thanks to our local $2 shop!!!

Me and Tama, waiting for the bride to arrive :)

Cape: borrowed but from Fruiti on Cuba street yay

Dress: Glassons
Belt: kmart

Fave heels: Nine West

Little flats for reception and dancing :): No 1

The cutest bag ever!!!: Kmart, chosen by my 8yr old daughter (She has such a great sense of style )

Morning out in the school holidays :)

My eldest daughter is doing a history assignment on the Napier earthquake so we decided to take a trip to the CHB Settlers Museum this morning.

We had a really good time and the little ones totally loved it all. They pumped the water and played with the old telephones and ovens, enjoyed looking at the chainsaws and old farm equipment, lots of interesting things to see.

My favourite moment was when my 8 year old daughter asked where the screen was on the typewriter!!!!!!!!! Then called her older sister over to come see it saying "come and look at the cool old fashioned computer"!!!!!!!!!! wow times have changed and only in like 15 years!!!

I also had to show them how to use the dial phone, one day they will be showing their children how to use a button cell phone.

Good times in the school holidays :)