Dandelion the Wild Rabbit.

Jonno's parents gave us some of their old family books. Good classics like 'Robin Hood' and boy annuals and comic books with cowboys. The wall paper covering the box used to be on the nursery walls, can you even begin to imagine how wonderful it must have looked.

Yesterday Archie and I made some slime with borax and glue - strangely it reminded me very much of making cheese, just a very different smell...

Jonno rang half way through slime cooking to say he had caught a wild baby rabbit (???) and would I like him to bring it home. Let's just say, it is about time Big Ear's hutch stopped being a memorial and turns back into a working home again.

We put our favourite names into a hat and pulled one out. Archie's choice of Dandelion won. We promised Hugo that next time we 'find' a rabbit we can use his name, Grassy. I might send Jonno out for a little Grassy rabbit now, "Oooooh Jonnooooo.... what are you doing right now?".

We Have a Winner!!!

Thank you so much to everyone who entered into the greedy for colour birthday give away, the reading list that I have been left with is wonderful and will keep me going for quite a long time to come. I spent a little while writing all of the names down and then drew them out of my favourite bowl while sitting in a warm patch of sunlight. Alison jumped into my hands... Congratulations Alison, could you please email me with your address and pincushion preference.

And now for some other things. Here is another little rabbit I have been working on, someone to be friends with Stanley and my mad, march hare from Amanda.

Still very much in prototype stage but I am thinking a tutu might be necessary.

A bundle ready to go to one of Hugo's friends.

Oh, yes, we can't forget the tail...

Love Kate xxooxx.

A Gardeny-knitty Weekend.

I had a friend come over for morning tea yesterday and she bought me a present - can you believe how the wool and the rose shine with all the same colours!
My second batch of roses to leave the house - with a little earwig, I do like to share....
I am back onto knitting again, this time a hooded cardigan for myself. It is hard to see from this photo but the navy blue has such an inky depth. It really is the perfect navy (according to my eyes).

It is always such a treat when Jonno doesn't have to work on the weekends.

I am feeling a little tenderised today - in a very good way I had better add. On Friday, the boys had a sleepover with their cousins which meant that Jonno and I could go out for dinner and catch a movie. It was so blissful. The weather was warm and we ate outside the restaurant (at their tables - not the car park) and watched all the bustle of a Friday night. Not everyone stays at home on a Friday night watching D.V.D's, what a revelation.
Once we regained custody of the boys, we then went and bought lots of vegetables seedlings (I am not having much luck with seeds this year, apparently they need lots of water - hmmm) and some apple trees and then spent the afternoon making new homes for our leafy friends.

This morning however, it is action stations. Hugo has been invited to a birthday present so I will have to track down the birthday present which I know it lurking somewhere nearby and dress him in something other than pyjamas.

p.s. The give away is being drawn tomorrow so if you would like to enter, click here!

Spring Crafting.

There is nothing like clover and daisies starting to flower all over the farm.
Or gathering together some of your things and realising it is all starting to mount up.

That it really is turning into quite a pile.

And another flower, this one made of tulle and tissue paper.

I have very few words today... all of the festivities have left me a little tuckered out. Birthday energy can only last for so long.

Thank you so much for all of your entries into the give away, even if you have entered, it it worth going back and seeing what everybody else is reading at the moment and if you haven't, enter now!!

Lots of love, Kate xxooxxooxx.

Birthday Flowers and More...

Birthday flowers from my friend Shar...
They came in the most gigantic bouquet imaginable and were wrapped up in tulle(which was quickly remade into a flower) and antique cream tissue paper.

And then held together with yards of this beautiful ribbon.

And - Amanda sent me one of her Mad March Hares as part of a rabbit swap. I have to say that photos don't do her justice, the stitching is so intricate down to embroidered flowers on her head and a little lace necklace. As for the colours, Amanda has me pegged and could not have done better. Thank you so much, she (name is still being decided) will be cherished forever!!!

Another reminder of the big give away going on below. This is a pincushion I made this afternoon... remember, the winner is able to choose their pincushion so this one may end up being yours!!!

Love Kate xxooxxooxx.

Birthday Bits...

The birthday girl in new jewellery and new coat from sis-in-law/cousin (Jodie and I married brothers. Can you see the birthday glow??? Who was the Birthday Queen I ask...

Brother-in-law...

Sister -in-law/cousin.

Everybody, thank you so much for your birthday wishes and favourite reads - I am just loving it and thinking it may have to become an annual event. So, if you haven't, please enter the big give away below... it's worth it.

Last night was a big family dinner which was made even more fun by the addition of moustache straws, a project taken from one of my new birthday books, 'Paper + Craft'. Over the next few days I will try and fit in a little review of my new books.

Tonight is the finale to Kate's birthday festival, dinner with a few girls at a wonderful Indian Restaurant in town... is it weired to take in my own decorations... am I just getting a little too into it?

Once again, thank you so much for your comments, they helped to make my day so special.

Lots of love, a very 34 year old Kate, xxooxxooxx.

Happy Birthdays and the Great Big Greedy Give Away!!

It has been a wonderful birthday so far - lots of spoiling, good food, a few presents (including the necklace and headband from tamar.etsy.com - I can't get a link on it at the moment) and plenty of careful rose transplanting. The weather is beautifulish and the crackle is definitely pinging through the air. Oh to be born on the 10/10 and be alive in 2010!!!

So to celebrate 10/10/10, it is time to kick off the big give away. The prize is made up of one pincushion of your choice (crocheted or sewn) and the book pictured above, 'Kyuto! Japanese Crafts: Woolly Embroidery'.

In order to enter please tell me your favourite read of the past year and your nameif you can't sign in with a pre-existing account.

Happy Day!!!

p.s. I will draw the winner on Monday, 18th October. Good luck...