Last one today...promise ;-)

I know I've had a lot to show you today (although this will be the first post you read) but I just wanted to show you the bargain double sheet I got in the charity shop last week - it's just gorgeous and it only cost a pound!! Wonderful fabric.

This is the heavy canvas and the yellow gingham that I will be making the campervan hammock with.

And some more cocoa butter as I used the last lot with the birthday bath melts (see next posts).

I'll leave you too it now.

On a roll

So far today I've managed to make some lipsalve and the second part of the GP season table swap. Swap pictures will be up in March, after the actual swap, but these two pictures are from the lipsalve making. I've used beeswax, cocoa butter and extra virgin olive oil - not sure whether I should have but they feel lovely on my lips :-). I think I should have paid attention to how much of each I used as well, but that serves me right for trying to do it while making the lunch!

A card made for me. And some treats.

Here's my Christmas card to me from my darling hubby. Thank you so much, it's beautiful.

I ordered some fabric from ebay as a Christmas present for someone as they have just bought themselves the Cath Kidston Make! book and there were a few extra pieces (this person won't have green things in the house as they are superstitious) so I can add them to my stash :-).

My cocoa butter arrived yesterday too. Ooh, there are so many things I want to be making that I'm not sleeping properly at night as my head won't stop whirring. Why aren't there more hours in the day - actually why do we have to do things like housework.

Preparing for tomorrow's birthday

As we have a birthday in the house tomorrow, I've got the bunting and happy birthday sign that I made. The bunting is pieces of fabric cut to shape with pinking shears. I then tacked them inside a cotton strip and then hand-sewed them altogether. It's about 14ft in total.

I made this sign a few years ago. We used to hang one of those plastic 'throw-away' happy birthday signs. This was made using the word processor for the letters, which were cut out and then I laminated them (4 laminates in total). Much longer lasting and much nicer to look at.

I've been terribly grumpy the last few days and needed to 'make' something yesterday so I sat and knitted 3 leaves (one has mysteriously vanished) - not very exciting but, hey, something I'd not done before, and they only took about 10 mins each. I've also started some mini monsters to go in the Christmas stockings - managed to get 1 body, 2 arms and 1/2 a leg done - still 6 days to go so should be plenty of time, right ;-).

I also succummed to a 15% discount that ebay were offering me and bought some cocoa butter - not organic but something to get me started. Might just make some vanilla ones first as I have some vanilla extract in the cupboard - hope that works the same.