Cushions!

Well, I’ve still not made a lot of progress on the chair cover for the kids room. Any ideas on the best was to make a cover for that shape chair (see post further down page) would be gratefully received!!
I have however made these two patchwork cushions which I am very pleased with as they [...]

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I love Glass Beads!

I love glass beads! I was looking for some quite large blue glass beads to make some tie backs for the curtains in my bathroom. Today my mum visited all the way from Cornawall and bought me a blue bead necklace with the idea of me taking it apart to make the tie backs with! [...]

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A bit of a challenge!

Well, the kids room budget has almost ran out and there isn’t enough for a nice chair (had one of those nice ‘nursing chairs’ in mind – you know the kind with a nice footstool as well?) Although I suppose there wasn’t really any room for one of those. anyway I have an old chair [...]

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No more flat packs please!!

Despite my love for Ikea after this weekend I shall definitely be staying away for a while! We are well and truly worn out!! Yesterday we managed to get the cot, toddler bed and big shelving unit up and all the furniture rearranged in the room and today I have put the wardrobe together the toy [...]

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Everyone loves Ikea don’t they?

…. er no they don’t, not ‘Mr’ Annaboo anyway! However due to him not wanting to flare up any of those volatile pregnancy hormones flying round my body at the moment this afternoon we had a ‘family trip’ to my idea of heaven!
Armed with a list and quite a strict budget we went in search [...]

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Princess of Snooze

I received a postcard for the Very merry (un)birthday swap today and I love the picture on it so much! I have linked to the picture below as unfortunately the postcard has a post mark accross it! I absolutely love this picture, it’s me – I love my sleep (or at least I did until [...]

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Thanks Mum!

I Love getting letters and Parcels (proper letters, not bills!) and total in the mail box was a parcel from my mum. In this parcel was some lovely Bunting! It’s for the ‘new’ kids room I really need to start very soon. In preparation for the new baby we are having a bit of a [...]

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A mini makeover

This weekend we did a mini makeover on our bathroom. We live in an old terrace house and the bathroom is downstairs at the back of the house (an absolute nightmare at the moment as I’m 7 months pregnant and need the loo loads in the night!!). It’s always been THE most depressing, cold room [...]

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