Homemade Gift No.1: Ice-cream Sundae Making Kit

Ok so birthday No. 1... Thought I would go easy on myself and not try sew something straight away :) I found this idea on Pinterest (click here for the link). 

Project Homemade Item One... tick :)

My supplies... although substituted the box because it was too big :) 

My repackaged treats. Tied up with fun twine and labels.

Homemade sauce. Chocolate and butterscotch... YUMMMM. (I have some left overs that may  just make their way into my tummy)

After the sauce chilled I popped it into these puppies. Cute fabric aye?! I love Spotlight!!

My box decorated and all ready for the contents to go inside..

Homemade card (just to continue the 'Homemade" theme)

All packaged and ready to GO!!! Yummmmm!! 

So the first of many (I hope) gifts has been made and given :) It was fun and easy to do. I nearly forgot it when I walked out the door.. that wouldn't have been ideal!! So now onto the next project... there are a few babies being born in my world and a mum with a birthday next week.
Hope you're all having an amazing week!
XOXOO L

Helen Pregnant

For some unknown reason facebook isn't letting me upload any pictures. I think there is something going on with the network :) I am just being impatient so thought I would post a sneak peak of the gorgeous Helen.. doing pregnancy like a pro. More coming but will probably go onto my photography page :)

Week One

Week One- Bokeh or precious. I went with bokeh (blurry background) cause I love it!! I know lavendar has been done a lot.. but couldn't resist. :) Happy first week of January!!

And another for good measure :) Love the colours in this one!

Resolutions smesolutions...

2013.. seriously the years are getting quicker and quicker!!! Its crazy! 2012 felt super slow when I was feeling icky and spewing for 9 months (but that's all forgotten now) and the last 14 weeks however have gone super speedy. My wee newborn is growing too quick! Someone invent a pill to keep them small and squishy forever ;)
So was thinking about new years resolutions. I am normally a huge fan of them (for about 2-3 weeks:) and then life takes over. I love the thought of a new year with new possibilities and thinking about all the stuff that I can accomplish in a year! This year I didn't think too much about it to be honest. I did think I would start my "eating healthy" year in 2013.. which lasted.... 2 days (fail!!). Cupcakes called to me and I thought it would be rude not to answer their call!! So scratch that idea for now.. although to be honest I am feeling more and more convicted that I need to treat my body with more respect! So maybe more on this later. But for now.. for the other new years resolutions. I have been thinking for AGES that I would LOVE to make home made gifts. But being pretty disorganised and last minute on the whole, which usually means people either a, get their (bought) gift 2 months late, or b, they don't get a gift at all. And to be honest b is usually what happens more often then not :) (Sorry friends!) So 2013, I am going to attempt to make home made gifts for everyone when and where possible. This means I have to be organised! I have bought a calendar so I know when birthdays are coming up and have been collecting ideas for a while now. So watch this space for all my (hopefully lovely) home made gifts. The first one is this week.. starting reasonably easy :) (Sorry in advance to friends and family.. hehe)
My second resolution is to do a 52 challenge. What this means is every week of the year I take a photo from a set theme (from a blog I follow). The purpose is to improve and stretch my photography skills. Really looking forward to it! I'll make another post in a second of Week One, bokeh (blur) or precious.
So all in all... hopefully 2013 will be a creative year! I WILL get my photography course done and dusted this year! Otherwise I will be spending time with my gorgeous kids enjoying them and hanging with my good looking man.
Happy New Years everyone :)
xoxoxoo L