London Mummy

Simple Crochet Scarf

 
Simple crochet scarf for my four year old nephew over in Toronto made with the gorgeous Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino yarn.

 
 
Simple granny squares joined together plus some single, double and triple crochet as an edging -  here's hoping it fits!

Paper Play + Ikea

 
Just give me some gorgeous papers, glue, ikea storage boxes and I'm a very happy bunny!

Sunshine, where are you?

 Everytime I start to make some sunglass cases, the sun decides to disappear!

 
Am in the midst of rustling up a little sewing tutorial for these babies in the hope that the sunshine will return :) 

 
 
Back soon, I promise!

A touch of Pink and getting to grips with Windows

 
After the death of my iMac recently, I've been trying to get to grips with using Livvy's laptop and I have to say I hate it :)  Not only did I lose a whole heap of work on my Mac (yes, my fault I didn't bother backing things up) but I've also lost loads of my favourite applications etc.  Where in the past I could quickly upload and edit my photos in Photoshop everything, and I mean everything, just looks and feels so different and it's driving me nuts!!

So with dreadful pictures, I'll show a little of what I've been making recently.  I wanted to make a more focused range for my shop and so decided to pick a limited number of fabrics and take it from there. 

I adored the Aneela Hoey Sherbert Pips fabric the moment I saw it and think it sits really well with the pink flowers and Appleville Houses by Suzy Ultman.

 
I debuted some of these new goodies, together with matching cushions at The Chiswick Summer Fair recently and am pleased to say they went down well - phew!  There's also some other pieces in the range but won't show  those until I sort out the camera and laptop issues.  Plus I'm waiting for my styling assistant to return from a trip to her paternal grandparents later this week.

I also fell in love with the new Swedish Forest, organic cotton fabric by, Mona Luna, I think this print is so sweet for a new baby's nursery and doesn't scream boy or girl, especially when I team it with the lovely co-ordinating olive print, although this pic shows a bag with the co-ordinating blue/grey. 
 
This new range will be added to the shop soon - again when I've sorted out the computer issues!

 

Spring Kitchen

There's nothing like a little glimpse of Spring sunshine to give you the urge for a bit of re-organising.  These shelves, which I built years ago, were originally in Livvy's room holding just some of her mountain of a library.  But since building these babies into the attic void in her room, my homemade shelves were ready for a new home.

Years ago, when we originally refurbished the kitchen, that wall had deep blue cupboards and a plate rack - somewhere I have non-digital photos which I will dig out and scan, someday, but if felt heavy on that wall and the slots for the plate rack were a nightmare to try and clean plus, I wanted a much lighter, more open feel.

I love my new, old shelf it's so handy for unloading the dishwasher just below and I love the white LED Ikea light string which is also practical as there are currently no ceiling lights owing to a badly leaking roof!  I just wound the lights round the shelving unit a few times and secured them with white-tack - so simple and so pretty at night too.

At the far left I fitted an old Ikea square cubby cupboard, it originally had a blackboard door which I simply removed and painted the carcass white - I think everyone I know bought at least one of these little cupboards!

At this opposite end I'll build and add another little open cupboard and will add a frame to the front of the large shelf as I did with Livvy's new bookshelves which will help disguise the battens I used to fix it to the wall.

I'm thinking a long narrow shelf underneath might be rather useful too .........