New Places

I don't know if there are many or any of you out here that read this blog probably because I have been completely hopeless at blogging here however it seems as though I have somewhat turned over a new leaf (half turned maybe) and you can now see some of what I have been up to over at my small vollee blog - small vollee is slowly slowly blossoming into more and more all the time

Some of things that have been happening since I last blogged here are:

Ava is now 4 and a big Kindy kid

Hardi is 2 and the cheekiest 2 year old there ever was

Our time in the desert is nearly over we only have about 6 weeks left here and part of me is sad to leave which I thought I would say I have made some awesome friends and it's so easy to forget what the summer is like when the weather is absolutely perfect at the moment but I must say I am also jumping out of my skin with excitement to get back to the REAL world - the food the coffee the shops the fabric shops the girls xxx Can't wait - come say hi to me at my new blog Hugs xx

Things...

Things I have been doing lately include .....

...getting my hair chopped...

...making headbands for big people...

...and small people...

...and making a lot of these hairclips...

...and these hairclips...

and laughing at these two naughty monkeys !!!

So now she is 3

Little Ava turned three last week - she wanted to have a rainbow party and everyone dressed in her favourite colour. Ava chose yellow then this beautiful dress from Dana came in the mail - Perfecto. She had a great day then was so tired she threw major tantrum when everyone left but that is the way of 3 year olds.

A little birthday squeeze from her little brother xxx

Happy Birthday my sweet Ava - I can't believe how fast time is going

Small Vollee

Finally things are falling into place when it comes to selling my crafty things. After trying many different products venues etc I think I have found my place. I have registered my business name Small Vollee after MUCH deliberation and it still not completely what I asked for but no stress. I have had 3 market stalls in the last month and things are going great YAY!! It feels so good to have a stall and actually sell something!!! The markets here ain't no Magnolia but you take what you can get.

Here are some of my wares:

Shite Blogger

Why Is that that I am still completely unco at working Blogger - don't know how I got "Align Centre" on my last post and I don't know how to get it off Adds a nice touch No??

Birthday Boys

In March there are a few cute boys that have birthdays my sweet boy was one of them - to celebrate his birthday we decided he needed a little haircut but the thought of holding him still while putting sharp scissors near his head was a bit scary so we decided to shave his head instead and he sat surprisingly still for most of the time. I think he looks cute cute but not so much like a little baby now.

Hardi's favourite thing to do is climb - today for example after going to another room for ONE minute I came back and I found him standing on top of the dining table trying to drink my takeaway Latte wasting my precious coffee - so for this reason we enrolled him in Kindergym hoping that the climbing thing would be out of his system for the week. Didn't work of course while at Kindergym his favourite thing is not to climb but to chase grasshoppers and to throw bean bags around. So for another Little March One Year Old I decided to make him some bean bags for throwing.

Ps Not sure if your parcel is there yet little Leon hope you like it xx

Sniffing Glue

With the arrival of our new Au Pair, Julia from Italy, last week I have found a part time job and had heaps more sewing time (35 Hours per week more!!!) and not been completely strung out home alone while Vic is away. We found Julia on here - so far it is heaven I can recommend it to anyone. This is Julia and the monkeys at the beach at which we stopped only to put our toes in and of course it resulted in everyone getting very wet!!

And so the sweat shop opens for business - I have finally got the hair clips to work (Thanks to my wonderfully handy Dad) and made around 300 Hair Clips and Push Pins this week. I love it - I used Selleys Araldite to glue the hair clips and pins after trying MANY others even had some Gorilla Glue sent from Canada, not sure if Araldite is the best so would love any feedback about glue you have tried. For the snap clips Dad figured out how to rivet them properly after many many failed attempts from me Hooray!!