ooh . . . .

new fabrics

loving the lime

and the spots

bought from the lovely Julia @ Gone to Earth

http://www.gonetoearth.co.uk/

for sewing in the sunshine :)

here be pirates!!!

For my day job i am a childminder.

Some of the kids i mind are in the same year as my son,

their topic this half term has been pirates and

one of the girls asked if we could have a pirates day :)

Why not i thought!

for their snack i made them orange jelly pirate ships

when we got home from school

the children drew this fantastic pirate map

mermaids - treasure map - footprints

you can click on the photo's to see more details

they also did a pirate colouring sheet that i printed off from the internet

then they made compasses

we used cheese spread trinangles boxes

and used a paper fastener/brad to make a moving pointer.

I'd also gathered up kitchen & wrapping paper tubes to make moving telescopes

the tutorial said it was suitable for 6yrs+ but to be honest it was too hard

so i was in charge of telescopes!

yummy!

Today the children went on a short trip to a tiny local beach/cove

i went along to help, some of the children dressed up as pirates, some of the TA's did too

here is my son all ready for his adventure!

At the beach the children had a picture treasure hunt,

next they made natural sculptures,

my son made a lovely pirate boat but unfortunately my camera doesn't show this!

For some reason whatever setting i choose it cannot cope with sun and sand!

Finally the children hunted for the lost pirates treasure

and found a treasure chest full of chocolate!

great fun!!!

"arrrrrrrr Jim Lad!"

OMG!!!

http://donnadowney.typepad.com/simply_me/circle-bunch-flower-tutorial.html

i changed it a little by adding another "normal" yo-yo

made with the same size circle as the flowers petals to cover the whole

and added a shanked button to the center of that.

it's going on to this project but i can see me making these for hair grips too :)

i've also got my flower loom out

loving this zingy lime green wool

i think my mojo might be back!

Tackling Button Mountain

My crafty mo-jo has yet again failed me

i believe this has a lot to do with the mountain of buttons on my desk

i have decided to tackle the problem before i experience a button landslide

in an effort to re-ignite my crafting

i have been carding up a set of buttons a day

and adding them to my Etsy shop

http://www.etsy.com/listing/94917397/wooden-floral-button-trio

*sold*

http://www.etsy.com/listing/94677073/lucky-buttons?ref=v1_other_2

http://www.etsy.com/listing/94620771/jubilee-fancy-button-set?ref=v1_other_2

http://www.etsy.com/listing/91879238/10-x-filligree-mirror-backed-vintage

http://www.etsy.com/listing/94223991/fancy-filligree-mirror-backed-buttons

http://www.etsy.com/listing/94224187/blue-bunny-buttons

http://www.etsy.com/listing/34900890/cute-and-kitschy-childrens-buttons-and

if you are after any particular buttons please ask

i bet i can find them!!!