Lets see why................

So lets see why I have been to busy to blog?
Well I don't actually know why. Time seems to of run away from me.
We have been sick with nasty sinus infections and all those things. Poor Miss Midget has had a bad run with it all. Thank goodness the drugs that we have for her at the moment have kicked in and are working.

Mr D and I have also been busy preparing for Miss Midgets birthday which is next month on the 28th.
Yes I know we're running early with prep but we're making a couple of her presents and are trying to give ourselves a bit of time so we're not rushing through it.

So instead of just rambling on with what we've been doing, here are some photos.
First set is Mr D's project (It will have some paintwork done by me once it's completed.

You may remember a while ago I was going on about a toy wooden kitchen for Miss Midget. Yeah that idea evolved into what you see below :)

Miss Midgets Mushroom House (in the making)

Frame's up

Frame dry now and painted

Lining is attached now.

Walls and roof are currently being painted in the garage. Will post more photos as we make progress :). Currently Miss Midget thinks Daddy is building a "trailer shed" in the back yard. Wonder how long she's going to buy that one? lol


Ok so then comes my project.

Felt Dollys and eventually a Dolly House/Bag

Didn't do to badly with my score from spotlight. This is what $17 looks like :)

So didn't really have a pattern to go by so did a bit of drawing. Started off with the one down the bottom of the picture

All cut out and half sewn up

Love the wool I choose for the hair. It's come out great

And this is how she's sitting at the moment. All I have to do is the rest of the face and sew up the back of her dress.

So all up I plan to have 2 dollys and maybe a pet (haven't decided yet). They are going to have a felt bag in the shape of a house that will have some beds in it for them (I figure this make keeping them together easier and also will be good on car trips). I have thought maybe to make the beds detachable so she doesn't have to have them in the house if she's playing with her big wooden house at home.

Anyway thats the plan. It's subject to change at the moment as all of this is being hand stitched.

Also while I'm showing photos of my creations. Heres one I made yesterday.

Meet Pandy

Ok so will try and give you updates on all these projects to let you know how we're going.

Miss Midget Birthday surprise

So had a bit of inspiration today at my friends daughter's 4th birthday.
We'd been through all the games for the midgets and just before lunch my friend and her father in-law brought in this big thing under a tarp. It stood about 1mtr something tall. The birthday girl pulled the tarp off and the look on her face said it all. Every little girls dream.

Looked a like this

So seeing this and the way every little girl there made a bee line for got me curious so asked a few questions and my friends had picked it up off trademe. They got a bargin with that they paid for it as a wooden one like this is going for anything over $150. So this got me thinking...........

Miss Midget's birthday is coming up in August that gives me and her father 4mths to get our bums into gear and figure out what we need to make one. Not sure if he realises I'm serious about this (We've been texting as he's on night shift tonight) but I plan on turning this into a little project. I figure if it's not ready for her birthday then we'll make it Christmas :).

Wish me luck people as I've not tackled a project like this in quite sometime but I am determined :).

Don't worry I promise I'll keep you all posted as to the progress :).

I just hope she likes the finished product (If it gets there lol)

D