I was lucky enough to test this pattern a couple of months ago. The pattern was really easy to understand and took a couple of hours to make from scratch. I used some of my favourite Cath Kidston fabric for the body. Buy them here.
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I finally have the chance to post some pics of my lovely moo stickers. I ordered a little book of my favourite flickr pics last month. They are lovely, as is the packaging! Too nice to use in fact.
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Your Blogging Type Is the Private Performer Your blog is your stage – with your visitors your adoring fans. At least, that’s how you write with your witty one liners. And while you like attention, you value your privacy. You’re likely to have an anonymous blog – or turn off comments. What’s Your Blogging Personality?
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I’m sure I’m not the only person to be 100% freaked out by the phenomenon that is facebook. Friends Reunited – fine; Twitter – fine; MySpace – fine; but facebook is just too freaky. I am tagging people that I haven’t seen since High School, Uni and previous jobs that I haven’t spoken to in years. And, quite frankly, if we haven’t spoken in years, surely that was for a reason?! The more time I spend on it, the more friends I find, and subsequently find out what they are up to. It feels like school all over again. Am…
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So I finally had some time to try and make a yo-yo. I bought three different varieties and sizes so I could make both regular round ones and flower shaped ones. The Clover Yo-yo maker is kind of cool but the instructions were obviously translated from Japanese and a little hard to follow, especially at the end. My first one didn’t turn out too badly though, made out of some Orla Kiely fabric. Any advice on securing the thread gratefully received!
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Hooray, home at last after an epic journey. We spent yesterday wandering around Cowes (another of my favourite towns on the Island) in the beautiful sunshine. I’m so happy that the weather was mainly good during our week away! Anyway, visiting Cowes gave me the opportunity to see if my favourite shop had any new things to buy. Luckily it did and I came away with a bag of stuff to fit in the remaining small hole in the car. Paper lanterns for our garden, beautiful girly pink stickers (for no purpose other than I liked them), candle holders for…
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The weather was gorgeous today, warm and sunny all day long. We made the most of it by spending all day out and about. First, we walked around Ryde, which must be my second favourite town on the Isle of Wight. Then we headed over to St Helen’s and had lunch with my sister at Baywatch on the Beach – a great restaurant serving delicious food which overlooks the Solent – so something nice to look at and lots of people to watch. Later on we drove down to Sandown where I tried to push back all the hideous memories…
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We seem to have managed to do less today than we did yesterday or the day before. Maybe this is the point of a holiday? After a late breakfast we went to Ryde and had a look round the shops before heading over to Bembridge Windmill. We climbed to the top and admired the view before driving over to see the planes take off from the local airport. It has been lovely and sunny here today, perhaps that is why I feel so lethargic! Tonight we went to the local cinema which looked like it hadn’t been touched since the…
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Ventnor, Isle of Wight, originally uploaded by Jennifer Young. Spent the day dodging the showers in Ventnor, one of my favourite places. It is a small, largely unspoilt Victorian seaside town, full of quirky shops and twisted streets. We stopped for a coffee in this amazing pink building (the only way to describe it), and after a huge lunch at The Spyglass Inn, went for a stroll on the beach. I bought an old drawer of moveable type to clean up and fill with trinkets when we get home.