Tomorrow..it's only a day away!

I am so looking forward to tomorrow. I can't share much more just now...I'm not sure who's eyes are reading this, I fill you in tomorrow. But for now I will leave you with a sneak peek at some things that may make and appearance tomorrow!

The Never-ending List...

About a month ago I made this cute "To Do List" sign. I actually made it out of a card I got from a friend for my Birthday this year. I love it!

So, since I have made this cute sign I am always adding more and more things to this list. The sad thing is that rarely does anything get crossed off it, but the list just keeps growing and growing. Until today that is. I managed to cross off a few things from my list, a few e-mails, letters sent, birthday present mailed and Christmas presents bought! I also did a bunch of laundry, tidying and cooked a lovely dinner tonight aswell. Feeling very pleased with myself too. I also changed my room around, well really just moved my bed. But I like it. :)

Also, I have something to confess. Today I was listening to Christmas music. I just couldn't help myself. Yesterday when I was shopping ALL the shops had Christmas music on. I was jealous that the people that worked there got to listen to this music all day and think that it is perfectly acceptable to start listening now. It's only a month before Christmas, and this is the only time of year that I get to listen to this wonderful music! I think you should start now too, you know YOU want to?

One crafty weekend.

Last weekend I had a few days off and was so excited about this. It was really the first time off I had since being back from Calfornia. So I was ready for it. First off, I wanted to rearrange my room. I LOVE how it is set out just now. Don't think I will be changing it for a while. I have a few little projects that I want to do with the furniture still but think it could be a while before I get around to it.

Months ago my mum came home witht his beautiful matierial from a little shop about 30 minutes away from us. Ever since she came home with this material I have been desperate to get to this shop and get some of this gorgeous material for some little projects I have been wanting to do for a while now. I honestly wanted to leave the shop with all the material. Everything was lovely, I was trying to think of more things that I could make because I wanted to get all the different materials! I managed to control myself and get just 7 different kinds!

Aren't they just beautiful? I can't wait to go back again and get even more!!!! And here is what I made the little jems.

It was really so simply to make. For the ruffle I just hemmed each side of the material and then I sewed down the middle of the material and then gathered the material. I tried to make sure that the gathers were equal the whole way down. I had this lovely ribbon left over from a Christmas gift that I made for my sister last year so I used that. I just pinned the ribbon down the middle of the gathered material. Then I used a sewing machine to sew down the middle. I then just pinned that on one side of my cushion cover. And the rest was very straight forward.

I am already thinking about what to make next, so watch this space. I have a few different ideas and lots of lovely material left. And when that material is through, there is a whole shop full of little beauties waiting for me! My friends and family can be expecting lots of different, handmade gifts this Christmas.