French Market Baskets

My very good friend is a Phoenix Card Consultant & as Part of the Butterfly Tea Party Fundraiser for the McGrath Foundation she asked me to donate a prize for the event. As my sewing machine has been getting fixed I had to think outside the square & decided to create a lining for my French Market Baskets which I have been wanting to do for sometime....here's the gorgeous (I think) result!

Three Potato Four Junior. x

My big girl amazes me. She has recently taken an interest in my sewing & after a quick demo she's taken to it. She's happy to use all my fabric scraps & create! It's such a nice way to spend some time together. Occasionally when I offer for just Big Girl & I to do something together most of the time her response is "can we stay home & do craft together" although occasionally it's "let go shopping Mum, just you & me". No matter what I love the fact that she shares an interest with me & we can just do together.

Who knows...one day soon we'll be sharing a site at a market! Actually she has done her own lucky dips at a few markets before or sold bags of lollies & even if traffic is slow, no one can resist that gorgeous smile & sweet eyes...I know they melt my heart. x

Nell

I found this chair & thought....yes!

Picture courtesy of Little Miss Emma

What is Mum's Business?

Mum's Business is the ultimate resource tool for all busy Mum's. A compendium that allows you to store all the day to day information that every Mum needs in order to run their business...the house hold of a family.

Need a page created that isn't listed...I am happy to create the perfect pages or inserts for your personalised planner.

A beautifully presented & visually pleasing ring binder with over 60 pages in which to store all that important information that we as mother's need to retain in order to run our business as mother's!

Included are pages to record:

babysitter/husband quick reference or emergency details
2009, 2010 & 2011 calendars
weekly planner pages
personal contact list
utilities for recording companies you use & payment details
tradesperson contact list
medical contact & family medical details
childcare/playgroup & kinder
school contact details
sport/music/dance/craft & swimming clubs
bank & bank accounts
personal budgets (monthly)
Motor vehicle records
tax file numbers/passports
insurance & valuables calculation
holiday packing checklist
conversion tables
recipes
menu planners
domestic planners
shopping lists
birthday calendars, present & party ideas
anniveraries & meanings
christmas card & gift lists
web site & passwords
book/movies/music to see
holidays/restaurants/places to go
achievements & milestones for the kids

Also included are business card pockets & plastic pockets in which to keep school lunch menus, rosters, receipts or anything that needs to be at hand.

All sections are divided by paper dividers. Divider tags are provided for you to arrange your Mum's Business'.

Until ThreePotatoFour.com.au is up & running Mum's Business is available for purchase at my madeit store or email me to purchase & pay via direct deposit & for local delivery which is FOC for the Albury/Wodonga Area

Facination with Feet...

My big girl was invited to a PJ party on Friday night & she was most concerned about going out of the house in her slippers! It was a very funny experience for her & not the norm but alas she left the house with a bounce in her step....& arrived home full of sugar!!!!


Then this afternoon we decided to plant out the small spaces next to our newly laid driveway. The kids choice was a mandarin tree, my choice to move the existing lemonade tree that wasn't happy in it's current position & man about the house requested a lime as Corona tastes better with lime! We also transplanted two Orange Blossoms from the back to the front.


But the feet came into it when we started to get everything ready & Middle Miss thought the patch of concrete next to the driveway was set...well it wasn't & the result, her favourite sparkly sneakers were covered & Middle Miss was very embarrassed!

Friday..

I started this morning with a vision & that was that I was to do no house work & utterly NO paperwork & thus far I have nearly achieved it! Only 2 loads of washing to my credit on the domestic chores & that has been plenty enough. I have managed to finally create my world on madeit & have posted some of my new dress designs...you must pop over & take a look.









I have also had my first Mum's Business sale on Mel Quick's site Green Goat! She has some fantastic kids products, well worth a visit to her online store!

Sugar & Spice 'Mum's Business" & associated wares!

In anticipation...

Our extension began late 2009 & we're getting close to completion if only some tradesman would turn up to finish the job....the floors are to be polished tomorrow yet the plasterers are turning up very sporadically! Hopefully we'll be in within 4-5 weeks & I think thats being generous.

The entry from the front door looking through to the existing part of the house.


The office


Craft space, picture taken from the office corner (it's one big room with two seperate areas)


The bathroom which opens out onto the pool (this photo is of the shower wall & the full wall is where the WC is...all open to the world! A window is on the left hand side where my bath will run along....DID I say my bath? Good because that's what it is! ALLL MINE!)

Anzac Day

I'm a little behind the eight ball but after downloading my camera & just feeling so proud of my big girl I thought I just had to post these pictures. She marched as proud as punch with my father in law. Middle Miss wasn't too keen on marching this year & took advantage of a birds eye view on daddy's shoulders.




After a lovely service she had a nice lunch with Nanna whilst the servicemen took to the RSL for a beer & 2 up! I went home with the littlest for some much needed sleep (for her) but I'm sure she'll be marching next year.



Nellx

Special times...

I love spending time with the girls, especially where they can roam free & enjoy the simple things. A visit to the local botanic gardens is such a special place for us. The girls call it the jungle as there are so many places for them to explore. Nell x

Weddings are always so....

My girls were thrilled at the opportunity to attend the wedding of some very special friends. Middle Miss was sure she was to carry a bouquet of flowers as that's what you do at weddings & would you believe there was an extra one ordered by mistake & she was able to have her very own floral arrangement. It was the most beautiful garden wedding at my Dad's house, so the kids were able to relax, ride their bikes & dance the afternoon away. The food was delicious & the company even better, it's always nice to spend time with family that you don't get to see often.

A little bit of sewing...

Here's my latest creation for the girls. A simple dress that looks so good....

My baby turns 2.

Yes it's making me very sad the realisation that my baby is 2...we had the most magical morning tea to celebrate the occasion. All the kids with teddy bears in tow played on the grass & made their own games & fun. Whilst all us big kids enjoyed a coffee from the nearby cafe & some of the most delicious cakes made by my special friend Lea.

I managed to get a great shot of the 3 girls on our way back to the car.

It's been too long I know...

So much has happened in the last few months that I feel like I've been organising & not actually doing. With all the end of year concerts, celebrations it's been a whirl wind & now school is back in a little over a week & I don't want the holidays to end.

It started with middle misses dance concert & 12 hours sewing on sequins. I am by far a dance Mum as my sewing is dedicated to a machine & at best that is very rough & ready but alas my middle girl looked like a contestant on little miss sunshine & that is exactly what she wanted to be...hair, make up & lots of sequins!!! Can't say I like the out fit bu I was very impressed with her dancing & endless waving to her favourite audience member my big bro & her uncle chris..

Then we had Big Girls dancing for the school variety show...doing a nice country number..
Along with that we've had Christmas & countless lovely family get togethers

the arrival of 2010 & also the extension on the house is well under way & as exciting as it all is it's starting to get to me just a little bit. I feel like I'm walking the plank every time I enter/exit the house...I think thats because that's what I actually have to do.

So to everyone I hope 2010 is an exciting year for you & I hope you get to enjoy evrything it brings

Nell x