Wednesday, August 25, 2010

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!

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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

Monday, August 16, 2010

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

Saturday, August 7, 2010

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!

Thursday, August 5, 2010

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!