Miss Lillie turns 7

Last friday night we celebrated Lillie's 7th birthday at home under the caravan awning.  She had 7 little girls join her for the evening with a strawberry theme. We have a strawberry picnic set and she'd be eyeing up the napkins!  Every time i went to use one i ended up putting it back as she said there wouldn't be enough for her party!!!

They made brooches and other little things out of du-kit which I baked for them.

We had a treasure hunt for them round the garden. 

Spin the beer bottle for presents was the main thing that Lillie wanted to do!!!

And yah for pinterest for food ideas.

The smallest two people had there very own table!

That pic of Dad just about says it all about the night!!!  We had a few tears from the birthday girl, all over being bossed about and argueing over game rules!!!  And Dad had strict instructions from the birthday girl, could he please have a shower and wear something nice!!





And pass the parcel, which little brother calls parcel parcel!

And the chocolate game which I can remember playing at parties as a kid.

Happy birthday Lillie!!

 The watermelon ice cream that we ran out of time and room in our bellies for, which we enjoyed for the rest of the weekend.





And the goodie bags that were at the end of the treasure hunt.

Op Shop show off - Basket and wool holder

Haven't been for for a while, been busy painting caravans and sewing curtains!
But a few weeks ago I found this basket.  Perfect for knitting wools and crochet cottons.  Looks so nice and bright with them all in it.  I found it at the local Hospice shop. 

And this I found ages ago and was going to keep for felt pens in the caravan as I didn't know what it was, then I was reading through some blogs and found whats its really for, holding wool still while knittng or crocheting so your wool doesn't fly all round the place.  It works great so sorry kids its mine now!!

Back in the 70's everyone seemed to have a basket similar to this (except my mum!), I think I even did a bit of basket work at school, would love to have a go now. It has hole in base where handle meets base but doesn't effect it even loaded up. I'll have a go at fixing it up somehow.

It was very grimey when we got it, gave it a good scrub trying not to get base too wet but think I'll have to have another go from the look of this close up!!

Linking up with Max for Op-Shop Show-Off

The spring fair

On Saturday we had the school spring fair, the weather wasn't great, cold and showery but they still raised loads of money.  Myself and two friends had a stall, I'd been crocheting shoe, bag and hair clips, sewing fabric flowers and some bags (couldn't get the photo of the bags to work though).  So with whats left I'm going to start my little online shop.

 

There were pirates and witches riding horses!!  The kids had a great time and we made a scarecrow for the competition.

 

 

Surprise!

 

On Saturday my little family said they'd like to take me out for a coffee because we hadn't done anything apart from have cake in bed the day before, they asked me where I'd like to go and told me we were going to leave at 1.30pm.  So 1.30pm comes and we were still having lunch, dad was rushing everyone to get in the car, I said we should just go later but he still kept rushing us.  So then we are driving, we drove past the cafe of my choice and were wondering where we were going.  The we pull up to this cafe, I notice a few cars that I know and then the penny drops, its a surprise tea party! 

 

 

There was a large table full of my female friends and family, some had travelled from the other side of the island, they had snuck into town the night before.  I had wondered why everyone had been avoiding me the last few days!  They didn't want to spill the beans!

The table was laid beautifully complete with handmade upcycled napkins which I am allowed to keep.  Lillie stayed for two minutes then was whisked away to go and fetch her cousins who were waiting for her at one of the husbands house.

Layers of cakes, scones, slices and sandwiches came to the table and I wished I hadn't just had my lunch!!

And there was a pile of presents waiting for me at my seat too.  Then there was cupcakes and candles to blow out then we all got two cupcakes in a cute takeaway case to take home.  And someone took all these amazing photos.

And above this was the sewing helper for the napkins!

And this is the chief secret squirrel organiser!!! Thank you all so much. I had a great afternoon and yes i was very surpried!  You are all good secret keepers!