The last few days.........

Well...We have been busy here at the Smyth houshold! (At least Doug and his Dad have been busy)..Thanks boys!

The kitchen floor has been painted yeay!!! The same colour it was originally but now it doesn't have any flaked patch bits. Well,....it didn't until this morning when I wheeled the fridge back into it's home and created two big skid lines! OH NO!!! and I was being SO careful too!

We haven't moved the kitchen table back in yet and the girls think they now have a great dance floor.

So we moved out to the in-law's house until the fumes dispursed a bit. (Very stinky paint!) THIS is why (Kirsty) I haven't updated my blog lately! But since last post I have done a bit of op-shopping,.check out this cute bed sheet I picked up for a couple of dollars....

I think it would make cute library bags (would you like one Clem?). Also took the girls op-shopping (which they actually loved), they bought some oversized big books to use when they play "schools", and a hair crimper! Practically new in it's box with some very "80's" photos. We have been looking for a crimper for ages but they just don't make them anymore.

Having sewing withdrawls but I'm going to have to clean this first........ Doh!

Ross's bedroom wall idea.

So I have an idea...(It's not MY idea - I stole it off of a website photo that my dear friend Liz emailed to me). www.roomenvy.wordpress.com When Ross was born, his great Uncle kindly gave him a money gift that I had decided to use to buy something for Ross's bedroom wall, (like a picture or something). But I haven't found anything yet, until now. I am going to try to recreate this alphabet wall! So far I have found and purchased some cute vintage sign letters from my favourite website www.etsy.com the letters "m, O, F, and G" (Only 20 letters to go!) If any of you find any groovy big letters in your out and abouts please let me know of them!

Suggest, and it shall be done!

Yesterday my sister Kirsty payed me a visit and I showed her the ruffle clutch purse I had made for Katrina. She said, "is it PART of her present?" and suggested it needed a matching bag to call home.....So..........Last night while my crazy husband was up watching the Socceroo's play Ghana in the World Cup, I was up too, busy at my sewing machine and here is the result....

'Classic Comments' From time to time I will be posting some classic comments made by my children. They make so many that make me laugh, but because I don't habitually write them down, I forget them. Last night Eden said;

"In the oldern days there was no such thing as colour. EVERYTHING was black and white!"

Ever noticed that life can sometimes be a bit repetitive???

Guess what I have been up to lately...? Yep! Cleaning that darn playroom again! How does it get so messy so quickly? Only this time I didn't even get to photograph it clean before it got messed up again! DOH!! Anyway that was boring yesterday. TODAY I got to do a little sewing and have completed my sister Katrina's birthday gift. Only 2 weeks late, not bad I know. Hope you like it Kat. I was very undecided on the fabric choice but in the end went with this...... For all of you out there saying "hummmm, it's pretty, but what is it?" It's a clutch purse! I think I'll make a couple more out of these fabric combos... Gotta love that brown floral retro pinny I found at an op shop, isn't it gorgeous? Oh, and Liz has requested one out of this fabric, - with a pink and white poka-dot fabric that she'll be supplying. (Very Liz). Stay tuned for those posts! Don't worry Kirsty, I'll do Clem's kindy bag first!

One Happy Kindy kid!

The bag was a hit! Thanks Lukey for letting me take your photo. .

It's finished!

Well, It may be midnight...... BUT I have finished the backpack sewing project that has been sitting by my machine for about a month now! Hope you like it Lucas! X

Kitchen Pantry Makeover!

Before and After........I'm thinking now that I like Kylie's idea of painting the wall behind it green to match the other kitchen wall....What do you all think?

IKEA!

Did you know that this week and next if you buy something from IKEA and eat at their cafe, you can deduct the entire amount that you spend in the cafe off your IKEA bill at the check out! PIG OUT TIME!!! (Discovered this today when I went there with friend Liz and her cute son Lucas to buy a new kitchen pantry cupboard) And pig out we did! (At least I did).

Lemon Meringue Pie!

Today I cooked my first ever lemon meringue pie! It looked pretty good before I cut into it and created a lemon filling avalanche! Tasted good though and isn't that more important? Master Chef judges Eden and Lily gave me an 8/10 and 9/10. (Can't believe Doug's weekend omelet got a better score than my pie!) Note the strategically placed cake server?.....

Playroom before and after....