All Grown Up!

In my post about the eldest FP turning 4 I probably sounded a little wistful/nostalgic/emotional and this is the real reason why:---

Off to school we go!

She had her first day of school on Thursday (well, half day but you get the picture!).  She looks so grown up and happy in her new, slightly too big uniform.   She was so excited about starting and very happy to just go off with her teacher without a backward glance.  Me, on the other hand … well at least I made it off the playground and in to the car before I started crying!  When I got home the post had been delivered and I had the most beautiful, hand-made card from my very talented, very lovely cousin which cheered me up no end!  I always forget how exciting it is to get handwritten notes and letters in the post.

 Any way the FP has really enjoyed her first couple of sessions at school.  And she even got a sticker for sitting so nicely (shame she can’t sit that still at home J).

As she is not allowed to take toys to school like she has been at nursery I wanted to make her something she could take with if she needed a little comfort (not that she will cos she’s braver than me).  So this is what I made:-

A jar of love and snuggles!

Oh look! It accidentally fell over and the contents spilled out in such a convenient way to show off it's contents! (heehee)

 (I got the idea for this from a blog which I now can’t find, so if anyone knows it please let me know so I can reference it properly – Thank you)

The cotton hearts were sown using a running stitch with right sides together leaving a little gap.  Then I turned it out the right way and stuffed with a little toy stuffing.  Finally, I sewed up the gap using a whip stitch.  The felt hearts were sewn with a contrasting thread using a blanket stitch, stuffing them when I was about ¾ of the way round.  (Blimey – I actually sound like I know what I’m talking about – if you’d seen me making them you’d probably be about as surprised as I was that they turned out so well).  I also put in tiny Toy Story toys and little cards with notes on the back. 

The thing I most love about it is that I can keep adding to it.  Actually, what I most loved was when FP came up to me later and said ‘Thank you for making me a heart with fairies on cos I really love it and you know I love fairies and it’s really very pretty.  Love you mummy.’   She is sooooo cute sometimes I could eat her!!

 Have a fairy happy day

Fairy Princess Mummy
xx

A Family of Bunnies

This weekend I finally finished the little bunny family I had been making for FP's birthday (only a couple of weeks late!!

I found this beautiful little bunny pattern on Elsie Marley's great blog
and tried to make them (I thought it might be a good thing for FP to keep in her pocket for comfort when she starts school). 





But .... this is how mine turned out:-
Definitely not as cute.  BUt the Eldest FP loves hers (the bigger one) and spent quite a lot of time sucking or chewing the ears!?
Baby FP has ignored hers from the begining and shows no interest at all!!



So, I looked for other patterns that I could be more succesful at and found one at Cut Out + Keep.
I adapted it a little (e.g. I didn't tack the ears or sew a tummy on).  When I showed it to Eldest FP she decided she wanted a family of bunnies, so that is what happened!  On these ones I made pom poms for their tails.

I also made a strawberry and carrot for each bunny.  There are lots of tutorials out there but these are the ones I used: Carrots and Strawberries.  I just enlarged or shrunk the images depending on what size I wanted. 

Now we have a family of bunnies living with us. 
This is such an easy project and the eldest FP loves them (mostly she loves pretending to eat the carrots and strawberries - at least she's not ried making rabbit pie yet!)

Happy days

Fairy Princess Mummy
xx