So lets start from the beginning. Annabell's birthday was on the 21st September and my little girl turned 2!!! It seems like so much for such a little person, she is amazing, clever and very polite. I love her more than anything in this world and I would do anything for her (of course within reason)! So her birthday party fast approached and we hosted a rainbow birthday party in our garden for her little friends and a day later for family and family friends.
I prepared as much food and decorations as I could to fit to the theme of this years birthday and here are the results.
Annabell ready in her rainbow thighs.
Rainbow balloons and birthday banner
Rainbow pompons
Rainbow fruit skewers
Rainbow cake
And the inside of the rainbow cake
Lots of delicious layers!
We couldn't go without rainbow cupcakes!
Even mama made an effort and had a rainbow iron on rhinestones!
The house situation on the other hand is far from colourful! Not only we've discovered our estate agent is not very good at letting us know when an appointment has been cancelled but also it seems they just don't know how to sell! I found the latter very disappointing. So the decision has been made today that I will be assisting at the house viewings and showing potential buyers around. Hopefully the fact that I know the house so well and all the pros and cons will work in my favour!
Lastly I have been developing some new products for my company Bespoke Babies, making things for friends and trying to think of how can I promote my business on a budget. Unfortunately with the house move on the cards BB is being a little bit neglected. But as soon as we move and Annabell goes to preschool I will be able to focus more and grow it!
I also discovered that my yarn, fabric and anything crafty hoarding is not going to be very well received by my hubby when it comes to the move so I decided to make a dent in my stash and start making things for us and family. I will be making a couple of little girl handbags and I also have crocheted a hat for Annabell for winter. I used this luxuriously soft alpaca and silk mix yarn in dark pink. It feels so lovely however working with it is a nightmare!! It constantly gets tangled! Anyways I still have one more ball of this yarn and I want to make mittens for A to match the hat. We should soon see how that project will progress;))
Here is the hat I made for my baba:D
I am also quite enjoying repurposing the clothes we never wear into something else that will be more useful. So I have made a couple of pairs of leggings for Annabell for winter from my husbands old merino and cashmere sweaters and I have also made a dress for my little girl out of my cashmere polo neck, which I never even worn!
I was very please with myself because as a self taught sewing person and not having any experience with sewing knitted clothes I think I have done pretty well on the project:))
Ta dah! This is Annabell's new winter cashmere dress:)
The dress looked quite simple and plain so I added a satin flower corsage with a real pearl button in the middle. The flower is sewn on a brooch bar so it is easily removable for washing.
If anyone would like any advice on how to bake rainbow cakes or for patterns I used to make all the stuff please drop me a message or simply comment:)
Hope you enjoyed my very overdue and very hectic post:)
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