More Sock Monkey goodness

Here is Laila's sock monkey which I just finished. Loving the stripy colours :) I think she likes it - has been chewing on it lol!

Got word back from Fiona re the bookmarks. Apparently they LOVE them! Hopefully they will pay me soon as I've been a naughty girl ordering some custom stuff from Kirrily (Totel Bag, Day Tripper Bag and some mama pads)!! So excited about those. Our current nappy bag is old and faded and has a fluoro yellow stripe. Shall we say stylish pffft!!!

Pizza tonight for tea because I can't be assed cooking. Got a scratchy throat too :(

Better fly - Laila is scooting around the floor collecting dust bunnies for me - ooops!

Rio the Sock Monkey

Thought I'd have a whirl at making a sock monkey! Made this one for James. Knew if I made Laila's first I'd get continually pestered til I made his hehe. Glad I did this because so far haven't found time for hers yet.

Turned out pretty well. Not the absolute neatest but for a first try = pretty good. Bought some more socks today too. Going to make one for my friend's daughter for her birthday in October.

Will post pics as I make those.

Forgot to update on my friend who had the cancer in her appendix. Tests showed everything else all clear. So relieved fo her an her family :)

Made this necklace today for Nigelle-Ann who (with her family) is leaving to go and live/work in the UK soon. Her farewell party is tomorrow night at bookclub. Will miss her so much :( She is one fo those really genuine people who will go out of her way to do anything for a friend. She also has a wicjed sense of humour and we have always got on great together. I'm really sad....

Anyway I hope she likes the necklace - it is a gorgeous blue colour. Tempted to keep it myself but no lol!

Yesterday Mel from NC came over with her two kids. James had a ball playing with Seb and Laila and Ollie scoped each other out hehe! Mel took a gorgeous pic of Laila while she was here.

Just after Mel's camera batteries died Laila produced ten tonnes of smiles! Typical!!

On Friday another NC-er Tanja dropped over too as we had swaps to exchange. Was lovely to meet her and her two lovely kids too.

Not much else to report. Laila is a fraction away from crawling. Is getting up on her knees and rocking and scooting backwards. Amazing! I can't remember the exact time when James crawled. Terrible isn't it how the memory gets blurry over the years? James is loving playing with her so much more now that she can sit up and interact. He loves tipping the entire Duplo box out on the floor for "her" to play with ;)

Well after that long post - time for a cup of tea and some Lindt Chilli Dark Chocolate I think :)

Finally finished the bookmarks. Unfortunately the place I got my blood drop beads from in the U.S. only had 299 in stock when I ordered 350. Then when they got here about 20 of them were broken (being czech glass) :( So the grand total I have done is 273. Today Keith and I punched the holes and attached the tails to the carded bookmark thus --->

Pic doesn't show them up as nicely as they look in real life. The blood droplet is a deep garnet red.

I was saying to Keith they are lucky I am charging per bookmark and not by the hour lol! Would have cost them several thousands haha! ANyhoo I'm so glad they are finished and I can't wait to jump into some other craft projects that I am keen to try - namely appliques on tshirts and fleece pants for Laila, dyeing wool and some other general sewing things I'd like to try.

Going to take the finished bookmarks to Bookclub tomorrow night then hopefully Fiona (aka Lauren Crow) can pass them on to the Burnside Library for distribution.