Crafty Christmas

Me and Joshy spent today making chrsitmas decorations before having dinner with family. We made a chrsitmas tree out of a cardboard box. Joshua had a lot of fun sponging the paint onto the box and then mummy cut it out in to the shape of a tree :

we stuck a star on the top. We then spent the rest of the time making baubles. There was glitter everywhere! Joshua particularly liked shaking the glitter and as you can see there is a lot of it about! I will cut these out at a later date and stick velcro or blutac to the back so he can stick them to his tree!! We had a lot of fun doing this! definitely an activity I will repeat...although I know I will still be finding glitter in the summer!!!

after we had finished the baubles Joshua didnt want to stop so I let him carry on on another piece of card! I will think about what to do with these later (maybe frame them? ) anyway here he is getting 'stuck' in!

Cant wait to move on to the next thing!!!
Lots of love
Ellie xxxxx

Joshys birthday

It was Joshuas birthday on friday and we had a whole weekend of celebrations! Joshua was certainly spoilt! it was a quiet one this year as just moved but opened his presents very slowly and let him play with them one at a time which was lovely! Family came on sunday and we went to see santa and fireworks on saturday. A couple of lovely friends came to visit on friday and a good time was had by all! I wasnt as creative as I have been in the past as I just havent had the time this year but I did make a train cake and some train biscuits!
I also made (with his help) a train out of cardboard boxes (we have a few at the mo!!!! hee hee) and put his presents in them!!

He loved it!!!
And so did I!!!
Lots of love
Ellie xxx

24 days of (christmas) craft

Its nearly the 1st of December and I cant wait to get my tree up this year! and all the other decorations! they have been burning a hole in my dining room floor for weeks and I have been adding to them for weeks also!
I would love to be brave enough to produce a tree like some of those on www.trendytree.com but not sure if I even have the ability, check some of these out!!:

I have decided this year to set myself the task of making something every day for the whole of the run up to xmas starting on the 1st! Not sure I can do it (or that I will have time to post every day!!) but Im gonna have a go! I thought if I set myself the challenge then I might actually make half the stuff I always say Im going to each year!!!
well wish me luck!!

lots of love
Ellie xxxx

glow sticks in the bath

I managed to pick up these glow sticks at Wilkinsons for 35p for 2 (very reasonable I thought!). Joshua had a lot of fun with them in the bath! Highly recommend it! And apparently if you break open the sticks and add the contents to a bottle of bubble mixture you get glow in the dark bubbles!!!

also shaving foam and food colouring makes great paint for the bath!!!

lots of love
Ellie xxxx

Get down to ikea for xmas decorations!!!

I went to ikea on sunday and their xmas decorations are awesome!! check out these stands. hang baubles on them for in the kitchen or on window sills, they looked lovely on display there!

they also had some enormous baubles!!! and loads of gorgeous scandi red and white decs!! I need to go back! shame I now dont live so close to it!!!

lots of love
Ellie xxxx

34 sleeps til xmas!!!!! yay

I dont think I will ever not be excited at this time of year!! I love it!! the nights are drawing in, its lovely and cosy at home and its an excuse to drink mulled wine and eat mince pies (like I need one!) Anyway I spend most of November stocking up on yet more xmas decorations and buy more craft bits to make more decorations with (even though I hardly ever get round to most of them). I find it so hard not to put up a decoration before the 1st of December!! I live with a bah humbug of a husband so even the 1st is too much for him but I do it anyway!! and this year we have more than one xmas tree (me and mum just couldnt resist the 3 for 2 offer in M and S!!)
I made my first decoration last night!, its supposed to be an alternative xmas wreath made from wool but my husband said it looks like a rescue ring! (which I suppose it does-but Im proud of if anyway!)

it took hours!!! now.....where to hang it! ????

love Ellie xxx

Autumn Leaf flowers

went on a lovely Autumn walk today in the woods near our new house, joshua was so excited! anyway I collected some leaves and made some flowers out of them! I was quite pleased with my efforts for a first go!!:

lots a love
Ellie xxx

Phew! we made it!!

I havent posted for a while as the move was to say the least a tad stressful! We finally moved in on sunday and are getting there slowly but surely! I know this blog is supposed to be about my creative activities but just wanted to share some pictures of the 'creative' things we have been doing in our new house!!! Happy viewing!:

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lots of love

Ellie xxxxxx