Tissue paper flowers as confetti for weddings, parties and occasions.

These flowers are made from tissue paper and are so easy to make! All you need is a square of tissue paper and 2 cm floral tape for each.

 

I will try to take pictures of each step and show you how to make the. It is very easy but time consuming. There must be around 400 flowers in the basket so it's not a matter of making a few.

Holy Communion Pouches for Holy Rosary, Decorations

 

The house looked lovely with the white paper flowers and tulle along the stair case. Everything took a lot of time, especially the hand crocheted pouches, on which I have spent almost a year! Everyone liked the little pouches and they will all remember this special day!

I haven't written much here lately. We were busy and happy though. Raquel had her first Holy Communion. We are so proud of her. Her lovely dress was made by my aunt and the tiara was a gift from a lady who is so clever!!! The little girl beside Raquel is my niece Kylie.

6 th June 2013

Our plans to have an afternoon by the sea were completely ruined by strong winds and rough seas. After having Raquel in hospital for a couple of days we wanted so much to enjoy the sunshine. We are having fun anyway playing indoor games in June... quite unusual for this time of the year though! We thank God for keeping our little girl healthy and safe :)

Time Flies!

It's amazing how time flies! Since I went back to work my life has become such a rush! I need to prepare lessons for children so each minute is precious ... I'm either cleaning, out with the children for extra curricular activities or preparing lessons. Sundays are dedicated to my family. I miss my friends, when I have time to think about them. The children in my classroom keep me busy at work and my own children keep me busy at school but I don't complain as long as I am in good health. I thank God for each day that passes.

Here is our owl cake with my little helper!

A photo taken last summer! The 'Owl' was for my brother's graduation. 

How to make a puppet theatre: reusing magazines and a box

An epmty box: cut a hole in the bottom for the child to put her hands through! 

Take out old magazines and leaflets ... make sure nothing important is cut up!

Stick different coloured papers to the outside of the theatre.

The process takes time if the box is big so either choose a small box or  plan to continue on another day,

Sew the curtains... hard work lady! We had to work on it past bed time but the result was great!

But hey.. wait a minute... we forgot to take a photo of the finished project before handing it to the school .... oooohhhhhhhhh! We'll ask for permission to photograph it later. The material used for the curtains were two old t-shirts. We even attached strings so we could open and close them as a proper stage! We used two kebab sticks and a drinking straw to keep the curtains in place.

A lovely rag ball and two egg cosies to entertain the children.

Today was a very busy day. My aunts babysat my son and while Raquel went to school I managed to clean as much as I can... a much needed thing but which always comes last when the children are present. We prefer to spend the time together usually. In the afternoon I went to an in-service course as I intend to go back to work. The computer lesson was a bit complicated today and too much thinking made me get a headache... lol ... a taste of what will happen next September.

Here is an update of the crafts I have been doing last month. We were playing in my friend's field and noticed we had some rags, some foam, and I had my needle work box with me. So I cut six oval shapes, the shape of a rugby ball, that means pointed on two sides. I sewed them together leaving a hole to fill with foam. It was ready in less than an hour, filled the ball and stitched up the opening. The children had a lovely time playing with it!

Rag ball... an old pair of jeans, an old pair of trousers, a left-over from a skirt... all made this lovely ball come true!

Egg cosies to give as gifts...

These egg cosies were made from left-over yarn. All hand knitted! All you have to do is knit a straight piece, decrease at the top and pull all stitches together. Add some hair. Knit two small hands and add details. Creativity is so much fun!