Surprise arrival!!!

Our beautiful baby girl made an early appearance! Sophie Isobel was born at 36 weeks but both me and her are doing great :)

I had just finished work on the Thursday to start maternity leave and Sophie decided to arrive after the weekend on the Monday!! The very day I'd planned to pack my hospital bag once and for all and also write my birth plan! I'd quite fancied a water birth but with her arriving early I couldn't. I wasn't too bothered though, as long as she arrived safely I didn't care.

Call me strange/ weird and/or slightly mental but I loved being in labour!! I managed with just co-codamol and gas and air too! I just tried to stay calm, concentrating on my breathing and put myself in a bubble and lost all my inhibitions! The whole birth lasted for just over 12 hours with the first contractions starting at 3.20am in the morning.

She's perfect...we are all so made up, including her big brother Joshua!

Decorated Jars

For ages now I've had stored in a cupboard some old baby jars of Joshua's. I've always wanted to do something with them and eventually had the chance to!

I've made them all for different uses using lots of bright, funky papers, ribbons, buttons etc to decorate them.

Lot's more Christmas decorations...

Had another request for some more Christmas decorations :)

Sock Rabbit

I've made this cute little sock rabbit for our baby girl :) Once she's here and we know her name I'll sew on her initial to the rabbits tummy.....That's if I can find the time, no doubt she and Joshua will be keeping me busy!!

My Birthday Cakes!

I made a scrumptious chocolate cake and some pretty cupcakes for my Birthday...here they are!

Christmas Decorations

Ok, So I know it's only the end of April but I had a request for some personalised Christmas decorations! A friend at work asked for them, so my plan was to get them done before I finish for maternity leave...so i've been busy stitching away :)

3D/4D scan photo

We decided to go for a 3D/4D scan to have a peek at our little girl last weekend. We did the same with Joshua and absoloutely loved the experience. I would definitely recommend it to any expectant Mummys and Daddys out there!

We were there for an hour and a half. We got to see her smiling, yawning, wriggling around and sat cross legged with her legs right up underneath her chin (!!)

The sonographer also confirmed to us that it is a little girl...I was still convinced it was a boy up until now!

Joshua seemed interested in the whole thing too...at least for half the time we were there. He was happy playing with a farm set later on!
I think the experience has helped him to understand more what's actually going on in my tummy too. He's started saying 'Baby Sister' now and still loves to kiss and cuddle bump :) He's going to be a fantastic big brother.

Here's one of the photos of her at just under 27 weeks...she looks like she has beautifully defined lips :)...



I feel like i'm being kicked left, right and centre at the moment! She has really strong kicks now, they take me by surprise sometimes, make me jump! Some of them actually hurt! Joshua was never this wriggly!!

Union Jack Sock Mouse!

I was recently asked to make a Union Jack sock mouse! How funky does he look?! and rather apt for tomorrows Royal Wedding celebrations!!

Mum's 50th Birthday cake

I also made my Mum a special Birthday cake! It was a bit of a challenge for me because I had never used the ready rolled icing before, plus only made a few cakes but just couldn't wait to make it. I managed to hold off and do it the day before!

I got a few tips from my friend who is into making cakes - Thanks Sarah!




I really enjoyed making it and luckily it tasted good too after all the effort I put into it.

I'd love to get into cake decorating...Seems like a very expensive hobby though!

Fingerprint Picture...

Me & Joshua both had lots of fun making my Mum a celebratory fingerprint picture for her 50th Birthday. I designed the image myself, printed it out and filled it with our fingerprints...I did cheat slightly by getting Joshua to but his fingerprints onto a plain piece of paper for me to cut them out and stick them on. Otherwise i'm pretty sure they would have been all over the place!!

My new addiction.......!

...the iPhone app 'Instagram'

I LOVE it...totally addicted. It's a great app where you can transform your own photos with a whole range of different filters. You then upload and they are then availiable for people to see. There's a whole Instragram community where you can follow other uses and they can follow you. You're able to see tons of amazing photography.

You don't need to be a photographer to use it but I think it helps to have some idea of photography to do it well! Saying that you can turn a photo of a grey miserable day to something amazing just by trying out the many different filters....Try it and have a go! I'm 'lisamet' if you fancy finding me and seeing my photos.

Here's a few of mine....

It's a GIRL!!!

We found out yesterday that we are having a little baby girl :) Sooo chuffed! That's one of each, perfect! Another little Joshua would have been just as perfect too though ;) Totally made up with the news.

This is the scan pic and the first baby-gro we bought her yesterday...

Flower Girls cards

I was recently asked to make two cards for a lady at work who is getting married at the end of August. She requested two cards for her to send to her future flower girls to-be to ask them if they'd like to be flower girls!
She asked for a keepsake attachement to be the main focus on the card.
I decided to make two decorative hanging hearts with ribbon gerbera flowers on them. (Fushia pink gerberas will be in the bouquets)...

Joshua turns 2!

We had a lovely 2nd Birthday party for Joshua....I made an amazing train cake which I was extremely proud of! Just didn't want to cut into it!
It was a bit of a squash and a squeeze to fit everyone in but had a fab time! Joshua got lots of great presents and loved all the attention he got during the day :)

Our break in the forest...

We had a great time at Center Parcs, Winfell Forest, last week. Stayed in a wooden lodge amongst the trees and the wildlife! It was the perfect place to chill...lazy mornings followed by coffee at Starbucks :) Eating out in the evenings with swimming and wondering about in between! We had to wrap up warm because it was quite chilly, but what do you expect in January!
We are already planning our next trip...when our little family of 3 will have become 4 :)

Here are a few photos from our forest break....

Grace & Archie Canvasses

I made these two canvasses for my niece & nephew Grace & Archie as part of their Christmas presents. I used felt and stitching for their names and a little detail and mounted them up on patterned paper and card....I will have to make one for Joshua!

Daisy Elephant

This is a cute little sock elephant I was asked to make for a baby girl called Daisy. I personalised the elephant by stitching on a 'D' and a tiny daisy to the side of her.