Creative Mama

school's out

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bring on the holidays!

lego building, summer swimming, pj wearing, soccer playing, park hopping, book reading, movie watching, bike riding, eating baking, creating and making, beach going, playdate arranging, fun having and photo taking.

hooray for summer!!

(where did the year go? my babies are growing up too fast)

sunshine

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Its been so wonderful to see the sunshine

its awesome to see the gardens are growing

I do love the smell of freshly mown grass + sunshine to make it feel like summer is finally here.

the joys of a new toilet

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The most amazing thing happened this week..........

our old toilet was ripped out and replaced.

We now have a brand new shiny, soft close, quiet and pretty addition to our house- and I love it!!!

its the simple things.

thread storage finally

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I have had my threads in a box for a while now. It's just so messy- a tangled mess of thread.

If you ever need inspiration for anything- there is always pintrest.

I found this storage box at bunning's. It's clear so I can see the thread inside and large enough to fit the spools I have. I have seen actual thread storage boxes at spotlight but I didn't want to spend $25+ on thread storage.

I'm loving the rainbow effect of thread I already own. I now can find thread I need and already added black thread to my need to purchase list. I have 36 spools in the box and room for a fair few more.

I still have a box of end of thread spools that I won't be throwing away any time soon. This thread is super handy for hand stitching projects - quilts, hoops, buttons.

A clear storage box with compartments is a pretty and cheap storage win!

It's December- already!

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We spent the 30th November putting up the Christmas tree. Master B was so excited- he was insistent on the gold star!

It was so great spending the time together and deciding on where special decorations should be put.

I've made a few changes this year.

Shopping is already done and wrapped.

No stress of keeping up with the advent pots- I have just chosen not to get them out.

I've been making adorable Christmas angles with a friend.

I'm keeping things simple.

I'm enjoying the little things that make this time of year awesome.

scrap vomit finished (finally)

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I started this quilt last year. I kept looking at it in my unfinished pile of projects.

I was a little stuck on what to use for backing fabric. Deb was ever so helpful and sent me in the right direction. I settled on the red polka dot with red thread for hand quilting and black binding.