Made it - pick editor

This week on Made It I am one of the seller's picks editors. This means that my favourite items on Made It are featured for a week on the pick's page.

Here's a couple of them :)

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There are also more which are also fantastic products. Have a browse around Made It and check out all the lovely handmade items :)

Going out to dinner... with the kids

I think it was around the time Jack (4.5 years) was around 6 months that I realised that going out to dinner would become something that other people did. Not me. And my screaming child! He's been a lively little boy his whole life and likes to move. And not sit still. Which makes restaurant dining not a very pleasant experience!

We are lucky in that our local pub has a little play area, so we have been able to go to the pub for dinner with the kiddies.

But, now that Jack is 4.5 he is easier. And sits still for longer periods of time while colouring / chatting.

I've missed going out for Chinese. I love Chinese food and while takeaway is awesome, I miss sitting on the daggy old chairs and using their chopsticks. Why are Chinese restaurants always quite daggy??? lol

So we went to dinner at the Chinese restaurant last Friday night. And guess what?? A success!! Yay

Our creative spaces - Babushka Dolls

I'm working on some more Babushka Softie Dolls today. They are are new item to my store and market stall and have been getting great response. I'm happy with the result :) Today I'm working on some pink ones.

For more creative spaces, check out this link

A few new products

I'm finding myself so busy with sewing lately, which is awesome, but a lot of the time I'm not taking photos of things before they sell at markets. It's hard when I'm a bit of a gumby with a camera! My hubby can take good photos, but he's not home during daylight hours during the weekdays and then weekends can become quite hectic.

So I've taken a couple of pics of 3 new lined drawstring bags that I've made up and I'm loving how they are looking. Excuse the photos... the products do look better in real life, but at least I've got a little bit of a record!! haha.

puppies

close up of puppies

elephants (how cute is that fabric!!)

close up of elephants

bunnies with pink gumboots (really pretty, but doesn't come across all that well)

close up of the bunnies

He's so handsome

Gee I'm loving 4 and a half. What a lovely age and a big change from the struggles I had with a threenager! I'm loving the cool stuff I'm doing with Jack lately - cool conversations, awesome craft, hanging out, watching movies, playing, kids stuff :)

He's my little mate and he's awesome :)

Handsome little man

Made it newsletter!!

2 weeks ago I was excited to see I was featured in the Made It newsletters for undiscovered sellers. Very exciting!

Here's a link to the newsletter...  linky

The product was one of my lined drawstring bags. Yay!



A feature :)

Only 3 more sleeps until my next market at Erina. The Handmade Craft Market is on again this Sunday and I'm excited! There'll be so many stalls, live music, free facepainting and a reptile man. What's not to like!?!

In the lead up to the market, I've been featured on the Handmade Cooperative Blog which is very exciting!!!

Strangely, it's 3 sleeps out from market and I *may* actually be almost ready... usually a couple of nights out from market I'm racing around like a crazy person getting everything ready.

But of course, I've now thought of many more things I want to get done for market, so I WILL be racing around like a crazy person sewing sewing sewing.

But who am I kidding?? I love it ;)

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Superheros!

Chicken Sausage Rolls

I'm back on my weight watchers journey. I've managed to maintain for 10 months after losing around 35 kilos after having my second son.

I've still got 10 kilos to go, so I'm back on track :) This time, I'm going with a lovely friend of mine and we are both motivated. I'm even ready to do some fitness!

Weight watchers online have SO many recipes to look at. I need inspiration, so have been searching for recipes that look yummy.

I found this one and made it up. It was delicious!! Here's the recipe

Chicken Sausage Rolls
points per serve - 3. Servings - 16

400 grams of Chicken Mince
1 medium carrot (grated)
1 medium zuchinni (grated)
2 tablespoons of honey
2 sheets of reduced-fat puff pastry

Set oven at 200 degrees
Mix the 1st four ingredients in a bowl
Cut pastry sheets in half and spread mix down the centre of each half
Fold each over filling, overlapping edges and place the join underneath
Brush with milk and cut each roll into 4
Place on greased oven tray and bake for 30 mins or until golden

(great to take to work with a salad)

(and yes. I did try to plate it up just like Masterchef!!)

A new laptop!!! finally

For the past few months, I haven't had a computer. It has been driving me batty! There's only a limited amount of things that can be done on an iphone.

I've missed blogging. There's been many times I've thought "oooh, I should blog about that" but then haven't due to no computer.

But no more! I've got a new laptop. Yay!

Looking forward to joining in on blogging and checking out lots of blogs that I've missed :)