I’ve joined ripplemania (here’s some inspiration, and some more), I actually started it just before E was born , I’d run out of things to do, so thought I’d give it a go to keep me occupied. I ended up having to go buy more wool the Saturday before she was born, so I’m now making a ripple blanket. It’s great for keeping us both cosy while I work!!!!
Here’s a few of the things we purchased on our Charity shop outings the couple of weekends before E was born.
A fantastic find, I’ve been looking for a new teapot for ages, and spotted this one for £3, it wasn’t until I got home and had a proper look and realised it was a ‘Cathrineholm of Norway’. I’ve seen these sell on ebay for about £40. It’s made of enamel, I love it, shame they didn’t have the pans to match.
Four lovely vintage reading books by Ronald Ridout, here’s some of the illustrations. I bought some printable fabric from here, I thought I make something printing the images on the fabric, not sure what yet though!!
This lovely cotton tablecloth that I’m going to make into one of these aprons for L.
Laura Ashley mermaid fabric, also earmarked for L, not sure what yet.
And I bought a lovely gyspy style skirt for L, but it was a bit big but the fabric is stunning. I cut the bottom tier off, and it now fits like a dream, need to make her a top out of the remaining fabric now.
I’m sat here no more than 3 metres away from the spot my lovely bundle of newness was born!! This is E about 3 minutes old!!
I’m so lucky to have had the birth I sooooo desperately wanted, she was born on Tuesday the 13th at home in water. It was one of the most amazing experiences I’ve ever had. My eldest daughter was born in hospital, and I had a epidural, I’m not saying her birth wasn’t equally as amazing, but I did have lots of doubts about the way she came into the world. Which made me determined that this time it would be different, I felt completely in control which I didn’t with my daughter. I had no pain relief this time, apart from the tens machine and the birth pool, and I’d do it all again!!! We’re enjoying lots of snuggles, my husband’s back at work next week, so real life has to start again.
I’ve managed to do some crafting, and I’ve found some great things at the local charity shops that I’d like to post (we’ve spent the weekends just before birth going to a nearby town and trawling the charity shops – somewhere to go that wasn’t to far at home – I think my husband has caught the thrifting bug!!!)
I’ll sort out some photos and post them next week.
ttfn, I’ve got a baby to cuddle
