a little update and some new art ;)*

Hello my lovely shiny happy people! ♥

I'm so sorry for not being in contact sooner - been experiencing tonnes of practice contractions (getting really uncomfortable and lasting longer) and severe lack of sleep so have been like a nervous zombie woman this past few days!  The baby is the absolute fill of me now, when i tap my belly its like a wee hard boiled egg - just call me humpty dumpty! I'm due next friday, yes its only a week away!!! Popped into hospital yesterday and all is grand with me and baba.... just counting down the days and trying to make some arty stuff to take my mind of the impending labour.

The atc above is being entered into the Etsy Ireland swap - I wonder what loveliness I'll get in exchange! ;) 

Love n' big ones,

Tanya ♥

P.S Thank you for all the well wishes so far! xoxoxoxoxo

Whats cookin good lookin ???

Well I've been cookin' up a quilt amongst other things!  The finished article is a good bit smaller than expected - its the size of a changing mat really. Anyhow, its now finished and adding a generous 'splash of colour' to our hand me down swinging crib. Hopefully, the wee one will enjoy all the various colours and patterns. Oh, and I've only 2 weeks and 3 days til my due date - eeeek! The nerves are really jangling now! 

The cute corduroy snail is a gift from Gezza, my yummy mummy - you can find her crafty creations on flickr. I think I'll end up the same colour as the snail if i keep eating so many raw carrots!!! (my latest craving)

This cheeky chap is another gift from Gezza, a handmade sock monkey - the pattern came with the august issue of Sew Hip. I can't believe the size of this fella! Given the fact that he's only made out of one pair of socks. We need to give him a name - any suggestions??? ;)

And look! Its about time but I finally got round to making a bootee bag for baba's mittens hats, socks and stuff. I love the hat and matching mittens that Pat, my mum in law made - and i just had to give you a close up of the frog bootee's i picked up at the Crafty Market in Dublin.

Speaking of Dublin...

(from left to right; Fiona from Patchworkdelights, Angela from ArtySmarty,

Judith from Aboxformytreasure and Mo from Huggleknits)

Me and the girls from Etsy Ireland met up for a chit chat to discuss ideas for promoting the team in time for Christmas - one of the ideas really got us gassing! A pop up shop, now how cool would that be to have our own shopfront? There are lots of empty shops hanging around in the city (god bless the recession eh?) so I'm pretty sure we could wrangle a spot somewhere good and central. Myself and Sarah from Redpossum launched the team in July of last year and so far it is flying high! Over 180 crafty members now! Do check out the blog and all the lovely Irish etsy shops while you're at it! ;)*

Another nifty idea for team promotion presented itself in the shape of teddy bears! Mary from 'a Wish for You' (etsy shop on the way) brought in a sack load all kitted out with cute ribbons bearing (hehe don't mind the pun) our blog address. The teddies were packed off into various pockets and bags - my two ended up on the street!!! Ted 1 fancied a spin to feel the breeze in his fur and Ted 2 was gasping for a pint so I dropped him off with some friendly tourists in temple bar.

ok thats it for me... i could do with a wee pint myself (but no ofcourse i wouldn't!!!) Instead I'll leave you with this rather silly picture of me 'modelling' my upcycled summer skirt... that'll keep me cool! ;P

Enjoy the sunshine while it lasts my sweet friends! ♥ 

Pssst!!! I'd also like to say a mighty big thank you to Claire of the luscious HeartHandmade blog for featuring  my work  a few days back!!! http://hearthandmadeuk.blogspot.com/2010/08/flickr-group-fave-tanya-mac.html