tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74966497339615738002024-03-05T13:23:03.289+00:00Ma Vie BellaLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-62990062771140290302015-05-29T22:31:00.003+01:002015-05-29T22:34:21.446+01:00FREE Printable Scavenger Hunt
It's half term. In my quest for fun, cheap things to do I came across this lovely blog. I've done scavenger hunts with the girls before (I really rate this one too) and they're a great way to get more out of a walk. They do enjoy it so I thought they would enjoy a listening walk but I decided to create them something visual they could tick off as we went. You can enjoy it with your children too Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-11751076497977892482015-05-29T21:57:00.000+01:002015-05-29T22:33:37.304+01:00What have I been up to?I'm not a very good blogger. At least, I am not a very regular blogger! Just wanted to show you what I have been doing with my time. In addition to my lovely children's clothing keepsakes I have also been making some new keepsakes.
Firstly I started making bag tags, personalised charms for children's belongings. They have proved really popular and I've had a lot of fun sourcing different charms.Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-63552255921497213832015-02-13T20:20:00.000+00:002015-02-13T20:20:11.631+00:00Delicious Moroccan MinceI've been lucky enough to become a member of Tesco Orchard, which allows us to try lots of great products for free or less. Recently I was asked to take part in the Midweek Meal offer which was great because we got £10 of fresh meat for free! Thanks Tesco. We got some pork mince (great because you get 850g in a pack), pork steaks and beef strips.
The first thing I cooked was a Moroccan Mince, Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-4266636009177639472014-07-21T20:54:00.003+01:002014-07-21T20:54:47.354+01:00Gorgeous Boy Lion!
Here is the latest animal I have made! The lady who ordered him was keen that I include the Mickey Mouse motif from the little man's hoody so I gave him pride of place on the tummy. I also included a couple of buttons from the shirt on his ears. It's the little touches that make my creations!
To find out more have a look at my Facebook page
or Etsy Shop!
Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-52384362353438578002014-07-21T20:46:00.000+01:002014-07-21T20:46:33.771+01:00Easy Peasy Teacher Thank You Card and Gift
Big Girl has been at pre-school a whole year, I can't believe it! She's learnt so much from her time there and the ladies who taught her were lovely. I'm not a big fan of jumping on American bandwagons, I think that's what "teacher appreciation" is?! I wanted our gift and card to be genuinely made by Big Girl. So it had to be easy if I was going to get her to do it three times!
I just wrote Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-53706035473131985102014-06-30T21:17:00.003+01:002014-06-30T21:18:30.326+01:00Baby Boy Joules Rabbit DollyNot very long ago I sold one of my New Baby Gift Vouchers to a good friend and a couple of weeks ago she bought me her friend's child's garments.
They included a stunning Joules top which I just had to showcase on the little boy's trousers, using the iconic little Joules rabbit alongside his personalisation! I'm sure you'll agree that the result is a very cute little keepsake?!
Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-15122745274209451092014-06-09T22:16:00.000+01:002014-06-09T22:18:52.954+01:00Bake Bread 2gether! Only 2 ingredients!
I couldn't believe my eyes when I came across a link to this lovely website via Pinterest. Bread, from two ingredients?!? Never! But yes, it is that easy and we had a great time. The ingredients are
1 cup of self-raising flour
2/3 cup of Greek yogurt
So easy, right? I also gave my girls silicone cup cake cases full of seeds to decorate their bread with. I was learning on Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-23516634629413860702014-04-27T22:31:00.001+01:002014-04-27T22:32:38.040+01:00Thrifty, NO Tat Party Bags My big girl has only been to a few parties so far and in this time I have learnt to grab the party bag at the first opportunity and NEVER ever let her have it to herself in the back of the car by herself on the way home. I am going to come across like an ungrateful wretch but the contents of the bags we have had have sometimes been plastic toys suitable for older children or just packed Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-51313675963948245262014-03-16T21:35:00.001+00:002014-03-16T21:52:39.260+00:00Silent SundayLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-28946690636896520552014-03-10T22:19:00.000+00:002014-03-10T22:19:53.810+00:00No Chemicals Rainbow Rice Play
I've had a recipe for making coloured play rice pinned on my activities board on Pinterest (did you know I heart Pinterest?!) for quite a while but when I finally came round to using it I discovered that it used surgical spirit and I was not keen on using it for something I was giving to the children if it wasn't necessary. I was also wanting to make it as cheaply as possible.
So I hunted Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-89678717290804601352014-03-06T22:01:00.000+00:002014-03-06T22:01:13.909+00:00MasterpiecesThis makes me very happy as it's something I've been meaning to get around to for ages. Big Girl brings home new artwork from school every day and I really like the idea of showcasing the girls' efforts and showing them we are proud of them.
I used some adhesive cable clips which we bought from Ebay to sort out the TV's cables and some white picture hanging thread from Robert Dyas. After Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-49056163620938971402014-03-03T20:48:00.001+00:002014-03-03T20:48:32.903+00:00Memories Gro News
I haven't kept up with the blog of late because I have been very busy. Here's my latest Dolly, for a lovely lady who received a gift voucher. I enjoyed working with these really pretty garments and using the lovely bow from the babygro on the Dolly.
The customer emailed me when she received her Dolly through the post and said
"We love her! Thank you so much, you have made the perfect little&Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-32207412697563936542014-03-03T20:34:00.000+00:002014-03-03T20:35:55.239+00:00Half Term Part II
Right then, over a week later, here are the tissue box monsters! Isabella and I really enjoyed putting them together and she was so proud of hers that she took it to Show & Tell when she went back to school!
The other really successful activity we did during half term was to make and play with fake snow. I got the idea from my friend Karen, over at Let Kids Be Kids, it's made from Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-21165947681429225782014-02-17T22:31:00.001+00:002014-02-17T22:33:20.486+00:00Happy Half Term
When my husband told me that he could only take one day off at half term I had a slight panic. What was I going to do to entertain the girls for four whole days? I am so used to our weekly routine of the Big Girl being at pre-school and having groups and classes to attend with the Little Ones that I forgot that when the twins were born I looked after all three of the all day every weekday Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-56928524331724949982014-02-10T21:28:00.003+00:002014-02-10T21:49:48.374+00:00Pin It & Win It!
On my Facebook newsfeed I recently had an advert for some free Pinterest business training. I wasn't using Pinterest a lot for Memories Gro but I do LOVE Pinterest. I spend a serious amount of time on there. Its pick up, put down nature really appeals to me as I get snippets of down time during the day when the children are occupied.
The most important thing that I learnt from this training Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-12257233090168458572014-02-09T22:22:00.002+00:002014-02-09T22:22:44.942+00:00Silent SundayLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-48273050287798643032014-01-24T21:12:00.000+00:002014-01-24T21:15:12.296+00:00Boy Dolly!There have been a lot of girl Dollies of late so it was nice to make this lovely boy Dolly for a lady who had received one of my gift vouchers.
I love his Grufalo top and am really pleased with how I've scaled down the dungarees.
Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-49126833076253106562014-01-20T22:16:00.000+00:002014-01-20T23:40:15.757+00:00My Experience of Maternity Leave
My day 5 selfie - tired but ecstatic
Generally I keep this blog fairly light hearted but I recently read another blog article and felt that I wanted to give another perspective. I am referring here to the maternity leave following my first daughter's birth. As you know I didn't return to work after having the twins, because some people don't!
My husband returned to work after the usual Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-68845485310978362542014-01-18T16:05:00.000+00:002014-01-18T16:06:23.737+00:00Eggy Bread Cups
In my quest to make yummy teas, and having seen similar things on Pintrest I am sure, I have started making the girls Eggy Bread Cups. They already love eggy bread so these have been easy to introduce even to my fussy big girl.
I cut the crusts off six slices of bread and cut them in half. Then I liberally greased a muffin tin with sunflower oil. I pressed the two strips of bread into theLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-61216895097804822422014-01-13T20:42:00.003+00:002014-01-18T16:06:44.139+00:00Review: Sophie Shield Millinery
Glamorous occasions in my life are a little few and far between since I became a mummy, like most women! So I was rather excited about an invitation to a wedding of two good friends of ours, our best man in fact, last November.
I've never worn one before but I rather fancied a fascinator and so I had one made by Sophie Shields of Frome, who set up her Millinery business last year, shortlyLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-75082813493277146732013-11-22T22:49:00.000+00:002013-11-23T10:11:21.625+00:00Family Finances on One Wage!
When we found out that we were going to have twins the fact that we would have three preschool children spelt the end of my working life, at least for a time, as childcare x 3 was not going to be covered by my salary. This delighted me, to be honest, as I have always wanted to be a stay at home mum. We've had to adapt a to manage on just my husband's wages and still afford the additional costs Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-87438891922025601492013-11-22T22:35:00.001+00:002013-11-22T22:35:13.842+00:00New DolliesI've been a bit lapse in my blogging so now I have two Dollies to show you.
The first is a first for me. I received a vest with a tutu on it and I couldn't not use it. So this beautiful Maxi Dolly doesn't have a long paneled skirt but a gorgeous fluffy tutu!
And this lovely Mini Dolly was bought by a lady for her friend's baby! Awww! I love the floral vest I used for the Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-10431377508521058742013-10-28T14:11:00.001+00:002013-11-04T21:40:29.927+00:00Best Baby Stocking FillersI remember being so excited about my girls' first Christmases. But when it comes down to it putting together a stocking for someone who neither wants or needs very much is pretty difficult! So here are some ideas that I used. Hopefully you'll find them pretty thrifty too. Of course the suitability of the following does depend on your baby's age but I guess you could put one or two things aside Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-57267059283402723412013-10-20T19:53:00.001+01:002013-10-20T19:59:55.491+01:00Silent SundayLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7496649733961573800.post-71784845711663496572013-10-20T03:44:00.002+01:002013-10-20T03:45:04.360+01:00Ballerina Baby ToyOne of my NCT friends has just had her second baby, a little girl. So I made her a toy which was a variation on my Dolly pattern, adding in one of those teething, linking rings that babies seem to love so much. Another scrap-busting project (I have a LOT of scraps!) The tulle is off-cuts from my veil, which I made myself, see below.
It was cathedral length, and even though I wore it all day ILucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883778208291521307noreply@blogger.com0