Building houses!

Building a house can be completely overwhelming at times. You have a bit of an idea whether you've picked the right tiles, colours and trims when you lay them all out on the table, but you aren't completely sure until you see the finished product.

Fortunately when making a house cushion it's a bit easier to change my mind.

 I had planned on the pom pom trim for my latest batch of house cushions.......but after attaching them all I had a change of heart. Not so easy to do that on a real house.

 This is going to be our indoor cricket pitch, runway, bowling alley, according to the kids.

 I think the house cushions look so much better with a pretty little scalloped edge and a twill trim bow.

 This is our family room which will include the kitchen, meals and lounge all looking straight through to the formal lounge.

 I love watching our new home change a little each week, it's very satisfying to see that the choices made on paper were the right choices.

 This is one half of our back veranda, a place where we'll spend many leisurely afternoons.

 I'm so please with how things are going with the house, just as I'm so pleased with how my house cushions turned out. I took this picture of them all lined up on Megan's bed head where she already had the little birdy living on a stick ...... watching over her nest.

 I know this is a slow process, but I'd rather that so the builders get it right the first time.

 A couple of these house cushions have been listed in my madeit store if anyone is looking for a bit of cuteness! 

Thanks for stopping by.


Edit: Cusions have just sold, I'll try to get a few more made soon if anyone is interested.

Looking for inspiration.

I'm a total magazine junkie, Home Beautiful, Country Living, Real Living, Belle, House & Garden, all lovely magazines but it's turning into quite an expensive habit I need to be kicking, So I've been spending a bit of time browsing the Internet hoping to find inspiration for out new home.........some of which I'm going to share today!

This bed and it's bedding is so beautiful........definitely something I would love to have in my house!

If this is your picture, so sorry but I lost the link to link back to you!

I'm not so sure if this dining setting will end up in our house but it caught my eye for some reason......maybe it's the eclectic mix which I absolutely love.

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A cosy family living room, filled with beautiful pieces covered in gorgeous fabrics.

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This is almost my perfect kitchen, I'll definitely be taking ideas from this image.

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Outdoor living is something that out family is so looking forward too, we want it to be a place where our family can relax and watch the world go by.

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So there you have it, just a few of the images which will be inspiring me when it comes time to do all the fun stuff.

Hope you all are having a lovely weekend so far.

A pretty house.

Every little girl needs a house cushion to sit on their bed, apart from looking beautiful and having a garden out in bloom all year round it's great for pretend play!

I love this little cushion.......
and I hope Chloe did too!

Have a lovely weekend!

Happy New Year!!

I hope you all had a lovely day yesterday, the first day of a new decade.......I hope this one doesn't go as quickly as the last one did!

This year is going to be a big year for us, we have been planning this for a while and now it's finally going to happen.............we are going to build our dream home on 5 acres just on the edge of town.
We've bought and renovated before and that was slightly stressful so I can't imagine how stressful a whole house is going to be!!

Get ready for a few posts about decorating, I'm totally addicted to all the interior magazines and blogs and I'm sure I'll have plenty to share.

The creative front this year is also going to be huge......I've already planned a few things for next christmas and after I finish a couple of orders I'll get into it! Shop Handmade is good for me.......very very good so I'd have to be crazy not to make it my main focus, I'll also do some online sales in my madeit store and possibly a few markets! That should keep me busy enough between picking tiles and paint colours!

I also want to make a few things for the new home, a quilt each for the kids to put in their new rooms and maybe one for myself......that might be pushing it slightly! I have so many decorating ideas I want to get into, covering chairs, window treatments, cushions, bedding and the list goes on.

So here I am slightly excited about the year ahead and what it will bring for our family. What are your plans for the year ahead, I'd love to know?

P.S. I made the little paper houses just before christmas and was going to use them in a special diplay. Next christmas I'll be sure to get it together nice and early!!

Little Houses!

I took a break from making little Christmas hanging owl ornaments yesterday afternoon and made these cute house cushions.
I think the pink one is going to look so sweet on Megan's bed.

I've had a few good nights sleep and I'm feeling much better than I was earlier in the week, I'm even going to take the afternoon off and go so something special with Megan.......no hand stitching is coming along with me! I've come to realize that you can only do what you can do, and stressing and working myself stupid isn't part of what I had in mind!

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend!