All Week

Aylestone Meadows: A walk by the canal.

 The sun came out this week: Hello sunhat.

 Baking: Black Bottom Cupcakes

 Shopping with Nana Bee: Trying on every pair of glasses in reach.

 And Bun.

 Bad Haircut: Still happy!

 Craft Fair: The Bee Hive Crafts and Sunflower Crafts.

'Sun'day: Garden

 Sunday Lunch: Lockwoods Tea Rooms

 Idle Fingers: Mr Bee's quilt squares cut

 Laughter a plenty

 Baking: Choccy Chip Cookies

A rundown of our week :)

 I subscribe to the magazine MollieMakes, which means I get it a day or two early. And it means I don't have to go to the shops!

I have already made one of the rings featured in the magazine. Each week you get a little pouch of felt to make a little something. This week is cute little flower rings.

I can't wait to experiment with different colours and styles, they are nice and simple and very pretty!

Goodies

Look what has just arrived at The Bee Hive!

• Mollie Makes, my new favourite magazine! All sorts of crafts, packed full of inspiration, and always a free gift to make :)
• An assortment of fabric and habdash, I won't name any names as to where it is from, as I wouldn't recommend them to my worst enemy, but my order has finally made it here, with an extra yard or two thrown in for good measure it seems. Also the pattern for making a teapot, cups and saucers. Can't wait to try that!!
• My custom made stamps ready to get making business cards etc, verrry exciting.

And all addressed to 'The Bee Hive' which is pretty darn cute too!

Got the bug...

Again...! Whilst I was away in Burnley, I got the sewing bug again! Once I start, I become addicted and find it hard to stop. This evening, I have been making some bunting for Anna's baby, Splodge. Well for his bedroom! I thought it would be a nice little thing to brighten up a wall or something. Bunting is very much in fashion at the moment, so it is something he can keep to remind him of his Auntie H at the very least.

I did steal the idea from the new magazine Mollie Makes, which I must admit, I am a little bit in love with already, from the first installment! I have crafted together the attached project but it is in need of a little TLC (already, obviously didn't spend enough time on it). 

It took me a little while to work out what size I needed to do the triangles, but after a lot of working out and help from Mom and Louie, see scribbles, we managed to come up with something, and I managed to get 10 triangles out of one A4 sheet, so economically, we have done well. If any of you would like the pattern, let me know and I will put one together for you.

Much thinking required

Then I needed to get all my fabric strips together. The magazine said to use off cut strips but I don't have  things like that so I just cut them as required, at about 2cm a piece.

Then they need gluing to the card one at a time, then sewing on.

It works really well, as you get a nice sturdy triangle afterwards, so it isn't flimsy. And the patterns look amazing. I had planned to accessorize the bunting with buttons and ric rac but to be honest, I don't think it needs it. I think it is rather lovely as it is.