A wee dress...that will probably never be worn...

Little e - queen of fussy dressers (and eaters but that is a whole other topic..) requested a dress. Yes, the girl who will only wear dresses if they are jersey fabric and not made by me actually asked me to make her a dress. She chose this pattern    and some pink gingham fabric with...

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Me Made May 2014

I am going to bite the bullet this year and join in with Me Made May, so,  'I, Alison of Heavenly Handmades, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '14. I endeavour to wear one handmade / refashioned item for 5 days per week of May 2014' I seem to go through phases of wearing me made clothes...

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17/52 and a train!

Big E: Watching for The Union of South Africa little e: declaring that we can't go swimming in case of jelly fish...!   Joining in with Jodi again for the 52 project. These were taken when we were out doing a bit of trainspotting this afternoon! I do like a steam engine... Union...

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Mary Berry's Lemon Pavlova

I made this for Easter Sunday dessert and it was amazing, even my 97 year old Granny enjoyed it and she is normally my harshest critic! I have never been totally sucessful with the whole crisp on the outside and squishy on the inside pavlova thing but I managed it this time - yum! I used this recipe....

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16/52

little e: the girl who is supposed to be giving up thumb sucking...! Big E: Helping in the garden and giving me 'the look'! Joining in with Jodi again for the 52 project. ...

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Happy Easter

Happy Easter! For the last few years, since living here and having a hall really, I have decorated an Easter Egg 'tree'. I use branches from our hazel tree in the garden and decorate it with paper mache eggs my Mum gave me. I do feel it is a bit away from the meaning of Easter though... This...

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DIY Statement Necklace

  I have had these discs kicking about for years, they were strung as a rather odd belt which I never wore... I think the discs are coconut, my Dad brought the belt back from one of his trips to Brazil, but whatever they are they are very pretty just not as a belt! Since I am on a 'make...

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15/52

Big E: Mid crazy dance move.... little e: No I absolutely wasn't standing on the coffee table a second ago....  Joining in with Jodi again for the 52 project. ...

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DIY Elsa from Frozen Dress

First, if you haven't seen Frozen, watch it, it is great, Sven is my favourite character..! See the end of the post for more Elsa Dresses and a hairband! I asked a friends daughter if she could dress up as anyone who would it be...her reply, "Elsa of course!" I knew what I was making for her...

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