Kokeshi Party

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Pepper-Mae had her first birthday recently so we had a Kokeshi party.  The invitations were from Phantasy Art Studios, some free ones they had available which are no longer on the net.

As well as brownie and cupcakes, I made lolly sushi ...

A Kokeshi doll cake* ...

And my husband and I dressed up in clothes I got in Japan 20 many years ago ...

I decorated the wall above the sweet buffet with some cardboard painted brown and cut up to look like a cherry tree branch (like on the invitation). Annoyingly, I didn't get any pictures of the whole buffet decorated and laden with sweet treats but here's a photo with my real Kokeshi in the foreground ...

Linking up to:

Frugal Friday at The Shabby Nest

* I got the fondant for the cake from the lovely team at the Cottage Pantry Gallery.

Turtle

Fun with a walnut shell and a pipe cleaner.

Recycled lunchbox

My girls needed lunchboxes and I didn't want to add more plastic to our house so this is what I came up with - an up-cycled ice-cream container.  These are easy to make and better for the environment than buying a new lunchbox. 

To make one (or a few) of your own, you will need:

• ice-cream container* (or other suitable sized container)
• scrap of fabric (mine measured about 6 1/2 inches square)
• mod podge 

* If your container's label is printed onto the plastic and your fabric is light coloured you may need to give it a coat of white paint first, so that the label doesn't show through the fabric.

Linking up to:

Frugal Friday at The Shabby Nest

Strut Your Stuff at Six Sister's Stuff
You Inspired at Girl, Inspired

Doll's cot quilt

Pepper-Mae recently had her first birthday so for her gift I made a quilt, pillow and sheets for a doll's cot I found secondhand about a year ago.  Being the elder sister Ruby is playing with it more than Pepper-Mae but at least it's being used.

I made the design up myself, which might sound impressive until you see it - it's very basic. This is my first finished quilt and it's made mostly from re-purposed vintage bed linen.

 

Linking up here:

Thank Goodness it's finished Friday at Blossom Heart Quilts