Baby bump and cat

 

Just seeing how close I could get the camera to Ninjas face before he got pissed off and moved! Quite close was the outcome.

 

I'm not sure much longer Ninja will actually fit between the baby bump and the desk

Me and my 22 weeks pregnant baby bump. I'm getting rather large now. The baby has already started waking me up in the night kicking! Sleep deprivation is something I am going to struggle with. I will admit I am horrible to be around when I haven't had my sleep. Food I can go without all day but sleep...I'm like the walking dead, and the moody dead at that! I better start 'practicing' my cat naps.

Teeny Weeny

New teeny weeny button jewellery.

 Cute Ice Cream coloured hair slides

 Even cuter teeny polka dot button studs in many colourways!

Now being listed on Folky

I'm having a BABY!

 I have been waiting soooo long to announce this! I finally had my 5 month scan last week and everything went really well. The baby is growing well ha ha and I don't think I'm in for a small baby! This is our first child and we are super excited. We are not finding out what we are having as i think i would prefer a good old fashioned surprise. So the first photo is from 13 weeks and the second was taken last week at exactly 20 weeks. I have only just recuperated my energy levels and will admit I have done pretty much no work in the first trimester. I'm slowly catching up as i have now hit panic mode-in 20 weeks i will have a baby in my arms and no energy to play with buttons. So my plan is to get as much work as possible done so all i have to do is list and post..ha ha we'll see how that one pans out eh?

I was amazed how clear our 20 week scan was. We even got a wave and a yawn which was just beautiful to see. I cant wait to meet him or her. The kicks are getting stronger and my belly is getting bigger by the day. Ill take some 'baby belly' photos soon. x

New Design

 I made my first Cafetiere cover last December as a Christmas gift to my Grandma. It dawned on me that it would be ideal as she was previously wrapping and tucking a tea towel round her coffee! It looked awfull, and didn't work very well lol. So she was over the moon when she opened her present. I made her the linen and red gingham one above with mother of pearls buttons.

 This floral one is listed in my SewRealicoul folksy shop.

 Hope you like x x

I Heart Rings

 

I Heart Rings! I love em i do! 

I was looking through my ring box the other day and when I came to struggle to close the lid I realised, gee I have one hell of a lot of rings! A lot of them are from Octopus where I used to work and quite a few are ones i have made which seem to sneak into my box on a regular basis lol. So i thought I'd share my rings with the world, just my costume ones. I'll save my silver collection for another day!

SALE!

20% off every item on my etsy shop with this coupon code realicoulsale2011.

sale items listed in all three of my folksy shops some with up to 30% discount! Realicoul, SewRealicoul and RealicoulChristmas 

Happy New Year! 

Apologies and Sadness

First of my apologies for the lack of posts on both my blog and facebook fan page, but December has been some what of a difficult month for me as my Great Grandma was taken ill in the 2nd week of December and sadly died on the 21st December at the grand old age of 97, she would have been 98 this February. I have been supporting my grandma whom I am extremely close to throughout this time and I haven't been on the net for a couple of weeks now. My Nana was a lovely lady most would say with a rum sense of humour and I will miss her dearly. The funeral was last wed and i managed to read a poem out, I can honestly say it was the hardest thing i have ever had to do.

My birthday was on the 14th December and under the circumstances I had a lovely day, I received many lovely presents and cards from friends and family, I was well and truly spoilt. I did manage to get my christmas tree up the night before my bithday which is a family tradition and so i have included a few photos. Lol i like my tree but my little sister insists its too bare. But after you have just spent £25 on a real tree I'd quite like to see it!

So much of December has been a blur for me, I feel i have been here but not quite my head is still a little mashed. I will be having a sale on my shops so please bare with me as i have a lot of work to be catching up on. I havent done my books for a month! No doubt this will give me a headache!

So here's to good health, good fortune and a long prosperous life Happy New Year x

 My Nana Starting me early on the drink!

 My some might say bare tree

 Our boiler went on xmas eve and the pipes from xmas day morning, it took Jak quite a while to defrost them with the hairdryer! He was hung over too! Serves him right i say lol

 A beautiful card hand stitched by my Mum

The view from our living room, we have a nice view up on our hill, but its pretty hard work getting up and down in the snow!