Freebie: Printable Alphabet Flash Cards

After seeing so many cool ideas for nursery or playroom decoration using alphabet cards, I thought it would be cool to hunt some down. (However in the meantime I have so many other ideas for the nursery that I don't think the cards will fit in such a small room) And obviously they are just as useful when the babies grow up and start learning their letters!

Firstly there's THIS fun set from The Handmade Home.

And today I stumbled across THIS set from Mr Printables.com! Love it! This is exactly what I wanted. Simple and modern. They have tons of fun free stuff on Mr Printables.com like these animal flashcards or these earth vocabulary cards or these number flashcards.

Since it's a rainy Saturday, I think I'll print these out on some cardstock and spend the afternoon on the couch with my scissors! Have a Happy Weekend!

Chinese Cabbage = Little Miss Wimm

It's a new week again. It literally feels like it was only yesterday that I posted about Bub being the size of a cauliflower! Oh how the time flies! It's like what they say, blink and might just miss them growing up! Except in this case I would be quite glad to miss the next few months of big bellies and heat and skip right along to a little munchkin face in my arms... but enough dreaming for one day. Bubby is now as big as a Chinese cabbage... How splendid! So if she was born today I would be holding a Chinese cabbage.

Freebie - I Knew You PDF

I got this idea from another blogger who had done pretty much the same thing (we could say that I copied her). However I didn't like her colours. I love that verse, so I decided to do one myself using basically the same colour scheme as the baby quilt I just made. I printed mine out the size of an A5 (50%) and stuck it in a white Ikea frame. You can download the (better quality) PDF version here.

Elephant Soft Toy Tutorial

Hello Monday!! Schön, dass du wieder da bist!

It's been rather warm here the last few days... A sizzling 38 degrees! but probably 40 degrees in our oven of a roof-top-house. Not fun! Went to the supermarket today to stock up the old fridge. But the vegetable and fruit sections were all looking a bit sad to say the least. The heat is not agreeing with them. So I passed up on the warm smooshy kiwifruit and tomatoes and went with sensible summer food like nachos and guacemole! Yum!

I came across this cute elephant tutorial the other day from Riley Blake Designs. It's pretty easy and would make a great newborn gift! I think I'll make another or a couple more...just to have on hand for those last minute gifts... or to fill Bubby's toy basket which is yet to come into existence.

Third Trimester!

Woohoo! I'm now on the home run! I have officially made it to the much awaited 3rd trimester! Hopefully it will go as smoothly as the first two... and is it too much to ask that if be cut short by a week or two?

Bubby is now the size of a cauliflower. Isn't that lovely!

It's a GIRL!

It's official! We're expecting a little lady! And to celebrate, I made a quilt/blanket!

I might eventually put up a tutorial for this quilt...however this time round like the last 3 times I forgot to take photos as I was going. And we all know that photo tutorials are WAY better than a list of boring steps. But as you can see from the photos, it's incredibly straight forward and easy. Straight lines and all! All you need is some pretty fabric, some batting, a sewing machine and a of couple spare hours...two to be exact!

The seams along the edges are a tad wonky in some spots...but I'm sure she won't mind ;)

Katie Daisy

I must admit, there aren't many artists out there whose work I can sit and scroll through for hours and still be oohing and aahing by the end. Katie Daisy is one of those precious few for me. Although she can be a bit too 'save the earth' for me sometimes, I think she's a great artist. Her colour palette is so fun and lively it makes you want to go outside and jump around under the water sprinkler like a small child (at least that's the feeling I get)! Her fun prints are available on her etsy shop The Wheatfield. But if you're not so much into buying rather than oozing over other peoples handiwork, she has both a website and a blog!