Time to Myself....

Its quite a foriegn concept to me really and thats even with the kids all at school now! I usually spend most of days tied up with Little Lizzies or helping at school in some shape or form and then of course I have my new idea, which I'm almost ready to share! So quite often I forget to just put my feet up and enjoy some ME time. Lately ME time has just been about snatching a couple of hrs to read a good book, the latest one being "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night". It was a fantastic read and a real insight into the mind of a Child/Teen with Aspergers..... and as my eldest has Aspergers, many of the behaviours were very familiar to me! It is definetly well worth the read! So thats one down in the pile of books waiting for me too find that precious ME time and read them.

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The Little Lizzies Fan Page has hit the 200 fan milestone! SO big thanks to all those who have taken the time to join us and espcially to those who leave such wonderful comments! I just might have to run another competition so keep your eyes peeled!

Gala Day is over...time to rest

Gala Day went well with lots of postive comments from parents about my stuff and quite a few of the headbands being sold and also a couple of the cheaper knitted stuff. Then again I wans't really expecting there to be a mad rush on my stuff, but next time maybe there will be! To my delight one parent came up to me yesterday wanting a couple more headbands and then later another decided that she would buy the dress she liked...... yeah! So all in all I would say that it was pretty successful, though there is always room for improvement and for that would be how everything is displayed and making sure my clothes rack doesn't continually collapse,.... really isn't much fun having to pick it up all the time, might have to super glue the base together! I also need to find a better way to display my shrugs as they look like scarfs when they are sitting on the stall and need to think of a better way to keep signs on the stand...ok it was windy on Saturday so my signage probably would of worked fine if they didn't keep blowing down!

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The weather is definetly a bit more like autumn in the mornings now and what better weather for wearing a poncho on the walk to school! So don't forget to checkout what I have available at the moment on Little Kiwis Nest as I will be changing my stock listings in April so get in quick before they are gone!

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Gala Day approaches...... 3 days to go!

Gala Day is looming and though I didn't get everything finished that I wanted to, I still have quite a good selection of things. So hopefully things go really well in the weekend! As I have said previously many of things I have made are things I wouldn't normally make, like the change mat and burp cloths on the left... but I was alreaady making baby stuff for a friend and needed to use up the left over fabric. They were quite fun to make, especially once I remembered that my machine has a walking foot, so then the fabric was trying to go slide in two different directions!

My kids are also looking forward to the Gala Day, with all of them offering to help on the stall though I can imagine that the lure of watching the pig racing, the peting zoo and now the addition of Pony rides, working with mum will not be so exciting. Actually my eldest wanted to help me price everything, except his idea of pricing was revolving around the notion that the higher the price the more money you make.....lol unfortuantely he failed to take into account that if the price is too high people wont buy, but at least his head was in the right place. There will be plenty of bargains to be got with many of my accessories such as headbands and brooches starting at $2 so there will be something there for everyone to buy! So if you are in the area or know people in the area, tell them to come check it out at the Mt Maunganui School Gala Day on Saturday!

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Once Gala Day is finished I'll have some more time to work on my little side project and then once I've got the idea firm in my head I will be able to share it with you all. I can tell you that it is very exciting... well to me it is!

Craft Days, Glue Guns and Burnt Fingers...

With the Gala Day looming I have been busy making lots of things I wouldn't normally do such as headbands, hair ties and hairclips all with the aid of my trusty glue gun. While things usually go swimming I have on several occasions burnt my fingers and the not the normal ouch that hurt type, but the type that causes blisters... the real ouchy ones! Sometimes I wonder how I even manage to do it (but then again I am also very good at trying to sew my fingers to thjings with the sewing machine too). regardless though I have continued and have slowly used up bits of elastic that was no good for clothes, random bits of crotchet, lace and other bits and bobs, not that my craft box has gotten any emptier. I even felt sorry for the boys so went out and got feathers and glued them to the elastic bands as well. Some have turned out better than others, but then somedays thats the nature of craft work.

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I have loaded pictures of new Ponchos on to the Facebook fanpage.... make sure you go and check them out. My little diva had lots of fun posing for the pictures.... though I would have prefered if she stood still and smiled nicely. Make sure you go and check them out and let me know what you think. They will be available for sale during April on Little Kiwi's Nest so keep your eyes open for them.

Back and blogging again

Having realised that it had been awhile since my last blog...... last year to be exact.... I thought I had better get myself back into the habit again.

Things have been very busy since my last post...... firstly the xmas holidays which the kids and spent a lot of time at the beach and if I wasn't at the beach I was making and sorting things for the School Gala Day. Once the kids went back to school things settled down a bit at home, bu then there was still meetings for the Gala Day to attend, getting the kids settled into school and before you know it March is here and the end of term is looming ...... time sure does fly.

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The school Gala Day is going to be lots of fun with the main attraction being the Pig Races, and they aren't just running down a straight track either, they actually have their own obstacle course to go through including jumps and tunnels. I'm sure the Parents are going to enjoy this just as much as the kids are! Of course there is the usually face painting, bouncy castles and all the fun white elephant stalls ......and me! Yip I have my own stall this year, a mixture of things made specifically for the Gala Day as well as my knitwear. So if you are in the Bay of Plenty area and like to go for a drive with the kids then head to Mount Maunganui Primary School on March 13 for our Gala Day. Begins at 9am with the first race at 9.30am!

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But of course that is not the only thing I have been working on... I also have a new project that am working on. It was suppose to be just a smallish side project but the more a sought out peoples opinions the more it has snowballed into something bigger. So now I'm working out just which direction I want to go in. So stay tuned....

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Finially of course I have actually been making more ponchos that I will list for sale shortly. I plan to rotate small numbers of stock so has to keep things new and fresh but without feeling the need to be constantly knitting. This is to allow for the time the new project is going to need put into it. I can say that the stuff I have knitted at the moment is very girly with lots of pinks, but there is also boyish colours with blues and browns and all gorgeously soft to touch!

And the winner is.........

..................Hip Little One! Congratulations, it was a really hard job to choose a winner so I ended up just drawing a name out of a hat! Please contact me with your details and what size you would like!

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Yesterday we went down and watched the local Santa Parade and had lots of fun. Of course it was even more exciting because our school had a float in the parade, and while my kids weren't on the float, as a member of our Parent Support Group I had a hand in getting it ready.....so I think I was more excited about it going past than the kids were....!

Its not long now until school is finished for the year.......1 week tomorrow and then the kids will be madly counting down until xmas day! So the mad rush is now on to get the shopping finished and to get parcels posted!!

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From the 1 Jan 2010 till 1 March 2010 Little Lizzies store at Little Kiwis Nest, will be taking a holiday. This will give me time over the holidays to spend with my kids and then to help with the organising of the School Gala Day. Also I hope to build up a bit more stock as well as adding some new things!! So aty tuned to our blog and Facebook page for sneak peeks at all the new developments!

Competiton Reminder!

Don't forget to get your entries in for our Xmas Competiton (see previous post fo details) it ends tomorow NZT and winner will be announced on the Saturday! I am loving the entries that I have had so far so I hope to see more enteries!

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The xmas tree is now up in ou house and have only got to spray the fake snow on the windows so the house looks very festive. The kids ae getting all excited and with school finishing for the summer holidays in just over a week chaos will ensue. Until then it is very busy, with christmas shopping to be finished, school productions to watch, the school's xmas in the park and of course finishing off preperations for the school float in the local Santa Parade! Of course it is all exciting and loads of fun!