tea...fretting and new stuff...

 ....so off went our eldest on a big yellow bus to high school...I have been fretting all morning and drinking lots of tea...

 I popped off into my little shed and got on with some work to distract me :)

so all my little makes that I had been working away on at night in the school holidays are now listed in my little shop

 

I have been ruthless and chopped into my favourite fabrics for these....there are owlies..

 

bunting in lots of lovely colours and patterns...

 

 more owlies :)

 

and some more Teawagon patchy blankets..

in lots of pretty florals and checks...

I have fretted a bit more and drank more tea and looked at the clock....

soon be home time and the quiet will be gone and I'll have another cup of tea while listening to tales of big school :)

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the lolly dollys meet some boys.....

hello....I'm still here, just enjoying the last day of freedom before school starts again...it's a big week..#1 is starting high school and I'm panicking about buses and bus stops and how to put on a tie....but it will be fine and the house will be quiet again and I will miss them :)

but before I disappear again to buy last minute bits and pieces...I'm sharing the Lolly stick boys that I have had requests for...

they are done in just the same way as the Dolly's...

I did mine with tapes but the boys made theirs with just pens :)

hope you like them...

the Indian chief one reminds me of Mr Ben :)

so now I need to go and buy more pens and pencil cases and write up my little summer journal so we can remember the all fun stuff we did...

my little 20% sale ends tonight and I will be re-stocking the littleteawagon shelves on wednesday :)

Happy September 

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miss lolly dolly......how to

you will need....large wooden lolly sticks

pens,washi tapes, buttons, trims

....draw on your fabulous hairdo using the pens...

add features....

wrap washi tape around the stick to look like clothes and draw on collars, buttons etc...

draw on legs and shoes (and then wish you had a dress and tights just like them)

keep going and make lots more...they are addictive..and this craft is not just for girls, while I sat happily making these yesterday... my table was invaded by boys who then interpreted their own versions into marvel superguys ...they were quickly whisked off to adorn their bedroom walls, which is why there are no pics of green goblin versions :)

my lolly dollys are off on their jollys....

lucky girls......

I on the other hand am attempting to list a few things on etsy this week and have been busy with the scissors and the vintage wallpapers again.....

hope your summer is going well...I'll leave you with a little sneaky peek of a recent purchase :)

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lazy days...

as the holidays charge along full steam ahead...like many, we have unplugged and kept away from screens as much as possible...

day trips to the coast...

 

packing up picnics...

relaxing on the sofa with a fave mag or watching the athletics...

enjoying the sunshine...

I love how these boys embrace the florals

 

 

a bit of this

a bit of that...

 new products :)

I'm loving the pace...slow...and easy...

I'm unplugging again for a while but will be back soon :)

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a little blog award 7's post

             

thank you once again lovely Ada for the blog award....

so here are....

7 things about teawagontales... I have done things I'm hoping to do this summer...

1

read some books.. ( kids books are my favourites )

2

get back to basics...( I love computer graphics but I treated myself to some pastels and am having a go at drawing again )

3

catch a train...( hopefully in a cute station like this one )

4

listen to some tunes....( not i-tunes... lovely old vinyls on our record player, I can't wait to dig out some old favourites )

5

crochet....( never has a school holiday gone by that I haven't picked up the hook and some yarn and got to work on yet another blanket )

6

picnics :) ....( weather dependant of course although I am partial to wet, thundery picnics too and with our little dog Arnie in tow they are always 'interesting' )

7

paint... ( even though my plan was to paint the house from top to bottom...this option seems a bit more realistic.. )

8..I know I can't count :)

making... ( just for the sake of it...patchy things,toys,garlands,cushions,paper mache..anything we fancy ..yay!the best sort of making )

so maybe after the summer I will re look at this post to see if we did any of the above :)

I hope so x

here are some links to some lovely blogs I have recently discovered...

ouchflower

 thelinencloud

bungalowbliss 

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