creative shenanigans......

as part of the inter-house arts festival that is happening at the kids'

school tomorrow they get to dress up as a character from a book....

well, gone are the days when they would beg me to make them something like

a little red riding hood costume, instead evie decided that she wanted

to go as annabeth from the percy jackson book series and she was

adamant that this would involved an orange camp half-blood t-shirt.......

certain that I could 'whip one up' she left it in my capable hands

with a print out of the logo she wanted put on there.....

no pressure then......

I managed to find a cheap t-shirt in target which met with 

her approval and set about deciding the best way to get the

logo on there with my limited resources.....

this is what I managed to do with a black fabric marker

and the print out she gave me.....

fortunately, the result met with her approval......

phew......

I also went to a textile workshop at our local IKEA this morning

which was quite interesting and they even gave everyone

who attended a voucher for a free coffee and cake.....

that was a bit of a brucey bonus.....

they also gave us all a raffle ticket at the start of the 

workshop which I tucked safely into my pocket....... 

we were told that they would be doing a bit of a 'prize draw' at the end of the workshop 

and would be giving away 3 little bundles of fabric to some lucky winners......

guess what?  I was one of the three numbers called out......

I think I made a little squeally noise when they called my number just because

I never win anything so it was a bit exciting to have my number called this time.....

oh, the simple things that give me pleasure......

this was the little bundle I received....

and now all I have to do is decide what shall I make from them.......

{that could take years based on my history.....}