26 February 2010

When The Unexpected Happens ....

Three weeks ago we decided that we'd had enough of the cold and that a short break somewhere further South would do us good. As always thanks to the internet, flights and holiday home were quickly found, and last Tuesday we were on our way to the Costa Tropical in the South of Spain for a week. My pregnancy, then at 26 weeks, was without complications so off we went ....  And then it happened on Sunday morning: my waters broke. Dash to the first hospital, referral to the second, and here I am now 5 days later flat out on my hospital bed in Malaga. Luckily so far baby decided that it was better to stay put but we will now be here until further notice. If all goes well and no complications, labour will be induced at 34 weeks so another 7 weeks to go of keeping my legs well crossed.

To say that this was a shock is an understatement, but we are slowly building a little life here - well when I say we it's really my other half who has been absolutely amazing rushing around organising thing whilst always being here by my side when it mattered. Luckily he can do his work from here so doesn't have to go back home, and we've now also found a nursery for the little man that he'll go to for a few hours every day as from next week. He'll be fluent in Spanish soon ....!

So the frogs+sprogs shop is taking a break until further notice, I'll still update the blog because I have a feeling it'll do me good to write a little bit from time to time. But the focus will have changed a little. And I finally have time to read up on everyone else's blog!


12 February 2010

Blankets, blankets and more blankets ....

So the sun finally DID make an appearance and I got to take all the photos I needed of the new blankets which are now in the shop. I am trying to pick a favourite but simply can't - I think baby no.2 will have A LOT of blankets ...


10 February 2010

7 February 2010

Fabrics and more fabrics

As I said in my last post, before Christmas and in the last two weeks I spent some time on my favourite fabric websites and a few days later these arrived:




Most of them have already been turned into lovely soft and snuggly blankets, all I need now is the sun to come out so I can take photos of them .... phew!

And here is where I sin:

Fabric Rehab

Saints and Pinners

Fabric Inspirations

Celtic Fusion Fabrics

fabulous*fabric

M is for make

I have also used the months of January to have a good clean-up in my fabric stash and use up all the fabric scraps, the result of which are lots of new crayon rolls and bibs (still to be finished). It's been a busy month!


Now I just need more time to put them onto the website .... there definitely aren't enough hours in the day!

29 January 2010

Hello .... Remember Me?

Yes it's me, the one that used to be on here regularly and update this blog. Don't ask what happened, time flew by, Christmas came and went, the snow came and went and here we are at the end of January. Oh and this happened too:


It's now 24 weeks and the new addition to the family should be with us at the end of May.

I've been busy busy busy with fairs before Christmas, some great, other not so great (not to say disastrous) but overall I've learnt which ones are better and which ones I should better avoid. I really enjoy doing the fairs but because of bump and then babe I'll be doing less this ear and concentrating more on my website and others that feature my products. There as well I have learnt which ones are better to use and which ones aren't.

Before Christmas I also indulged in some serious fabric porn shopping, I'll post some images tomorrow. Brace yourself and hide your credit card, because I'll also be telling you where you can find them.

Latest additions to the shop: aprons.

 
 
 

So tell me, are you still with me?

5 November 2009

4 November 2009

I'll Try With A Little Help From My Friend

Sorry I've been away for a while, things just went a bit mad and there was no hope in the world I'd get 10 minutes to blog, let alone read other blogs. But it seems to quieten down a little, so hopefully I'll be back a little more often. I've hired a new help in the house to make things easier, he's still a little unexperienced and unorganised but hopefully things will improve soon.





Five things I can tell you about the past weeks and the next days:

  1. The last fair went really well, I had a lovely day with lots of sales and am now getting ready for the next event. My new blankets are selling really well which makes me very happy.

  2. I am a very lucky girl this week-end as my husband has decided to take me on a surprise week-end for our 4th wedding anniversary - well it's now no longer a surprise because after the consumption of about a bottle of wine last week-end, in front of me he told a friend that 'we're off to Flor....' and then realised what he was doing. I figured that a week-end was too short to go to Florida so yes, we're going to Florence this Friday. Hurray! Without Luca. For the first time. Gulp!

  3. There are 6 weeks left to Christmas and I officially started browsing for Christmas gifts and wrote down my list of Christmas cards whilst the photos were uploading for this blog. There is no escape now.

  4. Toddler lunchtime naps are highly overrated - at least this is what Luca decided, and so we don't really do them anymore. Help!! Mind you maybe we can use that time for some more household cleaning training.

  5. I am desperately trying to come up with a 5th point but it's getting too late so I'll give up before I start writing rubbish.