Stuff...

Lots of 'stuff' being made at Our Shabby Cottage!

 All of these goodies are available in my Etsy shop here.

Another Bella doll made for a lovely lady, this time with long sleeves and lots of bling!

Kathryn. xx

Rusty.....

This is Rusty.

She was given to Master 8 as a baby and she is the most loved teddy in the world.

Master 8 has slept with her every night for 8 years and she has lost some of her "plumpness" from being squished to death everynight.

He takes her on sleep overs and doesn't care what the other boys say. She has been for show and tell, a teddy bears picnic, on holidays, on planes and on a train.

For the first two years of her existance in our family Hubs and I thought "she" was a "he".

But not so!

I have a feeling that when Master 7 came along, that is when we found out that Rusty was a girl......

I wonder why?

Anyway, with scene set, Master 8 (soon to be 9) said to me the other night, whilst squishing his teddy,

"Mummy, I wonder what Rusty would do if she were on TV?".....

I said, "Maybe a Ballerina?"

"Then she would have to have a tutu and pink ballet slippers" he replied...

The cogs started turning.......Perhaps Rusty would need her own Christmas Stocking this year with her new ensemble?

Now, you have to realise that this son of mine, master 8 is a real boys boy. He loves Footy, soccer, running, climbing, wrestling, tennis and watching "Wipeout".

So his genuine cutesy love for this teddy often amazes me.

So, at craft group last night, I put the finishing touches to the tutu and made the other girls giggle about the funny story! One also suggested I should make a head dress. Is that going a bit too far?

Maybe. Just the slippers to do then.....

Kathryn. XX

A surprise.....

This afternoon my wonderful husband utterly surprised me.

It was the most wonderful feeling to have been completely surprised.

(Tears rolling down your cheeks surprised)

He had seen my last post about "Bear Hugs" and my love for "Woody". After a sneaky phone call to the owner, Sue (thank you so much Sue!), and a cock and bull story about having to duck out for a few minutes to check something at the new house he arrived home with a bag......

MY

HUSBAND
IS
THE

BEST!

If you are ever in Buninyong, make sure you visit Sue at "Bear Hugs" (also at "The Vintage Garden"), tell her Kathryn sent you.

Kathryn. XX

Which one would you choose?

I have been really slack with my blogging recently so I apologise if you keep coming back to see what I've been up to and all you are seeing is pink from the last post!

The computer doesn't seem to want to turn on today so I am working on the lap top and of course there are no photos of mine stored on here so I will have to do some surfing of photos to share with you...:(

Master 6 is home from school today - upset tummy (nothing serious and I think he is playing on it quite nicely). At present he is trying to beat his brothers score on "Arthur and the Invisibles" DS game....Mmmm!

Mum and Dad were here on Wednesday and took me out to lunch. They were supposed to come on Tuesday (my brother's anniversary) but they had a funeral to go to. Of all days to go to a funeral eh?

Anyway we had a really nice day together and lunch was lovely. We went to the Crown Hotel in Buninyong then ended up at "The Vintage Garden" (gorgeous shabby cottage homewares) and "Bear Hugs" (across the road).

Oh my goodness "Bear Hugs" is a very dangerous place.

"Woody"

I'm not a real teddy bear lover but I did fall completely head over heels for an English Teddy Bear called "Woody" made by a company called "Charlie Bears" (make sure you have a look at them...that's all I'm going to say). I may have to sew, sell and save to bring him home with me. The lady who owns the shop is a teddy bear collector and she has some of her teddies on display in the shop. She said that "Woody" comes and goes very quickly so maybe I should just go and be very naughty and bring him home with me...

"Diesel"
But then, of course, there is "Diesel"

"Kojak"

and "Kojak" and.....I could go on, and on, and on....

I can see, now, why people collect Teddy Bears!

Which one would you choose?

It will not be easy.....Hee Hee!

Have a great weekend, Kathryn. XX