Stick Man helped Santa deliver the toys......

It's Christmas!!!! hoorah! Toby's treat was to see Stick Man last week at the Soho Theatre..... for those that have no idea Stick Man is Toby's favourite book by, oh you know that woman...you know - The Gruffalo one - The Gruffal-o - Oh, the cartoon that's on TV on Christmas day. Right, are you all with me?

To make it even more of a special day I thought, what better than for the fella to have his own Stick Man to take to the show. I imagined his face all beaming repeating "stick man, stick man, stick man!" which is what we get just by reading the book. What I actually got was "stick  man" in a 'your in the way of the Christmas tree' tone. Ah, we do try. The show was marvellous and it was lovely to see other peoples children be amazed at my Stick Man creation.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL THOSE THAT HAVE TRIED!

Dancing Shoes

So, I've only just got round to listing this ber-you-tee-ful ballet shoe stocking for those that just love to tippytoe round the tree. Its longer and slimmer (well, they don't have fat legs do they) The Sally stockings are going fast, only 2 left - good boy and very good girl, so if you do know any of those me thinks you should reward them. Toby has been a very bad tanrumy boy so no stocking for him!

Makes Exceedingly Good Fairs

We Make Christmas was marvellous! Shockingly not one stand you could walk past and not look......well done We Make!

I still have lots of decorations and stockings and each will get listed in time but if anyone's interested in anything you see on my crammed table then put your hand up and ask.

Isn't that a pip!

So, Jo who helped me on "that" Sunday (no show show) to return the favour I said that I would try to make a Ninky Nonk cake for her son's In The Night Garden party.....yes, yes we can all see that's a foolish thing to say now. So with the help of my sister and 3 days of work later, it was done - here to bore you is how we spent last Saturday when I should have been making more Christmas things for We Make Christmas.

Fun? Fair?

So rather than dwell on how dreadful the "show" (or rather no show) was on Sunday I'll at least show you photos and tell you about how lovely my show neighbours were.

Next door were Clare and Lee from Snug Baby. So nice and good at their job that I ended up in coming home with less money than I went out because I bought one of their rather marvellous slings.

The day itself was dreadful and was only saved by the people I met. The other exhibitors were all great and the show could have been so good if only people came, I think if they knew about it they would have..... "if you build it" and all.....

I made so many pieces especially for the event but at the last minute this was an addition - return of the cupcake tree but in baby blanket form. It will show at We Make Christmas and I really hope that it gets a good home their.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor

Well two out of four! Very excited about my new dolls that will show their faces at The Designer Baby Show so if you want to see them or like one so much you'd like to give him a new home then quick add your comment to the post below and you can come for free if your story is so funny it makes the sailor chuckle!

I hope you like them as much as I do - more to come....