Pink bits

We have lots of them. We've returned from Kent with the obligatory sun burn, or at least me and mr pickledweasel have, Munchkin spent the whole time smothered with factor 50. But she has some sort of weird pink rash caused by grass / ants / airbeds. And I purchased a pair of pink Crocs. Oh the shame! I spent all last summer going on about how hideous they were, and how could anyone wear plastic shoes, and the holes in them looked really stupid etc etc etc. But actually they're quite comfy, and perfect for when you get up at 2 am and need to traipse to the toilet block for a wee :)

Other than the pink bits we had a lovely time. The wedding was great fun, and Munchkin was a little star all day. She got a bit wobbly towards late afternoon, but a quick nap and a go on the slide perked her up no end.

Camping was a great hit. Although I am thinking of crafting some sort of knee pad / glove combo so she can crawl around on grassy fields as much as she likes without me fretting :)

Heart of Gold

I've just finished knitting this lovely little brooch, and it's all ready to go in my shop. But I'm off galivanting again, so it'll have to wait until Monday when I'm back.

We're going to Kent to do the following, in no particular order: camp, visit a poorly uncle, see old work friends, buy cheese, go emergency dress shopping, go to a wedding, see the sea and get some sunshine.

I was planning to wear a beautiful cream linen dress to the wedding, but the dry cleaner can't get out what appears to be engine oil (??!!) on the back, so I'm taking my boring and slightly baggy back-up dress, with the hope that I'll see something in the sales before saturday :( This scenario involves taking many pairs of shoes, much to mr pickledweasel's annoyance :)

Stars, clouds, and button rain.

I've been faffing about with t-shirts again, this time customizing a brand new one. I picked the tee up for 75p from the super cheap Ethel Austin. It's a kids one, age 14-15, but I can just about squeeze my chest into it :)

I'm liking it very much. My applique isn't perfect, but I'm getting there. I made the mistake of stitching round it twice thinking it'd make it more secure, but it's resulted in a bit of pulling, so next time I'll just stitch round once.

I picked up 2 more tees, both at 75p each, so I'll be doing some more faffing soon. They'll have to wait until next week though, as family pickledweasel are going camping this weekend. With a 13 month old child. Yes, we are insane. So I'm frantically trying to pack and organise food as I'm at work tomorrow and Friday. Plus I have a job application form that I have to fill in by the end of the week. Eeeek. So I'll see you the other side of the weekend, by which time I'll probably be wet, sleep deprived, stiff from sleeping on an air bed, and swearing I'll never go camping again. Happy days :)