Monday, 31 December 2018

Super Hero Capes & Masks!

It's always hard to think of cool things to get for my niece and nephew for Christmas and Birthdays. They usually want something plastic and 'current' and it will be of no interest in a few weeks so I don't really like to go along with that.

The problem then is, that if I get them something that I like, preferably wooden or fabric, they think it's boring, or don't understand what it is, so then there's no point. This was emphasised in a present that I got for my niece one year (a loom knitting kit) when I got an answermachine message saying 'thank-you-for-my-present-auntie-Amy-whatever-it-is'.

So this year, due to the success of my superhero masks at recent Christmas markets, and my nephews obsession with spiderman and the fact that he wears his costume as often as he can, I thought it would be a good idea to make them personalised superhero masks and capes.


I thought blue would match my nephews favourite spiderman outfit....


Whilst red is often my nieces favourite colour. I had to, of course, go for spotty linings. 


They were VERY pleased with them, and they fitted perfectly!



My niece didn't take hers off all day, which was great as she was the one I thought would be less keen!!


Superheros in action in the playground!



Sunday, 30 December 2018

Crazy Llama Mobile

I've been making llama mobiles for a while, which with mountains, a sunshine and cacti were pretty cool - but then I was given a water bottle with some crazy embroidered llamas on it.....and well....I couldn't ignore it, I had too use it as inspiration for a crazy llama mobile!!

Here are how some of them turned out.....