As well as my beau turning 50, our quirky smallest girl turned 14 earlier this month.
She started guitar lessons (with an amazing teacher) last year and has been using her dads guitar so we thought it was time for her to have her own. She was very clear about the style she wanted; a cutaway with pick ups for an amp and with a matt finish. We were so lucky to find a second hand guitar that fitted her taste and size from our local guitar shop in excellent condition.
As in family tradition, i also made her a birthday pressie. We recently spied a metre of a cute strawberry print cotton twill in a local fabric store and as she really loved it, it ended up in my shopping bag. She fancied a pinafore dress so drew me a picture of what she wanted. i took some measurements and set about creating it. We are both really pleased with how it came out and my invisible zip (at the side) really is invisible (she took a while to find it), so a good result from a pretty remnant.
I really do love making gifts ... i am starting to think about christmas... (not long off), are you?
It would be lovely to share some ideas for homemade gifts. i did run a few posts last year about this but kind of fizzled out in the busy run up to the event. Maybe i should start earlier? anyone up for it? Let me know and we can start sharing ideas and linking up.
Hi Ginny,
That is such a sweet pinnafore. I made lots of gifts last Christmas, but I'm more pressed for time this year, so I'm not sure how many I will be able to make by hand. I have a couple of ideas if I can only find the time!
Every year, I mark my diary Christmas in July, with the intention of starting to gather together supplies and make a start. This year, I got as far as thinking about it and writing down a few ideas, but I didn't actually make a start.
I'm not sure that I've got any original ideas to share, but I'll give it some thought.
Have a great week,
Marie x
Posted by: Marie | September 28, 2014 at 22:50