Yet another birthday- Happy Birthday Mum

The machine has been whizzing, the beads have been dropping and the oven pumping.
This week, on the menu was Roast Turkey with 7 types of vegies - sweet potato, roast potato, parsnip mash, beans, cauliflower and broccoli and corn on the cob. Mum only wanted a little cake as we had also apple crumble so we made chai cupcakes with crushed honeycomb on the top.

Mr P and I were busy trying to make things for mum. We got this great fabric from spotlight of all places. It is a really soft knit. We only bought 2.5 meters and managed to make this wrap dress with bell sleeves and a sleeveless v neck top. Both are Burda patterns out of the magazines I get monthly but I didn't read the fabric requirements properly and we really needed 4 meters for both outfits - but with a bit of clever arranging, we fitted it all in. Thankfully both items fit perfectly. I will get onto mum to get better photos of these yet.

The other thing Mr P and I always do is make her necklaces. We have a place where we buy different pearls and natural beads. This time her request for black necklaces. So we did one similar to the red one she has on in this photo and matching earrings. ( Her ears are not pierced so clip ons are hard to come by).

Finally we got accessories - a belt and some perfume. We also coordinated with Dad who bought a red handbag and a red batwing cardy. Another good, successful night.

Oh, and we got a progress report of MrP's latest artwork for school. He is working on portraits and this one is only half done.

This week we were catering for Mum's birthday.