ok, so I’m cheating, it is the start of day one of forty one holi-days : )

But I know today will be quite stressful, so I have stuff to show, so I thought I better get in there quick!

I have just got these,

They are from the lovely Michelle aka CicadaStudio, I love the little lily of the valley one, so lovely.

So far on my list I have almost completed one thing, arghhhh, but I have a list to work to now, so lets see how it goes : )

We are going to see The Dark Knight later, and I’m very excited, very very! I think Batman Begins is a great film, and I’m hoping that this one will be even better, but trying to not get caught up in the hype! I might even do a review of it later : )

I think I must have written about it almost being the end of term at least three times already, does that give an indication of quite how much I’m worried about it?!

But it isn’t just yet, today is the last day for this academic year, and so Edward has gone off with a paper bag full of pressies, and as they shouldn’t be be reading my blog at work, I feel it is safe to discuss them!!

If you are a long time reader of my blog you will know all about Edward, and getting him into a new school, a school that could meet his requirements, rather a school trying to make him meet their requirements.
Edward has been as his ’special’ school for a year now, and what has happened is amazing, yes some days at home are still not great, especially when he is tired, but overall he is so more content, calm and happy.
He can now walk a distance without complaining, he will write and read without moaning, he can get dressed quickly (socks are still a problem, sweaty feet I think are that problem!), and he is happy, did I say that already?!

So I wanted to show the teacher and LSAs who work with him every school day in his class just how much they mean to me, us and especially him.

I wanted to make something a bit different, and was struggling, and was looking for inspiration. A couple of weeks ago I went to the Contemporary Art, Design and Craft Fair at Winchester Cathedral, and I found these,

Aren’t they lovely, little ceramic magnets made by Josephine Middleton, and with this design I had my inspiration, I hope she doesn’t mind!

I have already showed little glimpses of what I was making, but here they are, three little bags, full of love,

Inside each bag is one magnet, a linen bookmark made by me, and some choccies from Hotel Chocolat, and for his teacher I made this,

Because her she has been so lovely with him, and us, she has said the most lovely things, and she is leaving, so next year he will have a new teacher, who I’m quite sure is just as lovely and will continue the great work that has taken place so far. I hope she likes the corsage : )

I had intended to make some chocolate brownies to take in for everyone at school, but with everything else, I failed on that, so I’m sorry, but I will make some next term I promise!

as I have blogged about recently, had lots going on, and only one more day of term left…..

But I have managed to complete one of the things I had to do, this lovely cushion, a commission,

very much inspired by the cushion designs by Aunty Cookie, I hope she doesn’t mind too much : )

I would like to make some more cushions, and so far they have been quite successful, so I might try some more : )

this with you : )

go have a look at the other here if you have cats, this is so perfect, and if not you will laugh at cat owners!

I like the weather how it is today, it feels very calm, almost like it could stay like this forever, or maybe that is because the stillness it how I hope it could stay!

The boys have their last day on Wednesday, and to be honest I cannot say I’m looking forward to the holidays, they fill me full of fear of the unknown, and not a good unknown!

This weekend it was our local village fair, no ordinary fair, it only happens every four years! So that took up some time, as did cutting the grass : )

That is our back garden, the slope is a hill! And at the top is another quite large piece to mow, yesterday to took two and a half hours to cut! I guess the grass was quite long, but even so that is quite a long time, so between that and all the other stuff going on, not much sewing got done!!

So today has been doing some more stuff off the list and getting stuff cleared for the noise that will fill out house from Thursday!! So something to show you tomorrow I hope : )

ps I’m not complaining about the size of our garden, but I just wish the boys would use it more : (

if you would like to know more about image, have a look here, and I hope you have had a lovely weekend : )

I seem to be developing a list, a list of things to do, all sewing things as well!

1. top secret, thought that would get you, but it really is!

2. Design and make up some easy to reproduce designs, hmm, a tricky one for me

3. Organise myself for the course I will be running in September, a whole post about this will be coming soon : )

4. Make felt for new corsages

5. Design and make up some across the body bags with closures - arghhhh!

6. Make another knitting bag : )

7. Make at least one more daisy bag for my sister

8. Design and make some more of my standard bags

9. Prepare for We Make Oxford on Sunday 9th November!

10. complete ideas for folding tote and pouch

So not really that much! and the summer holidays start next Thursday, a wedding the following weekend, I mean, what is wrong with me, or is everyone like this?

and lastly I love these by Keri Smith, just fantastic!

Have a lovely Friday!! (ADHD clinic, here we come!!)

and you know that I have spelt that correctly : )

Between meetings about the smallest one, and generally doing ’stuff’ I have been working on some ideas, which I will be able to show you next week! But here is the ‘wip’,

can you see what its is? Well I hope not, not at least yet : )

Thanks again for all the lovely comments, I’m going to try not to talk about the goings on until we are at least into the holiday season, so you have a week off from moaning!

I would like to thank Vicky, for a lovely piece she wrote the other day on her blog, please go take a peek : )

on More 4, Stanley Kubricks Boxes, and it was wonderful.

I’m sure it has been on before, but I must have missed, or something, but I’m so glad I have seen it now, and maybe seeing it now was for the best. Watching about a man, who was accused of being mad, eccentric, a recluse, when actually what he was, was a man you seeked perfection and wanted to get things right. I think I know some other people like that too : )

If you didn’t see it, try to if it is on again, or if you can see it online, because it confirmed to me that he was a true visionary in the world of film, and that his eye for detail was quite incredible. It is a shame in this period of time, there is not more of the way he worked, everything has to be rushed…

Thank you to all of you who commented on yesterdays post, I have replied to some of you, sorry if I haven’t got to you yet : )
Today was better, but you never know why, or why tomorrow might be worse, or better again, I wish I knew, I wish I could get into their heads and see the world through their eyes, I love them both dearly, I just wish that sometimes I could understand them too.

I also want to say that on the whole I’m not having a go at someone, because of how my son has behaved, I’m just frustrated, because I seem to be unable to be able to do what is expected of me as a mother, the thing you are genetically programmed to do, I’m don’t feel like I’m able to make that good a job out of it, but hey, I’m not bad with a bag : )

I’m tired, they are tiny,

I feel physically tired, late night, and also just tired, tired of people telling me stuff, stuff which I am supposed to control? Not trying to be cryptic, school really, when you are told that your son is under the table and he has punched the person who is telling you all of this, what can you say, what do they want me to say??

Do they want me to say sorry, do they want me to tell him off, do they want me to punch him, do they want to punch me?

What do they want?

(the tiny heart and buttons are to be used in a present, for people who have me smile!)