House Renovations: Day One

Just for something a bit different, I thought I'd share some renovation updates with you.

We are turning the study (which was being used as a bedroom by our eldest boy) into a playroom, and the garage into two new bedrooms plus a small cold storage room.  This will turn our house from a 3 bedroom and a study into a 5 bedroom plus a rumpus!  Much more suitable to our big family.

Yesterday was the first day having the builders around.  There was a lot to get used to, especially for my 2 year old.  Lots of new and loud noises and the temptation to go and be with the builders.  He's a man's man, my little boy.

So here are the results from day one:

And the view from the other direction:

I'm so excited about this renovation, my husband has dubbed it my project which means if anything goes wrong he can blame me (that's my interpretation anyway).  At the moment the kids are sharing bedrooms, so they are really looking forward to the extra space, but I'm sure they'll miss their late night conversations.  Meanwhile I have carpet, paint and curtain fittings to be picking out.  Hope you are having a great weekend.

Sew, Mama, Sew! Giveaway Winner

I'm so happy to announce the winner of my Sew, Mama, Sew! giveaway:

Congratulations to: Kristy from Hopeful Threads!!

Kristy, can you email me your address details please.

Thanks for all your entries, it was so fun to hear what machine you are using and have your visits during the week.  Good luck with your entries for the other comps, I've got my fingers crossed for myself too!

Sew, Mama, Sew! Giveaway Day

*This giveaway is now closed, see bottom of this post for the winner!  Thanks for all your entries.
It's giveaway time!

This is such a fun week in the blogging/crafting community. A week where lots of blogs join together at Sew, Mama, Sew! to hold giveaways. There is much visiting and commenting to do, so I'm getting straight onto the giveaway!

This prize is for those of you who love to sew for kids.  I've got two Topkids Magazines (circa mid nineties) up for grabs.

Those of you who aren't new to Joyfoolery, know how much I love these magazines.  I've talked about them before and blogged many projects from them.

These mags are out of print now, so to get hold of them you have to raid your Mother's sewing stash, scour secondhand shops or stalk Ebay.  They are very similar to Ottobre magazines.

Lets have a look at what is in the two magazines I'm giving away this week;

Dress ups!  Don't you just love the little fairy?  Oh and the Dutch girl, so gorgeous.

More dress ups and one of the things I love about these mags, they don't forget about the boys!

Some Linen gorgeousness!
And so much more, look at all these patterns:

Wow, that should keep you busy.  And the pattern sheets are of course included:

These are pre-loved, but are in such good condition.  I'm willing to bet one of them was never used at all!  So sad, I hate to see such wonderful magazines go to waste.

How to enter?  I'm using Rafflecopter for this giveaway, so just follow the instructions, you only need to leave a comment to enter, but there are extra ways to enter for more chances!  Thanks so much for your visit.  I'd love for you to become a regular here, I have lots of upcycling ideas, general sewing and a page of tutorials too! 
Competition is open internationally and will close May 25 at 5 p.m. PST.


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