This little flower sprite was for a baby dedication

I was aiming for the type of flower sprite that could hide in the garden and appear to be a blossom so I thought petals for hair might work. When she was all finished Lani skips into the room, takes one look at her and asks,

"why did you make Fifi the Flowertot?"

Blahhh. But I still think she looks cute peeping out of her bag, rip off of popular kids character or not.

One Red Robin, a gorgeous site by a very talented softie maker that I had been reading through all the yucky months, started imploring all the crafty people to make toys for something called Softies for Mirabel and Linked to a site called Meet Me At Mikes for more info. Meet me at Mikes is a great place to visit and to say that it is updated daily is the biggest understatement of the year, Pip is prolific on the internets with all things crafty and nice to look at.

What is ‘Softies for Mirabel’?
Softies for Mirabel is our annual appeal to benefit the kids supported by The Mirabel Foundation. We send word out via the internet, inviting people like you to make a soft toy (or two!) The toys are gifted to the Mirabel kids as part of The Mirabel Foundation’s Toy Drive.

Due to the rapid production of children I really haven’t done anything creative since leaving Uni, Oh art degree, what have I done to you??? So I was a bit hesitant as to my ability to make anything worth letting another person look at, but when i read the post over at Pip’s about the Mirabel foundation and what it does to support children who’s lives have been turned upside down by drugs I just had to give it ago.

This was Last years attempt and I really enjoyed making her. I used to make soft toys all the time when I was a kid, never being able to find the character that I was currently reading about at the shops.  I always envisioned my house full of home made goodness but my creative side got packed up in a box somewhere and lost in one of the many times we have moved house. I will be making another Softie for Mirabel this year and hopefully many more things. Head over to Pip’s to learn more about this wonderful foundation.

The poor sewing machine is still in the hospital having his knob seen to, so it has taken me a little longer than the one night promised to finish this doll. The little girl who was in the car accident turned up for half a day today and collected the mountain of get well gifts off her desk. When Lani told me this as I was helping her into the car this afternoon I thought she was going to be upset because we didn’t get our little contribution finished in time. But thankfully Lani saw the positive side declaring that it was wonderful because

"if she feels well enough to come back tomorrow she will get one more surprise gift from me".

I feel like I forgot to bring in my homework only to discover that the teacher is away sick. Yay for patient and forgiving daughters.

The doll christened Suny because "That’s a happy name" is posing with the original design by Lani. We are giving the drawing to the little girl as well.

We hope the little girl enjoys her happy doll and we are sending prayers for a speedy recovery her way.

Lani’s little friend at school was injured in a car accident. The whole class made cards to send to her while she was in hospital. Then the next day in the car ride home Lani very seriously informs me that her teacher had mentioned, that if we wanted to we could think of our own ways to make this little girl happy while she is stuck in bed. So every night for over a week now she has been bugging me to help her make a doll for this little girl, and every morning when she wakes up she asks me were it is. Apparently I have the ability to pull gorgeous hand made Dollies out of thin air.

Hating to shatter her illusions about how talented her mother is I promised last night to give it a try. So just before Lani went to bed I asked her to draw a picture of what she had in mind so that I had something to work with.  So while she is at school today I am going to attempt to transform her design into something I’m not ashamed to give to a poor girl stuck in a bed. Wish me luck.