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Hazel's Fairy Garden

The arbor entrance to the large garden

Large garden overall view

We had a very busy weekend for us. Saturday Hazel's best friend had his fifth birthday party at Pump It Up. Then Sunday our good friend's baby got baptized. Today Hazel and I went to the Christmas Tree Shop to look for more supplies for our fairy garden and to the library. Oh, and we have been potty training this weekend as well. We have had more successes than accidents so I think we are almost there.

Here are some pictures from this weekend.

Hazel ready to cook in her kitchen.

Hazel at Pump It Up

Our family at the baptism party

Sundae Scoop and Chair Covers

So today, I linked my fairy gardens to I Heart Nap Time I Heart Chocolate Sundaes Sundae Scoop.Check it out.

The chair that really needed covering

I Heart Nap Time Link

Steve's Office with the two chair covers

Last night I made some seat covers for the chairs in Steve's office. I will post pictures later after I take them. They were simple and just cover the mess where the cats scratched the fabric. I made one for both chairs so they would match. I think it looks good and he seems happy with them.

I also had a field day at Joann's. They are having their Founder's Day Weekend sale. Their flannel was on sale for $2.99 and McCall patterns for $1.99. I only buy the patterns when they are on sale for $1.99 or $.99. I'm ready to start sewing Hazel's fall clothes. I'm working on a pair of pajamas for her now.

I'll will add more pictures later. Enjoy your weekend. It is pouring here, but we need the rain, so it is all good.

Fairy Gardens

So the past few weeks I have been enjoying posts on The Magic Onions of pictures of people entering the Fairy Garden Contest. Now this seems like it should be right up my alley with my love of dollhouses and miniatures. But of course I haven't really done anything with them in over 2 years due to Hazel. Well, I pulled out some stuff and made a few up. I think I may work some more on them and have Hazel help tomorrow or over the weekend. But here are some of the ones I came up with.

First some outdoors using real flowers and a few dollhouse extras.

In this one, I imagined the fairy living outside with her canopy being made of spider webs. She even has a fire to cook her tea over.

In this one she uses the plants to make different rooms in her home. In front you have her kitchen/main room. Then hidden behind the flowers is her bed.

This one I did inside. Her carpet is flowers with tree and dirt underneath. Her garden is surrounded with beautiful trees and flowers and she has a bed/couch made of a shell and pine needles for cushioning and ivy leaf blankets. She also has some visitors from the forest: a red fox and some bunnies. They came at the right time for tea.

The table is set for tea for two.

views of the flower border


Her bed/couch

I'm sure I will do another post with more pictures and ideas. Enjoy!

New dresses

So the past few days I have been sewing, serging dresses for Hazel. I have used Butterick B4176 for a pattern. Hazel has been very into dresses this summer which is good with the warm weather we are having. But not always good for the knees (she keeps scraping them). The first is view D and the second is view B, but I used the view D length. I have to say I love this pattern. It is very easy and quick to do and comes out great. Having the serger made it much faster. I'm also working on some pants for her. Hopefully by the fall she will be wearing them again.

Our main focus right now is on potty training. We had some success today and some accidents. Hopefully it will keep improving.