Monday, February 7th, 2011
I don’t know whether it’s because I’m a first time mum and I have no experience of these types of feelings or whether it’s because we waited quite a while to have the twins but sometimes I feel like I might crumble from the weight of how I feel about these two. It came home [...]
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Anaïs is slowly but surely getting in to ‘proper’ clothes. Where there were babygrows now there are dresses. Where there were big pull on trousers now there are tights and cute tops. It’s nice that we’re heading in to this stage. Well I say nice, it’s interesting. I’ve never been a mum before so this [...]
Monday, November 8th, 2010
I finished the stockings. Simple, fun bright stockings that will attract the eyes of my five month old babies. I’ve started what I hope is a tradition in our little family as I’d like to aim to make them both a stocking each Christmas. I’ll let you know how I get on with that idea, [...]
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Anaïs: “Oh no, what the heck is THAT!!???” Anaïs: ” No, take that away from me!!!!” Anaïs: ” I…..Can’t……Even…..Breathe……..I…..I……..I…… A little prototype I’m working on for ‘Cherry Baby’ at Cherry Menlove. I can tell from her face that Anaïs just loves her new headband! Yay! *********************************** View my channel on YouTube – Cherry Telly! Don’t forget [...]
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
How To Make a Fabric Union Jack The nursery, strangely enough, has been a hard room to decorate. There is something about getting a space ready for two people you haven’t met that leaves me a bit bewildered and wanting to stall. Robert and I have set up the basics, the cot beds, drawers, clothing, [...]
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Today is an exciting day as it’s the first time I get to introduce ‘Cherry Baby’ at Cherry Menlove to you all. I know that so many of you out there have children, nieces, nephews, grandchildren and kiddos that you see on a regular basis so this is the launch of my children’s collection. I’m [...]
Monday, December 14th, 2009
How To Make A Christmas Stocking So, as my two babies continue to grow inside my tummy and I continue to constantly pick myself up off of the floor after such an enormous, heartwarming show of kindness at our good news things are still moving on apace here at the house. We continue to decorate [...]
Monday, August 24th, 2009
It is not long before the children will be packing their little ruck-sacks and heading back to start another year of school. This is a great project that may help them to get excited about going back and they can actually use it. *We used a sewing machine for this project but this pencil case [...]
Friday, July 10th, 2009
How to make a Fabric Wigwam for children by Cherry Menlove What you will need: Two pieces of 50 x 130cm fabric for 2 door panels Two pieces of 150 x 130cm fabric for two wall panels Three broom handles measuring 120cm each Small ball of yarn/wool (for the ties) A large darning needle 1.5 [...]
Monday, June 29th, 2009
Packing a Picnic Lunch for Children in the Style of Dick Whittington It’s nice to be able to use up scraps of fabric in a way that doesn’t always end up with the scrap becoming a tea-towel. We’re having a great summer here in the UK with the weather behaving REALLY WELL. This means that [...]
