I’ve moved to http://noisettehandmade.blogspot.com
Mainly because I’ve been having a nightmare uploading photos to this blog. I will keep it open for a while and then delete. Thanks for bearing with me.
Finally autumn is here.
Love it.
I’ve been away. I lost the baby I was carrying on August 28th and it was quite a traumatic experience. I was 16wks pregnant and basically delivered the baby into my hands in the bathroom after contractions and my waters breaking early. I didn’t realise it would look like a baby at this stage and so we (hubby and I) had a massive shock. I had to go to hospital to dettach the baby from the cord and deliver the placenta.
The hospital were very sensitive. I realise to them our baby was just a foetus but to us it was our ‘baby’. I heard its heartbeat and held its lifeless little body in my hand. I said goodbye and kissed my son or daughter goodbye. I believe they are with God now. Trisomy 18 had been mentioned at the 12wk scan but we won’t get the post mortem results until October 12th.
One week after delivering the baby we went to Rwanda for nearly 4 weeks. The last minute preparations were a welcome distraction but the first few weeks were hard as I started to come to terms with the loss of our baby. We had a huge church wedding and a christening for our little boy, spent lots of time with family and exploring the country.
Now I’m back I miss it so much. I didn’t miss the Uk at all. Just the internet and if we moved there which we are talking about we would have the internet. We would be about to offer J a much better quality of life than we can here. Although I would definatley miss my mum and two sisters but there is Skype and email!
The robot embriodery is finished, I just need to bind it which I have started.
I started working on some new toy designs and those will be in my shop within the next few days. I really like the direction I’m going in but I wonder if I’ll ever be able to make a living having my own business. So many talented people are trying the same thing and struggling to make ends meet I wonder why I think it will be any different for me. I have to give this ago because I want to stay home with my son. I also don’t know if I mentioned but I am expecting again which means we will (hopefully all going well) have 2 children under two which not only expensive to put them in full-time childcare while I go to work but also not what I would want at all. I know not all women have the choice and I am grateful that for the time being I have the option to stay at home.
I’m loving embroidery at the moment. I designed this robot which is going to go in my shop as a small wall hanging. I’m going to attach batting and a backing fabric then use binding to finish it off. I’m thinking a nice bright red will set off the colours nicely.
I’m also working on one for my little boy with his name on and images begining with the same letters underneath. So J and jellyfish for example. I love how its taking shape. I might offer these as custom orders in the shop too if people like them. They would be perfect to hang on the door of the nursery or on the wall.
I’m trying to overhaul my shop at the moment. I have so many ideas and its only when you start trying things out that you can find what works and what doesn’t. My baby shoes are quite popular but because they are quite time consuming to make they don’t make much business sense. I make reversible shoes with no seams and this can take longer than the stardust shoes pattern for example where you have the seams showing. I might still offer the shoes but maybe as a gift set instead.
I’d really like to go in direction of wall art and soft toys. I have so many ideas and I’m really excited to try them out. If anyone has any views please let me know.
About a week ago I had some possibly devastating news which has been preying on my mind all week but now I’ve decided to get on with my life and move forward as best I can until I know what will happen in more certainty.
So when life throws me curve-balls, I like to paint. I’ve come up with some designs for children’s artwork, the first being the giraffe above. I love painting for children because of the bright colours you can use. This one is destined for my son’s room but I’m thinking of doing a range for noisettebaby.
Welcome to my blog. I hope to keep a visual diary of things I’m making, seeing and doing. I’m always astounded by the beauty that can be found in our everyday lives. The above photo was taken on a busy road near my house. I live in the city but even here, little pockets of nature can burst its way through into full blown beauty. We just need to look carefully enough.
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