Renovation Update...

Well hello friends! and welcome to the reveal....um... not quite how I wanted it to sound :)
Actually, today was the first day I felt somewhat pleased we did all the stuff we did...survived the dust, the dirt, the noise, the chaos...and "The Fall"...


Do you all remember the disaster that was our entrance...and the TV room? Here is the new look...still missing some flowers and general dusting etc , but all in all I am pleased that some of the space in our house is semi-habitable... Do you like it?

This fireplace is the spot we spend most of our winter evenings here in SA...it gets mighty cold this time of the year, and there really is nothing nicer than a real fire to sit next to...


Some faded, vintage looking cushions for the window seat... nice spot for a snooze in the sun...


Although my favourite colour is pink, you can see that I just LOVE red for a house...


The floors are still very dusty...hopefully things will look better after a good cleaning session...

A little Happy Birthday wish to Jenna... and a get better wish for little Erin...

Have a good evening folks...
Lots of Love,
Heidi ☺

Craft Hope...and a baby shower...

Hello friends,

I have joined a Craft Hope initiative, aimed at helping the marine life affected by the recent oil spill in the Gulf. Please link back to their website, by clicking on the pic above...it will tell you all you need to know if you are interested in joining in...

On another note...
I have been preparing for a colleague's baby shower, which an friend and myself are hosting next Saturday. I wanted to make it a special time for her, with lovely decor and goodies, so I worked on a theme this week, of roses and dots... The cupcake wrappers in the pic above are based on a design I found at Shabbyblogs (btw ...what a wonderful site...you must take a look...).
I changed the shape a bit and did my own floral design, to match the tableware I am planning to use. If you would like me to send a PDF file of these wrappers to you, please email me at heidibearscreativeblog@gmail.com, and I will send it off asap!

My tutorial posts have been somewhat derailed by the renovations...but hopefully next week will see me having some space back in our house...

Have a great evening everyone,
Lots of Love,
Heidi ☺

"Think Outside the Sox"... and a winner!

Hello friends...
It's been quite a weekend...I am sorry for the absence (did you miss me a little? :) )...sometimes things work against the best laid plans...

Firstly, the winner of the giveaway is...ta da!.... ♥ LORI ♥ ....... Yay! Please Lori send me an email with your postal address, and I will get your little parcel off to you asap! Thank you to all who became followers!

The renovations are proceeding.., uhmmm... well...yes, proceeding! I hit a major wobbly on Tuesday morning when I discovered the carnage in the cottage. Um, back-up a bit, let me explain....we have a lovely "cottage ", which used to act as my photographic studio, but now really functions as a venue for our girl's birthday parties, and during these renovations ...the DUMP! The builders took everything from the areas in the house we are renovating, and dumped it in a huge dusty, disorganized pile in the cottage!!!! Argghhhhh!!!!!!!!!! So, I had a heartfelt chat with the builder...and he has moved heaven and earth to try and make it possible for us to get our lounge back by the weekend...

On another note, I received a book in the post, which made my heart do a happy dance!

It's an awesome book about knitting .....SOCKS! I have a lot of knitting books about socks, but this is one of the best ♥ The Knitter's Magazine held a sock competition...and received 296 pairs of socks from all over the world. They then decided to publish a book with patterns for the best designs they received (and boy, let me tell you...it is fabulous!).

I think the thing that makes me so happy is that the authors and designers have included detailed instructions on so many new techniques and approaches to sock making...all of the included patterns are worth knitting...I've just included pics of some of them :)

By far though, my favourites are the leopard print socks and the lovely green and red flowery, tapestry like socks! Love them...love them...love them!

It's made me want to do a post on sock knitting...is that something you wonderful followers would like? Sometimes I have too many ideas and plans, and don't get to all of them as soon as I would like, but socks and gloves are gonna have to be at the top of the list....

BTW, the book is called "Think Outside the Sox" ISBN: 978-193306418-5. Lovely stuff....

I am sure you've noticed the blog makeover...I needed a change...after all...Home renovations ...Blog renovations! What do you all think? Like it?

I am off to see what the builders are up to ☺

Lots of Love,
Heidi :)