My little Charlie guy...

Well this year, my son (20 mnts old) was old enough for me to make him a full costume for Purim.
After noticing some particular resemblances we've decided he should be Charlie Chaplin.
Chaplin is after all one of my favorite figures...

So I started by looking for some references - saw the highlights of the scenes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtZTIwSIuGw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcvjoWOwnn4

First I made the jacket... then the over sized crotch pants... a bought shirt (which also was made by me for the commercial baby clothing brand i used to work for ) a papillon (i know Chaplin uses a regular miss located tie but Nadavi wouldn't go for that so i used a bow) and couldn't stop there. Had to do something about his sneakers (so he would be comfortable and still era like) so i made oxford shoes cover for his Nike :)

here are the photos from the process... or as i call it THE MAKING OF CHARLIE

And then the morning came... he woke up happy and excited (i know he didn't know what to expect after all it was he's first Purim going to the kindergarten but still he was happier then any other day). So after a quick shower we started the dressing up party :)

This is it...

My little Charlie went to his party all dressed up. Had a great time

(but not as much as I did) 

xoxo

and c u next post

Field trip "החווה" the farm... with our kindergarden mates :)

On last Friday we had a field trip, our very first field trip... I've been waiting for this even before I've started waiting to become a mother  :)
We had to be at " HACHAVA" (Hebrew for the farm) a cute farm in the middle of the city (just between telaviv and ramat gan) with plantations, animals and most important green everywhere.
We had a nice guide that thought us to plant rosemarine in a pot (we lost ours ... my husband forgot to take it when we left), we made clay porcupine (this is took with me and proudly present it in our living room), afterwords we made bread from flour and water dough... yummy and the kids even got to dip it in chocolate...
and last but not list... we got to check out the animals... we saw lambs, sheep, rabbits, peacock and HEN... chickens and turkeys...
Here are some of the pictures I took and send the all of our class parents... text is in Hebrew but it says pretty much the same as I wrote here.
HACHAVA, ramat gan, Israel... very nice TO DO WITH YOUR KIDS activity

Mrs. Patchwork's logo

I love my hen logo... don't you?

THE FLYING HEN - or the wanna be peace dove hen

My baby brand... LIAT Petite , COUTURE FOR GIRLS

I am developing a new bussines. My new baby is called LIAT petite, LIAT BARLEV COUTURE.
This is why i kept silent for the last couple of months...
For now I am showing you my logo and more inofrmation and catalogue will come up soon...promise

A girl's best friend...

Well, I love coffee... and unfortunatly I love candy also!
So I've finished the tester's choice jar last week and couldn't just put it into the trash.. and all the rice/flour/beans etc... already got theire special dedicated jars...
SO WHAT AM I TO DO WITH THE EMTPY JAR??
after cleaning it and letting the coffee aroma go, I sat down to decorate it
here are the results:

 this is mine.. most welcome to ask for the printble version so

you can make yours...

And here are the steps:

enjoy

:)



old can game

On my son's first day at the kindergarden he found an old can game and kept playing with it for as long as we were there. It is very simple to do and improve.. so i waited till we had an empty Similac Can (perfect size and has it cover that fits well), glued a polka dots tablecloth with my favorite english lace strap...
took 10 dr.'s sticks and painted them in blue (to match the tablecloth) and made him his new super cute home designed OLD CAN GAME... now all i have to do is wait for him to come back home from his grandmother's to c if he likes it!!!
will keep you posted

ah i did another one in red with white dots and made a rounded holl in it for colored pompons but i dont have them yet ready... will post picture of them when ready. promise