Well I must say it has been a long time between post, my New Years resolution is going to be to post here every other day and I am getting myself in training for 2012 by having a practice run now.......leaving it a bit late I know, but what can I say....I have been busy.

Well this December saw me with 3 children graduating, year 12, year 10 and year 6. I very stupidly said to one of the year 6 teachers oh I have this great pattern for a small graduation cap, I could make one for each student................how many would you need I innocently asked, hhhhmmmmm 90 was the reply. I responded with now worries, piece of cake whilst secretly saying inside next time keep your mouth shut.

So 90 it was, well actually it became 100 as I made them for the year 6 teachers as well.

Here they are all neatly stacked and

ready for construction. I found doing them in batches of 10 was the easiest way to keep track of were I was at.

Hours and hours later without any sleep they were done.............well all except the hanging tassels which I had to handmake to match the lemon highlights. So more and more hours and hours later they were done.

In the end I was really glad I had made them, Juliet was so grateful and so were her friends in year 6. I had so many Thank You comments from both the boys and the girls. It was a great way to exit the school, after 16 years of being a parent here its time to hang up my hat (no pun intended) and move onto High School. No more brown uniform or brown shoes, no more junior shcool..........all of a sudden I feel sad and a bit nostalgic I have made so many great friends amongst the other parents and the teachers I know I will miss them but look forwarding to catching up in 2012.