Mum's Lilly's

Our mum love's her flowers, infact she loves Lilly's! So a few years ago she started to grow her own. This year her Lilly's opened whilst she was away on holiday!

I thought I'd share them as i think they look beautiful x 

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Who needs photoshop when you have GIMP!

Whilst browsing on my facebook newsfeed, I seen this:

However the day before he asked on facebook if anybody could do his logo for him, I seen it three hours later and ask him if he wanted me to have a go. He then told me someone had a 'macbook' and they was doing it for him. I did make sure he knew that I printed tshirts so if he needed them come to me!

 So when he uploaded the above picture I kindly asked him if he mined me having a go for him. Please understand I'm no expert at GIMP but I had a go and this is my end result.

First I done the 'MR':

I then decided that the red on the grey was a bit too much on the eyes so I changed the grey back ground to a nice crisp white:

Before

After

Failing that I thought his potential customers should see him in action. So I added a background image of him:

Matty's had a bit of a hard time the past few years, I thought I'd give him a bit of a hand to hopefully get a few more people to work with.+
So if your from Birmingham/Solihull contact Matty if you need a personal trainer. Tell him Tilda sent you. 


@mattSGrobo

Follow me on twitter: @turtlenewts @printmycover1 @tildskie 

Categories: Birmingham, Gimp, Personal Trainer

My Fluffy Parcel

Today I received my second parcel from 'yellowbloom' inside consists of 6 nappies and 12 Micro Fiber (MF) inserts. After I spend a while looking at how pretty they are, I have to get them in the washing to pre-wash them.

New fluffy nappies

All new cloth nappies have to be pre-washed before using them. I put the nappies on a few 30 degree washes I don't bother using washing powder at this point. I also don't dry them in between washes when the machine has stopped I just press start again. Once I have done a few (2 maybe 3) I then hang them all out to dry on my washing line (if its a nice day) If not I hang them on my clothes horse/Airer. 

Nappies on the washing line

Once dry X will have them on his little bottom! Xavier does get some nice little comments on his nappies! Hoping I can get more people into using cloth as their more eco friendly and a whole lot prettier than 'sposies'.

Categories: ebay, real nappy's

Look After The Pennies And The Pounds Will Look After Themselves

This coming Sunday (21-07-13) Xavier (X) will will 12weeks old. We are both now in a small routine, and feel as if I am now ready to use cloth nappies full time. So with in the next new few weeks X will be wearing a mixture of 'sposies' (disposable nappies) & cloth nappies. Until We have a good 'stash' of cloth. 

Ebay cheapie Nappy

I posted this photo on to my facebook and a few people sent me messages asking about his nappy cover and why I was using a nappy cover. I explained to them that X's is actually wearing a reusable nappy and it works out cheaper for us, so the extra pennies we save can be put straight into our savings accounts. 

"Look After The Pennies And The Pounds Will Look After Themselves"

On Ebay I brought a random stash of nappies to find out which was best for us. We have tried Bambino Mio I brought these from ebay preloved for £20 all in. I received around 30 nappies and 15 wraps from size one to potty. These didnt work for us. The covers left nasty indents on X's legs. I tried size two but the same happened. When i loosened up the velcro the nappy leaked. 

I also brought a few little lambs, X has now out grown these. I honestly prefer the Birth To Potty (BTP) nappy. I have a little stash at the moment the 'ebay cheapies' are working wonders for us! I have just placed another order with the ebay seller 'yellowbloom'. 

Daddy's Little Carpet Commando 

Categories: bambino mio, ebay, My Little Newt, real nappy's