A Balloon ball to lift my spirits.....

My car is old and tired and is now in need of some major repair work to make it go again. I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. It' going to cost heaps to get it fixed.....probably more than the car is worth; however, I don't have four times the amount to buy a better second-hand car.
So........ it gets fixed and I have to deal with the bill.

And it is in the middle of this reality of cars and financial woes that I found myself reaching for some comfort in my fabric stash.

I looked online for a simple project that would be useful to my wee ones and provide me with a little happiness in a job well done.

So whilst toddler cherub was at pre-school and wee cherub snoozed in her cot, I launched into Emma Jones' beautifully simple Cloth Balloon Ball pattern and made one with tags, just for the fun of it.

There were three rounds of pleasure felt. One, immediately upon completion, I just loved how it looked - Two, when wee cherub woke up and her eyes widened at the colours before batting it round the room - and Three, when toddler cherub got home and squealed with delight at booting it around the house with her sister.

Cars will come and go, bills will eventually get paid off, although there will, undoubtedly, be others to follow in the future; but the moments with my wee ones and that balloon ball....free......actually, priceless and will be with me forever.