Cosy mornings!

Earlier this year I made two padded carry bags for our owl mugs, purchased during our anniversary splurge.  

The bags were a bit roomier than necessary, which has proved to be an expected bonus - now that I've added extra items to each.

Nick and I are heading off on another short adventure, staying several nights in a Canberra motel.  

Our room has a kitchenette with microwave and we've decided to breakfast as usual, so will take our preferred porridge/oat mixes.  We use large bowls at home when cooking our porridge, so thought it best to pack similar - because the larger volume bowls ensure no boil-over/less mess when cooking. 

Obviously the bowls get quite hot in the microwave.  I sit mine inside a cereal bowl when serving, to prevent burning my hands.  I've made bowl cosies previously as gifts but finally decided to make a pair for us.  They will provide extra padding for our bowls when in transit - and then serve their intended purpose when microwaving.  As it happened, there was just enough lining fabric leftover from the padded bags to make two cosies, so the sets look quite co-ordinated.

The cosies are intended to be used with the bowls inside (to protect hands/laps from heat).  When in transit, the cosies will sit inside the bowls to provide padding between them and our mugs.  The mug rugs will tuck around the mugs - and all will pack sideways into the bags.  I'm quite pleased with how it's all come together!