Friday 25 December 2009

MERRY CHRISTMAS.....

Do you have a white christmas? we do lol

I hope you all have a wonderful christmas
and a happy and healthy new year, here's to 2010

take care all
lorna x

Show and tell.......

firstly i have this gorgeous ornie that Wendy made for my birthday, without knowing it at the last scout hut meetup i chose the fabric myself lol, is'nt it gorgeous, thank you wendy x



















This is what i made for wendy in the Hardanger day secret santa along with some other goodies.




















and these are a couple of the diaries i did this year for friends, each year i do a diary for them, they wait for there diaries and this year they were out of fabric, hope you like them girls!

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Monday 21 December 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.....

To our little man Jake, where does the time go, it can't be a year already can it?
Jake is one today and boy has he changed our lives, he is just gorgeous and makes us laugh so much, here he is being santas little helper.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY GORGEOUS BOY x x x


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Saturday 19 December 2009

Wallhanging

this is what i made for sandra in the scout hut secret santa exchange, a lot brighter in real life!
lots more to show but i can't quite yet....watch this space.


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Tuesday 15 December 2009

Well we had such a fantastic time on sunday at the scout hut christmas party , there was gorgeous food, some fantastic exchange items being passed around great music and singing and a bit of dancing, and most of all great company, thank you girls for a wonderful day.

and thank you Jo for my exchange items, are'nt they just fantastic....my snowman is just gorgeous and all hand made by jo, the plate was hand painted too and i love the dried fruit, its all fantastic thank you jo.

chears everyone, what a blast










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Monday 23 November 2009

Just a little something.......

To show you, i made these little heart cushions from laura ashley fabric and added some antique lace, still have some fabric left mmmm what to make next......so many ideas not enough time!

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Sunday 15 November 2009

Look at this............

Most gorgeous pressie that my wonderful friend Colly made for me for my birthday, my birthday is not until thursday but she made me open it yesterday, she made me get all emotional, thank you Colly i love her.

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Tuesday 3 November 2009

Halloween finish

i can show you this now, its what i made for Maria in the crafty natter halloween exchange, rather pleased with it!


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Halloween exchnage received

iIreceived this from Jaclyn in the Crafty Natter halloween exchange, is'nt it just gorgeous and although i hate spiders i love cute spiders for some reason and i just love the googly eyes, thank you jaclyn, i love it!













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Monday 19 October 2009

Two More exchange finishes

Both of these were for exchanges on exchange heaven, for the autumn and halloween exchanges, the lace was dyed with tea to go along with the autumn theme! might have to stitch this design again for me, cause i love love LOVE IT!

































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Exchange finish

here is a piece i finished for an autumn exchange for the scout hut crafty weekend, Angel received it, i hope she likes it. its a LHN design mounted onto a box, the box is also lined inside the lid and is padded on the base, it was full of cookies and hot chocolate sachets.
















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Friday 16 October 2009

Exchanges received

Firstly From Jan for the halloween exchange on exchange heaven,
thank you Jan its gorgeous














then From Becky on the Lizzie Kate exchange blog,thank you Becky, is'nt it lovely, my fave subject, well along with halloween i love them both!

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Tuesday 29 September 2009

LK finish

This has now been received by April so i can show it, it was the piece i made for the Lizzi Kate exchange
i realy enjoyed stitching this but then i normaly do enjoy stitching Lizzie Kate designs.

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Sunday 27 September 2009

Gorgeous gift!

From Carol for the Autumn Exchange on exchange heaven its gorgeous and will live on my craft room wall.
thank you Carol i love it.

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Thursday 3 September 2009

Halloween Pin cushion

Its amazing what you come across when having a tidy up! i was having a good old sort out of my craft room yesterday and i came across this half done, i started it last year and for some reason put it down, probably to do an exchange piece or something but yesterday i found it and finished it, i am realy pleased with the result.






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Wednesday 2 September 2009

christmas finishes!

two more finishes, these were for my friend michelle for a charity stall, i realy need to get some christmas stitching done for myself, i had all the good intentions of getting a piece a month done over the year but nope its not happened lol





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Thursday 27 August 2009

Happy Birthday Niall

Well yesterday was my youngest Nialls 18th birthday,he as the rest of us was at work all day but they managed to get him home in good time as we all surprised him by waiting for him in the pub with banners and balloons, although he new something was going on as he walked through the car park and saw lots of familiar cars, it was a lovely evening with people trying to get him drunk, lovely food and lots of cake and pressies lol, Happy birthday Niall.

onto other things...i am still feeling pants, wish this cold would go on its merry way, someone elses turn me thinks lol

and on stitchy matters
Here is my latest finish "The Sampler Lady" a very enjoyable stitch....now whats next lol

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Tuesday 25 August 2009

LK finish

Well the house has been infected, we all have colds, poor Jake started last week with a snotty nose, Amee and Cara soon followed, Stephen came down with it on sunday, MAN FLU his was far worse than anyone else lol and did'nt leave his bed sunday or got to work monday....and what happened last night?? yes i came down with it too.........as long as it clears up before the weekend thats fine lol.....still stitching mind you lol


For Colly's birthday, made into a pin keep, with a few colour changes along the way.



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Thursday 20 August 2009

Embroideryguild finish

My latest finish,the embroidery guild by LHN a very enjoyable stitch, changed a few colurs along the way as you do lol

my stitching bug disappeared for a while but it is back and i have completed a few things this past week or so, not that i can show much as most are pressies or for exchanges but watch this space!
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