A bit late but Halloween......

i forgot to post the pic of this gorgeous little halloween design, 

it is a freebie but i have no idea where i found it, 

so thank you to whovever it was that designed this, i just love, love, love it and had to stitch it as soon as i saw it

i have several other finishes but cant show you yet as they are waiting to be received!

A bit of something......

We had a great sunday at the Scout Hut,
totaly forgot to even get my camera out of my bag let alone take any pics lol
but i do have something to show you, firstly this gorgeous little christmas ornie from Rachael,
thanks Rachael i love it, this is for an ornie exchange we have taken part in

then i have a pear to show you lol,
at the scout hut on sunday Kerry had a gorgeous pear pin cushion,
it was realy taken with it so had to do my own and here it is, i am realy pleased with it and i'm sure there will be more lol

right off to do some stitching before work.

Get together in Derby

Well i am shattered after the Derby get together yesterday didnt get home till 9.45ish last night, just fell into bed with jakey boy who was snoring his head off by then!
had a fab day though, with big thanks to Rachael for organising it,
and thanks to Polly for taking me and thanks to Wendy for making me cry!!

and we managed a couple of nice photos too thanks to Ann for these,
and look Wendy is smiling,
i have a million more with wendy hiding lol

we had a great time laughing and stitching, i was working on my hexagon Mia quilt,
got a couple of rows done,
we then went off to the Toby carvery and had a lovely turkey meal AND a pudding, naughty naughty!!
then it was back to Rachaels for coffee, thanks Andy for the coffees,

so today we get to do it all again, this time its the Scout Hut Crafters day,
so i will be back later with more pics of the motley crew.

Bonfire night.......

We took the littlies to an arranged bonfire and firworks display last night , something we dont normaly do, we normaly have a few firworks in the garden but after seeing the notice in a neighborouring village for £5 a family, well couldnt be cheaper so off we went and had to have a lovely burger too, well you have to dont you!!
after taking a million and one pics trying to get the occasion, i came up with these, i love the colour glow from the fire, which was huge and very warm lol
Jakey loved the fire to start with but soon got bored and went off to watch people with sparklers, Mia was mesmerised by the fire and couldnt take her eyes off it!

then the fireworks began, jakey wasnt quite so impressed with these as they were too noisey for him but he did enjoy them and i think loved the journey home the best seeing all the fireworks going off from the safety of the car lol

Very sad........

At the minute our house is feeling very sad, and it has taken me a week to write this post, last friday, and very unexpected we lost our friend and family member Baldrick, he was just 9 years old and such a character, he was part of the family and had been with us since he was 10 weeks old, he had been having arthritus problems for a little while but had become very poorly last thursday during the night, at first thinking it was his legs again after having a bad time a month ago , it soon became clear this was something much more serious, arriving at the vets upon opening, it was clear it was bad and an hour later we were told he had a massive tumour and wouldnt survive surgery it was such a shock and just blew us all away, we had to let him go with very heavy hearts but with us all around him, we said goodbye
he has left a gaping hole and after not knowing how to tell our grandson jake , his mummy did a great job and after arriving home on saturday afternoon the first time seeing jake since we lost baldrick, jake took my by the hand, took me to where baldricks bed should have been and told me that we wouldnt be seeing baldrick again because he was fast fast asleep
what more can i say
not a lot because i am having trouble typing through the tears

night night Baldrick sleep tight x x

Crafty weekend makes....

I have just realised that i didn't show you what i made and received on the crafty weekend, i was very busy, probably the most productive weekend i have had for a long time that was all for me, well not probably but definitely!!

we made the gorgeous star cushion first, really enjoyed making this, so much so that i went on to make another one as a pin cushion along with another pin cushion just because i could! 

 i want to make one of all my scappy bits of fabric, i knew there was a reason why i saved all my tiddy little bits of fabric, at just 2.5" square i can get loads together, thats the hoarder in me!

then it was onto boxes, now knowing how much i love boxes and tins of any sort its no wonder i ended up making 3 of these 

we then had the exchange where i received this gorgeous necklace and bracelet from one of our wonderful beaders Sue (workshop from them (Sue and Annie) during the march weekend) 

 and to finish off i won this gorgeous little beaded bell in the raffle

Conker picking.......

It was a week or so ago now but on the last lovely Sunday i had off and chance to spend with the littlies, the weather was gorgeous so off we went Jake, baby Mia and myself off round the village in search or conkers, we were gone for a bit longer than i had intended but it was lovely, jake finding all the conkers, kept him so busy for a good couple of hours and the pushchair was full lol, he kept saying "i'm not finished yet" and in the end when we were starting to lose the light he said "ok i'm finished now, shall we go home?"

its amazing how the little things are so wonderfull

 and here's our little Mia, the smiles are coming now, you just have to be so quick with the camera to catch them

Crafty weekend

Well another crafty weekend has been and gone and another fab time was had by all, 

and i have to say a very productive one, we made star cushions and fabric covered boxes as workshops, so over the weekend i made 1 large star cushion and 1 small star cushion a pin cushion and 3 fabric covered boxes, 

as well as catering for a dozen people or more over the weekend with two choices of meals on the menu each day, no wonder i came home on sunday evening shattered but very happy lol

                                                                people ....doing things!!

 more people doing things

some of the finished projects,

i will take some pics of my items tomorrow in better light!

i just love these weekends and cant wait till the end of march for the next one, and if the weather is good the tent will be needed as well!!

Exchanges

Really must keep up with this blogging lark lol........... 

2 exchanges to show you, firstly the one i sent out in the Rotating designer exchange to Cathi, the designer to be stitched was Prairie Schooler so being a Halloween lover this is what i came up with...... i am very happy with it and hopefully Cathi is too.

 the second one is what i received from Cynthia in the threads of life Christmas exchange,its just gorgeous, i love it, the picture just doesn't do it justice, i just cant get a good pic of it!

thank you Cynthia

right off to load the car, its Crafty weekend woohoo, 

i'm sure there will be lots of pics to show you later.....

The littlies.......

Just a few pics of the little people in our lives, i am very busy at the minute and have been feeling like i am missing out on the littlies although trying to fit them in at every opportunity, cant wait to have a sunday off to spend the day with them, here is Jakey on sunday at the foxton locks show having  ride on the mini double decker bus, just look at that hat lol

and here is Mia at 6 weeks old, where has the time gone, 6 weeks already, she is doing fine and gaining weight rapidly, she had her 6 week check up this morning and from a birth weight of 10lb 12oz she is now 12lb 12oz, the doc said he was going to ask how she was feeding but no need to after seeing that weight lol

Exchange item recieved

I received this gorgeous little ornie over the weekend from Gabi in Germany, it i part of the rotating designer exchange, and i love it lol. now need to get mine finished and on its way, 

stitched it just need to "finish" it!

1st September!

Its the 1st September already oh my where has the summer gone,  where has it been? because it hasn't been here! i have been waiting for it, but it didn't come! its the coolest summer since 1993!

i am not looking forward to winter, i have bad memories of last winter, i was ill for most of it and i really don't want to go there again....think positive lol i will be fine!

so onto other things, 

we are in a busy month without a day off until October, we have the usual markets, craft fairs, scout hut crops and nec trade shows to keep us busy

but i am determined to get a little stitching in to keep me sane and give me an hour here and there to relax

a sneaky peak of what i am working on at the mo......

ok, so i have things.......

I am desperate to do some scrap booking but it really isn't there, i have subscribed to a kit a month and have now received 4, i have been shopping a couple of time for supplies, i have a new grand baby to scrap, as well as jakey, but its still not coming....

so this morning i have been shopping again and had a good look at the samples around the shop and was chatting to the ladies lots and i think it may be stirring in the background, ever so slightly, come on scrapping bug, come back to me!!!
here's my stash from this mornings shopping trip,and i am off soon to spend the afternoon with Mia, the first time i will have seen her properly since she was born, so i have new batteries in my camera for the occasion.

Mia's quilt finished....

It was only waiting for its binding so yesterday afternoon i finished off Mias quilt just in time for her coming home, i am very happy with it as was her mummy and daddy, and realy pleased with my shaped edge.

sorry about pic quality, it wouldnt stop raining so i was under the tree lolit has my usual free hand machine quilting, that normally makes it in there somewhere, i do enjoy doing that!

Jake and Mia....

Amee and Mia were allowed home from the hospital yesterday so after nursery we took jake to meet his new baby sister, he was fab and took it in his stride, here they are jake was so cool about it all loland Mia just couldnt stay awake!!