Snow......

 ok so i love it, and i have had my fun, now you can go and let spring commence lol, 

jakey loved playing out in the snow today, there are snow angels all over the village from him and we had to have lots of cuddles when we got back to warm him up after, but it was great fun, the sun was so bright though it was difficult to get photos with all the snow blindness going on

Right now then, spring, come on i'm waiting!!!!

Lovely jubely books!!

I just had to do it, i couldn't resist these books and their gorgeous projects, i couldn't resist so much i went back and ordered some more, cant wait for the posty to come this week ,

 they suggest using towelling and linen for some of the projects so on Saturday one of the nearby villages was having a jumble sale, off i went, boy do you have to be quick in those places and have Sharpe elbows or you get eaten alive but i can say i did find some new towels just the perfect colours too and some linen trousers which will soom be a stuffed  animal of some sort lol

all i need now is some animal stuffing and i am away... watch this space.

Teddy bear, teddy bear.......

 so i wanted to make some little fabric teddy bears, just simple and quick, my first attempt was the little one, which my dh decided looks liked a hammer head, how cruel, so i adjusted the shaping a little and tried again, was not the happiest with the results but you know what with a little more tweaking i may have it but, these 2 little fellows are growing on me, they are standing on my cupboard with lots of other stitched/hand made goodies and yesterday as i walked past they caught my eye and you know what i am rather liking them...poor little hammer head...its ok, i like you x

 and while we are on the subject of liking thengs can i show you an item my daughter bought me for christmas, this gorgeous little mirror, i am loving it........(think the glass needs a clean looking at that pic lol)

January in the scout hut......

The weather was fine all be it a bit windy (bit being an understatement lol) so we managed our first meeting of the year (last january we were snowed in) it was a great day as always, here are a few pics for you........

jo actualy doing something!!!!

 Rachael having great trouble getting polly's christmas cake, the cake inside was yummy once you managed to break through the icing lol

 lots of chatter...........

next scout hut get together.....sunday 19th feb, see you there!!

New year exchange.....

With my very special friend Michelle, who i am very privileged to call my friend

and this is what i received yesterday, isn't it just gorgeous and finished just perfectly (even after a little mishap) i would never have known if you hadn't told me Michelle!

i just love the initials you have added, thank you so much Michelle, i just love it, and what a great gift to start the new year

 

this is my gift to Michelle , finished onto a tin which i lined and padded inside the lid and at the bottom of the base,

i am very happy with the way it turned out

  thank you Michelle for being such a good friend for so long x x

Exchanges

 Firstly i would like to show you what i received from Dawn in the lizzie kate exchange, love the design and the candles too

 

next is what i received from  my good friend Michelle for christmas, love it michelle, thank you x

 

and this is what i sent to michelle for christmas, luckily it did arrive in time for christmas phew .

 

i am getting a bit of stitching in this holiday luckily, one design finished and another nearly there, cant show anything yet though, and i am looking forward to a stitchy day on friday with the girls, not that i imagine much stitching will get done

right just off out for a "ladies what lunch" with the girls

Jakey's birthday

So where has the last week gone, it seemed to take a while to get here but its over in a flash, 

Christmas that is!

but just before we had jakey's birthday, i cant believe our little man is 3 already, 

where has that time gone?

jakey had a dino cake, i was going to get a lovely one made and they are gorgeous but then i thought why make such a great cake and then 5 minutes later cut it up and have nothing left of it so instead i got some toy Dinos and decorated a cake with them, best of both worlds, a cake and some toys to keep, he loves his dinos so i am happy with that,lots more candles that he should have had for his 3 years but he wanted more!

and of course as with all presents the box is the best bit, he was playing at being a robot with it lol

 and then we were quickly into christmas, i did manage a couple of pics of mia before the big day, but jake was a wirlwind of excitement so only managed a few blurred images lol

so a quiet boxing day for us, well we have the littlies here but jake is having a quiet hour upstairs in my bed watching a dvd and mia is snoozing on the sofa....so quiet for a few minutes anyway 

hope you have all had a lovely christmas and that things are good for the new year x x

a few things to show........

Well it was the Scout Hut Crafters christmas party on sunday, we had such a good day as we always do, we decided to provide lunch for ourselves with everyone bringing in a dish of something, boy did we have a fantastic spread, we were eating all day but managed to clear most of it lol

i did take a few pics but with not my usual camera and not knowing how it works i didnt get too many good ones, (phew i hear you mutter) not to worry i did get a few, here is a rare one of jo and myself, and both smiling lol

 

we had our usual secret santa which was fab, look at all the exchanged goodies.....

 

this is what i received from lucy, absolutley spot on, i love it all thanks you lucy x

 

and this is what i gave to Sandra

 a close up of the tin i stitched the top and mounted it, and lined the tin with a padded base and inside the lid, rather wanted to keep it for myself lol

 we are meeting again in january, cant wait, see you all then x

My birthday....

I had a great birthday,
went to work as usual but then off we went straight to Droitwich to spend the night an jackies house, we went out for a gorgeous carvery ....with pudding.......,
it was so great to see them after i think a year, and we had a great evening

 they surprised me with a gorgeous choccie birthday cake, although after pudding none of us could eat it!

thanks girls and thanks jackie and dave for being the perfect hosts x

we left jackies sunday morning and went off to have a wonder round Stratford upon Avon to do a little bit of christmas shopping,

and of course we had to call in to our fave little tea shop and partake in their gorgeous warm scones with jam and cream, which i have to say were better than ever

what a busy week

it was my birthday last saturday and among lots of gorgeous pressies and flowers i received this little beauty from michelle,
thank you michelle i love it

another finish i can show you is from the threads of life exchange this is what i made for Cynthia,
it has now arrived so i can show you

and just a little 5 minute make was this little owl,

think shes rather cute and like i said it only took 5 minutes to make

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.