Sunday 21 February 2016

I Was A Winner....

Good morning everyone.

I hope you are all well.

It seems such a long time ago now but I thought I had already posted about this....I was wrong so I apologise Amanda....I'm so sorry....but here it is now!!!

Way back at the end of December I popped my name down for

Amanda's Crafty In The Med


And guess what I was lucky enough to win....and here is my fabulous prize.


Lovely soft balls of wool in sweet pastel colours, crochet hooks, ribbons, pins, handbag clasps, a very pretty bracelet and some gorgeous Saffron....

Thank you Amanda.....I really will have to learn to crochet now....and make use of this wonderful wool and crochet hooks.....now where will I start and what will I make?....!!!

I'm sorry that I'm a little hit and miss with blogging at the moment but it is very busy at home....going back to work, car accidents, poorly pups, returns to university, working away and several very big and important events to be organised this year and early next.....all will be revealed at a later date about these though!!!


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I really do appreciate your visits and lovely, encouraging comments.

Enjoy the rest of your day.



Tuesday 16 February 2016

Send A Little Love Swap...

Good afternoon everyone.

I hope you are all well.

In January I signed up to take part in...





hosted by the lovely Tracy at Mad About Bags

I was partnered with the very generous and enormously talented Jenny from WINNIBRIGGS HOUSE ....and as Jenny says it was a perfect partnership as we have so much in common...

My parcel arrived and I decided to open it on Valentine's Day....But oh boy was it difficult not to peek but I was very good.....


 

And here is what was inside....




Now isn't my pillow beautiful....and how lucky am I to receive such a fabulous gift....




There was also a gorgeous cross stitch kit, a felt embroidered heart, some lovely sea side themed rubber stamps....the most beautiful acorn necklace....Now how on earth did this amazing lady know I love acorns....some rather delicious chocolate hearts and....and....just look what else Jenny made for me....


My very own felted hare....

I absolutely love him....




He is just perfect and isn't Jenny the most wonderfully talented and clever lady....

I am thrilled to have received such wonderful, thoughtful gifts and will treasure them all.

I also feel that I have made a lovely new friend too....

So 'Thank you' Jenny you really are a lovely lady.



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I really do appreciate your visits and lovely, encouraging comments.

Enjoy the rest of your day.



Sunday 14 February 2016

Valentine's Day

Good evening everyone.

I hope you are all well.

It's very busy here at home at the moment so I'm not managing to blog much....I have a very poorly little dog....who is keeping me extremely busy. I'm now back at work and Gareth is working away so things are a little hectic and my time is not my own....

I just wanted to pop here to do a quick post to share the beautiful flowers that I received from Gareth today....


How lucky am I.......


And here are my beautifully wrapped gifts from the very kind, generous and incredibly talented Jenny 


who was my swap partner for 


hosted by Tracy at Mad About Bags

I will reveal my fabulous gifts that Jenny sent later in the week....I am so lucky and you'll see why when I show you....


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I really do appreciate your visits and lovely, encouraging comments.

Enjoy the rest of your evening.



Sunday 7 February 2016

Friday Night With Friends - Knitting and Stitching.

Good evening everyone.

I hope you are all well.

On Friday evening I decided to join in with like minded crafters from around the world who join together (virtually) that is.....on the first Friday of the month to do a spot of knitting, sewing, crocheting etc....


As I am learning to knit I decided to take out a subscription to a new knitting magazine.....where each week you are able to knit a square....learning different techniques and patterns and at the end of which you can stitch all your sample squares together to make a blanket....now I know this is an expensive way to do this (apparently there are 90 issues) but I love the colour palette and I'm enjoying myself.....plus as I'm only supposed to be doing small crafting projects.....these little squares are perfect....

Up to now there have been five issues and I am up to date......

On Friday I completed these two squares....

 
I also managed a few more stitches in my Beaded Santa ornament....


I'm pleased I made the time to join in this month and also managed to get something done....I will definitely be taking part again next month.....the dates already in my diary.

Now I can spend a bit of time having a look at what everyone else was doing.


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I really do appreciate your visits and lovely, encouraging comments.

Enjoy the rest of your evening.



Tuesday 2 February 2016

Ok....So I've Cheated A little Bit...!!!

Good afternoon everyone.

I hope you are all well today.

First of all I just wanted to say a big 'Thank you' to everyone for the kind comments and good wishes sent after I blogged about our recent car accident.....you are all amazingly kind and thoughtful....your lovely comments really cheered me up...Thank you.

So moving on.....last month...the 1st January to be exact I decided to have another go at doing Kate Crane's  365 Calendar Journal. I'm not joining any groups or adding them to any challenges, I just want to try and complete a full twelve months of art journalling if I can. 

So there I was already to be creative and then I found this....


......along with February's and March's completed pages....that is except for any journalling....well I decided not to waste them....so I cheated and changed the year at the top from 2014 to 2016....and away I have gone with my journalling.....now I have to think about what I can do for my April pages.....long way off....no problem.....yeah right, easier said than done.

Journal pages for January 2016 before adding my journalling....




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I really do appreciate your visits and lovely, encouraging comments.

Enjoy the rest of your day.




Monday 1 February 2016

A New Start.....For Me At Least....

Good afternoon everyone.

I hope you are all well.

Today it was my first day back at work (or should I say half day) after almost six months off due to ill health.....I'm phasing in gently and hope to return to full time in ten to twelve weeks.....so far so good.....we will just have to see how things go!!!!!

I have decided as it's the 1st of February and my first day back to normality this will be the start to my year.....I will forget about January.....see last post!!!!!

I have started this....


I plan to do this....


I will finish this....


I will complete this....


And this....


And this...


I will continue to be sensible and only do a little at a time but if I manage to complete these few projects this year and remain well then I will be a very happy woman indeed.


Thank you for taking the time to stop by.

I really do appreciate your visits and lovely, encouraging comments.

Enjoy the rest of your evening.




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