Showing posts with label Christmas deccies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas deccies. Show all posts

Monday, December 15, 2008

I've got mail!!!

Last week I got mail from Lynette Anderson!!! I was quite excited as it was the badge I won on her blog - isn't it just so cute!!! Thank you Lynette so much, I love it :o).I've enjoyed the tales of Felix and Hugo so much over the past months and now I have them on my very own limited edition badge :o)!!! I also got mail from Natalie Ross as I had won a giveaway on her blog too!!! How lucky am I LOL!!! I have to admit, if I hadn't won this pattern, I think I would had to have bought it - it's so adorable!!! Thank you Natalie, I'm chuffed to bits - now I just have to decide which one of these gorgeous 'Garden Friends' to make first ;o)!!!Here's a couple more of our Christmas favourites .... the first one is a lovely little Christmas Tree that we use every year for holding our Christmas M&Ms ... which are getting harder and harder to get each year I might add!!! DD2 made it when she was only 10 at the local "Art Cafe". We used to be able to go in there and have a cuppa while we painted fabulous ceramic items, then we'd go back a week or so later and pick them up all fired and ready for use :o).Last of all we have "Olly" ... he's DD2s budgie and he decided to hide in the Christmas tree when he came out to stretch his little wings. Doesn't he look so cute?!!?!
Of course, once he realised the camera was out he started posing, typical he he he.

Hugs,

Joy :o)

Friday, December 12, 2008

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas .....laaaaaa la la la laaa.....

I got a lovely surprise in the mail!!!
Maria (who was my secret Stitchers Angel partner in Helen's recent swap) has sent me a Christmas gift ..... all the way from UK!!!!! Thank you so much Maria for putting such a big smile on my face!!! I'm being very good and I haven't opened it - I have the best intentions of keeping it until Christmas Day ... but I make no promises he he he. Honestly, there's never any pressies under the tree for me before Christmas because I'm a "sneaky peeker"!!! Can't help it ... ;o).
I've taken some piccies of some of the older handmade deccies on our tree ..... this one has the date on it so it's easy to see when I made this one...It was a project I made when I joined a local cross-stitch club. This next one always gives me a giggle. DD2 made this one in 2nd grade - she's 15 (almost 16) now so it's a real sentimental favourite of mine :o) ...She's so cute!!! Here's another cross-stitch one, probably about 11 or 12 years old too ... I think it was a kit (???)... starting to look a bit shabby around the edges [sigh]...I've been running around the shops (figure of speech of course - I don't run anywhere LOL!!!) looking for a gift for my MIL ... can't find anything ... so I've decided to make her a bag. I've sorted through my stash and found some really cute fabrics and I'll do this Bronwyn Hayes (love her work!!!) stitchery to go on the pocket...................I'll show you when it's finished.
That's all from me for now ... I'm off to battle the crowds and do more shopping today!!! Wish me luck he he he....
Take care ..........
Hugs,
Joy :o)