Lovely weekend!!!

But first ….. aren’t these pretty!!??!

They come in this little book, 30 pages of lovely stickers to pop inside your treasured books so that they’ll always come home where they belong :o). Well, that’s the idea ;o). I also got these … I saw them on Jenny’s blog when she was labelling her cute little spice bottles and jars and I just had to have some for my very own. I’ve been saving up my jars too so that I can pop my own pretty labels on them :o).

It’s my DH’s birthday tomorrow, and it was my BIL’s last week so we had the family over for a bbq on Sunday. I made a brownie based raspberry cheesecake, very delicious (how cute are those Matroyshka measuring cups ;o) ??!!!?) …... My sweet Bear was happy to help clean up … what a treasure she is, LOL….. And this is how it turned out ……. doesn’t it look yummmo???!!! I put fresh raspberries on top and drizzled melted chocolate over the top. I reckon just looking at it can put on 5kg LOL!!!

It was such a lovely afternoon and this is what my Darling did when our visitors left …… Bless :o)!!!!!!!

I did manage to get a bit of crafty fun in .... I made these cute little mushroom pin toppers from a tutorial that I found at Krafty Panda's blog .......Sorry it's not such a fabulous piccy ...... they really were fun to make :o). Now that I've bought more polymer clay I'll be thinking up ideas for more ;o)!!! Thanks Amanda for a terrific tutorial :o)!!!!

Gawjus Gifties from dear friends!!

Can you believe it’s the last day of 2009!!!??? Oh my goodness that crept up on me LOL. So, before the year has disappeared entirely please indulge me a little while I ‘show off’ a few more lovely pressies from some very spesh people!!

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I can’t believe how lucky I am!!! So many wonderful thoughtful pressies. I’m so grateful to each and every one of my dear, dear friends :o)!! The beautiful bag on the right is a Christmas swap pressie from Dawn, we were swap partners last year and decided to do it again ... what fun!!

I was quite spoilt this Christmas and I just HAVE to show you this pressie … it was from my brother and SIL …… Now they couldn’t have possible known it but I was admiring these gorgeous measuring cups here while blog hopping just before Chrissy and thinking to myself that I just might buy a set after the festivities were all done with. So you can imagine my surprise when I opened the wrapping to find the exact same set!!! What an amazing coincidence, and aren’t they SO CUTE??!!!

Another nice surprise was in my mailbox. My Patchwork and Stitching magazine arrived last week and look what’s on page 40!!!! How exciting!!!!!This is a wallhanging pattern of mine, and I just LOVE how they’ve photographed it, doesn’t it look pretty :o)!!??!

Well before I go I’d like to wish you all a very happy new year and I hope that 2010 is a fabulous and stupendous year for all of you!!! I’ll probably sleep through the fireworks he he, I’ll celebrate tomorrow after a good night’s sleep LOL.


PS ….. Thanks so much to all the lovely bloggers who bought my patterns … the “Sale” finishes tonight so I’ll be removing them from the sidebars later this evening, so if you still want one at that special price be quick before they disappear :o)!!