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Hello

Here we are in December.

The calendar is filling up with mostly my daughters things to do.

It's the time of year when my head feels like its constantly juggling things to remember.

I think I will let out a little sigh of relief when my daughter breaks up for Christmas and I get her to myself again.

 

I've been making little Christmas bits here and there.

I'm very pleased with my puddings, you may have spied them on the blog banner.

 

I made them without a pattern, its one of the first things I have made without a pattern that has worked. I used old faithful style craft and topped it off with green felt, red pom poms and bakers twine.

 

Will be back again soon with some more makes...need to get my camera out.

xx



Rainy Days...

 

Hello.

I hope I find you well and wonderful?

I thought I would show you these cute little socks I've been hooking up.

You can find the pattern here if you have time have a look-see around this blog there are lots of lovely things to make and see.

I've used the basic pattern from the link, I used all one colour, style craft lipstick (the ones on the link are multi coloured and fab)

I added a little decoration to each one to make them all different.

I've used teeny tiny pegs to hang my socks.

There really cute with the red and white bakers twine.

I've nearly finished my last five that will be going to live with my sister in law.

 

I've recently made a baby blanket in wool.

 

I'm such a fan of style craft, but I must admit working in a lovely soft wool was a welcome change. I really loved the look of it too after it was all blocked.

I used drops lima which is a bargain at the moment!

 

Thank you so much for your lovely comments on the last post.

Now I'm off to catch up with what you've all been up to.

xx

 

 

Kicking the January Blues

 

Hello to you.

Hope the new year is treating you all well so far?

I can be quite a miserable Martha in January, so I've taken it upon myself  to do my best to stay positive and count my blessing more.

My negativity can get the better of me sometimes.

Here are a few photos of things that have made me happy this week.

Pretty orchid gracing my Grannie's conservatory.

I love the simplicity of these flowers.

Putting away the Christmas decorations is always a sad occasion but I will look forward to seeing my Grannie's nativity set in December.

Our new addition is settling in well and sometimes you'd never guess she was feral only a few months ago.

My Grannie's dog always makes me smile she's such a sweet natured girl who just wants to be loved.

Another thing that never fails to cheer me up is getting out in the fresh air.

I think we can all get a bit of cabin fever when we are stuck indoors for too long.

A nice family walk, carefully crossing the cattle grid!

This post box made me smile.

When my brother and I were children we would regularly visit this post box to send away Grannie's letters I think we took it for granted then.

Chirk Castle one of our favourite national trust places....

All closed up for winter at the moment but will be bursting with people in the spring, not to mention snow drops!

 

Hope your all well and happy.

Thank you for your lovely new year messages

xx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wishing You A Happy New Year xx

 

 

Hello to you.

My last post for this year and what a year its been...

I've been so glad to have you here with me in my first year of blogging.

I've really enjoyed posting and reading all your lovely blogs.

So loving and leaving you for this year with some photos from Christmas...

 

And what a lovely family Christmas we enjoyed, all together at my family home, the home of my childhood with Mum, Dad, my brother, my lovely fiancé and my beautiful daughter...

I was so lucky to receive a new camera for Christmas. I really enjoyed playing with it, snapping photos here and there...

Do you love my partners Christmas jumper!?

My Mum's cat enjoyed Christmas, playing in the garden with his feral mummy cat.

It's not Christmas without a silly hat and this year's hat of choice was a Fez!

And what we would we do without a nice glass of champagne with Christmas dinner?

Here are some flowers from the garden and the hyacinths are on my window sill - a present from the lovely ladies at the charity shop I volunteer at, filling the sitting room with their lovely heady scent.

 

My lovely grey kitties are getting on so well - it's so nice to see them cuddling up together.

Lego camper and lucky cats on a sunny window sill.

 

I hope you have all enjoyed a lovely bloggy year and I will see you all in

2014.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

xx

Merry Christmas!

                            Hello. 

            Just a super quick post to

                        Say ......

Have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a 

HAPPY NEW YEAR. Look forward to seeing what you all got up to I've Christmas in the new year. But for now I'll love you and leave you with my crochet Christmas tree Joy very kindly shared the pattern from the royal sisters blog. Lots of fun to make. 

All the best to you all. 

Hope to catch up with you all soon xx

CAL and Busy Times

 

Hello to you.

Hope you're all well and wonderful?

Gosh it's been so busy here! School plays, costumes, Christmas trees, craft sales, Christmas shopping... and the list goes on...

So with everything going on here please bear with me - in January normal service should resume.

 I finished my crochet lamp shade, inspired by attic24.

Sorry the photos aren't great, the light at the moment is terrible but wanted you all to see.

Hope you can get an idea of what it looks like.



Joining again with the lovely ladies and their crochet along Marianne and Chrissie.

 

I've really enjoyed joining in and seeing what everyone else is doing.

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree!

I do love a Christmas tree - the smell is amazing!

I love to see the twinkling lights and shiny baubles.

Here are a couple of photos from my Christmas craft fair.

It went well and had lots of interest and comments which is lovely - always great to have feedback.

Mr Gingers were very popular! I was left with one though, which I was pleased about. He's hanging on the tree now.

Thank you to all of you who wished me luck and think it worked :)

Don't you just love a cosy fire in winter?

This was taken during a power cut last week where we were left without power for most of the day and night. It was actually quite nice relaxing in the warm glow from the fire reading. Couldn't have done without my electric for much longer though!

Finally, let me introduce you to the new addition to the family, Betty.

She was taken in from my Mum's garden where she was living feral (she wouldn't have survived the winter) She is now tame and a lovely little character - she was really worth the extra work.

 

I hope you all enjoy a lovely weekend.

Will try and post again before Christmas if time allows.

Thank you for all your lovely comments and continued kindness.

xx

 

 

 

CAL week 9 and fighting the bugs!

Hello to you.

Oh dear what a week its been...

We've all had some sort of illness here high temperature and sneezing.

Headaches so bad I cant focus on the computer.

So excuse any mistakes and the shortness of this post.

 

I've been hooking away on this lamp shade this week.

I was inspired as always by Lucy at attic24

It's a fun project with lots of bright colours (my photos are a bit dark sorry)

 

I'm joining in again with Marianne and Chrissie.

 

This is my plan shade and my first colour.

So here it is getting there!

Growing! wont be long now till I can show you it finished.

On Sunday we had our "stir up Sunday"

The family gather together and take it in turns to stir the Christmas pudding mix.

My Grannie organises it every year.

This is me having my turn to stir.

It's always nice to keep some family traditions going.

 

Thank you so much for the lovely comments on the last post.

Wishing you all a lovely end to the week.

xx



Christmas Crafts and Crocheting Along

Hello to you.

Hope you're all well and wonderful?

I can't believe it's Thursday again! Where does the time go?

This week saw the temperature drop so quickly that we endured our first frost of winter.

It certainly is noticeably colder here. So time to light the fire and put on the woolly socks.

Also this week, my partner and I are going to the registry office to do all the official bits that come with getting married, starting to feel real now!

 

My Christmas craft sale is approaching so I've been making bits and pieces here and there when I can find five minutes.

What do you think?

I really enjoy working with felt, a little crochet star has snuck in too!

I recycled some old pillow cases and turned them into present sacks with a cute Father Christmas face on it.

Here they all are together.

Only lots more to make!

Here's my ripple stitch chair runner - not got very far with it yet. I've never tried a ripple stitch before so slowly getting used to it. I have memorized the pattern now so that's half the battle.

I'm joining in again with Chrissie and Marianne.

with their CAL.

Looking forward to looking through the other projects going on.

 

 

I'll leave you now with some photos from my garden.

Everything is dying back now but some little fighters are still blooming.

1, Cyclamen

2, Viburnum

3, An annual from a butterfly mix

4, Sedum

 

I hope you all enjoy a warm and cosy weekend.

Thank you for your lovely comments on the last post - really kind and positive as always.

xx