Icy days

It was such a lovely thing to step out of the front door today and be inside a winter wonderland!! Arthur and i got up early to get some shopping and i wanted the new issue of sew hip...but it wasn't in the shop (it said the 31st on last months one!!!, but i guess bank holidays and Christmas slow things up a bit.) The frost was sooo thick it looked liked it had snowed!! i took my camera along and I'm very glad i did....look....

Brrrrr...i think it was worth giving myself frost bite on my toes....it was such a lovely walk through the park!!!

And...fresh from the oven..... to warm me up...Terrys chocolate ornage cookies!!!! i love this recipe, its actually a double chocolate cookie recipe but last year around chirstmas time i made this variation so i thought i had better do it again because they taste sooo good. They are really oaty as well....that makes me feel healthier..the oats make up for all of the chocolate....right??

eurgh....because its new years eve i have to start work earlier...at half two!!rubbish!!!

Right i'm off to eat cookies and other such important stuff.

Take Care

xxx

Feels good to be back and stitching!!

Afternoon all!! Hope everyone's enjoying this strange limboesque week!!! I've had a really lovely day today....even if i have to go to work soon. Arth and I went to see a film this morning and it was lovely. We hadn't been to see one for so long that i forgot how good it feels to settle down into comfy seat and watch a massive screen bring new worlds to life! We saw Inkheart, i was a bit worried that Brendon Frazer would be a bit...cheesy...but it was really really good!!! I love that feeling you get after a film as well...kind of cozy...i guess i forgot all of those things and got to grumpy at working at the cinema.

Yesterday we made a coffee and ginger cake. I was worried when we were missing it up because it looked like one of those cakes that is never going to be persuaded out of the tin...but when it came to it it just popped out...and tasted delicious!!! We used coffee with rum extract in it...a gift arth got for Christmas. We couldn't taste the coffee that much but it still tastes great!!! Look at it!!! (I'm quite pleased with the photo as well...for once!!) i like to bake often but I'm known for the stuff tasting nice but not looking that wonderful but this gets top marks!!!

I also made a secret request from someone for someone......well i cant say who!!.....then it wouldn't be a secret. I apologise for the pictures when i got round to taking them all the light had gone!!!!!! (i guess its OK to put the pictures up....the person doesn't know about it.....oh dear....what have i done?) Anyway enjoyed making this because I've been holding onto these little bits of fabric and I'm glad that i put them to use for something for the secret person (How confusing?)

Well....I'm off to scoop some popcorn....Tomorrow Chocolate Orange Cookies....and the new issue of Sew Hip!!

Take Care

xx

Hope everyone had a lovely christmas !!!

Back home safe and sound. I had a wonderful Christmas at home with mum, dad and Rachel. Arthur had to work early on the 27th so he went to Bristol to see his family. Christmas in Lynn was a little bit different than normal....more quieter. I guess that's because every ones grown up a bit now...Rachel went to see her boyfriends family in the evening...so after she had gone me, mum and dad watched a film and ate too much chocolate!! Perfect!

I got such lovely presents!!! Even though Rachel and I are older mum and dad still hid some of our presents and left us clues to follow in order to get the surprise presents!!! And boy!! was it worth solving my clues....Mum and Dad had brought me a collection of antique china!!! LOOK!!!

It was such a lovely surprise!!!every piece wrapped up in tissue paper!!! i must have packed it up and unwrapped it at least ten times on Christmas day!!! I also got a lovely dragonfly shaped brooch from Arthur which looks lovely but i forgot to take a picture of it!!!

Boxing day was really busy...everyone comes to our house so it gets really busy. We used to all go to nanny's but its a bit too much for her now so everyone piles into our house. It was lovely but i did go and hide with the cat every now and then...Although that didn't work out to well because the cat got all temperamental and bit me...then he bit dad....on the forehead!! (I'm not sure i should have found it as funny as i did!!)

And now I'm back in cheltenham....and the cinema...lovely!!! This bit in between Christmas and New Year always feels out of place for me...like nothing fits in. But its kind of good to think of things that I'd like to try and do in the New Year...i don't want to call them resolutions because that curses them i think!! I'll right more about them later...because I've just seen the length of this one!!!!

Enjoy the rest if the festive season everyone!!

Take Care

xx

Rush Rush Rush!!!

It seems to me that all of posts are going on about the same things at the moment!! being busy!! so I'm going to shut up about that now and get on with what i meant to post about....

This rather slender young lady is for a friends sisters...

Here she is in all of her glory!!!! (I'm trying to not prod and poke the present which has my name on it!!!.....I'm trying really hard)

She's a little different to the order so she might stay with me if shes too different..she can keep Sputnik company.....ohhh!!! she could be Sputniks other lady mistress!!!What would Sputnika say now!!tut tut tut tut

Well...I'm off to deliver Christmas presents to friend and to deliver some food in my belly

Take Care!

xxx

Not Enough Hours!!!

Phew!!! sooooo much to do!! Why did i decide to make as many chirstmas presents as i could? Silly idea....well no its a good idea but i left it too late to get everything made peacefully and unrushed!! Still only a few things, im pretty sure that i'll still be sewing on chrismas eve!!

So i finally picked up my camera and sooo i have a few pictures for you...

Look at all of these lovely presents!!! i know what they are!!! hehehe...had alot of fun making and wrapping these. Arthur and I finished almost all of it yesterday. i was really worried that town would be bedlam but maybe other people were thinking that and so didn't come in...but it really wasn't that bad. We finished up with a coffee and chocolate mousse shaped like a Christmas pudding!!

I mentioned on a previous post that i swapped on of my purses for one of Joanna's tooth fairies and i promised a picture...

Here she is!! i think i will call her Petunia...that's right I'm 22 and still name things!!! there were so many fairies to choose from i decided on this one because i liked her sleepy eyes and her red dress.

And i thought that it would be nice to put some pictures up of where i do all of my sewing and i think it will better to do them bit by bit so here's a picture of SOME of my button jars..

...Except its more of the things on top of my button jars...the horse was an early Christmas present for me from me...its actually a place name holder and the snow globe was a present from my good friend Sarah.......which i said i wouldn't open until christmas....shhhhhhh....i couldn't help myself!!!!

Well....that's about it...i will pop in before Christmas!!

Good luck with all of the last minute Christmas presents!!!

xxx

I'm still alive!!!

Just thought i would drop in quickly to apologise for my lack of posting. Ive been really busy since i got back from lynn either at work or making chirstmas presents! and i still cant see any light at the tunnel. On saturday (me and arthur must be insane!) we are going to buy the christmas presents which i cant make!

Today i met with Joanna who has a great blog (http://thingshandmade.blogspot.com/) we did a swap as she liked one of the purses which did not sell at the sale and i liked her little tooth fairies so it was logical!! It was a lovely coffee and good to meet with someone who Ive come across thanks to the stuff i make and do.
Just finished a really cool card wallet which someone ordered from me and I'm quite impressed...only a few things id change next time.
I'd love to post pictures of everything up....but Ive left my camera at my friends and still haven't picked it up yet!! I'm losing my mind!!!!

Well.....what more can i say apart from.....work

Take Care
x x

Back home safe and sound

Finally I'm home, the coach journey back was a nightmare to say that least...horrible migraine...horrible delays...horrible getting squashed into a replacement taxi to get me into cheltenham an hour later. But i made it!!! it was so nice to come back to the flat last night...i literally collapsed on the sofa!


I did have such a great time. It was lovely to see mum, dad and Rachel. Going to help mum at Clifton House and then going for lunch or coffee. It was great to make some things for mum and Rachel when i was there...mums sewing machine is old but faithful. Here's a picture of everything i made whilst i was at home (in true me style its a rubbish picture!)



The purpley black thing in the bottom left is a make up wrap i made for mum and I'm actually pretty chuffed with it, it has two zips and three compartments and you wrap it all up and tie with pretty ribbon. I cant talk too much about the other stuff because they are Xmas presents!(shhhhhh)

Oh, i said i would post a picture of our Christmas tree so especially for you....

The multicolored mess at the bottom of the tree is a bundle of paper chains put there to hide the muddy pot it is in!! its small and pretty and i like it.

And...just to finish things off we made roasted tomato and pepper soup with bacon today...it was delicious!! (I'm having to stop myself from eating the leftovers which are meant to go in the freezer!!)

Any way...work beckons me!!

Take Care

xx