Please check out.....

... the 2018 stitching themes for the Christmas Ornie SAL which are up on the blog now plus the new badge for 2018 (below.

You can find the post with the new themes here....

.... and you can either download the 2018 badge here.... or save the one below.

(if you are curious as to how I made this gorgeous badge - I used picmonkey.  It is an online tool that allows you to play around with your images - cool, hey?)

Now, remember, we are off on our big European adventure in less than 48 hours now (and I have managed to take a tumble in the garden down some steps and hit my head on a metal garden arch - chasing one of the kitty cats, of course - I have a big bump on my head, scrapes, aches, grazes and bruises and a headache the size of the Sydney Harbour Bridge plus I am just getting over a very sore throat - but will any of that stop me from getting on that plane on early Thursday am - no way!  I cannot wait to see my daughter after eighteen months!).

So, we are off on a big five week trip to Europe  (London to see DD, Christmas with DH's cousins in Sicily, Rome, Southern Spain and Dubai!). 

If you want to follow my travels - you will find them at these places:

Blog: http://kittenstitching.blogspot.com

FB: Kaye De Petro

Instagram: Kaisievic

lots of Christmassy hugs, 

Online Advent Calendar 2017 - December 1st

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Merry Christmas everyone.

Here is Day One of Serendipitous Jo's Online Advent Calendar

This is Mill Hill's Snowy Wonderland - which I stitched last year (2016).  It is one of my very favourite finishes.

Jo always sets us a little task for our blog post; we have to answer a Christmassy question:

How do you plan to spend Boxing Day?  Do you have any traditions associated with this day?

Well, normally, we all go to the movies for DS2's birthday, who was born on Boxing Day.

As, often, it is a bit flat the day after Christmas, we started to go see the blockbuster movies which usually came out on Boxing Day - all of the Lord of the Rings movies, the Harry Potter movies, and so on. And do you know, even though, DS2 is nearly 25, we still do it every year!

However, this year, TraderVic, DSister2, DD and DS2 and I will all be in Sicily for Christmas - so not sure what we will do with all of the Sicilian cousins but I am sure it will be lots of fun!

(Unfortunately, DS1 and DDIL will not be coming with us as they are moving to Brunei for two years instead! Yes, I said Brunei on the island of Borneo - my goodness!)

Here they are, all dressed up to go to a fancy dinner last evening.

Anyway, Merry Christmas everyone, 

Now, please don't forget to visit the Advent Calendar on Jo's blog each day up until the Big Day! 
hugs,