Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Safe New Year,
all my love and God Bless us Each and Everyone,
hugs,
P.S. I am so thankful for all of my stitchy and bloggy friends - always there to lend a friendly ear and offer sage advice and support - Thank you all.
P.P.S.
We are in the new house for Christmas! It has been a saga but all of that will come in later posts.
"'Twas the night before Christmas" by Prairie Schooler from Book #63 Christmas Samplers.
Jo always sets us a little task for our blog post; we have to answer a Christmassy question:
What is your favourite Christmas song?
That is an easy question for me to answer: The Little Drummer Boy.
Here is Pentonix (whom you have seen many times on my blog), singing it 'a capella'.
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,
P.S. Sorry that I have been absent from my blog for the past little while, there are lots of reasons:
1. We are moving house in sixteen days! (Wednesday, 19th December)
2. We have to go to Sydney for four days for a wedding the weekend before (very happy to be asked to the wedding but wish it was any other weekend but that one).
3. The utility companies (gas, electricity and telephone) are being *%$# (you fill in the blank) about getting everything connected, so we will be moving with the possibility of no power or gas for a few days.
4. We have had four extra people in the house off and on over the past two weeks, which has meant lots of time socialising and (extra housework, too).
5. We are using a portable modem at the moment which is going through gigs at a huge rate, so I have been trying to minimise my internet usage.
6. ... and I am still packing up stuff (how do we have so much???????)
P.P.S. To the winners of my last giveaway - I have not forgotten but see the reasons above as to why I haven't posted anything yet - lol!
My Girl's Nest Giveaway are? Well, actually if you scroll down you don't need to guess at all - lol!
Drumroll, please.....
... and just for full disclosure, yes, some lucky followers have one more than one prize, it was all done using the random generator and worked out that way because some gifts had only a single person or a few people interested in it. But, don't worry, if you missed out this time - I am positive that there will be another Giveaway (#8) coming up very soon!
Giveaway #1_Cut Thru' Beach House Kit by Bothy Threads. (This is the full kit - fabric, floss and pattern).
1. Click on the pretty birdie to find out about and enter my latest Girl's Nest Giveaway - it closes tomorrow.
2. Click on the pretty roses to find out what my latest Friday Frolic project to be rescued from the "Tub of (sometimes) No Return", during the Neverending Quest to clean out my Girl's Nest ready for the Big Move is:
... in a pretty diary for 2019, that is. Every year, in a vain attempt to keep myself organised, I buy the French Country Diary. This is an absolutely stunning diary with gorgeous French pictures on every page. Let me show you....
Gorgeous, isn't it?
Well worth the few extra pennies to have something so beautiful to use every day of the year.
Thanks for visiting and for all of your comments, I do so appreciate them.
Oh, if you would like to see what my latest New Start Sunday piece is, please click here.
hugs,
P.S. Click on this pic below to find out all about my latest Giveaway - closes next Sunday.
Monday, 5 November 2018
Here is my stitching/crafting pie for October.....
Okay, what is a Stitching Pie, I hear you ask?
Well, I am "stealing" yet another great idea from my dear Stitchy and Bloggy friend, Jo, from Serendipitous Stitching. Each month she includes a pie graph of which projects she has been stitching on - showing how much time, proportionally, has been spent on each one in that month.
I really like this idea, so I am copying it, thank you Jo, I hope that you don't mind, so here we go for October 2018 .....
Altogether I stitched for 7.8% of the month. This is less than last month which was 10.3%, but I did have a few days this month when I did not stitch at all! October has been a busy month for me, what with 60th birthday celebrations, lots happening with the house (I spent a lot of time this month getting quotes for blinds, etc.) plus work has been quite busy, too. So, I suppose all of that explains my lower figure this month.
So, what has all this stitching been? Let's take a look, taking it from the top....
Peas and Qs by The Cricket Collection
Surprised Santa from More Bah Humbug by Sue Hillis Designs,
Hangover Santa from Bah Humbug by Sue Hillis Designs
Alice by Aury TM
Christmas Goose by Stacy Nash
(if you think this looks familiar, I did stitch this about five years ago - check it out here - but I love the pattern so much that I am stitching it again as I think that I gave the first one away).
Frosty Hopes
Elephant Baby Sampler
Xmas Trees (on the right) from Nordic Holiday, by Prairie Schooler (Book #191)
Pumpkin Man from the Boo Man booklet from Prairie Schooler.
Partridge in a Pear Tree from Nordic Holiday , by Prairie Schooler (Book #191)
Broken Ornament from More Bah Humbug by Sue Hillis Designs
So, in all, still a busy month of stitching for me, I think.
Thanks for visiting,
P.S. Click on this pic below to find out all about my latest Giveaway - closes next Sunday.
