Random Winter Warmer

I can highly recommend one of these
to keep you warm on
chilly winter days!
It's so snuggly to have over my knees
while I work on it.
The only problem is I have
almost used up all my bits of DK yarn now.


I don't like to use from whole balls
but I have cheated a little bit,
especially for the brighter colours.
As you can see, it's almost large enough
for my bed now


(thankfully I don't have a king-sized one!)



Cyril has found his own way to keep warm
(aside from cuddling up on the bed)


The basket is a shopping size one,
so you can guess how big he is now
when he's not curled in a ball.


I haven't managed to get a decent photo
of Martha Bumpkin for ages,
she's such a whirlwind and starts
jumping around everytime the
camera comes out.


As I said, Cyril is allowed on our bed now
And the lovely bargain quilted throw
I got from ebay last November
is a firm favourite.
We don't get little
*wet patches* anymore,
Now we just get paw prints!!!


You've just got to love the
little dears though :-)

Love and blessings in Christ
Elaine
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You might be forgiven..........

................... For thinking I missed Christmas
and the beginning of the year,
actually you wouldn't be far wrong if you did.
Due to (yet another) trapped nerve,
Christmas and New Years Eve were
both very subdued events.


We did manage to go to the family carol service
on Christmas Eve,
and to the morning Service on
Christmas Day,
and the usual trip to Mam's for
a lovely Turkey dinner followed by 90mins
of present opening.


When I say "opening presents"
what I actually mean is passing presents to either
Husband or Daughter to open for me
as both Mam and Bro are rather fond of
Sellotape !!!!!


As today is the "official" end of our Christmas period,
and tomorrow lots of my Latvian family
will be celebrating theirs,
I thought it might not be too late
to show a few glimpses of our
Christmas.





With Love and Blessings in Christ
for a special 2010
Elaine
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ps. I forgot to photograph my new slippers *doh*

And the winner is............................

TWINNY

Well done Twinny,
sorry to everyone who didn't get picked out.

It's good to give some good news first,
yesterday was such a mixed bag.
We organised our first Christmas Market,
which was really good.
The weather was awful for driving
so we were pleased with the turn out.
If anyone who came is reading this,
thank you so much, we really do appreciate
people supporting us, stall holders,
helpers and customers.

Now I need to load some new goodies onto
my blogshop.
I was chuffed with the response to my stars,
one lady stall holder, who makes beautiful quilts,
bought a star and had to ask where I'd joined the seam.
She couldn't see the join!!!
Anyway, some stars are going on, along with
some snowy people and bunting.
And I'll do my very best to
post any purchases asap.


The down side of yesterday is that my husband
will be finishing work at Christmas,
and as he's the sole earner things
will be tough for a while.
I can't say it was totally unexpected,
though it's never good to hear.
So it looks like I am going to have to work
through my stash and spend less *doh*

With love and blessings in Christ
Elaine
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It was on a Starry Night.......

Not long now ..... and am I ready ???
Am I eck as like !!!!!
Been busy trying to get some bedpost bags done,
managed 7 so far, 5 for pressies, 2 to sell.


Only another 12-ish to go
(maybe more.....big family )
These are for my little great-nephews
the older ones are having more individual themes.


The Christmas craft fair went so well,
the best part was my mate Shabby Angel
coming up for the weekend.
She is so wonderful, spoilt me rotten she did.
Bless you sweetest (((Angel)))


Been trying to make more Christmassy things
for the Christmas Market we're holding
next Friday evening.


Stars are quite quick so made loads !!!
As usual, they smell.......... but in a nice way :-)


I'll be announcing the winner of my give-away next week
so if anyone still wants to enter, do it soon!!!

With love and blessings in Christ
Elaine
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Bunting Around !!!

Hello lovely blogsters !!!
I'm afraid this year has got me stumped.
I'm sure we've skipped some days, weeks
or even months somewhere.
Or the Month fairies have stolen some
(pesky lil creatures)
See, I posted in September,
blinked twice
and it's the end of October!!!!


Anyway, I promised a give-away for
my second bloggerversary,
Where has that 2 years gone!!!!
And why haven't my writing or
photography skills got any better !!!



Now, to be very honest, I'm not entirely sure
what the give-away will be.
There will definitely be some Christmas bunting,
but other than that all I can say is
that anything else will most likely
(but not definitely)
be Christmassy.


So there you go, leave a comment here,
or on SCC if you are a member but have
no google account.

I'll be drawing the winner in around
a month's time-ish.

Good Luck !!!

With love and blessing in Christ
Elaine
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My O My, How time flies.....

I have been so slack with my blogging just recently,
time has flown by this last couple of months.
It's beyond the middle of September
and I've nowhere near caught up with July and August yet!
Part of the reason is this little bundle of fun.


Meet Martha Bumpkin!
this was her just under 2 weeks ago,
unlike Cyril, it's very hard to get
a decent photo of her being active,
she loves the camera so much
that each time it's pointed at her
this happens !!!!


Martha is so tiny compared to Cyril,
it's hard to believe there is only
5 weeks between them.


The first 4 days of having them together
Martha spent hissing and spitting,
but now they love each other to bits,
and cause havoc around the house.
I'll try to get some better photos soon,
Cyril has grown so much, and is turning
into the biggest, soppiest,
Mummy's boy ever!

I've been trying to catch up with some sewing
(hard with 2 manic kittens around LOL)
so here are a few pics of recent makes
and our latest Craft Fair.


With love and blessings in Christ
Elaine
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ps. Watch out for my 2nd blogaversary
giveaway soon !!!

Introducing Mr Cyril Bumpkin

He is very pretty (for a boy)

He is very much the Gardener


And loves pruning!


Yummy grass ?!?
Of course, he simply must learn to sew!!!


And after a hard day, he loves to cuddle with Mum


Awwwwwww

Love and blessings in Christ
Elaine
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