GOODBYE 2010....

2010 is on its way out and 2011 is just around the corner, I wish my friends and family a Happy New Year and hope that they all achieve everything they wish and hope for......



SNOWY WALK...

 We had a lovely walk through the snowy woods yesterday, this was the first snow of the Winter here (arriving as the children finished school last Thursday), in the ten years we have lived here I think I am right in saying that it has only snowed twice in our corner of Lancashire...

It doesn't take much imagination to realise how excited the children have been...



A first time for sledging !.....

Delight at all that untouched snow at the park to run about in...



A nice warming hot chocolate and biscuits at the park cafe, and then more excitement to find that you have the whole play area to yourselves...



 So, here we are on Christmas Eve !, and I  want to say Happy Christmas to you all and I hope that you are happy where ever you may be or whatever you may be doing, I also want to spare a thought for the people for whom this time is not such a happy time and hope that they have the strength to get through....



MAKES....

A few makes from the last couple of weeks to share with you...

Rocket Rascals pump bag, I love this fabric, particularly teamed up with the red gingham, this one is a Christmas present for a 4 year old boy, perfect.....

Another pump bag, very pretty, a birthday present for one of Hebe's friends....

Sock monkeys - always so popular, I have lost count of how many of these I have sold lately, and my own children STILL do not have one of their own !.......

 

Personalised denim bags, another best seller, these are going great guns on my Folksy shop.........

Named key rings - for a friends daughter to give out to her friends as Christmas presents....

Crocheted flower brooch's, I really enjoy my relatively new found love of crocheting, I find it quite relaxing and a welcome break from all the sewing....I think that these would also look great sewn along the hem of a dress, might have to give that a go.....

Hand embroidered linen Christmas stockings, I did enjoy a bit of embroidery for a change...

 

Lastly, messenger bags, I have made a couple of these for Freya's friends as birthday presents and they have gone down really well with that pre-teen age group...

BEEN A LITTLE WHILE...

December the 3rd, how did that happen ? I seem to have been in a whirlwind the last couple of weeks. The two little ones have been particularly poorly with horrid colds, and so has the laptop, not with a cold obviously but a nasty virus, all sorted now though and everyone seems to be on the mend. 

December means Advent calenders of course, and we have this most beautiful one this year that I had lots of help making from the girls in the THE QUICK CHRISTMAS BEE, is it not just gorgeous ?..

 It has the most perfect sized pockets to fit 4 little chocolate mice and four little bits, beads for the girls to make up into a bracelet and MatchAttax football cards for Finn..

I have been busy doing the round of craft fairs and Christmas markets, and then having to restock in between them,  MY FOLKSY SHOP has also been busy the last couple of weeks too, its good to be busy and I do thrive under a bit of pressure...

Just off to deliver some stock for a stall at a local Christmas Festival, luckily I do not have to man the stall, I think the girls will need their thermals on today !...

I will pop back soon with pictures of new makes, some presents and some to sell....