Monday 28 November 2011

Love...

I keep alluding to these "wins" I've had... finally I'm going to show you one of them!


I received this a week ago, but was waiting until the weekend to take a picture so I could have a vague bit of light for the photo!  During the week it's dark before I leave work, so difficult to take photos in the evenings.  So on Saturday I got snapping...


I entered a giveaway on Mary Poppins' lovely blog, and I can't believe I won!!  It was such an amazing giveaway - a Jan Constantine 'LOVE' cushion from John Lewis!




Isn't it lovely?!  It is really heavy too - no Wilkinsons cushion pad in this baby! - you can really feel the quality!  Even the back is gorgeous... I have to keep turning it over to look at it...




As I said to Mary, I am hoping this cushion will bring some love into my home and life!!  Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while will know that I broke up with my boyfriend, and he moved out, six months ago.  So it is definitely time for things to turn around in the love department - I have decided that this cushion is a good luck love charm!  (Fingers crossed!  I need all the luck I can get!!)  :o)


Thank you so much Mary - I honestly can't believe I won such an amazing giveaway!!  I really appreciate it!


Oh, and it came with a lovely card - which I am going to frame and put up in the kitchen because it's so pretty!




Thanks again Mary!


In other news, I whipped up some cupcakes yesterday!




Before you start thinking I'm really talented - I didn't make the toppers!!  I made the cupcakes, and iced them (rather haphazardly - I mean, look at the one in the bottom left corner - what happened there?!  As you can tell, cake decorating is not my forte - I'm more of a cake eater!!) but the toppers were from a giveaway I won back in July, from Sue at The Krafty Cupcake.  As you can tell, cake decorating definitely IS her forte!  You can see the post showing my winnings here.  That was an extremely generous giveaway!


I especially like these two...





Thanks again Sue for these toppers (and everything else!)


I also won another giveaway a couple of weeks ago - but it is a kit, and I want to make it up before I do the post for it... which is why I've been delaying telling you about it!  Wow, it seems like a win a lot of things!!!  I'm not usually lucky like that at all - most strange!


I also need to post about my blog award, but I've gone on long enough in this post - so next time!  I've got the day off today, yay! - although I woke up at 7am which is very annoying!!  I'm off to see my lovely friend Anna later, which I'm looking forward to!  I'm going to bring some of my cupcakes for us to partake in!


Until next time...



Thursday 24 November 2011

Ta Dah and Ta Dah!

No... it's not the baby blanket ta dah - although I have finished it - yay!  I love it!  I'm gazing adoringly over at it now...aaahhhh.  Just haven't taken photos yet... and won't do the ta dah post until after I've given it to my brother and sister-in-law.  So you'll have to wait!!  :o)


To keep you going, here are pictures of a felt stars hanging decoration I made for my sister-in-law as one of the presents I gave for her baby shower.  It is to hang in the nursery...




Poor light as usual... so excuse the dingy photos...








I don't know how many pictures you need to see of three felt stars - but there you go!!  Overkill!!!  :o)


I have also quickly whipped up a little tealight jar jacket thingymabob!  And this actually was a quick easy project that turned out to be quick and easy - phew!  I'd seen them on Coco Rose Diaries and Bunny Mummy blogs... and got the pattern from Nature Nut Notes.





I made it with an 8mm hook, to try to make it a bit looser and more holey, to let the light through...






I absolutely love it - it looks so pretty lit up!!  




Wow - loads of photos today!!!


I've still got to tell you about a couple of wins, and about a blog award (thank you Rhi!!!)  I will do that next time!


Bye for now...



Saturday 19 November 2011

Crochet Squares...

Thanks for the lovely positive comments on the baby blanket!  I've not made much progress since I posted that - it's been a busy week!  However, earlier in the week I did get around to taking some more pictures...

Piles of squares...





I like seeing them stacked in piles!

And here they are laid out...



We actually have the baby shower for my sister-in-law today, so that should be good fun!

I've got more to share on a couple of wins (!!!) and another make!!  But you'll have to wait for that, as I've got to rush now!

Have a lovely weekend everyone!  :o)


Thursday 10 November 2011

Baby Blanket Update

Hi all - thanks for the lovely comments on my flower keyring!  Also for the comments on the cup-cosy post.  I meant to mention at the time that I got the idea from Annaboo's House, here.  I hadn't seen cup-cosies until then, and I love them!  Hers are much more snuggly looking than mine - not to mention neater!  I think I've seen a cup-cosy on another blog too somewhere, but can't remember which one...

I've been working hard on the baby blanket for my nephew - he's due next month, so I thought I'd better get a move on!  Here is how it's looking so far:


Last time I showed it I was just doing the three colours - mid blue, baby blue and yellow, but now I've added a turquoise colour, just to hopefully make it a bit funkier and more modern maybe... not sure!  The colours haven't come out quite right here, due to having to use the flash - the yellow is a nicer shade in real life.


I can't wait to get the squares finished and start getting it all sewn together!


Here is a picture of me with my sister-in-law and the 'nephew-bump'!!  This was taken in September, so the bump is bigger now!




I hope it won't be too long until I can do a 'ta-dah' post for the blanket!  It better be soon, as I think I'm getting repetitive strain injury from it - I've even started working on it at my desk on my lunch breaks!!  One of the young guys at work caught me the other day and commented "that is the funniest thing I have ever seen..." - slight exaggeration maybe!  :o)



Sunday 6 November 2011

Flower Keyring

I wrote this yesterday and meant to post it then!..........


Sorry - it's been two weeks since my last post - where did the time go?!


Well, I've been doing another bit of Saturday morning crafting in bed - love it!  This is what I have produced:




It's a flower keyring, stuffed with lavender, for a friend.  The picture is a bit dark - not much chance for bright photos these days!





I'm hoping my friend will like it - it's just a little something...




I'm going to a fireworks thing at her house tonight - should be good fun, and at least we can hide indoors if it's raining!


Hope you all have a fun weekend!



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