Happy New Year To You All !

I am busy getting ready for a

family gathering tomorrow -

So i want to take this time now

to wish you all a very Happy new year !

May 2009 bring you all have happiness , health ,

prosperity and creativity into your lives .

Wander from the normal path - and make your own ,

seek out new exciting adventures - just go do it -

even if your head says no - and your heart says yes .

There is no failure from it - just a learning process .

Be all you can be - and more .

See you in 2009 !!

xxx

Not another Christmas message !!

For those that viewed my last christmas

message - i remember Sherry saying

that it was better than the Queens speech !!

Which was quite a compliment for me !

I came up with another personal message

- just for you all ;o)

Wishing you all a very

Merry Christmas !!

Thankyou to all who comment

and the visits . From making new friends

and having support of all of those - i am

blessed to have you in my life .

If you don`t see your name - i

have not forgotten you - i would be

on forever with it - and being filmed

is "out of my box " - but just click on

play and ENJOY !!!

I will be back just before the new year -

Happy holidays everyone !!

xxxx

" Violet "

Another pen and watercolour drawing .

I am winding down for a short break for

christmas - but i will be here now and then

between now and the new year .

Hopefully with another christmas message

for you all !

My cracker swap goodies have arrived !

I just got my cracker swap parcel from

Karen this morning - so i can show you

the cracker i created for her - and the gifts

i received from Karen !

What i remember - the cracker is about 15" long

with the material . Which can be reused again .

3 different kinds of material with

vintage music paper body , small

crochet doily and pink rose .

My gifts from Karen ... yummy

flocked wallpaper pieces and border

wallpapers ..

The massive cracker - which is made from a tin can !

Covered in vintage wallpaper ..

Inside was a chocolate ornament , white

chocolate hot drink - and some wonderfully

smelling spice sachet ..

Christmas napkin ...

Rolled vintage wallpaper pieces !

I in love with these !

A beautiful handmade brooch ...

Buttons , appliques , lace , ballerina girl

Handmade matchbox ornament - where she

is selling some in her Etsy shop now ..

And a cute vintage elf ornament .

And more buttons , bling millinery flower

and seam binding !

Thank-you so much Karen !

You were very generous in your gifts

for me - and i totally do love them all !

And i am sure i will be creating with

some of these pretty soon .

Thankyou for taking part - and you were

a great partner to have - and to create for .

An added bonus is - i made a new friend ;o)

" Maisey "

Pen and watercolours

on tinted Bocking ford paper .

You can click on to see the details .

Matryoshka Babies !

Although i do not buy many magazines -

the odd craft one for inspiration -

I do like to buy the odd one around

christmas time - to see what i could

buy - if i had the money , as most is out

of my price range !

It seems that matryoshka dolls " are in "

this season - or we know them better as

Russian dolls. I have a nesting Russian doll

myself - bought for me when i was one year old ,

and have memories of playing with it .

So i thought i would make my own version

yesterday afternoon .

A set of Christmas baby matryshka`s -

made from felt and vintage ribbon

on a velvet hanger .

Then i decided to do a smaller one -

as a keyring - but with hair this time !!

My other half said the baby ones should have

hair - but i didn`t want to put any on !! ;o)

I`m in the process of adding these

last two items to my SHOP

and reducing some christmas items .

So if you fancy something different to

hang on your tree - please pop by !

More items will be added in the new year .

Cracker Peak ...

Thankyou to all who took part

in my christmas cracker swap .

The last posting date is today -

unless you have discussed it previous

with your partner . I do hope you

enjoyed yourselves - while making new

friends along the way ;o)

I have just posted out my creation

to Karen - along with many other

items - i`m hoping that she will love it all !

So as to not give away too much - here is a

couple of sneak peak photo`s

And a close up of her cracker ...

Hopefully now i can get back to

creating something - as i have neglected

this for a while !

Enjoy your weekend !

Walking In A Winter Wonderland ...

It`s beginning to look alot like

Christmas ! And i always have the

tune Winter Wonderland pop in my head

when we get snow ! An amount fell

during the early hours of this morning -

so i was out taking a few snaps - as it is

rare we have a good snowfall ! And the walk

was embracing - the good kind - where your cheeks

go red and tingle a little ...

Abandoned barbecue in a garden

View from the next street near my home.

Driveway up to a local farm house .

It`s slowly starting to melt now - but i do hope

that we get another snowfall ..

I`m in for the day now .. sipping a cup of

warming coffee .. and finishing my handmade

cracker - sneak photos to follow !

Happy December !!

The first of the final month - for 2008 .

And hasn`t it flown by too quickly ?

There`s a decidedly nip in the air and Jack Frost

is visiting - i`m just waiting for the snow !! ;o)

Here are two images - for you

to use as you wish ..

A Christmas one ...

And a Christmas free zone one !

Enjoy !!