This is the family pic, they don't look all that happy do they?
Must have been the thought of me getting older...lol
That means of course that they are getting older and catching up to me... i think??

Happy Birthday To Me

What a lovely day it was today, another year older and wiser, i am not saying how old i turned but you could say i am over 21, at least twice.I am so lucky to have such a lovely family to have spent some of the day with before i had to go to work.

I do hope there will be many many more though.
Thank you to my family.

My Prize

Do you remember a few posts ago where i won the July Christmas challenge for my table runner?
Well  Amanda is the lovely host of this great challenge and this the charm pack that i won.
I could choose from fat quarters or a charm pack and i think i picked really well.
What do you think?
This is where i could pick my fabrics from and the lovely Khris has such a lovely variety and
i can verify they are all such good quality, you won't be disappointed.

August Challenge

 This is what i made for the August Christmas challenge that Amanda is hosting.
The challenge was to make a table decoration which does sound very easy but believe me it wasn't at all.
I made this lovely bon bon from a pattern i had and am very pleased with how it turned out.
Filled with lovely sweets, yum yum

Big Sister

You might think Caprice is looking for her new brother but actually was more concerned about who had some food.... always grazing but not eating a lot at meal times.... typically a little toddler

New Gransdson

We are so blessed to have another grandchild and this time it is a gorgeous bouncing boy named Jett.
He came into this world at 11.21pm on the 14th August and weighs 8 pound 9 ounces and measuring 53cms long.
He has a nice covering of hair which seems on the darker side, not sure about his eyes as i haven't seen them yet. Needless to say Caprice is delighted to have a little brother.
More pics to post later.

My First Teddy Bear

This was the very first teddy bear that i made and that was back in 1998, it seems like so long ago now.
I can remember going to the class and it was a one on one class that i thoroughly enjoyed and was so thrilled to bring home this lovely fury creature.
What made my day though was how impressed my sons were that i had made him.
He now lives in a glass cabinet with his other friends and i know for sure when all the house is quiet he gets up with his friends and they have a real Teddy Bears Picnic.
Sadly these days i have little time for sewing my bears but i will eventually get back to them.

Flower Power In Homespun

How exciting......Today you can grab Khris's Flower Power sewing accessories that She put together for the Homespun website. Flower Power is a cute set that she put together for her favourite magazine Homespun and their website bonus projects. Jump across and grab the instructions. A desktop pinchushion, a needlecase and a wrist pincushion. For full templates you will need to purchase the magazine even though the instructions to draw the majority of the templates are on the website.
How clever is Khris in designing this and from what i have heard Khris is going to be featured in an upcoming edition of Homespun

July Christmas Challenge And I Won

This is the second month of the Christmas Challenge over at Amanda's, I have to say though that i struggle to get these things finished on time what with work and everything else that goes on.
There were some really lovely table runners and table mats from all that participated and i was the lucky one to have my name drawn out.
Hopefully my luck may be changing because i never win anything. Now i am aiming at the big win in Lotto... then no more work but lots more sewing...yippee.
The challenge for August is a table decoration made out of any medium... i am stumped on this one.
Any ideas i would love to hear about.

Whewwww I am Exhausted!

Woweee life is so exhausting... why is that i wonder? Back from three weeks holdays and have only worked one week and i feel like i am back to where i started from and counting down until my next break.
Is that considered to be wishing your life away or is that someone shortened the hours in the day??
I know you might say that is because i am getting older and taking longer to do things... that would be very rude of you.. hmmm... something to think about... oh my it may be true... will get back to you on that one.

Faith-Charity Bear

I was supposed to blog this earlier but have had terrible internet problems, my lovely friend Olive made this gorgeous bear for auction and you can find her here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.DLL?ViewItem&item=300444896765&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
Please go and have a look and bid for such a lovely charity.

Faith is a OOAK artist bear made in memory of a wonderful young lady called Nicole Dryburgh. Nicole raised a huge amount of money for the Teenage Cancer Trust.




Sadly Nicole is no longer with us but her Just Giving page has been left open so all the money raised from this auction will go there. Nicole was an inspiration to all who knew her. Faith has been made from hand dyed mohair in shades of pink, peach and cerise. She is approx 4" sitting and 6" standing. She has black glass eyes and pink ultra suede paw pads.Her little nose has been hand embroidered, coated with glittery wax and polished till sparkly. She is 5 way cotter pin jointed and stuffed with Kapok/polyfiber.



She is wearing a necklace made from pink and clear swarovski crystal beads and has a pink silk ribbon headband with sparkly adornment.



Below is a link to Nicole's Just Giving page if anyone wants to have a look or donate there.



I will post anywhere in the world for free!!!



http://www.justgiving.com/nicolesfund

Hugs

This is just lovely don't you think?
If only there was more of this in the world than violence and hate..

Christmas Challenge Bear

Do you remember the challenge i signed up for over at Amanda's well this is my first months challenge, he is all decked out for Christmas and has a little ribbon at the top of that lovely red hat to hang by.. why not go on over and have a look at all of the other lovely decorations

Helping Daddy

What can you do when the numbers need to be re-glued on your letter box... of course ask a trusty little girl with very little hands ... she loves helping her Daddy