Wishing You....

a very

HAPPY

NEW YEAR

and a

 COLOURFUL

2014

filled with

LOVE

     HAPPINESS & SMILES

CREATIVITY

SUCCESS

but above all 

GOOD HEALTH 

XXXX

 

So Here It Is....

Christmas Eve....

the candles are lit, the house is filled with the smell of Christmas, 

the Paperdolls are watching The Snowman 

and I am alllllllllmost there, 

ready to sit back relax & enjoy 

....the gifts are made....

mmmm....weeeeell nearly just a couple of small finishing touches to do....

 

The fabric gift tags I made are ready to be put on the gifts....

Most of the wrapping has already been done....
only a few more gifts to do....

And the food prepping for our Christmas dinner is also in full swing....

I started today by making fresh buttermilk pancakes for the breakfast,

and I have rarely left the kitchen all day. 

The homemade Vanilla Ice Cream is chilling in the freezer & the Apple Pie is in the oven. 

The Turkey is slowly defrosting and I have started the stuffing.  

Mr Mc has taken charge of the veggies this year.  

The table is “dressed” for the occasion tomorrow.

I just looooooove being home for the holiday.

I find traveling stress at this time of year. 

So when it came to choosing a greeting for the front door sign I made last week, 

....No Place Like....was the most fitting one for us.
Having family and good friends round the table 

sharing yummy food and funny stories is the best way to spend the holidays.  

And we are very lucky to have both this year.  

I hope you are surrounded by people that make you happy this festive season.  

It's getting late here so I better be off now to finish my last bits & pieces....

and Mr Mc just talked about going to Midnight Mass....

....it would be the first time in years if we make it tonight.... 

but I just wanted to pop in and say....

 ....wherever you are in the world....
 Have a 

  Merry Christmas  

filled with love....joy....&....peace!

xxxx

I'm Smiling....

Hello its so lovely to see you here again.
How has your week been?  

I hope it was filled with lots of festive joy
and not to much pre Christmas stress! 

 My week has been busy with the latter
and a last minute sewing project.  

Why..oh..why do I do it every year???  

....I can’t blame anyone else.... 

....I think it’s the quiet rebel in me that makes me do that.... 

I mean as a Mum in the run up to Christmas
so much of your time is being pre booked 

....nativity plays....carol singing....Christmas parties....
time & dates dictated to you.  

Not to mention all the other prepping that has to be done. 

....Your time becomes everyone else's....

 And I think that is why I like to make something just because 

“I want to” with no “must” pressure attached.  

Silly really as it means I just have more to do in the same time.  

But looking at these cushions I know that,
for me as crazy as it sounds, 

it’s the right thing to do.  

As I am looking at these, I can’t stop smiling.

I’m smiling because....
I so vividly remember the lady at the shop
where I bought my “new” sewing machine 

telling me about the great quilting features my new machine had.  

I smiled politely thinking to myself ....me quilting.... never!!  

How does the saying go “never say never”.

I’m smiling because....
here we are a little over six years later  I love machine quilting!!

I just adore these vintage fabrics for their sweet kitsch.... 

I loved picking out the various
Santa’s, birds, letters on these fabrics
bringing them to life by quilt around them.

I’m smiling because....
something can turnout so very different
then I had envisaged yet be so beautiful.  

I loooooove playing with fabric
seeing how different colours and prints work together.
I will have to call this my stars and stripes Santa cushion.

I’m smiling because....
I wanted a complimenting contrast.  

It took quite a bit of playing around
to make all the different fabrics work.

I am a fabriholic, and all the fabrics I have used for this

 have been in my stash for quite a while,
just waiting for the right project!

I’m smiling because....

Knowing that all the pre Christmas stress will have been well worth it, 

when we are all enjoying a lovely family Christmas together!

 

I'm smiling because....
looking at Santa's cheery face on this cushion
just fills me with happiness!

 I'm Smiling because.... 

 these cushions make the Paperdolls smile 

and what can be better then seeing your children smile.

Have a joyous 3rd advent weekend

xxxx