Remember...

...that Summer project from last year?

My old dresser that looked like this...

...now looks like this...

only the bottom half finished, but filled with stuff!

The top shelves are stripped, they just need sanding and a final finish on them.

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Sheep!!!!

Following on from my rabbit success, I also made a sheep.  Daughter Holly made one, too.

This is mine...

...and this is mine and Holly's...

...and here they are with the rabbits.

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Little Rabbit FooFoo...

...running through the forest...

 ...scooping up all the field mice...

...and bopping them on the head!

The Versatile Blogger

I've been nominated for The Versatile Blogger Award ~ Yay!

Rules are that you thank the giver of the award and link back to them.

          Thank you so much to Rustic Vintage Country.

Nominate and notify 15 blogs you have recently discovered.  (I'll be doing 5 per week over the next 3 weeks).

           1. Finally Made It

           2. Moo and Mouse

           3. Dottie Designs

           4. Made to Make

           5. The Cookie Button 

Finally, you have to share 7 things about yourself.  Here Goes:

          1. I've been a Kate Bush fan since the age of 11.

          2. My favourite colours are green and purple.

          3. I hate Marmite.

          4. I love blueberry vodka with lemonade and margarita's.

          5. I love to go mud-slurpling in my wellies.

          6. I am a cat person.

          7. My favourite song of all time is The Who's 'Pinball Wizard'

***added note***
Of the next 10 blogs I chose, 7 had also recently been awarded and 3 requested no awards so I will leave it at 5 for my nominations.  If you want to see which blogs I enjoy please see the list of 'I like to look at' on my homepage.

Wallpaper Envelopes

My latest Country Living magazine arrived this morning and as I was having a nice little flick through its contents I came across the 'Make of the Month' ~ Wallpaper envelopes.  I always have samples of wallpapers - some I plan to decorate with but never get round to doing, some I just like the look of and others I use in craft projects.  So instead of planning to make wallpaper envelopes sometime in the future I set to and started making just a couple there and then.
A lovely afternoon of cutting and sticking and 36 envelopes later here are the results...

...florals...

...shiny patterns... 

...blues, pinks and browns...  

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Fabric Tags

An order for 60 fabric gift tags...

...all done and ready for dispatch.

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Pussy Willow Hearts

I love pussy willows.  I wanted to make these for Christmas but didn't manage to get any pussy willow branches until last weekend...

...so they have been wire twisted and finished with gingham bows...

...or spotty bows.

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Blues and Pinks

More of the finishing off...

...pale blue hand warmers with a wriggly loop flower...

...and a pair of pink ones with a double layer crochet flower.

Now in my WowThankYou shop!

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Lazy Sundays...

I had a lovely lazy Sunday, taking it easy and finishing off a few items that I've left for a little too long.

Like these crochet flowers for brooches...

...and a pair of giddy knitted cuffs in a peachy cream colourway...

...with a diagonal hole pattern and a very frilly edge.

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Happy New Year

It's hard to believe it's 2012 already!  After a very tricky run up to Christmas 2011 (there was so much illness in our house I didn't know whether to hang a Christmas wreath on the front door or paint a large red 'X') I was too exhausted to even think of New Year resolutions for myself so I asked my children to come up with some for me.  Let me just say right here and now - I LOVE my children!  What are their resolutions for me, I here you ask?
Drink more...

Eat More...

...Who am I to argue...?

Happy New Year everyone!

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