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Tuesday 17 November 2015

A lovely start to the week....

Yesterday (Monday) was a happy, jolly, bright day in more ways than one!   I headed over to Newcastle Emlyn to meet my new West Wales blogging friends .  Unfortunately Louise was not able to join us but I hope there will be another time and she will be able to join us . Following the other girls blogs I hoped I would recognise them and we all arrived at 11 at cafe 11 and I was made to feel so welcome (the other girls have met up before). All of us enjoy various crafts and hobbies and I had such a lovely time.  I didn't take any photo's but the others did so you can pop over to their blogs to see all the tempting goodies on offer at Cotton Patch and what was purchased and sighed over!! And also the little gifts exchanged between us too.  The time whizzed by as it often does when one is in good company, I had to dash off at 2.30 to be home for the kiddies but I did so enjoy meeting such friendly ladies.

Dawn, http://doingitforourselfs.blogspot.co.uk/
Bovey Belle, http://codlinsandcream2.blogspot.co.uk/
Pam,http://agoodlifeintydd.blogspot.co.uk/

On Sunday...
Little Miss decided she wanted to print onto pegs instead of fabric and I found a £1 packet of wooden pegs, ink and stamps and this amused her for nearly 2 hours








Then she made some magnets out of these too.
Again little gifts from her for Christmas.

We are or should I say she is going to seal the ink on the pegs with PVA glue, stick magnet strips on the back and bundle them ready for Christmas gifts.  She has been making hole punched tags for her gifts and we have a sparkly theme going on to...she has been using glitter on air drying clay and boy it seems to get everywhere, in our hair, under finger nails, on the floor and so it spreads, but I do love
it as well it reminds me of Christmas approaching .

I have this lot to finish off , and then I think apart from making some reindeer "food" for the fair I am
done.  (Cheap porridge oats with glitter).  Little man's school have asked if I will do a Christmas  stall
again like last year....I hadn't planned to as they do a evening fair,  but they said they really need stalls so I said I will have a think and let them know ......  Fund raising is so vital for these little schools and I have enough stuff made so I will give in I expect ha ha ha.  It is nice to catch up with little man's teacher and teaching assistants at school fairs as we don't do the "school run" and last year we picked up a takeaway on the way home so DH said "we" should.

Last week when in Carmarthen I picked up this in Wilko and only £2 !!!

It is a mini Rudolph knitting 
kit
they had a few kits 
on offer, but I liked the look
Of this one.

The kit contains the needles, wool and pattern 
and the filling ..


I am currently knitting a  hedgehog, so this may just have to wait a bit , but he is small and hopefully won't take too long.

The weather here is so windy and so muddy outside. I have had a catch up day with chores and paperwork and got to stay in all day .  A few things to post tomorrow , a couple of things for overseas which I have been so late sending , ...never mind they are going tomorrow without fail!  .  Yesterday I bought some perle cotton at Cotton  Patch to finish off the Santa hanging quilt and also to get some stitchery started .  This evening I hope to finish the quilt now I have the right thread, still one small panel to finish too but again I needed the red thread to do that.

A Christmas swap arrived today... More about that next time and also some more finishes.

See you soon







19 comments:

  1. I had a great time yesterday and hope that we can meet up again. I have a pile of sewing to do and will be in my sewing room most of the time for a few days. I do my crochet in the evening but last night I only managed 2 grannies before I was too tired to focus. All your crafty makes look good, I need to branch out a bit more.

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    1. So loved meeting you too Pam and hope we will do it all again. No wonder you were tired , long day for you and the girls too as you are all so busy.xxx

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  2. Lovely to meet you yestrday and hope we will meet again soon, I am going to sort out a big box of craft stuff for you take to the kids school, It is blowing a gale up here and I need to get to the post van, but it will have to wait until driving conditions improve. :-)

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    1. Loved meeting you too..wow the time flew. Thank you for the craft , the schools really will appreciate it. It is howling here and the lane earlier had a little stream running all the way down...hope you are safe and sound.xx

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  3. It was really LOVELY to meet you, and we all got on so well. I hope we will be getting together again soon, and hoping Louise can join us as well.

    I had hoped to do some craft work today but life got in the way again, so it's just crochet tonight as usual.

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    1. Ditto.xxx it was lovely and went too fast..so hope Louise can make it next time. I haven't done any crafting either today, the old sewing machine has had a couple of days off to"cool down" ..tomorrow some more ideas...see you soon..xxx

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  4. A really lovely start to your week. I have met several bloggers and become friends with some and it really is wonderful isn't it. I maintain that bloggers are the nicest people! xx

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  5. You are right. I think you follow bloggers that you feel you have similar interests and hobbies to yourself , write in a way you can relate to and write about things that cover (in my case) things I have never done or tried and visited interested places. The girls I met were just a smashing bunch ......lucky me! Xxxx

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  6. Hi - I have popped over from Amy's blog. I have enjoyed having a read. It is lovely to meet up with fellow crafters and you seem to have had a great time. Joan at www.aviewtothefells.com

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    1. Hi Joan, pleased you popped by, have been for a look at your blog too.xx

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  7. Hi Maria. I really do hope we can meet up sometime. As it was the car had to go into the garage. Glad you all had a good time.xx

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    1. We did miss you, but sure there is going to be a next time.xx

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  8. so glad you had a good time x it is always fun to meet with others who "know" what you are talking about xx

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  9. very cool meeting fellow bloggers (I've done it twice and need to organise again) - fab visiting crafty places and great to get a sneak peek of you too :)

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    1. We had a great time, looking forward to the next time already.xx

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  10. Hi Maria, just to let you know - I received your robin ornament in the Paper & String exchange. Thank you so much, it is adorable. I'm so pleased to have found your blog. I too have a blog but haven't posted to it in over a year as I have been too busy with my FB page! Thanks again, Christina (whilst iris naps) x

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    1. Thank you Christine, have popped over to FB and loved your makes. Pleased you liked the robin. Xxxmaria

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  11. I thought I had read this post but when looking at your blog again I realised I hadn't. Great idea Little Miss to use the pegs.

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