Look what I'm doing plus ... exciting post today!!

Evening all!

First of all thank you all so very much for your get well wishes for the kiddies and myself.  Fingers crossed we are germ free BUT Mark fell yesterday in school and hurt his foot lol  

It never rains but it pours!!  He seems OK today.  Its not swollen or in pain.  I think he is just scared of walking to far or much in case he falls over again!  he crashed into someone else in the playground at lunch time!!  

Well I think what i am doing is a great idea lol

You know I love to read and stitch well I am a reader that has no stitched bookmark!!

Now that should be a criminal offence lol!!  

I have used a scrappy piece of paper and have done for a while so I thought ...

"Stitch yourself a bookmark woman"

I started the other evening but didn't get much done with Cara not being well.  I sat for a short while this evening and did some more.

A bookmark for me!

I hope to finish it tomorrow and then Mr Pooh Bear can sit in my new book and guard the pages lol

New book with half a stitched bookmark

They look well together!!

Mind you Katie spotted me stitching Pooh Bear and guess what she said?  Oh I bet you cant guess lol

"Mummy can I have a Pooh Bear Bookmark for my school reading books please"  Now how could I refuse such a lovely request!!

Today in the post I got all the details on Josephine, the little girl we are sponsoring   Now have an address to send her some letters and small gifts if we which too.  The kiddies are going to draw her some pictures.  I'll stitch her a little something for a keepsake.  The kiddies suggested a rag doll or teddy for her which I think is a great idea.

It is also her Birthday in May and she will be 5 years old so we are thinking of a little something that we can send.  Large gifts aren't allowed to be sent but trying to think of something small that will get all the way over to Zambia in one piece is tricky!  The things we take for granted really do make the simple everyday objects hard to think of!!  

I also received my Winter Exchange in the post today and i am over the moon with it and thats all Im allowed to say .... for now!!

Well Im off to refesh myself with a chapter of my OU course book then get my essay finished off :-)

Nighty Night all

Take care and keep safe

Love me

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Joan Elliott's Summer Fairy ... Started :-) Plus last days for giveaway

Good Morning all!

I hope you all had a great weekend.  I had a quiet stitching weekend with no one asking for juice or more food or this that and the other BUT it is so strange without my little voices in the house!  They enjoy themselves and that's all that counts :-)

I started Cara's Summer Fairy and I must say she is going to be a pleasure to stitch.
I just could not put her down!!  I think Joan Elliott designs are going to be a new addiction for me lol!

Summer Fairy by Joan Elliott

Stitching as at the end of

10th February 2013

I think she is just gorgeous.  Loving the colours and the fabric.  I cant wait to see her come to life on the fabric!

I hope to get some more done on her this week but I fear it might not be too much as Cara came home last night from her fathers with a high temperature and sneezing which meant me and her had an awful nights sleep! This morning she is totally full of cold and all grumpy and I am starting to feel a little 'off' myself.  I think I am getting the germs the kiddies had for the last few weeks and now sharing Cara's cold!  This is the thanks I get for being 'Nurse Mummy' in our 'Living Room Hospital Ward' :-(  lol

I think I will find a little kit to stitch in between coughs and sneezes lol


The Book Club I am in have chosen its new book for this month and it is:-

Book Club Book for February

I have ordered the book and I am really looking forward to reading this.  It sounds really good!

Oh I know what I can stitch .... A Bookmark :-)  I have a lovely Winnie The Pooh bookmark kit!!

I did stitch myself a Pooh Bear Bookmark years go but James stole it and refuses to give it back lol!!

Dont forget my Giveaway ... Closing date tomorrow evening and I will do the draw on Wednesday Morning.

Click HERE to for straight to the posting.  Dont forget to make sure you are a follower and have posted on your blog as I will be checking once winner is drawn :-)

No other news from here at the moment.

Have a great day all

Love me
xxxxx

SAL anyone? plus stitching/reading up date

Good Afternoon all,

Stitch-A-Long 

Anyone?

I have a free weekend again this weekend so does anyone fancy joining me in a SAL from tonight until Sunday evening?

I'm in lol!!

I will be stitching Joan Elliott's Summer Fairy which will be for Cara when finished.

Summer Fairy all ready to go

(just want to hem up the edges of the fabric)

Here is my progress of my SAL with the Margaret Sherry Lovers Blog

MS Lovers Blog SAL

My progress as at 8 February 2013

This is not a very big start but I'll blame the children for being sick lol!!

The next update will be better and more colourful!!

I didn't manage to get to Book Club this month so I must sort out the new book but here is a lovely pile of book, some I have read and others I am really looking to getting around to reading

Books, Books and more lovely books

Most of the last 2 weeks I have done stitching for exchanges but I cant show you photos of them yet so here is a lovely picture of something lovely ... by the way NOT up for exchange lol!!

Katie using my laptop

Well I had better run and pic up the children.

Hope to 'see' you for a SAL over the weekend :-)

Be good!!

Love me
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New start and new book

Good Afternoon everyone!!

I hope you are all happy and healthy and enjoying my blog.  I am certainly enjoying writing it :-)

Once I finished Charlie A-G I put him away and started a much smaller Margaret Sherry design all for me!  It is now the 16th January and I have not had one single finish yet lol!!

The design I am stitching is 2 hedgehogs doing a crossword!!  So cute!

My progress up to yesterday afternoon ...

I have received my new book for book club and I hope to start reading it soon.

I am just finishing off the mini challenge for babies, books and beyond blog (see my A-Z book challenge page)


Nothing much else to report today other than I am going to get a few hours stitching in before kiddies come home from school.

Have a great day all

Love me

xxxxxx

Weekend of stitching and reading :-)

Hello to you all

This weekend was an odd quiet weekend.  My children went to stay with their father from 2pm on Saturday.  So by he time I had collected James from his school camping trip and got myself settled back at home I stitched and read the weekend away :-)

Back Packer James

I have spent about a week on this so far with the majority of the stitching done during Craft Club.  We have moved our location of the Craft Club to a local Coffee Cafe/Bar/Nightclub venue.  Don't worry only coffee served at the time the craft Club is going on but I don't drink anyway so I'm fine with my caffeine fix lol!!  I did some over the weekend but I enjoyed relaxing and reading and chatting to Laura, James and friends :-)

Old Stitchers by Just A Moment
I think this will look like when Im finished lol

Now then .... my love for reading and my friends love for reading has inspired us to set up a Book Club.  It took a while to decide on the first book to read but finally the decision was made and we chose ....

Brilliant Read

I am half way through and I would recommend this book to everyone!!  Totally brilliant, witty and funny.

Well this morning I am going to get some pen-pal letters written as I haven't done any for a while.  So much going on here but now all is back to normal and lots of time for 'me' things :-)

Have a great day everyone

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