Gifts, Bunting, Scarf & Stash

I celebrated my 41st Birthday this week, it was a quiet affair, I did have a trip to the Cath Kidston Tour Bus in the morning, it was visiting the Fresher’s Week at York University so my friend Claire and I had a little trip up….would have been rude not to.

the goodies I bought with my birthday money and our photo booth pictures :)

I received some lovely gifts from my birthday….from the kiddiewinks (chosen by themselves with a little help from Grandma!)

From my parents a selection of goodies for my new kitchen…

and from Michelle this gorgeous pinkeep of Carol’s Sew Buttons and a lovely chart too

no stitching done unfortunately revising for my exam which is this Wednesday and keeping up with my new module is taking all my time up. I have been managing to pick a bit of crochet up when I have a spare few minutes here and there, that’s the good thing with crochet you can just pick it up….remember the crochet triangles…well here is what they became…

I have also made good progress on the Aran scarf for my mum for Christmas….I need to attach the rounds with some wooden buttons and make some tassels for each end, I am toying between traditional tassels and pom poms….I have bought some dark brown Aran wool now to make one for my dad too :)

I needed some bits of stationery so after my tutorial in Leeds last Saturday I headed to WHSmiths and bought these….the black pens and clear pencil case are for my exam this week, the new folder, page markers and post-its for my new module and the Latin dictionary is going to be a godsend as I am study Rome after Christmas…

I also ordered these from Amazon…..

Oh and finally stash…we eventually got there…I bought these from Sally the other week… I love SB I am hoping they will coax back my stitching mojo….

these too….a selection of ribbons, bias bindings, lace, trims, buttons and pins….

I have chosen the design I am going to stitch for Gracie for our private exchange, I will kit that up later today and hopefully make a start on stitching during the week….

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend….oh before I go….a little lady woke me up this morning telling me it was cold outside…..she’s is right too…it’s freezing out there!!

Thanks for visiting……

Hugs & Stitches