Naughty November

It is you know….naughty…it snuck on me from nowhere and here we are day 5 of it already…well what a busy month October was…my studies began on the 5th, 2 modules at once approximately 26 hours a week….arghhhh…why? I did wonder, but I have to tell you all, I am loving it, thank goodness I changed degree path to follow religious studies, it’s totally right ‘up my street’.

Anyway onwards to the 10th…my 42nd (more arghhhs!) birthday, I had a lovely day, was totally spoilt with lots of messages, cards and gifts…

Cath Kidston Mug and spoons from my Grandparents…

 

Beautiful stitched pillow, card and CK goodies from Michelle…thank you again Michelle xx

Treats from my gorgeous kiddiewinks…plus the flowers jug in the background…

Lovely chart and card from Kath

A better picture of everything…..not pictured is the gift from my parents, gorgeous YSL Elle perfume, wooden heart ornament and a lovely snuggly scarf..

Onwards a little more…..I have been very busy crafting but it’s all for Christmas so I can’t really share apart from 2 little treasures…

My first attempt at fabric origami…not too bad…a little more practice required…

secondly…this is for my parent’s Ruby Wedding Anniversary in November, it’s a CCN design…I framed it myself…

Almost there……are you still awake??

Halloween…..my big ghoul and little witch trick or treated the neighbourhood to within an inch of it’s life…

My young chap became a fully invested cub…

last bit now…..

Diabetes news, my blood sugars have dropped by 13 points to an almost acceptable level, so no medication required at the moment….and finally…yes….finally MY BIG NEWS….no I’m not having another baby…lol, after 5 years of being a stay at home mum….I am finally returning to the workforce….partly because I wanted to and partly because in the UK if you are a single parent as soon as your youngest child hits 5 (Martha does in November) the government ‘force’ you back to work….anyway…I will be working 3 days a week around school runs as a marketing executive for an IT distribution company…it’s local and they are keen to work with and around me for my kids…which is very lucky…I start next week….so with 26 hours study, 18 hours of work and the rest of my daily stuff…I may not be around for a while….

All good stuff though eh….worth the waffle…..

Hugs & Stitches

Two Exchanges for Lisa

I received Lisa as my partner for 2 exchanges this month, so I stitched them both and sent them as one package to Australia.

The first piece is for the Seasonal Exchange

SanMan Original’s May Newsletter Freebie

28c Jobelan evenweave

DMC Threads

Finished as a beaded edged pillow

The second piece is for the Lizzie *Kate Exchange

Lizzie*Kate “Liberty” Design Booklet

28c pastel blue Jobelan evenweave

DMC Threads

Finished as a pinkeep

I have been busy around the house and garden again the past weekend. Mark and I put venetian blinds up in the lounge and kitchen, there are 2 windows in each room, so that took some time as I had to trim them all too.

I also planted up a large pot to put by the front door, unfortunately the past tenants had grafitti’d the brickwork at one side of the front door, cleaning has not brought it off, so I have put up willow trellis and planted a climbing variegated ivy in the pot and started the climber up it, along with some lavender and violas, so within a few months the “artwork” should be covered by lovely foliage.

I have never really been into gardening before but the planting bug has hit me…I suppose it’s different when the garden is your own!!

I have used some of my PayPal funds from my recent chart sale to purchase a pretty design and threads for stitching for Martha’s birthday..I am using a piece of hand-dyed fabric, DMC and Crescent Colour threads. I may have to pop a few stitches in it this evening…!!

It’s Isaac's sports day tomorrow, let’s hope the rain stays away and the sun shines for them…I promise to take some pictures!

Have fun in the sunshine

Hugs & Stitches

Elisa x