The sun shines on...(Corner of my home)

Wow what an Autumn we are having we have just had five days on the row with glorious Sunshine and no rain, the sun is pouring through all the windows and in its rays of light it veils the rooms with a dusty glow...Its been a bit of a roller coaster this week, Lots going on and after my time withdrawing from all around me, I do this when I am feeling down, I have started to get out there a little. Including an emotional trip to my Moms today, the first trip without the boys in eight years, its nearly two years since my Dad passed away and at this stage he was very ill in hospital as yet he was not diagnosed with terminal cancer. So to do the trip home and continue to go through his belongings is just so hard for me. My Moms healing is keeping herself busy sorting out the house, for me I can not cope with all the change. Anyway the visit is done now. A few funny moments to confirm just how different my Mom and I are. Anyway I will not go into all the details, but just say blogging and 'making' are, well for want of a better word 'odd' to her, when you can go out and buy something why on earth would you waste your time on making something? This is from a women that made me amazing party dresses when I was a child and I have many memories of her sitting knitting, sadly though never teaching me...All that said it was lovely to sit and chat without running around making sure the children did not mess up the house!!!
As for the crafting this week, it has slowed down, to carry on at the pace I was doing might not have been a good plan, a girl need s to sleep occasionally...I did sit in the garden and finish off my rabbit, the pattern came from an old Homespun magazine, I love this Australian magazine, so much great stuff in it and two large patterns that do not need to be enlarged. I used some gorgeous fabric that I bought in the summer and added a little lavender bag (using vintage Laura Ashley fabric, that will not be seen, but I know its there!!!) into her tummy so she will help to keep the moths away from my fabric stash as she was made to sit on my sofa in the sewing room.
I am leaving you with a beach shot taken this time last year of my little one, you just can not beat a picnic on the beach all wrapped up against the cold, accept of course unless its the summer and your in your swimmers!!! I am having a blog break for one week only, the boys and I are going to spend some time together and I can not wait, come rain or shine I am sure there will be a few visits to the beach. We plan on getting the fire foing and snuggling up in the evenings with taosty toes and reading our new books and I have few projects planned, some knitting , a little sewing and of course my on going granny squares thanks to the inspiring Simple Sparrow. I wish you an amazing week, may this fantastic sunshine continue to come out to play...

I had been tagged by the fab Weirdbunny-7 honest things about me...
1) I am amazingly messy, I would love to be tidy but this is something that has always stopped me being creative, once I get into the flow of creating something I forget that I am actually making a mess, if I stopped to tidy up I think I would never make anything.
2) As a child growing up into a women I believed with all of my heart in a knight in shinning armor, who would whisk me of my feet and treat with like a princess and hang on to my every word...Mmmm then I grew up I guess!!!
3) Having my babes really is the best thing that has ever happened to me and my love of my children often overwhelms me.
4) I am a depressive eater and an eater of chocolate, when I am down or worried...well I eat and preferably chocolate!!!
5) I have a weird thing about smells, when pregnant anything that smelt, good or bad, would make me feel so sick, since then I am really sensitive to smells, especially anything chemical, I loath air fresheners, they really irritate me, my nose and my head hurts, so I go around opening windows in the morning and if I want to freshen the air I use candles, but only certain ones, Ikea vanilla is popular with me and Emma Bridgewater candles, her older ones (no longer made) are much nicer than her newer ones.
6) Two years ago I learnt to mow the lawn, I now find it to be a hugely rewarding experience, yer I know... sad isn't it?
7) I have more books than I could possibly read in my life time, that goes for fabric, yarn and wooden stamps!!!

So there you go, a little more bizarre 'honest' information about me. Now I need to pass this on. I do not want anyone to feel any pressure, so if you are reading this and would like to join in...have a go, you might learn something about yourself...


So many words today, thank you for still reading!!! Added late....I have just read over this a day after I had posted it and felt it was rather depressing, I assure you all is well in the Suzie Sews household, I am just still trying to adjust from the empty nest feeling so a week with the children is just what I am needing at the moment. Have a great week and sorry again for adding even more words to this post!!!

Honey...

Madness...the last few days have been a bit of a 'making' frenzy...Usually I plan to make something and other things take over...housework, food shopping, cooking and even a little socialising...not this time...busy busy busy. So without further a do I will 'show and tell' First I would like to introduce you to the new member of the 'Suzie Sews family' this is Honey Bear. Yer!!!I made him! I know I am in shock myself...I went on a one day work shop taken by a member of my patchwork class. This is not something I have ever felt a need to make, but as I like the person doing the class and it was a good excuse to spend the day at my sewing machine I went along. The day did not disappoint. Now let me tell you...there is nothing cute about making bears...pins, washers, making holes and sticking in huge needles...not very cute at all...but look at the results...How cute is he!!! Of course the children all wanted a cuddle and to claim him for themselves, but as he is jointed and with glass eyes he is more of a Mommy kind of bear...The children named him, it was between Shmoo, Toffee and Honey and Honey won.
Now for a little late night crafting due to not being able to sleep I got round to making the cushion to match the quilt (see previous posts), it helps as the cushion pad is a very fluffy feather filled one and it makes the perfect little Autumnal set to snuggle under whilst doing a little hand sewing or knitting as the nights are now so dark and cold!!!
Its not just been me that has had the sewing bug...my two babes have taken to sitting on the sofa in my sewing room and as long as I provide them with their leap pad's or some books they tend to sit there quite happily. I noticed yesterday my older one eyeing up my machine and then he got upset 'Mommy have you got rid of my sewing machine???' In the clear out to make the play room in to a sewing room the children knew a lot of the toys they had grown out of got taken (with their OK) to the Hospice charity shop. Of course I have not got rid of it, its all packed away in the corner...'BUT!!!I want to sew now' What was a Mommy supposed to do...SO with a scrap of fabric he got busy making a bean bag, he filled it with split pee's (dried ones) and hand sewed the gap...now I know it does not look that much, but as my little one has had a hearing problem for many years his hand eye co ordination is not as good as he would like, so this is a major achievement for him, as for me I am one proud Mom!
Saturday was my patchwork class and I am now on to another quilt...yes I know the last one is not yet finished...Anyway after a rather sleepless night I found this class incredibly hard...I just could not get it...suddenly I had one of those light bulb moments and it all came together...I just have to sew the eight pieces together and my first block is done. That night I return home, put the children to bed and fell asleep with my youngest one (Oh the power of that child's cuddles) and I awoke the next morning after ten hours sleep...It is over eight years since I have slept like that...EIGHT YEARS!!!
Now I know not many people know this, but I am a qualified florist, this was the career I fell into (well actually...gently pushed) when it was felt that art college was a little to bohemian for a fragile daughter like myself. As with most careers when art is involved the pay was very low and I was unable to support myself so I sadly gave it up and worked in a travel and sales. I miss this profession and I am aware that even now if I went back to it I would not even be able to cover the childcare costs. So every now and again I get to make an arrangement for Church. This week was special as it was a wedding so I had three large pedestals to make. Armed with four buckets full of flowers and greenery cut fresh from my garden I got busy...sadly I did not get a picture of the three pedestals finished, but this one gives you an idea of what they looked liked, it was requested that lots of ivy and cream flowers be used with a touch of gold...

So busy busy busy...I am off to make a rabbit cushion now...projects not shown that has been worked on over the last few days... baby bibs, crochet squares, knitting and some lovely Reading...an amazon order arrived with some great books I have seen out there in blog land...

Look Mommy....

You know the scene, you awake to the sound of the kids playing and you stagger down stairs, you think maybe your late, it seems a little bright today...my oldest one was right behind me eager to get on with the days playing...I look out our kitchen window whilst I stumble to fill the kettle to get that cup of tea going, my eyes adjust to the start of the day...(7.00am)...the view I see is amazing, I think its pretty amazing on most days (except wet foggy ones) But, today the sky is stunning. I opened the kitchen door to share the delights with my older child...'Wow look Mommy the planes are sewing in the sky'... So we rush around looking for our cameras...my older child has got really into his photography, or should I call them his 'snaps'? I bought him a camera when I had to purchase a new one. The beloved camera that I had been using, my Dads, which towards the last part of his life brought him great joy... sadly it was handed back to my Mom. So if you had noticed the quality of the pictures is different, well this is why, I have a 'mare' of a camera which is just not a pleasure to use at the moment, but finances are meaning I have to wait till Christmas to see what Santa gets me!!! Anyway I bought my son a little digital for only a few pounds and he loves it, its fun to go out with him and share this passion. So today is very Autumnal...the chill in the air is enough to pull on a coat and there is no way I can get away with open shoes anymore...time to get the boots out!!! The boys and I breathed out 'Dragon Breath' as we set off to school...by the time we had reached school the sun had risen and the frost was starting to disappear, the crunch underfoot was especially crisp today and I came home via the park. Now this is bitter sweet for me, I love our local park, it feels remote with its amazing views of the hills, but is only moments away from the centre of the village and between school and home, I so wish I was there with my children and it just confirmed the fact that I miss them very much...still I took some consolation in the view...
Returning home to look at the Autumnal pickings...and with this season comes seasonal baking and the apples and pears all need to be used somehow...so on the menu this week apples have featured a lot, from apple crumble, fruit curry and apples with sticky spicy mince meat filling...now if I could find something to do with pears I would be OK...
Oh and just so you do not think I have forgotten that I am actually 'Suzie Sews' not 'Suzie bakes and takes pictures' this is the quilt I have been working on and off with for the past nine months on my course...it has all its boarders and cornerstones on now, it has been layered with wadding, backing and has even been tacked together (I loath basting). I will be working on the actually quilting from now on...I think this will be an ongoing project for a while yet, but it now looks like I am getting there...slowly...On Saturday I start a new course with a new Quilt design...
Now I have been tagged by the wonderful Weirdbunny of Chrystal Mountain to report seven HONEST things about me, actually she tagged me a while ago now (sorry) so that was going to be today's post...BUT...Oh there is always a BUT!!! I am having to rush off now and buy some flowers...I am doing Wedding flowers tomorrow and I have to go and buy them and get them all ready tonight as I will have little time tomorrow as its the schools Harvest Festival service...SO I shall away and wish you a happy and healthy weekend...I shall fulfill my Tag next week...

Memories are made of this...

Today I feel a little happier...when the chips are down a little bit of beach life always cheers me up. So on Friday night I sat on the computer and surfed for hours looking for some place to say, one hotel booked later and up early on Saturday off we went in the rain, armed with some knitting, yarn, crochet hook and magazine for Mom with spade and wellies for the children... You have to laugh at life sometimes, this was my big plan, blow the expense, we need some quality time together...on the way the camper van front window got hit by a stone...big crack! window now needs replacing, we missed our usual stop to buy a little fabric (that would have cheered me up no end) and a park for the children to run off some of that energy from sitting in the camper for a couple of hours...no we ended up at, dare I say it...a not very pleasant fast food joint!!! I guess the kids thought it great...personally YUK YUK YUK!!! On arrival at the the hotel instead of luxury we were greeted by a dodgy receptionist who literally threw us in to our room, well apartment, it had three bedrooms...sounds great...not when it was mouldy and damp with a boiler that I would not trust the children sleeping in the same room as...So we resorted to yet more fast food...pizza, wrapped up in duvets to keep warm and watched a film, I personally with a painful tum from all that junk.
However the next day we awoke to beautiful sunshine, one thing about the hotel is you could not fault the location, stunning, pleased to report that the breakfast was great and on meeting the rather eccentric owners it became clear that the rather roughness to the place was a result of pure eccentricity, which I guess had its charms. OK the good weather made everything feel much better and with some decent food to sustain us we set off to the beach...
The weather was amazing the beach empty and the water was clear...As the boys frolicked in the gentle waves I set up camp, blanket, something to nibble on, a flask of hot chocolate and the essential (for the children you understand) marshmallows...I got out the crochet hook and flicked through a new magazine I had picked up on the way. Can you imagine my glee when I turned the page to see the beautiful, cheeky characters that our very own Little Cotton Rabbits makes. Even my youngest got excited as he recognised the rabbit to being like Mommy's bunny (that he is not allowed to play with because it is MOMMY's) and he giggles at the little Monkey and shouted 'I want one PLEEEEESE! How exciting, Julie you must be very pleased its a great write up on you and you look lovely!
What more can I say, a day at the beach just grounds me, I feel re-energised and uplifted, what is it about this feeling? Its like a drug and I just can not get enough of it, the day was just so special. The boys had such a good time, we all got rather wet and in the end despite the autumnal chill in the air the boys still managed to strip off and throw themselves into the water...
A change of clothes later and a little food was required so we sat out in a restaurant, again despite the chill, just to enjoy those last moments of 'beach time' and we ate a great freshly cooked meal with loads of salad and a warming mug of tea as we watched the brightness turn to grey as the evening started to draw in. Home again and Monday morning, the rush of getting the kids to school, packed lunches and homework bags, the chores getting done and the weekly shop planned for this afternoon...it feels like a long time ago now, but a mere twenty four hours ago I lay on the sand cuddling my boys, we jumped the waves and beach combed for pebbles and shells, the last warm rays of the suns brought a tint to our cheeks and the love and giggles will remain in my heart. Ah memories are made of this...

I made this...

I picked my little one up from school yesterday and I was greeted by a very slow walking little person holding out a piece of kitchen towel, carefully walking so as not to slip or trip...'Look Mommy, I made this' So pleased with himself and so refrained as some Moms only saw the icing around their children's mouth. I asked if he wanted to eat it and he said it was not for him, 'For me' how sweet of him, well not quite...'NO Mommy this is for my brother' How adorable is that. You know I am finding this school thing so hard I miss the boys like crazy and feel incredible lonely. I felt thoroughly miserable today and just as I started to cry as I put the two little bowls in the sink from the children's breakfast, in the house that only moments before was full of laughter and high spirits...the door bell went. Three cheers for caring neighbours, my neighbour who's child started school full time last year called round, I imagine she remembers the heartbreaking feeling. To have company...bliss. Sadly my friends have once again shifted as life rolls us along in different directions. Most of my friends still have younger children and I guess I just do not fit into that group anymore, it happened last year as close friends children went of to school they no longer wanted to be around other peoples children and their lives returned to a more career orientated role. Funny how life changes...
So I thought I would have a day of sewing yesterday to get my head into a more happier place...what results...I managed to get the quilt put together...
Quilted and binded in one day. Plus I taught myself how to cut the binding with minimal use of fabric...this did take a couple of hours to work out and even then I think I got it a little wrong. The results are quite pleasing...My Autumnal Quilt.
I was rewarded by my youngest running around the house this morning with no clothes on and wrapped up in the quilt shouting 'This for me Mommy'???
I started to make a little cushion to go with it but this is as far as I got...after the endless cups of tea and coffee and non stop chatting its time to head off to collect the children...no house work done, no beds made, no shopping done...how can you sit and chat to someone and not be aware that over five hours have gone by?

So I am away to pick the kids up...Yippee...

Corners of my home and WIP

The dark nights are settling in and the telly is rubbish...With the darker evenings its much easier getting the babes to bed, once all the chores are done instead of lumping in front of the telly I retreat into' my world'... I can now confirm that the sewing room/playroom is almost just a sewing room...the amount of work that has been involved to clear five years worth of play in a small room has been a feat that even I am proud of. I had planned to repaint the walls to a brighter colour than the blue...for now though I am just so pleased with the change in this area. Yes I miss the kids being around all day and I would rather have them in the room than my sewing stuff, alas as they are now at school it seems silly to not utilise the space...I have given them another play area its not like I have taken it away from them. So last night I curled up on the sofa with all the cushions and put tack stitches into the new Autumnal lap quilt...
I had the Creative Mom podcast (her voice is just so wonderful it never fails to calm me and inspire me)on and whilst I stitched I took in the view...the new table from Ikea, to make my work station an L shape, how clear the walls looked once all the nursery pictures and certificates had been taken down...I hung the essential fabric hoops that I think now hang in every crafters room across the world thanks to blogland.
I think it is tidy, but I am informed by my youngest that is is 'MESSY MOMMY' so I guess that would be organised chaos!!! On to a few bits and pieces I have been working on...well the quilt is the most resent project, I used the Boden Moo Cow cord fabric I got at the Harrogate (UK) show last year, it was intended to be a coat for my youngest, sadly he is getting past the 'cute' stage in clothing!!!Now I could have waited till I went back to the quilt shop, but you know the feeling when you have to make it NOW, you know as in NOW!!! So the Moo Cow fabric was used...it is the softest fabric, very like the liberty cord in texture...not your usual hard wearing rough feel, its soft and very pliable so should fall nice with the top fabric and be warm enough to snooze under on cold winter evenings!!!
Then on to the corsages, the felted ones are another batch of some I did at the beginning of the year, the tweed ones are the new ones I talked about last week. I like the matching button style and they look pretty good (if I may say so myself) on a jacket or a winter woolie. My corsages do seem to be the most popular of my 'makes' it is funny to see them on people when I go out and about, you sort of want to say 'Hey I made that' - How pretentious would that sound? I would not mean it like that...its just exciting to see people wearing or using what you make. I hope that feeling never goes away.
Now I accepted the challenge from Simple Sparrow to join in the crochet a square everyday (but no pressure, that's the kind of challenge I like) if you do not crochet sewing or knitting is an option...I am so glad I did...I am back on course with the squares and the little pile is growing slow and steady.

I really like to reply to your comments, I think if you have made the effort so should I, and I like responding too, often with more witter...I guess as I have a nice sized amount of readers this is still very achievable for me. Sadly though yesterday and today I notices a huge amount of SPAM, I had a peek to see what it was and it was all my comment's returned to me. SO I say a HUGE sorry to everyone, I do not why it has done this. As a totally non computer kind of gal, I can not find out why. I reply with the return email button on the comments that come through to my email address. I think Typepad allows you to do this automatically, but not with blogspot. If anyone can I help I would be very grateful...PLEASE do not think I do not appreciate your comments, maybe its a blip or maybe I need to find another way to do this. SORRY!!! I have replied to your comments they just have not got to you:-(

PS I have just listened to an interview with two people about today's crafting, its on radio 4, click on to women's hour (Tuesday) they are available till Sunday to listen to...it made laugh and nod in agreement and want to shout at the radio...a fun article to listen to all about our world!!! Go on get your apron on...Only yesterday two of my school gate Moms friends had been out and bought aprons...COOL!!!

Coffee and conkers...

Wow, I was over whelmed by the response over the weekend, I always think that everyone is busy doing other stuff on weekends so to log on this morning and see so many lovely comments...well I THANK YOU, you made my morning. So was it a good weekend for you? I had a lazy daisy weekend, filled with all the stuff I love...good friends, good company, crafting, playing with the children and generally lots and lots of cuddles from my kids!!! Saturday was the day for getting 'stuff' done although we managed a walk in the park and lunch out at a little country pub up in the moors. More of the Autumn cleaning and sorting got done and the boys had a bike ride...returning home with some Autumn goodness...One conker of two with your coffee? Actually this was the start of Sunday, I so adore the Sunday feeling, relaxed and laid back...I know for some it is a lonely day I know this because I have been there, but with two children who are overjoyed to not be going to school and looking forward to a day with their Mommy...well I could not be happier...So after are cuddle time in bed we remained in PJs and started the day off with a drink and a bagel..it did not take long until the youngest said: 'I want to do art'...
So not one to object and still in our PJs that's just what we did...Happy children mean happy Mommy,who takes the opportunity to do a little knitting and some hand sewing...
Embracing this whole Autumn thing we then went out for a walk and took in some of that cool fresh air you get at this time of year when the sun is shinning and the sky is milky blue. We actually had a walk around some new houses being built in the area...The children being much more interested in the trackers and diggers to be fair and who could blame them. Its funny I wondered around this amazing house, internally designed with minimalism intended, it was stunning, I loved the design and really appreciated the look, this huge conservatory... but sadly hardly any garden...no football or ball games on this estate! It really got me thinking about what matters to me, I could not imagine my hotch potch mix of plates and cups and cooking things fitting into this designer home or my kids digging for warms in the garden. No this style house was built for a sleek modern person, tidy and organised and with huge amounts of chic style, I have a friend, who I adore, who fits this description perfectly. This however is not me, once this might have upset me, we all like to think we are stylish, no I guess I have settled in to a laid back clumsy sort of way that the word chic and me are not one used together very often.
So I dreamed of living the life of a stylish trendy Mom for a while and then returned, with a bump, to my own life, after a walk through the village and meeting up with some friends for a chat and the children having a play in the stream that runs through the village, off to lunch in a little cafe just opened to restore our energy levels. Still with the outdoor theme we ventured into the garden, its that time of year to put the chairs, paddling pool and toys away for next year...My little helpers got a little side tracked with the once sand pit...
The rain had gotten in and made it more of a mucky pool...not to be put off they played happily whilst I mowed the lawn and cut back hedges and generally had a good tidy up. I little help was given to the turning of the soil..only momentarily...once the worm was found they lost interest and built a new home for their little wormy friend. Eventually the darkness overcame the garden and maybe I sat outside with a glass of wine on the garden remaining chairs whilst the kids tucked into their dinner for the last time this year...The colours in the garden and in fact all around are stunning, the dampness of this part of Britain is very much in the air and the hills and the moor land have turned from a beautiful lush green to a rather menacing grey, yes I mourn the end of the summer but the beauty that surrounds us at the moment made this a perfect weekend.

Forgive my indulgence of wittering on about my weekend...I return to crafty goodness tomorrow...

Little Pinkie has a new home...

This little critter in a china cup is getting quite excited...she has a new home. Earlier today I did the giveaway raffle... First I wrote down all the names on little triangles of pretty paper...
Folded them all up in to smaller triangles and put them in a little matching bowl...
The winner is...Julia from Vintage heaven
So Julia send me your home address and I will get Little Pinkie to you and the fat quarter...ENJOY and treat her well she likes company but she is a little shy!!! Thank you everyone else for joining me in the fun. The children kept picking names out so in their eyes I guess your all winners. Well on to the craft front: I am getting a few bits and pieces done...the tweed corsages are nearly finished...three are already off to new homes, so I guess I can not have done too bad a job on them...I played around with lots of buttons for the centre of the corsages, I settled on a matching handmade button, so whilst all the buttons lay all over the table and the button foot was on the sewing machine...
I thought I would do a little embellishing on my tank top...I have a few of these tank tops, I wear them under a crisp white man style shirt with jeans or a long skirt. So I thought I would add a bit of interest. I pinched the idea straight off the high street...I was in a shop earlier in the day and saw some on a sweater. I like mine better as I like all the different buttons and each button has a little bit of history and you know, you just can not buy that! If you look a little closer you will see I even sewed one of my labels in just for a bit of fun...

So I am slowly getting my Autumn groove going and the colours in my wardrobe are starting to reflect it...

Have a great weekend and I will catch up with you next week..Oh a nice pot of tea...Maybe I will get my Autumnal china set out...

And the winner is....

To be announced tomorrow...no I am not trying to tease you, I just want someone other than myself to draw out the winner so I shall have to wait until my babes are home from school!!!Posts have been a little infrequent of late as I try desperately to find my new rhythm and new role as a stay at home Mom who's just waved bye bye to her youngest as he goes through the big old school doors with a hesitant glance over his shoulder and a plee for 'Mommy come with me...' This is not helped by the fact that the small village school is going through some changes and one being no parents allowed to take their little ones into the class room...heart breaking for me I can tell you. So this last week I have wondered around the house in a pathetic state with no car to get out and about, mostly with tears in my eyes. Today is the first day I feel OK about the whole thing. SO when I am down I shop, usually fabric...check out the new fabric...it arrived two days after my order and with not one but two free fat quarters. I am so impressed I thought it deserved a mention as the owner of the shop was so nice to me and combined all my postage as well. http://stores.ebay.co.uk/SALS-FABRICS-AND-CRAFTS_W0QQsspagenameZMEQ3aFQ3aSTQQtZkm If you get yourself over there and are tempted to purchase please say hi to Sal from me. Her shop is http://salsfabrics.co.uk/
Mmmm now what goodies to make with it...
I have also noticed that the thrift and charity shops are now back to selling the wool sweaters so I have been doing a little felting and designing a new coat pin/corsage with tweed. I am sure I will share with you the outcome of both. So I have been in my sewing room a lot and I have started on the big clear out of toys so I can claim the whole room, the spare bedroom is going to be made into a den for the children, keeping me company throughout the day so I am not completely on my own has been my faithful bunny...Archie, he is such a poppet!!! He so enjoys the company. As for the piggies (Charlie and Lola) they are still fighting...I think I am getting somewhere though, I am having to give them lots of individual cuddles and they are now a lot calmer, but they are still nipping each other and sleeping at opposite ends of their house, this makes me very sad.
Why the 'Super Boy' picture, well why not...indulge me as I am missing him like crazy...I thank you all for your lovely caring comments about him, we had a lovely day (except for the cough obviously) on Monday...Big cuddles all day and we even took a long nap together in the afternoon...the next day he was well enough to go into school...I was quite upset about this, not that I wanted him poorly, it took a lot for me to take him in, I thought...Oh just one more day. But that would have been wrong, right???

I will post the winner of 'Little Pinkie' tomorrow, she is very excited...she wants to take a trip round all your homes as you have made her feel very welcome!!!

Giveaway...

How time flies, I had planned to do this little giveaway at the end of the summer so I am running a little late. Well today is the day. I have a poorly child at home snuggled up on the sofa under a blanket sipping a drink and generally feeling sorry for themselves. So rather than blog I am going to join them on the sofa... The giveaway is just to mark the end of the summer and as my summer was rather taken over by the production of these little mice I thought 'Little Pinkie' would welcome a less mouse cluttered home. Little Pinkie is very friendly and so small he sits rather happily in the palm of your hand, obviously due to his eyes he does not like to be held by little babe hands, to cushion his trip to his new home a beautiful fat quarter. So go on leave a message and I shall draw the new owner on, say, Wednesday...

I am off for a cuddle...