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This is intended to be mainly about my crafting stories, as a personal record of what I do. However, I interpret crafting quite widely, not just paper crafting but other things too. I have a butterfly mind and like to change from one thing to another depending on what I feel like on a given day - knitting, crochet, cross-stitch, cards, baking and several others, including my favourite right now, parchment, both traditional skills and Groovi, very relaxing and calming to do.

I have decided to put some structure into my blog so that each day will have something of a theme.
Monday- for Mindfulness; Tuesday - Tidy Up Day; Wednesday - What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday; Thursday - Technique and Tips; Friday - Finish Off Day; Saturday - Start Something New; Sunday - Anything Goes
These themes are not hard and fast and will be changed if I feel the need.

Saturday 23 February 2013

Friday Smile - a day late

Christmas finally arrived today for the other half of our family  It was delayed initially due to illness, then snow intervened after that, but we managed it today.  This tractor and trailer has been occupying most of our conservatory since just before Christmas.  It was a great hit, and the true owner, little Rosie ended up in the trailer with her big sister, Charlotte doing the hard work (with a little help from Dad). 

Among the presents we delivered today were a set of gloves and a warm hat for each.  As you can see, Charlotte loves hers (Rosie had gone to bed by this time).

One of the presents they both had was a little Christmas doll made by Jo Betts (Twiglet).  Although it is too late to hang them on the tree until December (isn't that coming fast?) they still loved them and I suspect they will get hung somewhere in their rooms in the meantime.  I will post a picture of those when I have time to extract stills from the video.  For now, thank you Jo.

I know I am late posting this week, but we did have a lot of smiles today.  To see more lovely smiles, just slip over to Annie's Smiles. 

5 comments:

shazsilverwolf said...

Marg, so glad you got your Christmas visit finally!Haven't the girls grown-oh my how time flies, it just does not seem very long ago you were crocheting for a new arrival.Speak soon, love Shaz xx

pembrokeshire lass said...

How lovey. They probably appreciated their presents more than if they'd opened them on Xmas day! Lovely to see the joy on their faces. I bet there was a lot of joy on yours too!? Joan

Hettie said...

Ah Bless! Lovely piccies and some lovely smiles there!
xx

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

Hi Maggie some lovely shots aren't children so very precious thanks for sharing ,. and just popping over to let you know your method from Barbara adapted by me is tarring on my blog am not 100% at mo recovering and getting better - but did this work earlier before unwell. and LOVE the method will be playing again.. shared it step by step so if you have anyone else who asks you, it might make it easier for you if done step by step like this, love Shaz in Oz.x

Angela Toucan said...

lovely 2nd Christmas, the kids are adorable. nice tractor too