Yep, thats right, winnerS. I have decided to draw three names out of my little heart shaped box. I did it the old fashioned way, put the names of all the people who commented on strips of paper, folded them and put them in my little heart shaped box. And out of the box came -
Julia - who had asked for small metal or wood items for assemblages
Amy B - who had asked for French ephemera and lace
Karen O ( Roosterhead Designs) - who still has to tell me what sort of thing she would like.
Would you please get in touch so I can confirm the addresses with you and also to narrow down what to send you?
Thank you all so much for entering and helping me to spread a little bit of happiness.
Leaving you with an old photo of our view from the cottage ( but we are in the UK )
Toodlepip xxx
Just a quick reminder that today is the last chance for you to enter the GIVEAWAY! Just go to THIS POST and leave a comment, telling me what pressie would make you happy.
Good luck! Toodlepip xxx
Firstly, a quick reminder that I am having a GIVEAWAY! Ephemera, lace, fabric, embellishments, mixed media supplies, French vintage treasures, you let me know what you would like to win and I will try and put together a little package to make you happy. Enter the giveaway on this post HERE
I made a few more Christmas cards inbetween braving the world out there for a bit of Christmas shopping. It really is the only time of the year when I enjoy wombling through the shops these days. I stuck with the same theme and image as before ( see last post ), but each and every card is different. Did a bit of stamping, used pages from a very early 1700s Italian book, vintage Swarovski bling, antique French lace motifs, vintage French shelf edging, lots of sparkly bits of course, this is me after all, lol, and bits of this and that. This stone angel is one of my most favourite images -
A couple of cards with more silvery embellishments -
Here are all 6 completed cards, a few more to go yet -
I know I am ridiculously late for Wen's Simply Neutrals Tuesday party, it being Sunday today, lol, but I don't want to miss this gorgeous party altogether! So, better late than never, right? You can see all the other beautiful neutrals on Wen's blog HERE .
Stay safe and happy. Toodlepip xxx
I don't want to feel angry, scared, despairing of humanity any longer, I decided to spread just a little bit of happiness instead. So I finished a quilt , started many years ago, which my son Nick had been waiting for so patiently -
I sent some money to an animal charity, desperately trying to raise funds -
https://www.facebook.com/Help-Bulgaria-Street-Cats-and-Dogs-find-Forever-Homes-669151113196963/
I started a quilt for a little girl who is suffering from a rare disease ( daughter of one of my son's work mates )
and I am going to have a little GIVEAWAY! No photos, because I would like the giveaway to be something YOU really enjoy. So, if you love laces and fabrics, your pressie will be just that. If you love paper ephemera, your package will have lots of cool French and English ephemera. Like French vintage? Tell me the kind of thing you like, and I'll try and find something to please you amongst my hoarded French treasures -
Just comment on this post to let me know that you would like to win the givewaway, and what makes your heart beat a little faster :-).
I have also finally started on my Christmas cards -
I prefer being happy.
Toodlepip xxx
I love Wen's Simply Neutrals Tuesday linky party, there are so many beautiful things to drool over and admire each and every week. I am always happy to share some neutrals as well, because however much I love some colours, I always seem to go back to neutrals sooner or later.
Everybody seems to be ahead of me again this year, well into making Christmas cards and gifts already. Me? All I have managed to do so far is put together a box with all kinds of bits and pieces for making cards. But at least that is kind of getting organised and getting ready, right? Here is the box, not quite complete, I haven't put in the stamps and pens, nor some images I am going to use, but you get the idea :-) -
Now all I need is some time to get making!
Hop over to Wen's Simply Neutrals party No. 10 HERE to see all the other gorgeous neutrals, and why not take part yourself?
Toodlepip xxx
We are still at the cottage in France, and the weather has been pretty unkind to us. Couldn't get much done in the garden. We managed to clear the veggie patches of most of the spent plants ( but not the weeds yet, lol ), cleared away all the bits and pieces which had decorated the garden over the summer and disposed of all the dead geraniums etc. We also worked our way through 7 seasons of The Big Bang Theory, it had us in stitches on those rainy days we had to spend inside and the long evenings. But I find it really difficult to just sit and watch tv, my fingers were itching to do some crafting. Just a teeny bit of crafting. I wanted to check on the craftavan anyway to make sure everything was wintersafe, so I wombled across to the top field the other day and spend a few minutes revising summer spent in there. And........ I found a tiny tub with bits and pieces for a little needle keep in there, which I had brought with me, oh, probably a year or two ago and totally forgotten about. Yay! So today, I finally tipped it all out, sorted out the beautiful hand dyed grey laces and embellishments and got stitching -
I have only done the cover, front and back, so far, haven't put the grey felt inside for the needles yet. Maybe I'll get that done tomorrow.
I am linking this post to Wen's wonderful Simply Neutrals Tuesday party over HERE. Sigh, so many beautiful neutrals to drool over, hop over and see for yourself!
Toodlepip xxx
