Daisy Made It

A few of my favourite things....

....from 2011.

Well as it's the last day of the year I thought I'd do a little mosaic round up of some of my fav things I made this year....enjoy :)

It's normal on this last day of the year to look back and reflect on what has passed....what can I say about this year???

It hasn't always been great, but through those rough times a lot of "friends" have fallen away, mainly because they are far too judgemental and that me and my family don't jump through all the hoops they set out for us....and what can I say to that......well I say THANK YOU!!!!! It was like breathing fresh air again after being shunned by you all and maybe you should all read Matthew 7:5 and do some self reflecting.

It's not all doom and gloom, through this I have discovered the REAL friends who are in this for the long haul....they accept me as I am, they love me, care for me and want nothing more from me than companionship......you know who you are and I thank you for being TRUE friends :)

So I look forward to starting 2012 with nothing dragging me down and sharing it with the people who matter :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Surprises!!!

Well Santa (insert Ross here) was very kind to me, he got me a fantastic Go Cutter and some dies...

He did pretty well considering he wasn't sure what shapes would be the most useful.  The cutter comes with a die which cuts 4 1/2 inch and 2 1/2 inch squares and 2 1/2 inch half square tirangles.....the extra ones Ross got me were triangles in a square, 5 inch squares, 2, 3 and 5 inch hexagons and a Sunbonnet Sue die......so I have plenty to play with for a while :)

Charley also got me some fab jersey fabric an Eleanor Burns book and the Liberty book of sewing, all things I wanted and the Liberty book is covered with such a gorgeous fabric cover that you can't help but pick it up all the time, it feels so good :)

We've had a busy couple of days so today is all about chilling and relaxing, we have a few movies to watch later, but right now I'm off to get some lunch.

Hope you're all enjoying the Christmas season with your loved ones x

Welcome visitors

Don't you just love visitors bearing gifts???  Especially when they arrive carrying something as yummy as this...

Thanks Joe!!!!

Makes Me Happy Monday 50/2011

It's so hard this time of year to be able to blog without showing any pictures of what you have been making, because you don't want to run the risk of anyone getting a preview of what you're giving them for Christmas......so I might just add a teeny tiny sneak peek of something I was working on for a friend.

What is making me happy today (and all the rest of this week) is that everything is done for Christmas, presents are wrapped and sitting under the tree, all my handmade items are made and wrapped and delivered and so all the sewing I do this week is purely for pleasure....it's going to be a great week :)

Wishing you all as enjoyable a week as I'm going to have :)

Here's the sneak peek....can you guess what it is???

Makes Me Happy Monday 49/2011

Are you ready for Christmas???  I am, this year I made a point of getting done early, so the tree is up (well it's been up for a couple of weeks now) the presents are bought, wrapped and ready for delivery, all my overseas posting was done a couple of weeks ago and I'm nicely chilled about the whole thing.  

Last year me and Ross went away end of Nov beginning of Dec and by the time we got home I had missed the last posting date for my overseas posting, so I was determined to get everything done in time this year :)

So with nothing left to do I am going to be sewing for pleasure and visiting friends :)

 

 

Makes Me Happy Monday 48/2011

Leftovers are making me happy today :)  I have been maing Christmas presents so can't actually show very much on my blog til after the big day, but I can show you a cushion I made form some leftovers :)

Normally the left over bits whould have headed to my scraps box but I whipped them together real quick and made this cushion, I'm really happy with it, now I know I'm going to have some more leftovers at the end of the week so don't be surprised to find another cushion on that chair too :)

I've also been having a big sort out and tidy up in my studio, it's almost done, but I couldn't put off the Christmas sewing any longer, so I'll come back to that on another post, but I'm loving that I've found some long forgotten treasures in amongst all my stash :)