We’ve had a busy weekend and therefore no time for crafting unfortunately 🙁 The weekend started with a big meal out with a bunch of friends at The Larder Restaurant on Friday night. The food wasn’t great but it was fun to be out and try somewhere new. We started, and ended, the evening with drinks in The Crown Tavern, Clerkenwell Green. Today we went south to West Norwood Cemetery. We’re on a mission to visit the Magnificent Seven this year. We’ve already been to Highgate Cemetery and Abney Park Cemetery. That just leaves Kensal Green, Nunhead Cemetery, Brompton Cemetery…
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I was surprised to find another ornament had landed on my doormat when I got home from work today. It has come all the way from Texas and arrived to brighten up our post-Christmas blues. Our tree has drooped and I don’t think it will survive until the sixth night. I have placed the ornament on my new Ikea tree which will be staying up all year round.
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Hooray, 2007 is almost over!
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We’re back from the country where we spent time visiting friends and family over Christmas. First stop was The George at Norton St Philip. A lovely old coaching inn which served a great breakfast! The weather before Christmas was gorgeous, cold and crisp with a deep frost. Then on to Exeter where we stayed at the Royal Clarence. We felt like we were the only ones staying there as it was so quiet. We had some time on Christmas Eve to visit the beautiful town of Totnes. There were loads of wonderful shops and I definitely want to go back…
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I received this wonderful ornament from Neele in Dusseldorf this week. It was beautifully wrapped and a real pleasure to open! I finished this last minute present for an aunt we are visiting tomorrow. The design is from simple sewing and was so simple to make. I used some of my favourite Cath kidston fabric. We also made some delicious gingerbread biscuits so I hope my aunt likes her handmade gifts. I even made a little felt Robin gift tag!
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We’ve had another busy weekend preparing for Christmas. We had our own Christmas meal yesterday, I even made some cranberry sauce! We finally got around to having a real fire in the lounge and put our Christmas tree up. The tree is laden with handmade ornaments from the swap – I recently received two more: from Heather in San Diego and this cute monkey from Lucy Byrd
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I have been a lazy blogger since the end of November! Over the last few days I have received some wonderful handmade ornaments: An xmas oddity from Camilla This cute octopus from Jennie in Brooklyn, NY and this lovely parcel from Lina
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Yesterday I received my first handmade ornament from the swap I am participating in. It came all the way from New Zealand and is a pukeko, or New Zealand swamp hen.
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Despite the constant rain and gusty breeze we are enjoying some time on the Isle of Wight with our family. Whenever we come down we fall into a bit of a routine which includes visiting Busy Bee Nursery and looking round the charity shops in Ryde. However this morning we set off for another reclamation yard in Ryde, looking for the elusive missing parts for our fireplace. We managed to find a couple of suitable looking pieces and snapped them up for the bargain price of £15 (unbelievably cheap compared to what we were told in London last weekend). Then…