The joy of being at home resting my foot means that I am ready to pounce on the postman before he has a chance to take parcels back to the depot. Today I received a lovely parcel from Sam as I was the lucky winner of her recent blogiversary giveaway. She sent me a beautiful handmade card, ring, keyring and necklace made from her wonderful fabric covered buttons. The parcel really cheered me up and her work is amazing so go and check it out! These also arrived today, beautiful pearl hairpins for the wedding. I spent ages looking for…
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I was really lucky to win a giveaway that Emily at Ravenhill did recently. She makes the loveliest dolls and I have been reading her blog for a while as it is so cheerful and inspirational. She sent me one of her wonderful dolls called Anne Gry. Emily also enclosed some lovely gift tags and a handmade needle case. I felt truly spoilt opening it, like it was my birthday! Thanks so much Emily, it really cheered me up.
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Yay, today I won a lovely pumpkin pin on a giveaway from sewSpun. I love the colour and aspire to make something like this one day. I popped into a new Christmas shop which has opened on Marylebone High Street at lunch time today. I got some great inspiration for the handmade ornament swap – I just need to stop watching Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life and get my sewing box out. And today my boyfriend got offered a proper job, the kind where you actually do work rather than sit around picking your nose all day. I…
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I was lucky enough to win a copy of Green is the New Black in a giveaway on the Make London blog the other week. The book arrived today and looks great so it is packed in my Orla Kiely weekend bag. Monday is our three year anniversary so I’m ready to be whisked off for a romantic break in Bruges, just waiting for the boyfriend to come and get me. Included with the book were some discount vouchers for the first workshop I book at the make lounge, so I will be looking for courses as soon as I…