Thimbleina

Look what came in the post

 

Look I won something on Erin's blog, Bluebirdbaby. You know how I made a few veggie bags to put things in at the supermarket instead of plastic well these are handmade by Wonder Thunder and are made just for the job. 

As you can see I have put my salad leaves in the big one, I am trying it out in the fridge to see if it keeps the leaves fresh, so far so good. Lady A was also very pleased as she bagged the little green Wonder Thunder badge that came with it.

Have a great weekend come rain or shine  

Postie package and other gifts

 

 

The kids received a wonderful Easter parcel from Abbott and Cal, Lecia's boys. There were lots of Easter goodies that were soon spirited away by those little hands in the second picture. We have sent today our parcel which hopefully will arrive with them safely in about a week's time. I hope they enjoy their parcel as much as mine have enjoyed and are enjoying theirs.

  

I eventually finished this a cardigan for my baby niece, which will be her Easter present as being so small she cannot have Easter eggs yet.

  

Another completed Easter gift, a felt pretend play fried egg.

Mr Thimbleina went to the hospital on Tuesday and they have decided it is ligaments and not a fracture (which is what he was told in A&E). So he now has a plastic cast that he can take on and off, but still is on crutches. The consultant said it could take longer than a break to heal depending on how fast his body heals and I think as well how much he rests it. I am trying to encourage him not to do too much, but he really isn't used to being inactive.  

Advent day 13, a parcel and teacher's gifts

 

We did a Christmas swap with Mama Funk. Ian and Angel sent us the most generous parcel that we received yesterday. Just look at all those lovely Christmas books to add to our collection. The one without a title is a Jan Brett version of Clement C Moore's -'Twas the night before Christmas' All the Jan Brett books have such beautiful illustrations. The book at the back is really good it is a picture puzzle/riddle where you have to find Christmas related items in the very busy pictures - it is going to keep the kids amused for hours looking for the things in the pictures. We also received:

  

They also sent all these lovely sweeties, some log pieces, a wooden train and some Smencils  which smell of Christmas smells.

  

A little present just for me in there. A magazine that I have been wanting to read for ages after seeing on other blogs - I can't get it here in the UK as far as I know unless I have a subscription which I didn't want to do incase I didn't like it once I read it. Angel so kindly sent some felt and needle so I can try some of the projects in the issue. Can't wait to start with this.

Todays advent surprise was a snowflake cookie cutter so today the kids made cookies. Lady A made ones to give to her friends and school and the teachers with a homemade Christmas decoration attached

  

We also fetched the Christmas tree and decorated that so we were quite busy today

 

Advent day 8 and lots of other goodness

 

Today was the day for the stockings as part of the advent calendar. These have now been hung waiting for the visit from Santa Claus.

Yesterday evening Lady A attended her first Christingle service with her Rainbows group. This link  gives a bit of information on Christingle and the reason for the oranges and what they symbolise in the service. She really enjoyed it, especially singing carols and eating the sweets.

Also at the weekend Lady A attended two birthday parties which she thoroughly enjoyed, one was at the bowling alley and the other was a Robin Hood and Maid Marion party where they got to embellish their own headress and bow and arrow or hat if you wanted to be Robin Hood. That bow and arrow have been hidden under her bed so that Mister T can't break them and she has taken every available opportunity to practice shooting her wardrobe and the patio doors with it - perhaps I have a potential archer on my hands here?? Her school actually do archery later on higher up the school, but she might not be interested in it then - who knows.

  

The other goodness was a package received in the post this morning from the Dottycookie family . We did a Christmas decoration parcel swap between our families. Mister T has already eaten most of the chocolate and is sat coveting his bag with the beautiful origami stars inside.  Lady A will love all the beads and glitter when she arrives back from school.  The decorations are all so beautifully handcrafted and will look wonderful on our Christmas tree when we get it next weekend - I shall attempt to photograph it in all its glory to show you.

  

Look at what I got in the post

I received my Aqua and Red swap parcel from my partner today Leslie at junkgirl. Lots of lovely things to sew with and I have a project in mind for Lady A this weekend for those beads. Just look at the lovely wide ric-rac I'm going to have fun with that. That velvet table runner needs a place where little hands cannot pinch it for their uses and that red tassle may also appear in a project soon. 

Book swap

Lady A and Mister T received this lovely package in the post when we came back from camping. We were participating in Mollycoddle's bookswap and the lovely package came from mamafunk. It did have some lovely lollipops in but they disappeared as soon as the parcel was opened. We have read the pie in the sky book which I would definately recommend and will put in both my Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com shops which you will find in the left sidebar. The Laura Ingalls book we are going to read after we have finished the Faraway Tree, I am so excited about it I can't wait to get to read it. I am glad they are still at the stage where I can read them stories as I feel there are so many out there that I haven't read and missed out on.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Eco friendly and stuffing fish

I received a parcel from one of the company's in the online shop list of stores that I like - Spirit of Nature. I thought I'd show you this label as I love packages that are sent in recycled packaging and this great label is just so quirky I love it. Why can't more businesses send parcels in reused packaging? Does everyone really need pretty packaging which more often than not gets damaged in the post? Anyway while looking for more labels to put on my envelopes that I re-use (sometimes I just recycle paper that only has print on one side) I came across this website - 'Its not easy being green' which is written by the Strawbridge family that were on the BBC doing a programme about how they endeavour to be as green as possible - take a look and look at the links for green eco friendly products or inspiration.

Inspired by Artful parent Lady A made a stuffed fish which was filled with more newspaper out of the recycling bin. By the way since made this fish has been carried everywhere in place of Rosie/Lily dipstick.

Organised camping

As we are off camping soon we need some organisation in the tent so that I am not constantly searching in the bag for things. So I made an organiser to put some bits in to hang up in the tent. Recognise that fabric it has gone a long way I have almost used it all up.

Look what came in the post today. I bought this from a Japanese supplier on Ebay so it has taken a little while to get here, but well worth the wait. I have something in mind for the blue one but not red riding hood yet. Oh I do so love packages it is like Christmas.

Work in progress

This is Mister T's jumper so far, I really like the cable pattern and the pattern the moss stitch makes. This is what is taking up my spare minutes in the day at the moment so no sewing possibly until I have done this.

A bit blurry but Lady A received a lovely package in the post today a really thoughtful gift from a friend of hers Princess S. Lady A says thank you very much Princess S.