....Tis quiet at the nook.....

....Which i am really enjoying after all the yule tide shenanigans......

 

....So getting back to normality works for me, i have to go back to work tomorrow which is always difficult when you haven't had to get up at any particular time for a week, then suddenly you have to haul yourself out of bed in the dark at 6 am and fish out your uniform and off we go again......

 

....but yes' i think quietly i am relieved to be getting back to that normality again........just new years eve to get through, then off we go again for another year.

 

.....So today...just during this quiet time i have been quietly making some recycled home made envelopes......these i am hoping to use for my new little bits and bobs that i shall be putting in my Etsy shop any day now......

 

......So for now dear readers i am just cutting and gluing away contently by the fire......

 

 

...there very addictive to make.....i cant seem to stop....

 

 

 

.....I wish you all a Happy new year.....and i shall see you all again in 2013.....
..( i wonder what we will all be crafting in the next coming year )...

 

Hugs Pixie xxx

 

 

 

.....From my little Crafte nook by the sea....

 

....our little wonky tree is twinkling away.....

 

 

......and we are all snug and cosy, us two wee Pixies, and our two old cats.....

 

......and from our cosy hearth we wish you all, my dear bloggy friends a very Happy Christmas, and a very happy winter solstice,, hugs to you all.....

 

....

 

..... I shall leave you with my favourite christmas cartoon that as a child was on telly every christmas eve and we would all sit down as a family to watch it.....

 

....Tom and Jerry....

The night before Christmas

 

 

 

 

....Little Robin....

When father takes his spade to dig,

The Robin comes along,

He sits upon a little twig.

And sings a little song,

 

Or, if the trees are rather far,

He does not stay alone,

But comes up close to where we are,

And bobs upon a stone.

 

L Alma Tadema

 

....Pixie....

x

 

 

....These past few days i have been....

.....stitching......

 

 

 

.....stitching a new found obsession......

 

.....'' Mad hatter pocket watch brooches ''.....

 

 

.....lots of different sizes and lots of different designs.....

 

 

......they are guaranteed to give the right time at least twice a day.....

 

 

 

.....i am aiming at putting some of these in my etsy store.....so watch this space ...

 

 

 

......i have also been stitching .....cute little faces.....

 

 

 

.....these too are making me very happy at the moment and i want to get these into my shop as well.....

.....i just need to sit down with my sketch book ( when i get two minutes ), and come up with new faces to stitch....

 

 

 

 

.....what else?....oh yes......last year at this time i made some paper chains from a certain lovely clothes catalogue to hang from my beams for the yule period......well this year i thought with the same lovely catalogues i would make some paper balls to hang up.......

 

 

 

 

 

....these are mega easy to make....

 

....Here's how....

 

1...get yourself some lovely catalogues you don't mind chopping up, i always prefer to use the ones that are made from non shiny paper.....

 

 

2... tear a page out then draw 8 circles, about four and half centimetres across, then cut them out....

 

 

( i used a little jar to draw around for mine )

 

3...on the reverse side of each circle put a dot in the middle with your pencil.

 

 

4...now fold in three edges to the point, the point makes it easier to see the centre.

 

 

 

 

5...when you have done that and have a triangle unfold the edges and fold them over on the creases you have made on the other side...this then gets rid of the pencil dot....

 

 

6...now get some glue...

 

 

7....and stick all the edges together to make your ball decoration...

 

 

....tah dahhh....

 

 

.....and I'm not finished yet, oh no....

 

....i live at number 12.....so i bought myself a couple of numbers made from cardboard the ones you can decoupage and i have been decorating these to put up in my window.....there not quite finished yet, but here they are so far....

 

....just a bit more prettifying to do, they should look lovely in my window with my matching knitted bunting and Christmas wreath....

 

.....so there you have it my friends lots of crafte nook craftiness.....

 

.....hugs to you all my friends...

....Pixie....

x

 

 

 

....Im back....im back.....im back......Yaaaay...

.....Oh my goodness.....what an epic quandary.....

.....Don't you just hate modern technology some times,,i know i do.......oh but its good to be back...i had visions of saying '' Cheerio, its been nice knowing you all''....and pulling the plug, but Mr P and i have sorted it........thankfully it didn't mean me having to hand over large sums of cash to Google, though i would of done if it hadn't been for all of you lot out there.......

 

.......THANK YOU......oh so much to everyone that left me such lovely comments and emails, and to everyone who gave so much advice......it was such a comfort to know that i wasn't the only one experiencing these dilemmas......

 

......The problem was, that me being a bear of very little brain i have been taking nice big pictures with my lovely lumix and not realising that pixel size is most important when uploading to the Internet.....so now i have down sized my piccies i am now at the FREE photo size....Phew !!.......

 

....So simple....

 

.....Of course this means that the photos that i took to show you how to make a fabric wreath i now cant show you because i have used up my space for free big pictures, but i can show you a new picture of it finished.........and instead of the pictures of each step of making it i shall show you sections finished and try and explain it from there..........

 

...............So here it goes..........oh its good to be back xx.........

....So....firstly wreath all finished....

..( i think my photos may not be quite so clear because i now have to stretch them to fit in nicely)..

 

 

.....next....get yourself some strong fabric , a large dinner plate and a smaller plate, a pair of scissors, lots of bits of green fabric, needle cottons, pins etc...

 

.....Cut your fabric into a rectangle, fold in half, this needs to big enough to draw round your large dinner plate....

.....Now cut out your circle shape and draw round the smaller plate in the middle of your circle....then cut out the centre.....pin all round.....you should now have a great big polo mint....

 

....Sew all around the outside edge of your circle, then sew all round the middle circle bit leave a gap for stuffing......the edges will be frayed but it doesn't matter as no one will see.....

 

...once stuffed cut out lots and lots of different leaf shapes from your green bits of fabric, ( there's a template for some leaves in last months Mollie makes )...and tack these to your wreath........then just add whatever you like.......shells, buttons, acorns, bits and bobs, whatever you fancy......

 

 

 

 

 

.......Happy stitchin'.....

......Pixie...

x

 

 

 

 

....I'm still here.....

.....Yes I'm still sitting here in a quandary.....i still don't know what to do.......

......just sittin' here quietly stitching pocket watches, and quietly stitching flowers, and quietly crocheting away, and quietly annoyed by the whole thing.....

.....Do you know that google want me to pay nearly three dollars a month for some extra space, is that right ?....it works out about thirty quid a year.........that cant be right, can it?.....


.....Anyway, i shall keep you all posted, i wanted to show you my Christmas fabric wreath that i have made but it looks like that's going to have to wait a bit while i figure out what to do......

........so cheerio for now......

Pixie xx