....Hello all......

....and happy February to everyone, and also a very warm welcome to some new followers that i seem to of gained just recently....welcome, welcome, welcome..........

....I am feeling much much better now,  the slumps seem to of lifted  and my creative mojo is back up and running.....phew.....
.....cant say i liked feeling like that at all, its just not me....but i know that next time the slumps hit,  to just go with it and make the most of the resting phase until it passes and i can start creating again.

.....So just some bits and bobs since the weekend.....
.....Firstly.....some finds...........

.....Mr Pixie and I did one of our antique shop, vintage shop, nic nak tours at the weekend and what did we come home with..............................

....Well i found this , a 'She' magazine from the year i was born...just take a look at some of the ads.....

....one more......just check this out.....

....goodness me.....

......anyway, the next thing i found was an old knitting catalogue that i remember my mum having when i was really little, i just had to have it as the humpty dumpty pattern in it my mum actually knitted for me........i don't know what ever happened to humpty, probably got lost in one of the various house moves......

.....and then i found an original oil painting that i just new i had to have.....Ive called him 'Bertie'.....

....its quite an old painting and i need to do some investigating to see who did it and when....

.....Also...

.....I have nearly finished knitting my second pair of socks, i started these way before Christmas and then just left them on the side and sort of forgot about it....until two days ago, and i made myself pick it up again to finally finish them......

.....And now i am going to show you all a teensy weensy glimpse of something completely new and different that i have been working on.........i shall show you more very soon but for now just a tiny peek....

.....See you soon...

....pixie....

x

....The slumps..part 3.....

.....Yes i know, I'm still in slumpsville....but it is lifting slowly but surely......Dulcy (at Dulcys doorstep), reminded me that sometimes its good to take a break from things for a bit until the creativity starts to flow again.....so i took her very good advice and sat back a bit and allowed things to just run there course..................so what have i been up to these last few days............lets see..........

.......I hung a painted bird from the ceiling................

.........hung some knitted bunting in the window.......

.......watched a huuuuuge box set of the Tudors......I'm about half way.......i just love this series.....

......found this in the mother in laws attic.....

.....been slowly adding more squares to the woodland blanket.....

.....and have two new books.......though i have learnt a lesson this week........'always read the front cover of a book properly first before purchase'.........i got so excited about the picture on the front cover and then even more excited about the pictures inside the book, that i bought it without actually reading what it said on the front cover...............

......Yes....MASTERCLASS.........'oh'!.........................well thats not me when it comes to sock knitting, i've only made one pair, ....and when i read through it i thought ...'well this is way out of my league'.................great pictures though......................check it out..........

......and then there's this one for crochet......

......complete crochet heaven......

......I think for the time being, i shall just be crocheting away at the 'woodland blanket', and not think about starting anything new until my slumpiness lifts..............i just hope that i don't bore you all senseless with never ending progress of the woodland blanket,.......so tah tah for now, and see you all real soon........hugs Pixie xxxxx

....Small wonky knitted felted ring thingy giveaway......

.....OK.....here it goes......

......The first winner of a small wonky knitted ring thingy iiiiiiiiiiis.......

....YAAAAAAAAAY, round of applause goes to 'Sassafras and winterberry'.YAAAAAY.

......and the winner of the second small felted knitted ring thingy goes toooooooo......

.....YAAAAAAY, clap clap clap its 'Winkieflash'.....YAAAAAAAAY......

.....And the final one goes tooooooooo.....

.....YAAAAAAY, well done 'Soul soup sister', YAAAAAAAAY.....

.....So well done ladies, just send me an email with your addresses and i shall pop them in the post asap......and of course commiserations to the lovely people that didn't win this time..

...Love and hugs Pixie....

xxxxxx

.....The slumps.....

....As you all know i have been having an extreme attack of the slumps...so today i decided as i had got the afternoon of work (and the rest of the week for that matter due to  Mr Pixie having an operation  and needing me to make numerous mugs of tea and fluff pillows etc etc), i decided that i would give my little work room a bit of a going over,...it is, i have to say, in a horrendous mess, and i was wondering if this horrendous mess was adding to my slumpy feeling, so after filling various bags marked with 'charity shop', 'attic', and 'rubbish' the room still looks as messy as it did before.........how is that?.........oh well.....
anyway.....on standing back and viewing the messy room i realised that i had got without even noticing it,.....another collection, (you know how i like to collect things)....(especially magazines, bags, and suchlike),....i realised that i had got an amazing amount of.....well these...............................................

.....business cards........i have collected absolutely loads, and never actually realised it........i have, without me even thinking, been sticking them up all along my shelves and on bits of wall in my workroom without even realising i was doing it......................till now !!

......Loads and loads of little bits of artwork.......................everywhere.?!

.....obviously I'm not going to load all of them on here, it would probably take me hours and even more probable bore you all to tears........but fancy that,...a collection that i didn't realise i had till now.............lots of little bits of artwork in there own right.............

.....Anybody else out there have an unusual collection that they didn't think was a collection but actually it is !.........funny the things we hoard, isn't it.

.....x x x Pixie x x x.....

.....If i have been quiet of late.....

....i apologise....

....i seem to be in a winter slump.....

....don't get me wrong, i love winter, in fact its my favourite season.....i just seem to be in a slump.....

....my creative mojo has gone walk about.....

....taken a trip.....

.....and i am not liking this feeling....of being in a slump....

.....i think that may be my word of the moment....Sssssllump.....

....i hope it goes soon....

....so i shall just leave you with this for now, until i return with the winners of the felted ring draw on Friday..................something wonderful..........

....Mr Pixie and I saw the stage show of this and i cried from start to finish.............


............................................................Truly wonderful........................................................................

......and here's a clip of the stage show......

...Hello, hello friends.....

......So i have a wee give away.....and it is literally 'wee', do you remember a couple of posts back i made some knitted felted rings from a pattern that was free to everyone on the 'Tiny owl knits' site......well i made so many that i have a few floating about so i thought that i would offer out these to anyone who wants one.........i have three up for grabs, so three lovely followers can win one.............................if you do just drop me a comment, and i shall do the draw on the 20th of January.

......Also.go and have a look at Dulcy over at 'Dulcys doorstep', she has the knitted ring bug too.....

...Easy peasy lemon squeezy....

....No excuse not to pick up those needles...............................................................................................

....especially if your a beginner, and don't know where to start...then start with an easy peasy project....

.....Hap,hap, happy knitting.....

x pixie x

p.s If your a beginner at knitting then this book is for you.....it starts with the dishcloth and slowly introduces new patterns so as not to scare you off....this was a good beginner project when i first started knitting, it even has a couple of sock knitting patterns in it..............before you know it you will be knitting gnomes and foxes too....x