Secret Santa has Arrived

So exciting....My secret santa parcel arrived from the SSCS swap.  The lovely Nancy from Pennsylvania USA has made me the most gorgeous Christmas Star. Thank you Nancy it is simply beautiful. Cant wait to open my present on Christmas day. 

I just love the colouring and stitching. Sorry it is sideways but I posted on my phone. 

Repurpose.

I have been having a bit of a clean up during decorating and some things just need to be moved out....or do they... This lovely wooden box was in my  kitchen with a cherry photo on the front. Always held plastic bags... but that's what drawers are for...

Now its in my sewing room.  Big enough to hold cutters and scissors etc ... I have had this little sewing machine trinket for ages and I think it just suites the part....


Now finish cleaning up the sewing room and get into some sewing... 

A Christmas Tour of Our Home.

After reading Kate's blog where she took us for a tour  of her lovely home. I thought , what a nice idea . 

So I will give you a tour of mine. Bernie usually changes the blocks around to spell all sorts of crazy things that seems to have become a tradition in our house.

No it's not Christmas .. just left overs from the the 'tree decorating party".. have one every year so much better than doing it on your own when you are "empty nesters "..

Go from the kitchen to the dining room..new candle lights... a lovely gift from one of my friends ( and one of the tree decorators.)

Go the other way and the family room has a little more Christmas...kids corner.

From the dining room. Makes me feel like I am having a white Christmas when I look here.

Looking to the lounge room

Our tree

A little touch of Denmark because it holds a special place in  my heart.

 And that is it... Hope you enjoyed visiting me this Christmas. 

December

I love Christmas ...Family... cooking... get togethers.....and rain.....

My niece and great niece ...it is so wonderful to have little people in our lives.

My beautiful granddaughter ... camping....and enjoying the rain ....even though the rest of the campers probably don't want it. Something about kids and rain they just don't care....

Bernie's been making pesto...it is pretty good I must add.

I love Christmas....

So Dry

You know those stories that go around that make our overseas friends think kangaroos hop down the street in Australia. Well yesterday that happened to me!

A mob of Kangaroos have moved into town onto a spare block I drive past to go to school. One was actually hopping down the street yesterday. Today I stopped and tried to take a photo with my phone.  Not bad for an iPhone. For you Denise, Grethe , Satu and Isabelle

A new project

At the moment I am working on this project in wool.

SSCS 2014

My sewing is finished and my Christmas parcel is on its way .....   Hope my blogger likes  it.