Advent Calendar 14

Having said that it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas yesterday, I will say it's beginning to look a lot like winter today. Every morning we have to wipe the windows because of the condensation.

It looks like it's raining doesn't it but most of our rooms have windows that look like this in the morning. Maybe we are being a bit too soft with warm central heating.

I remember when I was little - the windows had frost on the insides when it was very cold outside.

Stay safe.

xx

 

Advent Calendar 13

Feeding the Christmas cake

The cake is fed regularly with rum this year. You may think I have posted the same picture but there is one difference. Can you see?

Scroll down to find out. It has something to do with the greed and gluttony - not very positive traits. I'll just tell you that the cake is kept in this old Ikea glass container and greed and gluttony had a hand in this too!

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One crumb broke off so I ate it! There I've owned up. Not too much greed and gluttony I hear you say. Ah but the cake was bigger than the container when it came to putting it away so it had to be cut to size. (Substantially cut.) DH and I couldn't waste the cake now could we?  We couldn't throw the cut off piece away - so we ate it! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas now.

Stay safe.

xx

 

Advent Calendar 12

Just a very small gift for a wine drinking friend made from cotton yarn and some small charms.

Actually they are not charms as such but parts of my DD's cast off earrings. I just pulled off the fixing and threaded the small dingle dangle onto the yarn. These are now meant to be wine charms to put round the stem of a wine glass to identify the glass. I do hope she likes them.

Stay safe.

xx

 

Advent Calendar 11

Simple decorations this year - just little bits of decoration in different rooms. Easy to put up, easy to take down. These are in the bedroom.

Stay safe.

xx

 

Advent Calendar 10

A walk on a wintery day blows the blues away. It wasn't windy but the blue sky was peppered with menacing black clouds.

The sun won in the end. Look up, look down. Still plenty of flowers around.

A rainbow appeared briefly to call a truce to the clashing elements in the sky ...

... and I carried on walking on the wintery day.

Stay safe.

xx

 

Advent Calendar 9

 Everlasting cards

These cards are designed to be recycled. Made from recycled bits and bobs they are sent one year and are expected back again the next. Once established 2 cards are sent back and forth over the years. Once full they are retired and a new card made to start its journey back and forth again.

Please type 'everlasting' in the search box to see more about these cards.

Stay safe.

xx

Advent Calendar 8

Just a shiny cushion - a bit of glitz for this time of the year - very Christmassy - but this cushion contains a secret.  

It was made from the sequinny cast off top given to me by a friend. Open it up and out pop lots of different shiny fabrics.

These have been collected to make material wrappers for Christmas. There are pieces of material, bags ...

... and more tops. I can't wear this top again because it's sewn up at the bottom ant this Christmas is just the right size to hold one of the gifts.

A sequin belt, a bauble and a bit of holly finish off the wrapping.

Waste not.

Stay safe.

xx