Charity Christmas Gifts!

I love popping into the Cancer Research CS to take a look at their lovely gifts and imagine my delight yesterday when I picked up a catalogue and realised you can buy online.
I always try to buy charity Christmas cards and i'm quite taken with these this year









Love this............................









I know a little lady who would love this (and a bigger one 'hehe')




This..................









would be perfect for my Sons girlfriend


Something to keep you warm and snuggly on these cold evenings











There's also a stripey one which i'm quite taken with.




Gorgeous spotty cases










Ideal for a little ones room or even to keep all those little crafty bits in.


Not forgetting the littleys










Wish I had a fireplace to display these on















You can shop for any of these gifts and many more here


Have a great weekend
((hugs))
Beki xxx

Thank you and progects!

Last week I asked Rachael from Made with love if she would make my little man one of her adorable hats.................









Isn't it great?

She also popped in one of her lovely strawberries..................









Not only does it look fab hung on my memo board but smells so good too!

Thank you Rachael, I love them xx

I'm finally catching up with myself and have some parcels to wrap and pop in the post. I apologise to the lovely ladies who are waiting for parcels from me but I am getting there.
So much so i'm hoping to be able to spend some time on the weekend and get on with some bits for myself.

Some fabric I bought today.............









to make some very long bunting to cover ugly pipes in our hallway. I need to find some more to match it first though.

I'm loving the UJ bunting that's everywhere at the moment but refuse to pay the £19.99 that my local gift shop is asking especially as I know i'll get fed up with it as I do anything you start seeing everywhere.

So.......................









as I have everything I need I thought i'd give my own a go.

Giving myself a bit of a break from the sewing today, DD and I decided to give the paper and glue a bit of an airing. So while DD has been making Christmas cards, I made some UJ notecards................









I'm thinking about making more and putting some in my blog shop, would love to know what you think!

((hugs))
Beki xxx

Sadly the craft fair didn't go too well yesterday, although lots of stalls unfortunately there wasn't many customers.
At one point DD and I realised there was only sellers in the hall, maybe the weather stopped people from coming out.
I consider myself lucky that I managed to cover the cost of my table, many didn't even do that.
Still, there's always other fairs, onwards and upwards I say.

As I came home with a fair bit i've just added a few bits to my blogshop




Bunting.....................



















Hearts.....................









Bookmarks..........................









Please feel free to go take a look.

I have so many ideas whizzing around in my head at the moment that i'm hoping to add a few more things to ny shop in the next week or so.

I hope everyone has had a good weekend

((hugs))
Beki xxx

My kitchen table has looked a lot like this ..................









the last few days and the floor around me......................









Dinner has been eaten off our laps, something I don't normally allow but because it suits me at the moment that's fine lol.

We've been living in total chaos as i've gone at it like a crazy woman, trying to get ready for the craft fair tomorrow.
Panic set in the other day when I realised I didn't have as much as I thought so yesterday a very dear friend came and took the little man off my hands for a few hours.
What a treat that was, to be able to get on and sew with no distractions. Wonder if I can get her to do it more often for me 'hehe'!

Tonight my table is looking a bit like this.....................










while I have a play trying to arrange what I want my table to look like tomorrow.

A few close ups.....................





















I'm feeling a little nervous as this is my first fair but also excited. I have no expections and will use this as a learning curve, what will be will be!

Have a great weekend
((hugs))
Beki xxx

Blog Shop Shopping!

I've been doing a bit of shopping this past week, no I haven't been fighting through crowds, I've been sat at my pooter ordering from fellow bloggers blog shops.
Personally for me there's no nicer feeling than looking at something handmade and knowing how much love has gone into it and of course the fact that no two items will be the same makes that feeling even nicer.

My first delivery was from the lovely Mary Poppins shop...........Vintage Daisy, when I saw this gorgeous Christmas bunting.............









I really really needed it 'hehe' and it fits perfectly across my bookcase, can't wait to put it up.
Naughty Mary also included a Birthday treat for me, a gorgeous matching heart................









along with some lovely stickers and a gorgeous smelling mandarin, clove and cinnamon oil.

My next parcel was from Bloomin Myrtles shop, I knew she was putting these in her shop so sat up very late one night to order as I knew these would sell very quickly.

Gorgeous gingerbread house............









and the back of it...................








Truly gorgeous and smells lovely too.

I also couldn't resist this little beauty.................








I've named her Myrtle and she currently watches over me while I sew.

My final parcel was made by the lovely Lace hearts which I was fortunate enough to win in a KIN auction over on the SCC. I can't show you as it's for my DD but you really should pay her Sew Happy shop a visit. Caroline is the Queen of fabric buckets and has some gorgeous items in her shop.

Hope everyone has had a great weekend
((hugs))
Beki xxx

Vouchers............spent

Would you like to see what pretties I bought with my vouchers? If you're as nosey as me you would.
A few of you have asked what bad I decided on, i'd made my mind up to go for the tulip one but once I got there I couldn't decide so I let my lovely OH choose









I'd say he has extremely good taste, wouldn't you?

I was really taken with the cowboy one too but kept thinking what Claire said about not wanting to use it without the kiddies in tow, so got my cowboy fix with another one









When I saw this..............









on Victorias blog, I knew it was for me. Rich said "you never play with your DS", I said "but I will if I have something pretty to put it in!. Only problem is, neither DD or I can find our chargers.

Other pretties I bought were, pretty mugs......................









just for me!

Love the smell of these..................









Pretty tins..........................









I've had my eye on these for a while but had resisted temptation untill now.

That was my vouchers spent but i'd also been very lucky and had had some money from Rich's Grandparents. With that I bought....................









As you can see, I was a very lucky girl and to finish my day off nicely here's what I walked into last night..............









This really bought a smile to my face.

((hugs))
Beki xxx

Happy Birthday to me and a winner!

I'd like to say a big THANK YOU to my gorgeous family for the wonderful presents and for making my last 3 Birthday so special. I love you all so very very much xxx

From my DD..........................














All bought with her own pennies.

My little man must of saved very hard to buy these rather extravagant gifts 'hehe'









Don't you just love this card..................









From my lovely Other........................









and more of these.........................









So, as you can imagine, the day was spent in Bristol visiting our friend Cath (more on that tomorrow).

Would you like a slice of cake before I announce the winner of my giveaway









Drum roll please ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................












The winner of my Birthday/Bloggyversary giveaway is............................................................................






Karen @ Karens playtime.

If you email me your address hunni, i'll put a little goody bag together for you and pop it in the post.

((hugs))
Beki xxx