Yay... Mr BT engineer fixed it....!

In fact Mr BT Engineer was lovely.... mind you I am very nosey and chatted away about everything and anything while he worked.... we got a new junction box and a completely new line to the telegraph pole... which will hopefully make our phone and Internet not cut out when it either rains or gets windy...! ;D

Perhaps not blowing a fuse when Jamie announced that the football boots and shin pads we had just bought and she promptly left in the trolley outside Matalan never to be seen again was paid back to me by karma sending me a soon to be retiring BT engineer that is really fed up with the way BT are treating their staff! I am annoyed that they are forcing them to change their contracts to something that suits the company and has little regard for the staff (seems to be a common trend in all large companies) but yay for him being super efficient and doing a fantastic job...

Mini swap
Anyhoo.... I have been chatting to Lisa Ridgeon online and she kinda asked and I sorta offered to make her a gecko or two and it ended up being a swap... for 2 of her fabulous felt treats... I told her my plan to sew the Jammie dodger onto a bulldog clip so that I can keep all of Jamie's school notes and letters in one place so that I might find information when I need it.... and she thought it was a fab idea and in return for her using the idea she kindly sent me the felt goodies already attached to the clips... and I have to say she has done a much more professional job of it than I ever could...

her hand stitching is remarkable...

Lisa kindly sent this Jaffa cake for Danny's Pre-school notes...

And to finish it off at the back a lovely button....
Thank you Lisa, I think I came off the better here in this little swap...

by the way the real Jammie dodgers are a perfect size for popping in your mouth! even Danny has had a few... mind you he first wanted to eat the Jaffa cake... took me ages to get him to believe me that it wasn't real... ;D

Beach Hut round up....

On asking "Danny, are you cold? do you want your jacket?" this was the response...

This is the response when you turn a camera on a maturing 11 year old
.... go on Jamie suck it in... pose a little.... that's my girl! ;D
I think if we lived right on the coast she would really suit being a beach bum tom boy!
We had a lovely week... we didn't pop down as much as I had hoped as the road down from Yeovil to Lyme Regis was really quite tiring... and parking once there was horrendous... I booked the hut for 2 weeks but this last week I was hoping that Danny and I could pop down in the afternoons but unfortunately Jamie didn't get a seat on the school bus and as its not her catchment school they apparently don't have to provide one...
My week days are now:
8:20 everyone in the car
8:50 drop Jamie at school
9:30 drop Danny at pre-school
10:00 home
12:10 leave to pick up Danny
12:30 Pick up Danny
1:00 home
3:00 leave to pick up Jamie
3:30 pick up Jamie
4:00 get home cook tea....
needless to say a crochet project almost permanently lives in my car with me... thank goodness its so portable.. ;D

Giveaway time...

On the 1st of September all the names were written on paper and placed into the jug I found in mums cupboard... I really love the old enamel wares...
Jamie delved in and pulled out

Pink Fairy Gran

then Danny said "hey what about me!?"

so he delved his little hand into the jug and pulled out

Lisa Ridgeon

I managed to contact both people via email... before it got too windy and wet and Internet was lost... So I apologise for keeping you in suspense and big hugs to all that didn't have the luck of the draw... this time!

Well I am starting to get back into a routine and I am being hounded to give local tuition to ladies eager to learn to crochet... if the parish councillor who nabbed me in the village shop yesterday organises the mornings at the village hall I will gladly attend and give anyone who asks as much help as I can... but I really can't take on organising the venue, refreshments and money...

I am desperately trying to take a back seat but the people in front of me keep moving their chairs behind mine...

Well I had better get on with the washing up and make some mid morning snacks...
I have apples to pick, a crumble to make.. and a friends lawn to mow and some pruning and garden tidying to do... A PTA fun day to organise (even though I no longer have a child at the school...) but I will be standing down in October at the AGM... and a graffiti wall to organise for a youth event in October... I am so glad I am slowing down and taking it easy! lol ;D
Its starting to feel very Autumnal, my thoughts are turning to pumpkins and all the new recipes I have found for warming you up on a chilly evening...

I must get the chimney swept too and fill up the coal bunker.... and ...... I mustn't forget to..........


x
Alex

Lost ......

Hi guys and gals....
Sorry for disappearing for a while, but I got a little lost in my stressed out mixed up world, but with assistance from a new friend I think I have been handed a much needed internal compass and I am on my way again...
I know most of my acquaintances family and friends think my blogger world a little weird but I have to say that I love the fact that none of you judge me or make assumptions about my choices and aspirations, you listen, you freely give advice and you accept my chosen direction... even if it was wrong...
and I know that when I come back and fess up to a mistake or poor choice or jump around like a lunatic because something has happened that is so fantastic I could burst you will all be there to join in the sorrow or the joy...
and I really appreciate you all for being there, a few words from you guys makes my world a little easier to traverse...
Thank you

Now after a good and yet bad weekend I had something at home on Sunday that had a very strange, but positive effect on my tired and fed up mind....
let me briefly fill you in with the weekend... I will try not to bore you to death...
This weekend gone was my Mum and Dads 50th wedding Anniversary, now let me set the scene and I realise that this is only my perspective of events and others namely my siblings would see it all differently... but this is my blog and I don't think they visit anyway...

Tuesday - felt awful, chest pains really tired and fed up
Wednesday - more of the same
Thursday - Village cafe, picked up golden wedding cake
Friday - raced around town picked up balloons, table cloths, confetti, wrapping paper and cards, picked up keys to hall
Saturday - spent 3 hours decorating hall, Mr P, lovely cousin and 2 brothers helped
1:30 raced home got Jamie, Danny and myself ready, Mr P went back down the hall to meet caterer at 2pm and stayed until I got back down there at 2:45, Mr P went home to get showered and changed came back at about 3:30...... spent the afternoon talking to family and friends and making sure everyone was fed and watered.... cleared up hall home by 7:30
children fed watered and in bed by 9pm
Had a fantastic Chinese take away and crashed out in front of the telly
crawled up to bed.....
Sunday - informed of "family dinner" at pub in my village.... Mr P informed me he was not going... he'd rather clean the kitchen
Got children ready went to pub, chose a bad seat, was penned in no means of escape
endured 3 hours of older brother preaching why fat people are fat... apparently we eat too much! duh!
he then went on to explain all about carbohydrates and proteins and basically berated fat people for being lazy and taking the easy option of taking the car to the supermarket and buying convenience food.... then proceeded to tell mum that she ate all the wrong food, mum trying to be polite ( a skill my brother gave up when he got his Doctorate) asked which documentary this was that he had garnered all of this fascinating information was given the "it was probably on the opposite channel to the soaps"
now I am sorry but how rude is that... he thought it humorous....
Apparently we should all have veg patches and tend their every need, talk to them and water them, peel them and lovingly prepare them and eat healthily....
This from a man that lives in France in a farmhouse that he is renovating with his own land and not one child, just a poor wife that talks to her veg...

I know I am fat, I know I need to exercise, I know I need to grow or buy and prepare healthy meals, I know I have to keep house run here and there and bring up 2 wonderful children that sometimes drive me nuts with their constant niggling at each other, but this proctotomist's dream is delusional if he thinks we all live like he does

Well after 3 hours of trying to ignore him, at a family meal where I couldn't finish a beautiful roast chicken dinner for guilt and denying myself a pudding because I was fat, I politely kissed everyone goodbye and wandered back up the hill to my little home, I informed Mr P of the dire state of my fragile mind and set my eyes upon the wonderfully clean and clear kitchen that he had so thoroughly cleaned...

I decided that I would clear my head and unwrap my seaside swap parcel that had arrived amidst the turmoil on Saturday.... thank you to Rachel at Contented for organising this swap and partnering me with such a lovely lady

This is where the compass and clearing of my mind occurred and I cannot thank Denise at a bun can dance for being my angel in my time of need....

Beautifully wrapped... as you can see....

and inside a superb array of goodies...

This "all at sea" fabric art is on my lounge wall and reminds me to keep calm and let it all float away...

the little pouch has pockets inside and I think I may fill it with a few of my calming herbal teas so that I am always equipped with a refreshing brew... the post cards are pictures that she has taken herself...

These 2 postcard lavender filled cushions are being regularly inhaled...

The windmills are popped into my aloe vera plant on the window sill to remind me of bright and cheerful times.. and the book... to be honest was just a book.... when you look at the cover its a book that you would not necessarily pick up, but as it sat on the kitchen counter I kept picking it up and looking at it and eventually I read a few lines.... then a paragraph.... then I took it to bed and read some more.... its all about how an American lady (the author) went to a little island to attempt to relax and the dawning realisation that woman are the hub in the wheel that is family, and that a woman only has so much to give before then run dry and that we need time and space to recharge and refill so that we can keep giving.... and this got me thinking....

For a while I have been hankering to have some me time, alone ...
away from everyone...
I just wanted to sit on a cliff top and feel the breeze (and probably the rain) on my face and forget about everything and just breath...
I think I knew I was running on empty and I don't mean fuel (food) but emotionally and deep within my being I am empty... I have been stripped bare by family, friends and school and I need to be quiet and calm and creative....
Being creative apparently feeds the soul and that is why I think I love to create and give things away, I knew it made me feel good but until I read this book I thought it was just me being daft... but just reading the words that have been thoughts fleeting through my own muddled head at times almost gave me permission to be selfish and do something to help myself....

So I have....


it will be my 38th birthday at the end of the month and I have booked a beech hut at Lyme Regis for a week.... I am going to take the children down but I am also having a couple of days when I don't.... and as Mr P is a contractor and the best I can do is to get him to finish work early on a Friday I have asked mum to have the children Friday and we can sit in our beach hut and watch the sun set and have a candle lit fish supper...

I haven't finished the book yet, but I am so grateful to Denise for somehow seeing the need in me and sending me such a saving grace and helping me see that the center of the wheel needs some attention and love and then the life and lives at the ends of the spokes will be happier for it...

Now if you have made it to the end of my ramblings I applaud you, and I apologise for it being so long but to be honest I needed to vent otherwise it would sour and take me with it... I realise all and sundry can read this and to be honest I don't mind because we all have problems and issues and to share them makes them seem less, plus if one of my siblings should read this perhaps they will listen long enough to realise that I am not so much in control as my exterior would lead people to believe, and that perhaps they can understand my resentment to attend family gatherings... if something makes you feel so low why would you willingly want to put yourself through it?

I am who I am, I use to like myself, and I will like myself again

Take care everyone
stay safe and well

and now that I have sent my parcel to Denise I have a couple more bits to make and I will do my give away... I think I will give all 7 items to one lucky winner as it is simple and clean

hugs to you all
Alex

PS Little louie kitten is a girl!

x

Can I call this post 99b....

Its just that I am not ready to call this post 100 as my give away goodies are not quite ready...
so I am calling this 99b....

I wanted to show you the lovely items Lesley from Tintocktap sent me...
I managed to post her parcel yesterday... and I hope it arrives safely and that she likes it as much as I enjoyed making it...
This was the cosy crochet swap organised by Mel and it was really tricky trying to crochet something cosy in last weeks heat wave... but look what Lesley has made me....

A Fabulous cushion... it is soooo clever and pretty...
I also received a pom pom key ring kit... a ribbon flowers project pack and a crochet book....
and don't forget the double chocolate fingers... (they are chilling in the fridge)

The cushion was soon grabbed by Jamie, and was grabbed back by me...

It really clever though... its a square that has been sewn around the cushion and then has an envelope style opening with buttons... how cute is that... under the front flower is a recessed bit that I haven't looked at hard enough yet to work out how Lesley did it...

The book is half crochet and half knitting, and I have spied fingerless gloves, beanie hats, and a lovely afghan blanket... but the afghan takes 24 balls of wool and if I managed to get the wool for £2.50 a ball it would cost me £60 to make it... Yarn work is not cheap is it....
but it is oh so addictive! ;D

Thank you so much for my lovely parcel...
you are way too kind...
Take care
Alex
x

Hello again...

Hello.... I am sorry I haven't posted in a while but I have been sooo busy that I have just realised that I hadn't blogged in an age....

Well since the Fayre... sorry Fete I was washed out and worn out for a few days... we did make just over £2,100 so that was well worth it in the end....
Then Jamie was off school with a cold, which Danny had a little bit of and luckily I dodged it... mind you I could have turned into an orange the amount of juice I was consuming...

I have been trying to clear the house up but with the introduction of Louie the kitten I tidy and he pulls stuff out again, rolls around the floor and then goes off for a nap!

The garden had a make over at the weekend, so both 60ft hedges cut (they run down either side of our long narrow back garden and boy did they need it) and the lawn cut and the front hedge cut, oh and my car died.... my dear little Mitsubishi RVR has a sea lion living in its rear wheel... that was the only way I could describe it to Mr P... apparently that's the noise of a wheel bearing going and then it developed an oil leak... So it was decided that it would be easier and cheaper if Mr P rode his motor bike to work and I got his Freelander mot'd.... so that has been done and I am now driving a soon to be half soft top Freelander.... I have just bought the soft top off eBay... so the dry weather will hopefully return soon...
Creatively I have been trying to complete my Afghan blanket.... that I started using the green, gold, red, charcoal and silver Paton's Jet wool...

The blues are going to be the beginnings of another blanket... not sure if it will be a ripple or a afghan....

I have had to order more wool to finish it though...
and it will be a Christmas present for a poor unsuspecting relative...
If any of my family are reading this they will all be crying "oh no... whats mad Auntie Alex going to give us now"
Mind you the amount of wool this blanket is eating it might be cheaper to give everyone a £20 gift voucher and keep it for myself... lol

I have been reading lots of these looking for inspiration for my Cosy crochet swap which I hope to post tomorrow, and my Seaside swap that I need to complete by the end of the month

My Auntie Bridget bought me some crafty books from her book club, the only one I won't need is knitted cakes... as I don't knit!

I am about to "frog" this crocheted hat... I used a cotton mix wool and its too floppy... it was a good experience to make and it only took an afternoon, but its not right...

The hat band is nice though so I might make it into a bag or something...

Well that's me... I have been crocheting and cutting and sewing and making a few other bits and bobs but I can't show you any of those just yet as they are for swaps and the big 100th post give away.... this is post 99 so next time will be the big reveal....

ooohhhh how exciting!

take care
Alex
x

Friends swap goodies...

Lovely Lesley from Notes from my days has sent me my FRIENDS swap parcel and I am so thrilled, it luckily arrived Tuesday Morning as I was getting ready to take Danny to pre-school.
So I popped it in the car and took it to the office with me...

Inside the parcel was 2 parcels one was a little something for Danny and Jamie...
and the other was all contained in a clear plastic folder with a handle on top...
I think I am going to use the plastic box to store all my ribbons...

Inside my parcel was all of this wonderful loveliness....
Each item had its own label explaining the contents hidden inside...

F = Fabric, a lovely piece of red gingham which will be fabulous for a union jack project I have in mind...
R = Ribbons and ric rac... I sent that too... but Lesley has really spoilt me with whole rolls!
I = I made this myself, Lesley has made me a fabulous pink starry heart... its CK and has a button where the ribbon is... I think I have it around the wrong way in the picture... Doh!
I think I might spray it with some rosewater and it will definitely join my collection of hanging hearts... I love it !

now where did we get to?
ah yes....
E = Eco Friendly.... why didn't I think of that... I got completely stuck on E.... see how this ladies grey cells work... she's ace!
I threatened to send her an egg! lol
Any hoo... she sent me a fab spotty dotty bag... I love bags... I have all manner of bags.... everywhere... generally full of Crochet! ;D
I used this bag last night when I popped out for some groceries... its fabulous!
N = Notebook, not just any old notebook... a fabric covered notebook made by herself! I love the fabric the colours are so me... mind you any colour is me! I am a colour junky! the flowery fabric is yummy!
D = Drippy tea bags...and Dotty things... I think you can just see it... A very useful teapot shaped tea bag dish... now I am terrible with the teabags I always leave them on the draining board and then later when I have to clear it up I have a good moan at myself! this is a thing of the past now... and the colour matched my kitchen wonderfully.
Don't you just love my dotty bird, I am sorely tempted to glue a magnet to the back of it so that I can use her on my notice board... she is beautiful and made by the fair Lesley too!
Plus some dotty CK tissues and some lovely red buttons! (I love buttons)

S = Something Sweet and Something pretty... The vanilla fudge is almost gone... me.. vanilla and fudge... oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! its not good!
Danny tried to walk off with it... I mean ...how rude!
I also had a bar of milk chocolate and its sad to say that it has had a bit of a hammering too!
the something pretty is the pale blue china filigree butterfly... this is lovely and destined to hang in my bedroom... I recently bought 2 china filigree birds from Wilkinson's, how weird is that!


Here are all my goodies finally packed up ready to bring home from the office...

Lesley I am so pleased with all my goodies, you really put a lot of time and effort into my pressies and I really love them all.
Thank you
Alex
x

p.s
Jamie loves her friendship bracelet kit and I think she had some chocolate but as it was straight after school I didn't see the comings or goings of that! lol
the little soap I think has been snuggled away in her underwear drawer...

Danny love love loves his rucksack... he wore it to playgroup today, and he was still wearing it when I picked him up... his chocolate has lasted a little longer than Jamie's... but only just!

hugs
Alex

Naughty Nicola... but I love you for it ...x

My freestyle swap partner was the lovely Smilernpb and we got to know each other really well via email... in fact we got to know each other so well and chatted all the time that we swapped well head of schedule....

In my parcel I sent a little something for her Little girl and little boy...
and Nicola apologised for not sending my two anything... which I told her was not a problem as she spoilt me rotten.... and not to worry about it... we must have swapped about 3 weeks ago and today completely out of the blue a parcel arrives with Mr Postie...
as soon as I saw the return address I knew what she had been up too...

Sorry about the blurry photo, but I placed them on Danny's duvet and as soon as he saw robot wrapping paper he knew it was for him.... I only got one chance at photographing it before the excitement was to much for me to bear...

for a poorly little boy he looks quite pleased...

His trusty companion (miaow) is discarded (miaow needs a bath!) and the unwrapping begins!

Nicola has been very naughty indeed... its a led torch that doesn't need batteries as you charge it by pulling a lever.... yay no batteries!
and it has his name on!

He also received a Thomas the tank engine book.... Yay for mummy I can read something different tonight.... a fudge bar... and milky bar buttons... which by the time I have finished writing this will be all gone...!

I have a lovely beach picture card... which I am going to frame and hang in my beach themed lounge... and some Ferrero Rocher...yummmmmy!

Daniel was about to open Jamie's present and I managed to point out to him that it was his big Sis's gift... he was okay with that... but seems to think I am going to share my chocolate...

I don't think so!

Nicola you are very naughty
but I luv ya for it
x

Silkie Sue swap items....

Nicola (smilernpb) and I have been chatting via email ever since we were partnered up, it was strange at first to talk to someone you have never met before but now I really do think I have made a really good friend, so I must thank Silkie Sue for organising this swap and for pairing me up with such a lovely lady...
its really surprising how much we have in common...
We decided to post our swaps on the same day so that they arrived at the same time and they did indeed....
I returned from the office to find Mr postie had been really kind and left my parcel tucked away by the front door.. otherwise I would have had to go into town and collect it from the sorting office...
After fetching the camera I set about unwrapping!

As I started to unwrap the parcel it was wafting beautiful scents, inside were 3 tissue paper covered parcels...
One parcel had an instruction to open last... which I giggled about and put to one side!

Inside the first parcel was...

There was a beautiful card with a cross stitched letter A, and a lovely little note inside... this will have pride of place in the lounge on my side table where I sit and crochet of an evening...

there was a fabulous toiletries bag with an assortment of body shop goodies... I can't remember the last time I bought white musk and strawberry bubbles and oils... I was probably at college... I was so excited I was shaking and I could have cried at the thought that had gone into my gifts...
plus there was more yet!

I unwrapped my second parcel to find some yummy Guylian shells... one of my favourites that I very rarely get these days... some lovely buttons, a post card of Durham... which I think I have driven through on my way to Losimouth with Mr P many moons ago... and a fab note pad...

The last item was well worth the wait and I am so over the moon with it...

Nicola has cross stitched a little picture for me and I love it so much... she has even written a little bit on the back so that I will always know when I got it and from whom!
I am going for a seaside theme in my lounge this summer, and it will have pride of place on my side table so I can sit and marvel at the love, time and effort that went into it...

Thank you soo much Nicola and we will definitely stay in touch...

take care everyone
(Especially you Mr P)

hugs and love
Alex
x

Thank goodness for that.....!

Morning everyone

I have been waiting all week to show you what I made for my Secret Easter Swap and this morning Leanne at Lizzie the Quilter has received my package....

I was really nervous about so much, would it arrive in time for Easter, would it arrive at all! would Leanne like it... etc etc!



Well I made 3 things and sent 2 of them... First I made a crochet beach bag and after 6 balls of Rowan cashmere soft and 2 balls of King Cole cashmere I finished it only to realise that it was quite a heavy piece of work especially once I had lined it
I will take a picture this week and add it!

Then I made a Daffodil wall hanging which I designed myself and used a heart shaped hanger, unfortunately I lost this on the Thursday and I was suppose to be posting it on the Friday!

PANIC!

Now I don't usually panic but oh my I was so annoyed that the little hanging had disappeared I phoned my mum, I phoned Joanne I even had my children looking for it....

I gave up and did the only thing I could and spent all weekend making another item.....
and Miss bunny was born!

I was late posting and on the Monday I was frantically packaging my parcel and I picked up a pile of fabric to put it away and there was my wall hanging
So I quickly stitched up the opening where I turned it and popped it into the box
Hence the lack of photo! doh!!

Leanne has emailed and she loved the wall hanging and little Miss B plus I sent some fabric from my stash and some chocolate hearts.... so all's well that ends well.

The lovely lady that has organised the swap was Julie from Bush baby jag and I would like to thank her for organising this lovely swap, she has had a few swapee's let her down at the last minute though and I think its a real shame when people sign up and then don't send something, I realise that it takes time and postage cost money but I feel its a really nice way to make new friends all over the world and its worth every penny and every hour of my time.


Happy Easter everyone
Take care
Alex
x

Heart Swap goodies and news!

Hello all,
I have been a very bad blogger and I must apologise to you all, I just can't shake this headache and it makes you feel so conbobulated!

Heart swap
I took part in a lovely swap organised by mollycupcakes and my swap partner was cupcake fantasy I must admit I struggled a little with this swap, especially as it was poorly thought through by me, as I had already signed up for an Easter swap which had a similar post date, oh well you live and learn.
My parcel arrived while I was out and I had to go to the sorting office to collect it and I have to apologise to Jayne for taking so long to collect it

But once I got my mitts on it I was very excited...

Beautifully gift wrapped in heart print paper was.....

a wonderful selection of hearty lovely things!
a knitted purse, buttons, card hearts, pegs, split pins, sequins and wire hearts
and a fabulous cross stitched heart, the detail is amazing!

A beautiful stripey fabric heart!
( I must get some pinking shears)
I love the look of these!

Thank you Jayne you really did well and I love it all...
x

Family Update
Well its the last day of school today and I am soooo looking forward to 2 weeks off from making a school lunchbox and having to get up and rouse an 11 year old girl who would rather curl up under her duvet and disappear for half the day!
However,
I am going to get fit and loose some weight, so a new morning routine is going to be born
the dog will be walked every morning from Monday morning by me!
while pushing a 3 year old in his buggy!
oh dear I am going to be a real sight!
Due to the resident dog walker being away for 10 weeks (see below) I am taking over duties so that it isn't such a shock to the system once he's gone in 3 weeks!
Plus while the dog is getting use to walking with a buggy I will have Jamie to lend a hand as she's on holiday...
No more cake, (well after Mr P's birthday) biscuits and crisps will live in this house
they are to be banned along with fizzy drinks and white bread!
If I don't buy it I can't eat it!

Mr P off to the states
Mr P has finally been given the date for him to depart to Owego in the United States, luckily he will be here for Easter and his birthday and then on his travels for 5 weeks from the 27th April.... I will miss him but we have decided that we are going to focus on the positives of life and not dwell on the negatives of situations... The hotel he's staying at is apparently very good with pool, gym and jacuzzi so he has decided to utilise these facilities and come back healthier than when he went away... that's definitely thinking positive!


He'll be back for 2 weeks then back to Owego for another 5 weeks!

I have had a couple of enquiries as to where Owego is well I have found a map location and it is hereApparently it is in New York.... while searching for images I came across some pictures of some lovely American houses and for the price of our house here we could have a lovely big house with land!
Tempting? ..... yes, definitely !

Apologies
While chatting to a friend I mentioned that I was going to the Shepton Mallet craft show and she asked me to get her a ticket too!
I am afraid I gave her the free one...
so this ticket is no longer available to be given away
I am not feeling quite so bad as I have had no takers as of yet anyway and as I have given it to her for nothing she has offered to drive

Crafty stuff!
I made a 2 lovely little stitched items for a very talented quilter in Australia and I have posted it to her as part of my Secret Easter Swap
I even remembered to take photo's
But I can't show you as I don't know if they have arrived yet!

I have crocheted a beach bag but I haven't photographed it yet!
doh!

Mind you with Mr P off on his travels I will have many a quiet evening and weekends to while away making and doing.... so I should be ready to start an Folksy shop soon! lol


Well I am off to put the kettle on
and I promise to be a better blogger and take my camera with me wherever I go!

Well I will try!
take care
Alex
x