First Monday of 2011...............

Happy New Year one & all!! It seems the week between Christmas & New Year always passes in a flash for us. We have had a lovely week away from Noumea. We ate loads of food, swam in the sea to refresh ourselves from the heat, read books under shady tree's, drank champagne and played with all the new toys that came for Xmas. It was really a lovely break away from the house & stopped us thinking about things that we have to think about. We have a couple of big events happening in the next 6 weeks. Firstly we are going on a big overseas holiday to ye colde olde Japan, Amsterdam & France for a month and the second is we have to move house when we get back. The second thing is not so terrible but it is a pain in the butt. I dislike packing up house and moving but on the upside I don't have to find the house we move to somebody else does that. 
In the meantime I need to play with new things that have arrived in the mail while we were away, do a bit of clearing out and packing up and pack a wardrobe for the weather that none of us have really spent anytime in. If anybody has any good ideas for let please let me know I think I am going to need them!!!

ho, ho, ho.................

I wish all my lovely readers, followers & lurkers a very merry christmas & a fabulous new year!!!
I hope you are all having a good one, we are!!

Oh it seems like forever since I have had a chance to visit my blog or other people's for that matter. Life has been a little hectic to say the least. I have had a pre Christmas visit from my mum and she bought my niece with her. So in the space of 10 days we did some sight-seeing, some touristy shopping, finished off the Christmas shopping and spent a whole lot of time at the beach swimming and book reading. It has been so hot here that is all we feel like doing but things are slowly getting back to normal, well as normal as they can be 2 days out from the big day. I finished up the last of my shopping today and found myself a pretty dress to wear in the process, all the presents are wrapped and looking pretty under the tree. 
Life is good is this part of the world I hope it is all coming together for you too!

My creative space.........

My creative space..........well inbetween doing lots of cleaning, baking cakes for end of school celebrations, going out for fancy dinners for friends birthday's I have found some time to make some new dollies. All cloth & wool and smily faces. I think they turned out very well and are rather cute! They are based on an old doll pattern just with built in clothes. I am thinking I need to sell them as I don't really need to keep all three so when I get them into my shop I will let you all know!

Mosaic Monday........

1. Vintage schoolbag, 2. Randoseru, 3. Free cat bag crochet pattern, 4. Spooky , What's sticking out of your schoolbag?, 5. Deco Bag!, 6. 57/365

This is the last Monday I have to take the kids to school for this year. They finish up at the end of the week for their vacances. Their vacances that lasts 2 months.........yes that is right you read properly 2 months!! They don't return until the end of February. Anyway geting back to my mosaic this week it is all about the school bag. Something next Monday I won't have to get ready. Next week we will be entertaining my mum and my niece who are coming for a visit before Christmas. Drinking tea and not having to rush out the door will be much better..............for a couple of weeks anyway!!!!

Sundays wisdom..........

Tread softly on unknown ground.

Not sure what relevance todays saying has for me but maybe I bettter watch my step in the wee future!

1st Decembre..........

Christmas is in the air at our place........how about you?????