miss marie's miscellany

Winners and Christmassy thoughts

Happy announcements today, the 2 winners of the giveaway are;

Petit Filoux, who has won the red rose corsage and Miss Folies who won the star garland. I'm sorry everyone who left their name couldn't win something,but thank you for stopping by and saying hello. I will be emailing the 2 winners to get their postal addresses so their parcels can be sent off soon.

This time last year, I did a post every day in December, an Advent calendar of posting. I have missed the deadline for doing that this year, so I will do some festive posts when I can throughout the next few weeks. To get started, here's a lovely photo I took in the garden a couple of days ago, nice and cheery to get everyone in the Christmas mood!

 

Craft fair crochet

Well, tomorrow is the big day, my first attempt at selling my crochet wares at a small craft fair; unfortunately, I can't go as I'm working, but my lovingly crafted goods have been delivered to a trusted fellow seller, who I think may buy several items herself! I will let you have a peek at what I made; something someone said to me about gifts for Christmas inspired me to use a heart motif and to make a string of them which you could hang on the wall as I have, or on a door or even on the Christmas tree. I made some in bright red and dusky pink, both are good 'heart' colours :-)

I made some single hearts too, in either red or gold, perfect for the Christmas tree.

I've also tried some different combinations of star colours; green and red with a lone white star

and red and white; I think this is my favourite, it look so festive and cheery.

And here are all my flower corsages, looking pretty together

I finished these off with a nice crocheted backing and a proper brooch clasp, so they will stay put and look fresh.

I wish I had had a little more time to make a few more things, but I'm pleased with what has been sent to the fair, so cross your fingers for me for a few happy buyers.......I'll let you know how it goes :-)

Today I have.......

finished my stars and made them into a garland

What do you think? They have certainly cheered up this house on a wild stormy day.

I made a chain using all 3 colours with a 6mm hook, nice and chunky, and slipstitched the stars to it.

I will be making some more of these for the craft fair I'm selling my things at next week, and possibly one for me to keep too!

 

Today I am......

making Christmas decorations.

know it's only the 8th of November, but there's no time like the present for being ahead of oneself!

December collage

A happy month with Christmas and the preparations beforehand, good times spent with family and friends, some crafty goings-on and lots of glitter and tinsel.........oh yes, and lots of snow!

 

Christmas Day!

via www.youtube.com

Happy Christmas to everyone; I wish you a day full of love and happiness......... and a few presents too! What better music for Christmas Day than the Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah ;-)