Too funny!

So, Eloise unwrapped her presents, and the pillow came out of the package upside down. She sat staring at it for a minute and then said "What does it say? I can't read it"
So I turned it the right way up and she went "Oh". LOL! I think she felt pretty silly ;) The good news is she really likes it now she can read it.

My Baby is growing up!

Yes, my elder daughter will be a teenager on Sunday. Oh dear, now I feel old! Anyway I have made this for her, I hope she likes it.

The design is adapted from another delightful complimentary design on Catherine's blog :-

http://cyberphenicia.over-blog.com

The original design read "Love", so it was an easy matter to come up with an I and an S and change it around to read Eloise. Might be a bit harder if Naomi decides she wants one ;)

Spring has Sprung.....

......so here is Spring finish to celebrate. I finished this little pillow this afternoon.

The design is a complimentary one from Catherine's blog - http://cyberphenicia.over-blog.com/ - and I just couldn't resist Monsieur Lapin. Isn't he gorgeous? I changed the colours a little to match the piece of fabric.

The message reads "Il faut cultiver son jardin", which, I think, translates as something like "it is necessary to work at one's garden", though my French leaves a lot to be desired.

Happy Easter!

It is a glorious day here, some of the girls' chocolate eggs actually started to melt in the garden while they were doing their egg hunt! The plan for today is gardening (I got a tray of petunia plug plants last week that need putting into pots and baskets), a trip to the beach, and maybe some stitching later.

Happy Easter!

PS what do you think of my Bunny Bucket? I bought him from the florist in the village, and declined a bag, thinking I could carry him home by his handle, and NOT thinking what an absolute idiot I'd look walking up the road carrying a Bunny Bucket at my age! Shan't be doing that again any time soon ;)

Lace update

As promised, here is a picture of my first attempts at lacemaking.

Lesson 1 was the square piece to the right hand side of the picture, and Lesson 2 is the unfinished circular piece.

I don't know which is more addictive, making the lace, or shopping for bobbins!

I particularly like the little froggy one, too cute!

Something New

Today I had my first bobbin lace making lesson.
Wow! I think I've found something else I can get hooked on, after all I badly NEED another hobby ;D
No pictures as yet, but I'll try and get one posted soon.

Tadpoles and frogs!

I was doing some gardening yesterday, and found the pond was seething with tadpoles, spring seems to have sprung!
David and Eloise both saw "Tiny" the newt, but he was too quick for me. - Warning, Bad Joke Alert - Why do we call the newt "Tiny"? Because he is my newt! -
I suspect he was lurking among the rocks deliberately to taunt me, going "I mock you with my amphibious ability to hide under water"

Anyway, back in the house later that afternoon the tadpoles sent their big brothers for a visit, froggy came a' courting my needlework and I somehow lost the ability to count, so this morning I need to redo a whole motif on the new design I'm working on, which I thought I'd almost finished. Grrr.

Ah well, I suppose I'd better go and tackle it instead of typing about it.......