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my christmas 'oh yes i was spoilt'

on christmas eve, you could say that i am a bit unsociable, but i love being at home and just quietly watching the carols on television. this is a tradition in melbourne, it is a live telecast from the music bowl and has been going for years and years. i always enjoy it!

this year it RAINED in melbourne on christmas eve, alot of the crowd would have been very wet, but 'carols by candlelight' goes on regardless.

father christmas sent me some lovely parcels and i was spoilt by so many friends and family.

these are very yummy, thanks father christmas!

thanks again father christmas!

get the derwents out for this, lots of fun with this!

and this lovely book from a good friend

lots of lovely hours and treats from this book will be enjoyed, i hope that you and your families enjoy 'joie de vivre'.

some other gifts from friends, can you see a theme at all, or do they all think i am 'away with the birds'!!!!!!!

thanks to these two friends, the 'partridge in a pear tree' card and this lovely little tree. as i said at the beginning i was very spoilt, very spoilt, lots of other bits to make me look gorgeous, smell gorgeous, gorgeous things to eat, chocolates! a plum pud from the family in hobart! pear bags! and this gorgeous pear cushion!

this was from my valet driver and his wife, both are good friends and as a 'pair' you have made my trips back and forth to hobart so much easier this year. i am so very grateful for the help of getting to the airport and back at the melbourne end. you know that i am, but i just wanted to say so here, so everyone knows! thanks sharyn and noel.

we sewing girls said goodbye yesterday to one of our 'dear old girls'! marlene's mum, olive o'leary, passed away just prior to christmas. olive often sat in on our sewing days and nights, she had a great spirit and i personally had alot of fun with her over the years, would sometimes 'grannysit' her and enjoyed her company. farewell to you olive and i hope that 'somewhere over the rainbow' you have a good time.

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you all a very happy new year. i look forward to 2010, let us make it a year of friendship and caring, of happy times, of good health, of enjoyment, of sharing, of having time to smell the roses. 

and time to pursue the pastimes we enjoy, i have enjoyed the cricket, been quilting while watching, now it is time to get started on some new projects and add to some already started and maybe finish some too ! i will be back next year !  
 
 

new friends

last saturday was a lovely day! we had talked about it for quite sometime and then jean had to make a trip from her home town sydney,(working for 2 days) to mine, lovely melbourne! that was the perfect solution to us meeting and getting together and spending some time, we had found out, through email, that we had a lot in common apart from our love of pears! i picked jean up at 9am and by 11 we were home at my place, lots of shopping, a coffee and delicious little cake and lots of talking done already.

i was very spoilt, i received one of jean's lovely boxes, thankyou!

and a look inside

see how spoilt i was, i love it, go to linen and raspberry and take a look at another one jean has made. we had show and tell, i could have bored jean for days really, we only had time to scratch the surface and then it was organising all the extra shopping and in the car to the airport to catch the plane back to sydney.

even the shopping bags were the right colours, linen and raspberry!

a last minute check on a couple of books that i have and the visit was over and we were off to the airport, lots of nasty traffic in one section on our way made us wonder if jean would catch the plane, but we made it in plenty of time. i think we have another common interest, shopping and lots more too. as i said it was a lovely day!

thanks jean and my friend sharyn who also came along, we did enjoy meeting you!
  
 

 

shopping ?!#

lots of it being done at the moment, with today being the last day of november, have you finished your christmas shopping or not started it yet? i am somewhere in the middle or maybe muddle of it!

here are a few ideas if you want to shop without the crowds#

email me or check out give these girls ago to see these items and others available at very reasonable prices.

these little plaited bags are great for allsorts of things, all handmade with a zip closure.

great for your sewing essentials, makeup, jewelry, running away from home money ! they are really pretty and practical and made by a good friend.

a christmas wreath, not quite a perfect circle? these little silk bags are so useful for making your camera or your mobile phone look glamorous when you are out and about, useful for containing other items in your bag or around the house.

i hope that wherever you shop, you enjoy the experience, don't get too frantic and best of all enjoy these days leading up to christmas 2009!

check out the website or email me, there are lots of bargains for embroiderers, paper craft and some very good books and kits. prompt and friendly service guaranteed.