Gettin' Crafty at Christmas

What a gorgeously relaxed Christmas we had this year - one year on from our move to Nova Scotia, properly settled into our home and plenty of time to enjoy the build up to the festive season.  Missed our family madly, but the internet is a wonderful thing for keeping in touch with friends and family.  When I was in my early twenties I lived in California for a couple of years, and kept in touch with my darling Mum by airmail letter alone - not even a phone call as it was so expensive.  So although we would have loved to have everyone here, we counted our blessings as always for living this amazing life in the home of our dreams, and had a very jolly time of it.  Friends came over on Christmas Day, we ate, drank and played silly party games and just enjoyed every single minute!  I went to a Christmas Craft Fair at the local High School, which was super impressive for a small town, and I came away with not-so-secret ambitions to have a table there myself one day; I so enjoyed making all of these things, what a great excuse it would be to make lots more!  I planned to get stuck into it in January, but then remembered that I still need to finish recovering the seat cushions for our tiny caravan, a task that's been hanging over me for-evvvver.  So I bit the bullet and now I am 4 cushions down and 5 to go, very happy that I am making progress with that.  Pics to come soon!

Hello blog

Welcome to the world my new little blog, where I plan to record my crafty adventures so I can look back and marvel at how my efforts have improved, until I one day reach my goal of a cosy little craft room tucked away in our old barn in Nova Scotia.  On my last adventure I found the blog to be a bit of a comfort blanket; recording the ups and downs along the way was good for the soul and kept me slowly plodding in the right direction.

The prospect of Christmas with a poorly bank balance finally motivated me to dig out some fabric and paints, spurred on by the lovely Kirsty and inspired by the little brown paper packages that arrive from time to time from my good friend Jane, high queen of car-boot and auction sale bargains and, luckily for me, a shortage of space in her own home to store any more little treasures! 

I’m trying to get into the habit of photographing my creations to share and create a bit of a library, but publication of the Christmas presents will have to wait until their lucky recipients have unwrapped them on Christmas Day.  In the meantime, here’s my Christmas wreath, which I’m hoping the garden birds might take a bit of a fancy to.