Wednesday 31 December 2014

On the sixth day of Christmas ...

… my true love sent to me - 

******

6 toys a-gazing


Collected over the years and can't bear to throw away

5 gold rings


4 poin-setts


3 Santa stamps


2 turtle doves


and an angel a-top a Christmas tree.


xx

Tuesday 30 December 2014

On the fifth day of Christmas ...

… my true love sent to me - 

*****

5 gold rings


4 poin-setts


3 Santa stamps


2 turtle doves


and an angel a-top a Christmas tree.


xx

PS The rings are napkin holders. Here are some close-ups.



xx


Monday 29 December 2014

On the fourth day of Christmas ...

… my true love sent to me - 

****

4 poin-setts


3 Santa stamps


2 turtle doves


and an angel a-top a Christmas tree.


xx

Sunday 28 December 2014

On the third day of Christmas ...

… my true love sent to me - 

***

3 Santa stamps


2 turtle doves


and an angel a-top a Christmas tree.


xx

PS to Shoestring Cottage - I only made the angel not the turtle doves which were bought ornaments. I shall be 'having a go' at more of these kind of decorations though. :)

Saturday 27 December 2014

On the second day of Christmas ...

… my true love sent to me - 

**

2 turtle doves


and an angel a-top a Christmas tree.


xx

Friday 26 December 2014

On the first day of Christmas ...

… my true love sent to me -

*

an angel a-top a Christmas tree.


I plan do crochet a few more soak in glue Christmas ornaments this year as the angel was very successful.

xx

Thursday 25 December 2014

Mum's Advent Calendar 25, Days Left 0

A Very Merry Christmas to all.


Last one to find among the ones already done. There's also one missing as I gave it away. I wonder if you can guess which one it is.



The whereabouts of the stockings is below if you found any difficult to locate and want to know where on earth they were. If you're totally cheesed off with the whole thing then read no further.

xx

Where was I?

1. This one was obvious. The red stocking was in the bottom right corner of the picture.
2. The beige and red stocking was in the sequin tin.
3. The white and tinsel stocking was hanging up on the wall behind the angel's head.
4. The orange stocking was behind the angel's right wing in the 3rd angel picture and under her skirt in the 4th.
5. The green stocking was in the first pom pom picture hanging up behind the left pom pom by the white jug on the lower shelf.
6. The turquoise stocking was just past the 2nd candle up on the right hand side of the last picture.
7. The pixie stocking was by Santa.
8. The 3 colour stocking was on the shelf just to the side of the angel's head in the first angel picture.
9. The speckled red stocking was in both bauble pictures behind the big green bauble.
10. The pink stocking was on the chair peeking out under the crocheted blanket.
11. The yellow stocking was in the 2nd and 4th pictures under the candles.
12. The purple stocking was on the shelf which was reflecting in the mirror just below puss's head.
13. The lilac stocking was in between the leaf stems in the large orchid pot.
14. The dark blue stocking was by the base of the candle on the mantlepiece.
15. The light blue stocking was behind the brown stripy centre parcel.
16. The beige stocking was on the second counter picture on the sherry plate under the green stable bauble.
17. The yellow stocking was behind the underarm of the glitzy top picture. Only the loop was showing.
18. The light turquoise stocking was peeking out behind the large pink stocking on the pussy pic side. It looks quite light.
19. The blue stocking was in among the ingredients on the round plate.
20. The light blue stocking was behind the Christmas tree on the right of the picture.
21. The light green stocking was in the plant - top left centre.
22. The 3 colour stocking is in the second bauble picture under the bowl towards the bottom left of the picture.
23. The blue stocking is under the top right of the poinsettia plate.
24. The brown speckled stocking was under the holly towards the left, lying on top of the books.
25. I hope this one is obvious. It's the Santa Clause stocking - red and white.

Have a wonderful Christmas and thank you for joining in the fun.

xx

PS And what were those stripy things?


Why elf hats of course. It's been cold out there.


xx

Wednesday 24 December 2014

Mum's Advent Calendar 24, Days Left 1

I think I went wrong with this one - obviously wasn't concentrating. This is for one of the elves who has a swollen foot!


Even the downstairs loo does not escape from the festive decorating.


This lovely bauble was a present that was bought from a German Christmas market.


xx

Tuesday 23 December 2014

Mum's Advent Calendar 23, Days Left 2

Hang on in there and you'll find me.


I had a go at some more biscuits with a slightly better outcome - only slightly.


The best ones will be put in pressie bags as last minute gifts.


The gingerbread men turned out to be more for Hallowe'en than Christmas!


This one's had too much sun.

Hi there.

I'm not 'doing' biscuits next year.

xx

Monday 22 December 2014

Mum's Advent Calendar 22, Days Left 3

Only odd bits of wool for this stocking.


I've utilised my bowls as containers for odd baubles.




and as a background for the mantle piece garland. This bowl/dish was whittled by a good friend who, sadly, will not be around to celebrate Christmas. It's a bitter sweet time of year for many families.


It's blowing a gale here. Time to batten down the hatches.

xx

Sunday 21 December 2014

Mum's Advent Calendar 21, Days Left 4

I'm a star, find me.


Look the Christmas cactus is in bud again. There are some old flowers still clinging on but new buds are forming. Some of the new buds are falling off but I hope that they will produce a second crop of flowers this year.


Happy Winter Solstice.

xx

I am linking my Advent Garland to KC's Court again this year for a really Advent Bloggy Christmas.



xx

Saturday 20 December 2014

Mum's Advent Calendar 20, Days Left 5

I'm sure I've done one this colour before.


My crocheted Christmas tree can double as a toilet roll cover when Christmas is over! :}
The stitch is called crocodile stitch.


Put that tree up and make it snappy. It's nearly Christmas.

xx



I am linking my Advent Garland to KC's Court again this year for a really Advent Bloggy Christmas.



xx

Friday 19 December 2014

Mum's Advent Calendar 19, Days Left 6

Find the blue in two.


I made shortbread the other day. Actually I made a mess!


The shortbread is a 2-4-8-12 recipe.

* 2 tblsp cornflour
* 4 oz icing sugar
* 8 oz soft butter
*12 oz SR flour

Mix together until it forms a ball - probably not in a mixer because it throws up snow all over the work surface. 'Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.'


Roll out not too thinly and bake in a 150C oven for about 20 minutes.

Can you see where the tub of cocoa and the pen were?

The trick is to not let them go brown but still be cooked. Note the following picture is before I put them in the oven.


I've not shown you them cooked as I've not fully perfected the trick yet. :} Let's just say some will be eaten here rather than given as a gift! Maybe next year.


I am linking my Advent Garland to KC's Court again this year for a really Advent Bloggy Christmas.



xx