The first Christmas decorations have been stitched, finished and Jan has picked them up, now to complete the next set.
Yesterday was special I achieved some great photos with the help of a friend. My diary said for yesterday I was going to Diane’s to stitch on a UFO, we both needed to finish our gold work piece the Huia feather and thought stitching together might get us both motivated to work towards finishing.
I knew that in Diane’s lawn was a lovely patch of Daisies and asked if the lawn mowing man had not cut them all off could I get a quick photo of the dolls sitting in the daisies. It did not end up a quick photo, but what fun we had. To get good photos I needed to be right down at ground level lying on my tummy, however instead of getting just one shot Diane became my assistant and moved the dolls as needed so I did nor have to get up and down, and my favourite photo of the day was not planned… Poppy in a patch of buttercups.
The exchange gifts for the Guild Christmas party needed to be handmade, both Caitlin and I chose to do a bird Christmas Decoration. Mine was this Robin with holly and berries sitting on a large jingle bell.
I have so enjoyed the lovely bunch of peony Roses, changing colours as they open they are now a soft gold shade, Peonies have a vase life of 7-10 days, these ones have been amazing, from being picked, packed and sent to the market and from there to the florists would have taken at least 2 days, and I have had the enjoyment of them for 9 days longer than I could have expected. So Special.
