Nearly there, almost time for that jolly little old man dressed in red to come down your chimney. Have you been good? Or have you been bad?
Well at ours the tree is up, the cards are on display (thanks to anyone reading this who sent us a card) and all are looking mighty fine, what wonderful designs people choose, whether commercial or hand made, the mince pies are bought (yes, didn't make any this year) and the cake is just waiting for the marzipan to dry out a bit and then I can ice it. Mind you there is so much to eat I doubt we will cut into it (last year we had it for my birthday in March). Most of the shopping is done, just the two of us for Christmas so we don't need much but I bet we have overspent as always.
We did have an early joint Christmas present, courtesy of Black Friday, at long last we have an air fryer and I cannot get my hands on it. He won't let me near, but I am not bothered as he is enjoying cooking and I am enjoying eating the meals he prepares. When the novelty wears off I will have a go at baking in it, looking forward to making some bread and some kind of sweet (cakey) loaf. Also I spotted a great buy of a vacuum cleaner in "Martin's Money" so we treated ourselves to that and we love it, it is so light and I can use it with ease, not like the one we had before.
Well, with Christmas prep out of the way I decided I needed some down (Non Christmas) time in my craft room and so I began colouring some old coasters. I'd done the one with the hare on months ago so now I have started an owl and a humming bird. All Lavinia of course. Here is my desk:
Think it is pretty self explanatory as to what is on the desk, bottom right is my Nocturne ink pad upside down with my dirty baby wipe that I cleaned the stamps with. I'll show you the coasters when they are done. That just leaves me to say Happy Christmas to you all, we will be closed for maintenance next Wednesday ie mince pies and wine after the big bacon muffin we have made a custom for at our house on Christmas Day. Call in if you want one but ring with your order first. See you at Sarah's shortly.
