On the first day of December .......

Happy weekend folks .....

Pinch and a punch for the first of the month! 
Welcome to December .... let the countdown (chaos!) begin!

We're definitely getting into the Christmas spirit here at Walmsley Towers ...... we started early with a night out last night!! The food was amazing by the way, service was excellent (of course) and the friends around the table are just the best!! Yes ... the festive season has definitely begun. 
 
It smells like Christmas ..... my festive candles are burning .....

It sounds like Christmas ..... Mr Buble of course

The usual decorations are beginning to appear .....

And the Christmas tree is almost done ...... I say almost because, I've run out of baubles!!!!  So far it's taken me six and half hours to get it to this stage .....

When I say I've run out of baubles, that's not exactly true.  I still have boxes and boxes of the things but I haven't got any more that are the right colour ...... arghhhh!!
It's a new tree so I've gone for a more neutral theme ..... white, clear, pale gold and a touch of silver.  Red or green on there just won't look right.  Thankfully hubby agrees with me, so we're off out later bauble hunting .... wish me luck!

I do have some baubles to share with you today though ..... I've finished the BIG! Lavinia ones that I started on the workshop ...... here's the two I did for Lauren

and the two for me ......

They were so easy to do.  The acetates inside were pre-printed with the beautiful Lavinia designs and all I've done is add a little colour using Copic Markers, and lots of glitter of course

The outside of the baubles have been sprinkled with glitters to add even more sparkle

and the tops have been decorated with berries and poinsettias, pine cones, leaves, ribbons whatever I could find in my stash really

All sprinkled with even more glitter .....

A little too big for the tree perhaps ........ but I love how they've turned out and they were so much fun to do.  The quality of the baubles is amazing ..... they really do look like glass.  Hmmm .... maybe I should order some more and make my own for the tree .... now there's an idea!

Thanks for popping by ..... enjoy your weekend.

Cheerio until next time .....

Baby it's cold outside ......

Happy Tuesday folks,

What a day!!!!  The wind is whistling, the rain is pouring ...... and it's freezing!!!  And by the sound of the weather forecast it ain't getting any better ..... not this week anyway!  All the ferries have been cancelled for the rest of the week ..... good job my cupboards are well stocked!
The answer is stay at home, stay toasty and warm and watch it all through the window.  The only problem is I do have to go out this evening.  We're hosting a party on Thursday and I need to get the food ..... no ferries mean no deliveries so hopefully I can get what I need!


Speaking of parties ..... Saturday night was a winter wonderland at the Poker Stars Christmas Party

The marquee was stunning!  Lots of twinkling lights and crystal chandeliers ......

The food was amazing, the champagne was flowing all evening so as you can imagine, my Sunday was a little late in starting ...... a bit of a bad head!  But we had a great night ..... Poker Stars certainly know how to party!  And like I've said, we'll be doing it all again on Thursday!!

The old craft room hasn't been open much lately,  I haven't had any time to play.  I was in there last night though, with my 'Santa's Little Helper' hat on ....... did you know that I'm friendly with the man in red?  Oh yes ..... I have the very important job of updating his LIST each year, you know the one I mean, the Naughty or Nice list.

Well it's all been done ...... ready for his visit at the weekend, to the Poker Stars Kids Party ....... what a busy man he is!

This was the little man with him last year ...... see he's got the List!

Thanks for popping by .... enjoy the rest of your day, and stay warm!

Cheerio until next time ......

Linda

xx

PS  I've just realised that this is my 500th Blog Post ...... WOW! how did I miss that!!  

A BIG thank you to all my followers for reading each and every one one ...... I hope you enjoy visiting as much as I enjoy blogging!  Here's to the next 500!! xx

On the 13th day of December ......

Happy Friday the 13th,

Only 11 more days until Christmas Eve (eeek!) and I've still sooooo much to do.
The tree in the hall is finally decorated.  It's not quite as full as the main tree in the lounge ........

And,  there's no new baubles on this one - yet!!!  There's a few spaces I can see on there so the hunt will be on tomorrow for that perfect decoration.  Well, there has to be at least one new shiny bauble doesn't there, to add to the ever growing collection that comes out year after year.

This is something that we've had for a while, the tree skirt around the bottom is ten years old this year ...... all hand stitched (by me!) when I had the luxury of time on my hands.  Oh .... I remember it well!

6 cute snow people around the bottom, each one done in sequins and seed beads, all individually hand stitched on ....... cute!

This one is 12 years old ........ and it's my favourite

Again all hand stitched ....... Poinsettias and holly, all the way around, each one made up of sequins and beads

Yes, I really did have time to spare! Not so much these days .....

Oh well ...... I'm off now to do my weekly post over on the DT Blog for Creative Studios then it's back to the old craft room to finish off the prep for next week's workshop, put the final touches to a project for the end of next week, and get my Tag done for Tim's 12 Tags of 2013.  That's the plan anyway, let's see what happens shall we.

This weekend is looking like a busy one ........ if the weather's good we're taking the Santa Train tomorrow, to see the man in the red suit in his Grotto .......

The I have Christmas cards to write ready to post on Monday and a Christmas Party on Sunday ....... Ho! Ho! Ho!  There may just be some mulled wine and mince pies in there somewhere too. 

Hope you have a lovely weekend and I'll see you again soon.

Cheerio for now

Linda

xx