Christmas preparations are in full swing here and the house is getting little touches of Christmas cheer here and there, we still have no tree up yet but hopefully we will attempt that one on Saturday. Also I added Christmas projects to the blog so you don't have to go looking for them - they are all in one place.
Poor Caitlin is now off sick - I think all that carol singing finally got to her throat and she is now tucked up on the sofa watching Spongebob and drinking warm lemon and honey.


Becca has had a rough week too but for other reasons - one of which was attending a funeral for her friend's Mum who tragically lost her battle with breast cancer last week.
I wasn't sure if she should go to be honest but she wanted to be there to support her friend which was reason enough for me.
All the girls came back here afterwards absolutely frozen to their marrows as it was bitterly cold yesterday so I filled them with hot chocolate and let them open the big box of Roses for some much needed TLC and just let them thaw and natter around my kitchen table for the afternoon, providing tissues and a shoulder where needed.

I also spent this week decorating - not just Christmas decorations either, while looking for decorations there was a sale on housewares in a local shop I was browsing and I fell in love with this blue throw -

pictures can not convey how soft and fluffy and cosy this throw is and it was ridiculously cheap so I couldn't resist - so then I picked up cushion covers and a new vase and these....
the cutest Babushka dolls in the same shades and then picked up some baubles to match for the tree - usually it is chocolate, cream and gold but this year it will be a chocolate, blue, cream and gold tree.

I also picked up this vintage looking sign in Jennie's work it is now in the hall and I love it :)


Then after I spotted this tree on Martha Stewart's site thanks to directions to it from Anna's blog Cait and I decided we could do it and took the trimmer to a Sunday paper and made this .......


Then we went mad with the blue and green glitter and smothered the whole thing in it !!


It actually was quite easy to do - although I found with the smaller paper at the top of the tree if you use a crop-a- dile or hole punch to make the hole instead of pushing it on, trust me it works much better. Also be prepares for grey fingers - all that newsprint !

I also went back to the card making - time is rapidly running out now (mental note must start sooner or be slightly more productive ) So this week I have four for you to see, I went for quantity not quality I think - how theses cardmakers do it I will never know !!

Wassail paper and vellum for this one

Stamping with brilliance inks and more Wassail papers ( can you see a theme here ?? LOL )



This one is a big one - I have a couple of big envelopes to fill you see - more Wassail, gems and I love that big swirl.


And finally my little red star card - lots of red glitter everywhere !!


I also decorated a little jar for my candy canes - I just hadn't got anything to store them in so I used an old baby food jar :) It now sits on the dresser.


My last project for the week - was a banner - you see there is a little boy who comes into Jennie's work every week.

Jen 's place sell ( among other things) things with children's names on and his name is an unusual spelling.
So nothing ever matches his room, he also suffers with a great deal of illness as he has Spina Bifida so is in his room which he spends a lot of time in is his pride and joy. Jennie was frantically trying to source things for his room but was struggling - so she asked if I would make a banner with his name on in his room colours of yellow and blue.
Apparently he picked it up yesterday from work and Jennie says he was beyond thrilled with it, he was so excited - now that kind of work makes all the nonsense in this business seem worth it because he doesn't give a damn that the papers are older or that the paper lines are mixed he is just thrilled it matches his room and says his name.