Lovely Post Day

Yesterday I had a lovely post day so my postie ( not my regular one) was my best friend! It was so much nicer than getting bills and junk mail!

First he arrived on foot with this lovely chart from Barb which she has recently finished stitching. Of course she knows my love of Shepherd's Bush rolls so when she asked me if I would like the chart for Tiny Garden Roll when she'd finished with it I immediately said yes please! I'm looking forward to seeing Barb's finish of it. Of course this will be coming out sometime for our SB SAL on a Monday evening :) Thank you so much Barb {{{{hugs}}}}

A little later on postie came back in the van and delivered two boxes for me. Just before Christmas I was so happy to have won Kate's 100 Followers giveaway on her blog and as Kate had emailed to say she'd posted out my prize I knew one of them must be from her. I excitedly opened up the box and inside found a big tissue wrapped package. 

Inside was all this. I had seen Kate's Christmas bauble filled with ORTs of her blog and thought what a wonderful idea it was and now I have one of my own:) Kate filled it with trims, thread, charms, chocolate and needles. See the little book with the bird on the front? That has needles in it and there is also the chart to stitch the wee design on the front. I have never seen those before and just love the idea. As you can see there is also a bag of lavender ( I LOVE lavender), some gorgeous fabric and a sheepy notepad. Kate well and truly spoiled me and I already have an idea for the trims and lavender:) Thank you so much Kate {{{{hugs}}}}

The second box was from Myra. I was delighted to win her New Year giveaway of one of her gorgeous handmade birds and thread catchers. Again I excitedly opened the box to find not only a bird and a thread catcher but also a delightful little pouch and some Hershey's chocolate bars. I have been very good and only eaten one bar so far and I did offer to share it with my DH but as he doesn't like dark chocolate ( yay!) he declined my offer! Unfortunately my photo really does not do Myra's beautiful creations justice. They are just gorgeous. I have some artificial poppies in a vase so I have hung the bird from one of those and he looks so sweet. The thread catcher and pouch will be going with me to craft club:) Thank you so much Myra {{{{hugs}}}} again I have been spoiled :)

I'll be back another day with some progress and to show a birthday gift I stitched. I still need to get that trim on Christmas Tea ( someone give me a kick please!). I've also been looking through my chart stash to try and decide on what to start next but then I really feel that I should finish CCN Snowflake Serenade first so not sure what to do! I did pick out Stacy Nash Primitives Love Sampler Bag and Pin Keep so I still might pop a few stitches in that soon. I've also been very good and picked out all my ornaments for the year for the Christmas All Year Round SAL!

Until next time.......... keep stitching!

With much love

Sally

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