Done lots of crochet, but can't show much of it at the mo as they need to be sent off to Santa *wink wink*. I did make these cute little cacti I found here, one for my mum's desk at work (she's not too good with real plants, and every office should have a plant right?!), and one as a Housewarming for my buddy who's just got a new cottage (swit swoo!)
I looked all over the net for a pattern to make teeny flowers to put in their hair (it was a bow on the original pattern) to no avail, so ended up playing about with embroidery thread and stitches until I got the look I wanted. Think it was something like three DC then a SlSt over and over until I had five "petals". 
Well, I think the official announcement has been made, so I can now tell you that a a few weeks ago I had an email from Sarah's Cards asking if I'd like to join their design team. I accepted and received my first assignment this morning and I'm excited to get cracking on it! The new team also coincidentally includes my buddies Gems and Sarah (and I'm looking forward to getting to know the other girls too) so loads of inspirational talent there, something for everyone :) 
Lol, I always buy hats but never wear them as they don't suit me and make me feel really self conscious - I actually started a scrapbook page about this ages ago, must finish it soon lol! Anyway, the only reason I wore the hat was because the whole outing was a spur of the moment decision and my hair was a bit greasy at the roots! But I was blooming grateful for it - silly girlie that I am went out in just a tshirt under my coat and I was bloody freezing, especially at the top of that icy, windy big wheel lemme tell ya!
Lee and Andrew took to the ice, and were surprisingly rather good at it! (In other words, they didn't fall over!)
Next stop was the amusement stalls
The boys were unable to resist the lure of the games and as a result Ellie got lucky and came away with a few big cuddly toys! Think she was picking out a massive Pooh Bear in a dressing gown here.
The rides looks so lovely lit up against the cold winter sky.
The Big Man himself was there!
And after all that standing about in the cold some seasonal refreshments were in order! Cue the mulled wine, hot roasted chestnuts and massive German sausages flame grilled in front of us!
I used all these photos (and more) to make a festive mini book over at the Bubbly Scrumptious blog yesterday. 
It said to stitch some beads on top for sprinkles, but I went for chunky french knots as I thought they were more playful looking - thank goodness my gran taught me embroidery when I was a nipper lol! 
Really loved the frilly edges on the pattern. 
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