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I'm having a little break so no blogging for me for a little while, normal service will resume sometime next month :)

Necklace organisation using straws!

I saw this amazing idea for storing necklaces in straws on Pinterest and im amazed i never thought of it before! I'm terrible at storing my jewellery, it all gets chucked in one box and invariably ends up so knotted and tangled than i never bother wearing any. So i though i would try this for storing my necklaces instead, so simple and so effective - my favourite kind of tip :)

Knitted Snowmen

Have you seen the amazing adventures the MochiMochi folks get up to! Ive been in love with the MochiMochi knitting patterns for ages and finally got round to knitting a little set of snowmen, i just L-O-V-E them!



I gave them away as a present which was a bit heart wrenching but its a good excuse to make some more!

Baby Boom Blanket - Lucy Eleanor Whitehead

The baby boom continues!
Lucy Eleanor Whitehead arrived on 27th December, a beautiful little girl for Rach and Tom, and this is her blanket :)

Dog treats

Yummy homemade dog treats for the four legged creatures in your life!
I dont have a dog but my aunt and my sister in laws parents do so these were in included in their holiday gift package along with the caramels, reindeers and the candied and spiced nuts!
I used this recipe from DogAware.com

Punch Wall

I finally got to make a punch wall!! I originally posted about them back in April and mine isnt as pretty as the one from celebrate the big and small but i still love it! And it was great fun to use :)



 

The bags contained forfeits and cracker-esque prizes!

Sequin Snake Jumper

We had a Christmas jumper themed party to go to over Christmas and because lovely BM doesnt really like Christmas but does like snakes then i thought i could combine the two!
So i made him this...

He looked so funny in it!
I made the snake with stringed sequins, inspired by this jumper at Honestly WTF

Glueing the sequins on was much harder than i thought, and i got glue everywhere! If i ever make one again i think i might glue the sequins onto some kind of iron on paper and then iron that to the jumper...

Individual strawberry cheesecakes

We had some friends round for New years Eve and i cooked loads of food! The best thing was these little tiny individual strawberry cheesecakes

I found the idea by The Pilot's Daughter via Pinterest
(There were only a few left before i realised i hadnt photographed them, hence the minimal looking photo!)
My filling was made of mascapone cheese, cream cheese and a little bit of sugar to taste - delicious! Just wish id made some more...

Mr and Mrs/Them or Me game

We played a version of Mr and Mrs at my friends Christmas party last month. Its based on the part of the Mr and Mrs game show where the Mr and the Mrs have to pick one of them as the answer to a question eg who is the best looking? But without looking at the other's answer. If you both choose the same you get a point - simple really! As not everyone at the party was a couple we made the questions more generic and made the paddles Christmassy coloured! (theyre just ping pong bats cover in glittery card!)



Also as there was alcohol involved i had to label the paddles to avoid any confusion!

These are some of the questions we used

Who is

The best singer         

The best cook

Most likely to fall over tonight   

Takes longer to get ready

Most vain           

Most likely to be on a reality show

It went down really well and was quite revealing in some instances!!

Another Teacup Birdfeeder

I decided to make lovely BM's mum a teacup birdfeeder for her Christmas present. I found this beautiful yellow and gold set at a local vintage fair.

 

So i glued everything together, added bails to the bottom saucer, threaded the chain through the bails and joined the chain at the top with an 8mm split ring.

I used o-rings to link the chain to the bails last time and some of them didnt hold so i just removed them this time and threaded the chain through the bails instead - much sturdier

(Sorry for the dark pictures, i had to take them inside as i dont actually have any trees in my back garden to hang them from!)