Happy New Year

Best wishes to each and everyone...

Configuration book box

Started a new configuration box on Sunday. The inspiration came from a shoe found in a stocking. Originally there was foam insude it to hold rings. Well as I do not have many rings started to alter it.

Following after the Yuletide curiosity box , started to also work on a book for the base. Zoom in you'll see the title.

Still this is a work in progress and I am playing with what goes into the smaller niches.

Finishing Off

Spent time this afternoon finishing off the seasonal configuration box. A small shopping trip to Petersfield came up with extra supplies.

So the base is a book decorated to be more festive.

Crafty Day with Lynn

While hubby us back to work, sporting his version if my cold, I am still at home.
Yesterday my good friend Lynn came for lunch and some crafting.

I had been asked before about doing a day school on the configuration boxes with out the costs.... So I already had collected a few gift boxes from Xmas , small trees from a 99p shop plus a few small decorations. Thus we where off. What could we make? What would we need to do different ?

After some laughter, lots of stories and a pit stop for a cream cheese & salmon quiche.... Here is where re reached.

Mine, the more box shaped one needs a stand and a few more bits for the cubby holes. Lynn had a great idea of using a book, so now looking to finish a stand and make the book look like a copy of "A Yuletide Carol "....

The Xmas Flood

We woke this morning to hammering rain. By 10am, the ditch between us and the farmers field reached the top !!!!

Suddenly, we where outside in wet weather gear filling sand bags to stop water entering the house.
The neighbours arrived to help with clearing the ditch out as we all had flood problems.

While the guys where in the field, I was moving sand bags about, creating new channels for the water and generally dealing with the impact.

So now we have just sat down for a bacon butty . Roast dinner will now be later while we keep a check on the weather.

Seasonal Greetings 2012

Merry seasonal greetings to you all. Have a wonderful time.

Goodbye Ball ..

Today we had to take our light Sussex hen Ball to the vets. She had been unwell for a while but Sunday she stopped moving or eating.
Brought her into the house to stop the other hens climbing over her. This did not help.... She slept all turning every now and then.

With nothing to help her, the vet helped her sleep for always.

Blessings for little Ball.