Food for Thought and Giveaway Winners

A little ladybug on my zucchini plant

I was listening to my regular family morning radio station when I became intrigued by the interview they were having with a guest.  The interview talked about focusing more of your energy on that one thing that you are really good at it might even be something you don't like, the thing that you will be remembered most for.  He spoke of how we are all good at lots of things for me I would consider those things to be card making, cooking, crochet, photography (none of these am I an expert in any way but I enjoy practising them and always learning) and most importantly being a good wife and mother.  These are things I all enjoy but which one will I be remembered for?  I always want to be remembered as a good wife and mother firstly though there will come a day my girls will be all grown and I will always be their mother but my primary job will be different, I also want to be remembered for being me too.  I'm not sure if there will be one big thing that will stand out most about me to others.  I know that over time what I enjoy most and what I dedicate my energy on has changed but I don't know what my one big thing is.  Will I have one big thing, I think I'm still figuring that out. So do you think that there is One B1g Thing that you are good at or that there even needs to be one big thing?  It is an interesting thought though.....

And finally the winners of my birthday blog giveaway are.....
① Amanda from Homely One ( The crochet books and some lovely cotton yarn)
② Sonia from Light Shade of Green (Fun with Stitching and Sew Pretty Homestyle)
③ At Number 32 (Handmade Living)

Congratulations ladies if you could please send me an email with your address I'll pop your prizes in the mail and thank you to everyone who entered. I also wanted to say a big thank you for all of the birthday wishes you sent my way and all of the positive feedback about my blog, each and everyone made my day.  It's nice to know what keeps you coming back to this little space of mine and to find out what things you'd like to know a little more about so there will be a couple of posts coming up about crochet and photography.

So to my lovely friends I hope that the weekend is a happy one for you♥

A Giveaway Winner

Thank you so much everyone for your blog wishes and to the new people who have joined, I hope you enjoy visiting.  So I wrote all of the names down and put them in my new white milk glass candle holder.  This time it was Miss 12's turn to draw the winner.  And the lucky winner is:

Could you please send me an email and I will get that in the mail for you. Click on the photo above and stop by Jane's blog she always writes very thoughtful posts and is a very talented artist. Thank you everyone for joining in.

I hope you are having a good day.  We are having an inside day today, the weather has turned wet here this week.  It's a nice way to slow down and I love a day indoors.
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How has your day been today?  Mine was quite productive, four headbands and a cushion cover later which is a little bit ticked of the sewing list.  I've still got three notebook covers, two babushka dolls and one marble bag still to make.  I find if I think too hard about all the things left to do I get a bit of an uneasy feeling so I'm trying not to think about it too much.  Does that make sense?

 One of our activities to do in advent calendar is to make Molly a treat.  So I went into my bookmarked recipes and used this one I found earlier in the year on Meagan's blog.  I just told the girls what they needed to do and stood back and let them do the rest.  And the end result was some yummy bone biscuits for Molly which she finds very tasty indeed and there was enough to give to the dogs next door for Christmas too.

And look what arrived in my mail box the other day, this lovely package of goodness.  I was lucky enough during blogtober to win the generous giveaway that Jacqueline was hosting over on her blog.  The prize was a handmade Santa sack with my little girls name appliqued on it.  She is going to get such a surprise on Christmas morning when she finds this under the tree, thank you so much Jacqueline it's beautiful  and will be treasured for years to come. And Jacqueline also put some other goodies in my package too, some notebooks, some fabric covered magnets and a blue bookmark already being used by Miss 12.  I love getting happy mail. 

I hope you've enjoyed your Tuesday♥

Last weekend I went to my good friends baby shower.  I made her this simple little card and

a towel and washer set with a sweet bird applique on it but  forgot to take a photo to show you.  For a while now I have been wrapping up my presents in simple plain coloured paper or brown recycled paper, nothing too fancy but with some string or a bow I love how it looks.  When I was wrapping I thought I might add a bow this time and after some searching found this tutorial to make my own homemade bow. 

I used kraft cardstock but you could use old magazines, newspaper, or  old wrapping paper.  The cardstock was a bit stiff to use so I think a heavy paper would suit best.

Speaking of presents, last week I was lucky enough to be chosen as the winner of a giveaway over at Plushka's Craft. 

My sweet package was delivered to me on Saturday, the beautiful fabric and sweet fabric buttons were wrapped up in a red bow, it felt like Christmas, I felt very lucky.

My Christmas cards are in the mail today and tonight I'll be in front of my sewing machine hopefully finishing off a couple of presents for Christmas. What have you been up to today?

Thanks for stopping by and for all the new people who have joined my little blog I hope you enjoy visiting and I feel chuffed you've decided to stay.

Talk again soon.