In-between Joys

Hi There Blogging Friends! Oh; how nice the days are between Christmas and New Year. There's time to relax and enjoy your Christmas Gifts and plenty of time to do things that you love to do.

If you read my last post, my Christmas Gift was a new aeiral on the top of my house for my Internet connection and; as it was a "must have" I didn't expect anything else.

So; you could imagine how shocked I was, when my husband surprised me with this "drop dead gorgeous puppy" for my real Christmas Gift.

Isn't he an adorable ball of fluff, I love him to bits and am having a fun time introducing him to our household. His name is "Jake" and he is already showing that he is a quick learner and just loves to sit as close as possible to us...at the moment his favourite spot is on on my feet when I am working on the computer...which will be a great asset in the winter time...lol!

Then; my other good stuff to relax with is some reading material. I chose this huge book to sink my teeth into. I always figure if the books big....its got to be a big story and haven't been disappointed yet. The cover and the blurb has me keen to start reading it, as I love war time stories.
Life wouldn't be living without some favourite mags to drool over, so one of my current "must haves" is the English Magazine " The Craft Stamper". I have this one ordered at my newsagent now and can't wait for it to turn up each month.

We are given a free stamp which is a bonus and there's always some great new technique to play around with. This dimensional tag project by Helen Chilton on Page 24 is sure to challenge me to try something very different. Love the colours too....

Whilst picking up my mag at the newsagent, I also discovered this bright and happy magazine called; 'Cloth Paper Scissors'. The delightful houses on the cover got me straight in, as I do work with small wooden houses quite a bit. However; a quick glace inside has revealed lots of other fab projects to do to.....

I have a box full of these wooden houses, primed and ready for decoration...2012 is going to be a lot of fun with a 'Home Sweet Home' theme...

Here's a sneek peek of one of the other cute projects. Erin Butson ( blog: artbyerinleigh.blogspot.com) created these paper mache angels for the top of the Christmas Tree or; just to sit around the house. They would make lovely gifts for Christmas 2012, so why not start now...

and.....I've been sewing as well. My craft group is having a display and sale of work for the Taree Summer Festival during January 3rd - 20 from our Craft Cottage, Cnr High & Pulteney Streets, Taree. Our theme is 'At The Bottom of The Garden' so I am in the process of making these little Decorators Pillows. I printed all the vintage images off the Internet and loved how they came up.

Still finishing them off and have a few more to make up yet.

mmmm.....2012 is looking good, don't you think?