Many Blessings to All

Hi There Blogging Friends. I can't help but feel how lovely it is; that this delightful man pops up once a year, at a very special time - the birth of Christ; and reminds us to fill our hearts with sharing, caring and giving.
On the sharing side; I took some time out to create some pretty Christmas Cones, Fridge Magnets and Tags and held a workshop to teach my Papercrafting friends how to make them. It was a great day and the last of our monthly workshops for this year.

Here are the pretty cones....

and the fridge magnets; which were a nice alternative to sending a a Christmas Card. The house images are stamps....just love them;

the back has a magnet on it and a little note 'From Our House To Yours'.

Now; the sweet little tags. They are also a house stamp, so one side is the stamped house and the other side is our own decorated house...they were tiny and cute!

Then; there was the "giving". It has been wonderful to share some handmade ATC's. All my friends received some of these...

and I made the ATC below especially for a blogger who I admire greatly; Kimberly from 'Art Joy'.

Kimberly often runs ATC swaps and I was lucky enough to be accepted into her Christmas Swap where she made 25 individual ATC's for people all over the world. My ATC came in this beautiful pocket with a tag on the front.....

Inside was this lovely piece of work......a beautiful keepsake for Christmas 2011

a simple gift worth more than money can buy!

On the sewing front; one of my designs was published for the second time by the 'Australian Handmade Magazine' and.....I'm on the front cover......thankyou Handmade!

My sewing machine has also been busy sewing gifts to sell in our local craft shop. These lavender bags are a much sought after gift for Christmas.

take a closer look......easy to make and pretty!

Finally; the "caring" side of Christmas. Since coming back home from my trip I've had a dreadful time again, trying to pick up a signal for my new wireless set up. You may remember how the whole thing of changing over to wireless put me off the air for months before I left for my trip in March.

Well; those problems were still here. So; after weeks of tooing and frowing between Telstra and the local technicians, my much loved husband helped me to organise and pay for; a huge aerial with a huge price, and had it put on the top of our house. It is definately my Christmas Present this year but one I will enjoy, as it is good to be able to use my computers properly again.

Hope your Christmas Season is a Happy One.