fifth craft of christmas: felt holly

to accompany the Christmas pudding decorations on the tree we also made these felt holly leaves, so easy, just cut 2 x holly leaf shapes and then one slightly smaller, add wadding and the string loop and then sew all together however you please, the berries are just red felt painted with red glitter nail varnish (I used Barry M). mine is the first darker leaf and Mum’s is the second lighter one. Coming up next for the sixth christmas craft is baking.....

oh la la! off to Paris we go...

what an amazing surprise i got yesterday.... i was presented with some presents at sunday lunch by my mum and sister as clues for a day out they had planned for me next week, first present was a stripy t-shirt with a bicycle on it, next up 3 little pictures my mum had drawn, french bulldog, Eiffel tower and a lady in a stripy t-shirt, then a necklace with an Eiffel tower pendant and finally a lonely planet of Paris!!! Yes we are off on the Eurostar to the beautiful Paris next Tuesday for the day, how blooming exciting..... need to brush up on my French... tres excitement!!