Snowmen, Hugs and Pompoms

Where did November go?

Such a flurry of activity round here.

We still haven`t completed the jobs in the gardens ....it has been to wet. There was a frost this morning.

Thank goodness the dahlias are under cover.

Today we went to Dobbies, the big garden centre near Ashford.

We got our Christmas tree there. It is a Fraser Fir.

(more later)

I was delighted to find tulips at half price, having thought I`d missed the boat.

We also found all the Unwins seeds at 50p a packet.

What an incredible bargain.

Some of these packets were originally £3.

 

I am also delighted to tell you that I have managed to do some Christmas craft with 5 of my nephews and nieces.

Here they are with the snowmen.

Frazer and Fletcher with theirs.

Aiden and Alfie`s.

And Macie actually making hers.

We are having another craft day on Sunday afternoon.

We`re hoping to make gnome houses from paper plates.

 

I`ve been busy making special cards from my seaglass collection.

They are a bit precious and will not be going through the post.

 

 

 

 

 

 

My niece-in-law has a rather unusual theme for their Christmas tree .... it is tropical with a pink and green colour theme.

I`ve made her a few items.

There are a few flamingoes involved as well.

Steve has been busy creating a herd of reindeer.

Can`t bear to think of giving them away.

 

I`ve been making a lot of colourful pompoms.

So easy with the pompom makers. 

 

And I followed a youtube tutorial to learn how to make these origami stars. It took a few tries but I got there in the end.

I have tried to get the link but with no luck. Anyway it is called 

5 pointed origami star.

It has two very clear you tube videos to follow.

 Tomorrow I am taking some crafts to the village coffee morning at the village hall. There will also be a few of our willow wreaths and stars on sale at very reasonable prices.

And finally this lovely picture of my two nephews hugging with excitement after decorating their Christmas tree.

I hope this gets you into the Christmas spirit.