February 12, 2007

Hi There Crafting Friends!

Well, after my first posting of 2007, I had to take a few weeks' break because I had to hand in my Dissertation Proposal which meant I was working every weekend on it since mid-January. Now it has been handed in and marked, I am feeling a lot more like getting down to the serious business of Blogging again - I really miss doing my crafts and telling you all about it!! Unfortunately my Seed Sampler has been languishing in my crafts bag unloved :-( and untouched for weeks, but I did some work on it on Sunday, so I only have about 2 hours to complete before its a Happy Dance. So I thought I would put up a photo when that is done, rather than keep adding a photo after only 1 or 2 hours' work!!

In the meantime, I have been buying the Cross Stitcher and World of Cross Stitch to keep in touch with XS and am planning a trip to Olympia with San and her mother in late March which is very exciting. I won £50 prize in the Premium Bonds which is a UK draw we have - the number was one of Mike's which makes it even better - he is looking after me :-) So I have a few funds to splash out on some Stash at Olympia yippeeee!!

It was really cold in UK last week and we had a fair fall of snow on Thursday, so much so that I tried to drive down the hill for a swim at the pool, found that the Leisure Centre was shut then couldn't get back up the hill again as it was so slippery and icy! So I had to park the car in the car park at the bottom of the hill and walk for 2 miles home, which was fun because I could watch all the children playing with snowballs and sliding down the hill on their plastic trays and wooden sleighs - I thought Santa was going to turn up with the presents LOL ;-D

Well, looking forward to being able to show off my Project during my next entry.

7 comments:

Stitch said...

Hi Ali! So good to "see" you again! Wow! That trip to Olympia sounds quite fun. That's the sad thing, there aren't too many crafting/stitchy shows over here in US. :( But do have a great time and get yourself some treats! :)

Can't wait to see the Seed Sampler!

*HUGS*

X Stitch X

Rowyn said...

Enjoy your stitching, now that you've got your 'homework' handed in! Congrats on the win - I'm sure you'll have fun deciding what stash to buy with it! :0)

Leeland said...

Great that you are planning to go to the show -and won so you can buy some stash without guilt...
Looking forward to seeing the seeds sampler finished!
Take care.
Lili

Kitty Couture said...

Here you are my friend :) Congrats on turning in that big chunk of work! :)
Can't wait to see the Seed Sampler all done :)

Congrats on that prize, wow!! You'll definitely have love loads of fun at the Olympia.

Take care! *Hugs* :)

Margaret said...

So good to see you again Alison. Congratulations on getting your Dissertation Proposal handed in. What a wonderful feeling that must have been.
Wow what a great prize and what a lovely way to get to spend it!!!
Looking forward to pictures of the finished sampler.
{{{Hugs}}}

Von said...

I'm so glad to see your entry today and know that you're well, just tremendously busy. Enjoy your time away. :D

Name: Vicki said...

Good luck on your dissertation! And I really envy you winning that money and getting to spend it on stitching stash.!