Blogtoberfest day 13.

I'm joining in with Tinniegirl today, she is running a challenge for people who are participating in Blogtoberfest to show themselves and share a self portrait.

This is me yesterday afternoon, sporting a new scarf which was given to me as a birthday present. It was taken 10 minutes after we saw our first two snakes for the season. Alfie was almost bitten as he tried to attack the snake back! We only got one of them so we'll have to watch out today for the other! Sorry for the late post today.....I have been glued to the TV watching the first Chilean minor being brought to the surface........I shed a tear or two when he hugged his son for the first time, wow amazing stuff!

78 Sleeps!

Can you believe that there is only 78 Sleeps until Christmas! I noticed that all the Christmas decorations have been appearing in the shops for a few weeks now.....some of them are real pretty, but as usual I wanted to have a go at making some of my own!
These are my snowflakes!

All lovingly hand stitched!

I plan on making a big stack of these ( I've got a feeling these are going to be popular ), I might try a few different colour combinations and see how they look. What are your favourite Christmas colours?

I might also try and make a few other types of Christmas ornaments like, little birds etc. If you want some of these gorgeous snow flakes I'll make you some.......$6 each. Compare that price with some of the alternatives in the shops at the moment and I think you've got a beautiful hand made bargain!

Did you know that real snow flakes have six arms not five.....something to do with crystals and how they form symmetrically! My snow flakes have mutated into stars although they do carry some of the characteristics of a real one.....no two snow flakes are the same!

So there you go!

I finished a few more A5 journal covers yesterday........need to make a few more in different colours and sizes real soon!

School holidays are in full swing as most of you know, the kids have been having a great time doing as they please. They helped Mark cook a big fish for dinner the other night.....I'm still finding scales all over my kitchen!

Although I love having the kids at home for the holidays I'm not enjoying the fact that when they are playing out in the yard that there is always some danger, danger of being bitten by a big brown snake!

On Saturday when I got out of the car to shut the gate I nearly stepped on a big brown snake, I jumped back in the car that quick that I left my shoes on the road just 30cm from the snake. After a bit of smart circle work Mark squished it with the car.....thank goodness.

I had another encounter yesterday when driving out of the house gate with a big snake, I tried to run him over but I'm not as good at Mark when it comes to circle work so he got away. I don't know why all these deadly snakes want to come and live around my house..... I wish they'd all go back in their holes and stay there!