Xmas portrait....

Of the kids in my family, myself included :)

Christmas pastime....

Whilst at home over Christmas I managed to knit quite a few things for people, by far my favourites are the 'House Socks' that my Dad requested whilst on a trip to the local knitting shop, he chose some lovely Noro Silk Garden yarn and some contrasting charcoal merino, both of which were a pleasure to knit with and didn't take long at all, although I have come to realise that my Dad has very long feet, the socks looked like Christmas stockings when I was done with them!

He seemed very happy though, and I would definitely knit with those two yarns together again, the resulting fabric was so soft and the colours were beautiful.

Traditional christmas....

In our house its a tradition to have smoked salmon and bubbles for breakfast on christmas morning, its one of the things I look forward to most :-)

What christmas traditions do you have in your family?!

merry christmas....

Its a proper white christmas for once! xxx

Snowed under....

I am not a happy girl :( I am snowed in again, for the second time this month, only this time I'm alone and missing my family Christmas celebration which I have been really looking forward to, it is the worst snow I have ever seen in the UK and looking through the window makes me feel like I'm living in a snow-globe!

So - in an effort to try and cheer myself up I am sharing something lovely that I found online last night that make me happy, and will hopefully spread a little cheer around :-)

I found THIS post last night on the Creature Comforts blog, and it tickled me pink, these actual Chocolate buttons are perfect for a sweet novelty gift or a wedding favour, and so easy to do!



The original TUTORIAL is from a lovely website and blog called BAKE IT PRETTY which is where I found this lovely picture and they sell all sorts of wonderfully cute molds and baking accessories and have lots of fabulous ideas on their blog too!

The vintage button mold is available HERE, and is superbly cheap at around £1 / $2 plus shipping.


They also included printable toppers to present the choccies in as shown above, what more could you want?!

Fingers crossed that the snow stops soon, so I can go home and see my family!

Baby knitting....

There has been something of a baby boom around these parts recently, and so I have put my knitting needles to good use and made a few pressies for the babies, here are some pics of the finished items....

Snow Hiatus....

It snowed last week.

Serious snow.

8 (!) inches in 2 days....

So as a consequence it was a slow week for blogging, I promise normal service will be resumed soon!