This week's smiles...week 422

 Here we are at the weekly catch up of the smiles from the week.  I manage to get my sewing machine fixed for £40 instead of the £220 plus parts quote I had been given....and that certainly made me smile because it's now running better that it has for a long time.  It's also been a week filled with pride for me.

Lexi was at a dance competition all weekend and came away with...

• 1st for her Lyrical dance 
• 2nd for her Contemporary dance
• 2nd for her Jazz dance and
• 2nd for her Commercial dance

Not only that her dance school won the overall first prize for the best dance school. :-)

Sam sang one of his solo exam pieces from Billy Elliot at the Shrewsbury Food Festival....his confidence keeps growing.

These twins never fail to make us proud.

This made me chuckle....I'm sure I'm not the only one who's going to live for ever :-)

Finally a few funnies to make you smile.  I hope you will leave me a little comment and link up to your own smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW...

I'm sorry to say I was MIA again last week but we had only just got back from a lovely long weekend near York in our caravan and I didn't have anything to share with you....plus I was under demand from the customers who had missed me while I was away :-) 

Just before we went away my main sewing machine went caput on me so I had to swap machines until I could either get it fixed or replaced [depending on the expence involved].  On Monday I went back to where I bought my machine and they said I should take my machine back to themto be fixed...£220 for the service plus further for any replacement parts required!!  At that price it meant replacement....but I have another repair man that I use when needed.  Yesterday we took my machine for him to have a look at it and he has repaired it for £40 :-)

I have been busy making more bears this week...

These were made in memory of a much loved Grandad and are now at their new homes in the Wirral.

This little school memory bear is for the same school as the last one I showed you but instead of using the school shirt this one uses the school summer dress.

That's all from me for this week.  I have a memory cushion to make today so, if I remember, I should have one of thos to share with you next week.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles...week 421

Hello all here we are to share our happy smiles from the previous week....and there's been many.

We had the boys last Thursday and while Theo was at school we took Louie to Elsemere Lake to feed the ducks....you can buy a bag full of duck food and there were loads of ducks, geese and even swans there to feed. .....a few too many for little Louie really but he felt safe holding his Grandad's hand. 

 I was MIA again on Wednesday because we had another long weekend away [to get over the last one with be being poorly].  

We went to a really beautiful campsite near York for 4 nights and I have to say it was the best site we have ever been too.  We were given a corner pitch so that there was a huge area of grass for Peggy to play on and the facilities were the best ever....8 huge individual shower rooms each with a 3 foot x 8 foot shower in, a wash basin, a toilet and each also had it's own hair dryer in....and all were spotless.

It was very hot on the first couple of days so we bought a paddling pool for Peggy [and us] to cool off in....she loved it.

The photo in the top left was taken by the man in the next caravan to us who was a photographer and I love it...so much so that it is now my phone screen saver.

We enjoyed the AC in the car and found several nice places to chill out in for nice meals and drinks.

Our garden continues to make us smile including the huge purple poppies at the top that were self seeders.

Of course it wouldn't be a Friday without a few funnies.  I hope you are all well and happy and have a few of your own smiles to share with us by linking them below...all welcome.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles....week 420

 Happy Friday to you all.  We're here to catch up on the smiles from the previous week and even though I have been very very busy I've kept smiling. 

My biggest smile was seeing my bride trying on her wedding dress, that I had done major alterations on, and it fitting to perfection.  She is life limited and has just had major surgery to extend her days as much as possible to spend time with her young children.  She is a really lovely lady and I feel very honoured to work on such special clothing.

My other big smile is that, because our last weekend adventure wasn't quite as planned because of my shingles, we are having another adventure this weekend.  We are travelling to a campsite near York today and really hope for a restful few days.....I may struggle to comment on your blogs depending on the internet available. 

That just leaves me to add a few funnies for you.  Please leave me a little comment and then link to your own smiles below.

Have a great week all.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 It's been another really busy week for me....nothing new there I here you say.  There used to be a saying that if you want a job doing then to take it to a busy person....and I think the word has gone out :-)

The Memory bears are coming fast and furious.... this one is another School Memory bear for a child that is leaving and going on to Secondary school.

This one is for a 30th birthday present using a piece of her 6 children's clothing to make it...hence one of the front panels uses two items and so does one of the back panels .

This is now in the post on it's way back to the customer.

I've now got the interfacing cut out ready to make 5 Memory bears today.  The clothing for these arrived in the post yesterday from Birkenhead.

This stunning silk prom dress [the 12th this year!!] arrived yesterday for shortening.....it has to be ready to be collected later today for her prom on Friday!!!  They don't give me much time lol.

On top of all that I have also ...

• shortened several dresses
• shortened a jumpsuit
• shortened a nurse's top
• Shortened a pair of jeans
• Put a new zip in a pair of trousers
• Shortened the straps on 2 tops
• Shortened a pair of trousers and put a new 20" concealed zip in a dress.

I will be head down making bears today when I've done the prom dress so forgive me if I am a little late in visiting.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles....week 419

 If you read my Wednesday post you will have seen that our adventure didn't quite go to plan....but we still went.  We had 4 nights on a campsite near GCHQ in Cheltenham.  Whilst it was a lovely clean site the fact that it was under the flight path of the small planes landing at Gloucester airport and by the side of a busy road making it not quite the tranquil site it was meant to be.  My shingles caused me a lot of pain in the side of my head and made sleeping very difficult even when dosed up with Paracetamol and Nurofen.

All that saying we had a lovely few days away together with little Peggy.  We visited a National Trust place at Hidcote....beautiful gardens with walks for Peggy.

All around our campsite there were willow woven animals...these were just a few of them.

Peggy really loves life in the caravan.

When we got home our garden was looking beautiful with lots more blooms everywhere.

The lavenders are in full bloom and smell wonderful too.

Of course, it wouldn't be a Friday without a few funnies...some of these really made us chuckle.

Please leave me a little comment before linking up to your own smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW....

 Hello all.  This is what's on my work desk today....

It's a huge pile of netted frufru cut off all the prom dresses I'd been doing....and it won't go to waste.  It's the sort of fine net that big sister of mine has been using with her latest stitching creations.  I've told her to shout when she wants some and hopefully one day I will have a little spare creative time to have a go too.

That's all I have to show you this week because for the last week I have been getting over another dose of shingles up behind my left ear.  Thankfully I recognised the symptoms and went straight to see the Dr who gave me antiviral meds but I must say it certainly spolt a long weekend we had planned away in our caravan.  We still went away but the antiviral tablets made me very drowsy, not helped by lack of sleep at night from the pain in my head and all the pain tablets needed.  Thankfully it does seem to be improving now and the gland up the back of my head has gone down considerably.....onward and upward as they say.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles....week 418

 I'm here with just a few funnies and Mr Linky today because I am off on an adventure for the weekend.  I will do my best to call round to see what you've all been up to but it will depend on internet access this week.  I hope you find something here to make you smile.

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Hugs,

Annie x