WOYWW....

Hello all.  For those that call in on a Friday I wanted to say thank you so much for all my get well wishes....it's worked and thankfully my cold has now dried up although I still have a cough and my asthma is a pain at times.....I'm sure it will go given a little time.

Now onto what you've come here to see today....my desk!

Yes....not a lot has changed...the stack of Memory bears has grown a little and there are another two bags on the front full of babygros to make two more.  The bear I showed you last week was loved so much that I have made two more for the same family since then.....

This one and....

....this one.  They are to keep special memories of a much loved Nan for her three granddaughters.  Such a lovely idea eh?

These are the other exciting commission I was given this week. I had a phone call from a lady looking for someone to make Topsy and Tim dolls for a special young lady and wondering if I could make them....they needed to have red tops and blue dungarees on so I set to to make the pattern for the dungarees and here's their results.
They were really loved by the customer and....here's the exciting bit for me....they are now flying off to their new home in Northern Ireland.  I'm conquering the world slowly :-)

That's all from me for this week.  I will be playing nursemaid this week for my little fur baby as she was neutered yesterday and has to be kept quiet for 10 days.....wish me luck on that one :-)

I will do my best to pop over to see what you've been up to as soon as I am able.

Hugs,

Annie x

Topsy and Tim...

As promised here are the two little characters. We dropped them off with our daughter today and she really loves them so job done well :-) If you know of Topsy and Tim I think you would recognise them so I'm pleased with the result of my two days labour of love.
Having shut up shop at 5pm yesterday I'm a little annoyed to say I am now full up with a head cold. Typical eh? A few days rest and I don't feel much like enjoying it. Let's hope it goes soon. At least I'm being spoiled this year and, for the first time in 28 years I am having Christmas dinner cooked for me. Our eldest daughter and her partner have invited us round to their home for the day. I'm really looking forward to it.
Oh well I'm off now for some honey and lemon and some well earned R & R.

Wahoo I'm all finished...

I have just finished Topsy and Tim and will show and tell as soon as they have been seen by my daughter. She sneaks on to read my blog from time to time so you will have to wait for now...but I will say I'm really thrilled with the finished result so watch this space :-)
I've had a really special day with a steady flow of friends and customers all day and have even been bought a box of chocs by one of my male customers :-) What a lovely job I have.
I've just hoovered through my work room and done all my books up to date so as soon as 5 o'clock comes I can now shut up shop for Christmas....wahoooooo I can't wait.

Busy busy busy....and then Topsy and Tim!

Well, some of you might be wondering where I've been since Wednesday. The end of last week was a busy one with sewing and getting everything ready for the busy weekend ahead.

Friday night was the battle of the supermarket.....are we gonna be snowed in for a month and no one thought to let me know? Or maybe they have brought Christmas Day forward? The aisles were heaving with everyone pushing and shoving. Madness!

Saturday night was hubby's firms Christmas party. It was held at the new Shrewsbury town Prostar Stadium. The food was wonderful, the drink was flowing and the entertainment was a Robbie Williams tribute. He was good but only sang for 50 minutes and earned more than I could earn in a week! Think I should retrain?

Sunday was a very special day. Our youngest daughter goes to Scotland every year with her hubby's family so we have a family party every year before they go and this year it was Sunday. I spent the morning cooking and preparing and all our family arrived around 3pm. 91/2 of us this year :-) [baby bump is developing well as little Sadie is growing fast]. We had a really special few hours together. I am such a proud Mum and Nanny. Our house was filled with just the most wonderful young people and 3 of them were the results of years of love and hard work on our behalf. Plus all 3 have chosen carefully and are making their lives together with really special partners too so we are thrilled for them all. Presents were exchanged and new toys played with. Little Granddaughter P loved the wooden dolly's bed we gave her and spent her time taking all the covers off and climbing in it :-) Dolls may have to fight to get time to sleep :-)

Amongst all the above our eldest daughter rang to say "you know how you like making things for me to use in school Mum"! Next term she is using her Topsy and Tim books to cover topics like 'going to the dentist', 'going to the Dr's etc etc so of course to illustrate it properly she would really like her own Topsy and Tim. For those of you who don't know them they are twins, Tim being a boy and Topsy being a girl and Jean Adamson and Gareth Adamson write books of their adventures. So.......yes you've guessed it..... I'm now making a pair of rag dolls....




Think we've lost our heads!










Well, I've found mine. Just yours to look for now!











Ah, here it is but now I've lost you! Its just not easy when you have no eyes :-)








Found you...and it looks like we have been shopping for clothes. These are some really nice popper fastened shirts....and matching too :-)





Just one more day to go as I shut up shop today til after Christmas so hopefully they will find some facial features and hair, a skirt for Topsy, trousers for Tim and some shoes. Think yours truly has another busy day ahead!