My postman came knocking :-)

I have just had a lovely surprise and just have to share it.  My postman has just brought me a little parcel from overseas.  

Here it is...

The front  :-)

The back  :-)

Don't you just love happy mail?  :-)

And inside was a wonderful set of cards made using photos that Kay had taken.  I won them on a quiz over on her blog.  I had no idea what it was that I had won so what a lovely surprise it was when my parcel arrived.  I love them all but especially this one...

For obviously reasons  :-)  How fab is this old sewing machine.

Thanks so much Kay.  I'm not sure I will be able to use the cards....will certainly have to stroke them a while first and the one of the sewing machine just might find it's way on the wall of my new sewing room...that is of course if we ever manage to move. :-)

Getting closer but not there yet and a smile or two.....

I think my yesterday's clue helped a few.  We have a guess or two in the right area now but still no correct answer as yet.

Today's Clues.....In this decade dolls came from the vegetable patch, a dividing line fell in a European country and music was being made by Duran Duran, Dire Straits, Genesis and Queen to name but a few.

Good luck folks x

 I missed to post my 'make you smile' post last Friday so to make up for it I have a couple of snaps to make you smile today.

'What a mum will do to amuse two babies at once'

.....M was definitely not going to let the twins watch Mr Tumble but it seems that needs must and in fact they certainly seem to be loving all the bright colours.....I can see orders for two more Mr Tumble dolls coming next can't you?

I know this one will cause a few Awwwwws.  It came via text to my phone with the caption....

'I'm in love with my beautiful boy'

....and who can blame her?  A says Steve is the easiest of her three babies to care for.  I have to agree with her cos he eats and sleeps and smiles and makes gorgeous noises when he's awake. 

I hope these have put a smile on your faces for the weekend and that you will all have another guess in my celebration quiz.  I will be back Monday to name the winner......good luck x

Hugs,

Annie x

Keep on guessing and here's a clue....

I have had lots of guesses in my competition now but so far no one has guessed the right number.  If by Monday the exact number hasn't been guessed I will be giving the prize to the one with the nearest guess.

Clue......'The Scissor Sisters top the charts'

If you are still struggling then I may give out more clues between now and Monday.......do feel free to use your other guesses if you have done the following and linking requested :-).......and good luck.

Leave your guesses in the competition post

A Count up for a Competition to help me Celebrate.....

I have so much to celebrate....

• My first born child was 28 on Saturday.  You will know her as M, Michelle or Shell, and a beautiful new mum of two gorgeous babies. She has had 12 months of extreme highs and lows as you know but has thankfully survived and has sooooo much to celebrate.  

Here you can see her with her gorgeous 'husband to be' on Friday night with another wonderful birthday cake made by my very talented son and his girlfriend. They get married in July so we have lots of exciting planning going on between now and then.

• I have now posted over 500 posts here on my blog and would like to thank all that have encouraged and supported me.
• I reached 200 followers over the Christmas break but life got in the way and I was unable to celebrate it.
• I have just been asked to make another Mr Tumble doll. You will be able to watch him develop here over the next couple of weeks.
• We are having a sale over in our blog shop so do pop over here to grab a bargain.
• I have made 91 little dresses for the 'Dress a Girl' charity and would like to thank all that have donated the fabric to make this possible.  I mention this because it is an ongoing challenge for Jo and I and this Saturday was spent cutting out more dresses.....which leads me to the competition.

The Competition

Jo and I had taken a short break from making the little dresses for the charity we support over the last few weeks because Christmas, New Year, hospital admissions and life just generally got in the way and alas there are still only 24 hours in every day.  We had been kindly given very many sheets, quilt covers and gorgeous pieces of material by so many people that I was struggling to store the huge mountain that they made.  This Saturday our men left us for the day and travelled north to watch their footy team play in the cup [alas they lost 1-0] so we were foot loose and fancy free for a whole 12 hours!  

So? What do two sewing sisters do for 12 hours?....

Answer .....we cut out dresses  :-) :-) :-) :-)

Here you can see all the little dresses that we managed to cut out.  What I am asking you to do is to guess how many we managed to bag up.  We have cut out the dresses plus bias strips and pockets and trims for each dress and bagged them up ready for sewing.  Do note that there is more than one dress kit in each bag.

Rules to enter the competition

1. Guess how many dress packs we cut out on Saturday and leave your guess in a comment below
2. Be a follower of here and in our blog shop and you can have another guess
3. Pop a link to our blog shop on your blog and you can have a third guess

There will be a prize [or two] for the nearest guess and you will have a whole week to get there  :-) :-)
I will be having a count up and will post the answer with the name of the winner next Monday.
.....and I'm not telling you what you will win yet.....cos I haven't decided  :-)

I do hope you will join in the fun and help me celebrate.