I will be missing next week so the next Friday smiles will be in 2 weeks. There is so much going on here at the moment that I need a bit of a rest....hope you don't mind.
This week has been another lovely hectic week filled with Christmas preparations...sewing/ cooking etc.
I have a lovely collage of the boys to share with you from last weekend....
We enjoy crafty/ creative time with them. Here they are painting gingerbread men and having lots of fun....they are growing up far too fast.
I just have lots of funnies to share with you now before I wish you all a very happy Christmas and a wonderful 2025.
As we inch ever closer to Christmas day I've been keeping busy. I've been feeling like Santa's little helper with all I have been making [some of which I can't share with you....yet]. For now I can share these...
I made the boys some marble mazes...they have one of these and love it so I've made them a few more each.
I made 10 little magnetic fish and a fishing rod for them to play with.
I made them a large noughts and crosses game to play together with.
I then made 12 bean bags and a floor target.
I'm determined to make lots of memories for them that avoid the need for gadgets.
I then made 7 fabric bags to keep all their games in...to encourage them to tidy away before getting the next game out [well I can stay hopeful can't I?].
I think I've used nearly all my fat quarters now so I can see a shopping trip coming up soon :-)
I hope you have enjoyed your visit today. My plan is to shut up shop this Friday to enjoy a couple of weeks chill [who am I kidding?].....baking and Christmas prep to be done yet.
It's been another lovely week filled with smiles here at Sewing by Annie's. Our Grandchildren give us reasons to smile every week. We went to watch Lexi perform in her Christmas dance show and she was amazing...she dances with an older group of girls now and is the smallest but she really keeps up with her performance and even won the team player award for her attitude with other dancers...
Here she is with her dance teacher recieving her award....so very proud of her.
We enjoy our time with Theo and Louie each week and I couldn't resist snapping them playing so nicely together.
We have put our Christmas decorations up and each year these go on our tree....my Mum knitted them all from the same pattern, yet they are all quite different. They always make me smile.
We saw this postbox topper when we were out the other night and I couldn't resist snapping it from different angles...isn't is fab?
That just leaves me to add a few funnies to make you smile. I hope these do the job and you will leave me a little message before linking up to your own smiles below.
Hello all. It's been a week bear making for me between other jobs of course.....some of which I can't share until after Christmas.
This gorgeous pair are made in memory of a young Mum who died far too young leaving young children...as you can see she was a nurse so it was close to my heart to make these for her children. I made a little pocket on the front of each for the children to put little memories in.
These are the other two I have made this week. They are made from a Grandad's Stoke football shirts...all the more special to make because I knew him. I hope they bring a lot of comfort to his Grandsons.
That's all I have to share with you this week...there has been lots of secret sewing going on too and if I can remember I will share it with you after Christmas. I hope you are all fit and well and staying safe and warm through the storms.
Here we are at the weekly round up of the things that made us smile....and there's been lots thankfully.
We went to Wellington at the weekend to watch Sam singing a solo during the switching on the Christmas lights celebrations...he confidently went up on the stage and sang beautifully. We are so very proud of him and it's so lovely to watch him grow and develop.
His twin sister, Lexi has had some more proffesional photos taken...aren't they fab. She really loves her dancing and now dances with an older group of girls.
We enjoy the time we now spend with these two each week....here they are showing us their new coats :-)
I seem to have found lots of funnies this week [some are a bit saucy so I hope they don't offend]. I hope they make you smile and you will leave me a little message before linking up to your own smiles below.
Each week seems to be busy for me at the moment...basically because I choose to fill it with exciting sewing...some of which I can share with you.
I finished the boy's cuddly blankets that I had cut out on my desk last week...the fleece for the backing arrived, the colour was perfect and has made really snuggly blankets for them both.
I have since made 8 poppered purse/card holders to put Christmas money in for the Grandchildren ....most of them have requested money this year :-)
On top of all that I have had a steady flow of customers and today will be making 2 more Memory bears so may be a little late in commenting this week.
What a lovely week it's been here at Sewing by Annie's. I've had a creative week with sewing for the boys...you can see some of the things I've been making on my Wednestday post.
We had Theo and Louie to sleep Thursday and Friday nights and most of Saturday and Sunday too this week which was really special.
They painted stones, made lots of origami things, did some weaving and made some wooly pompoms along side enjoying some really special time with their daddy....very special memories made.
Little Peggy is well settled in now and gets up to all sorts.
...she's facinated with the telly esp when there are police sirens on a programme :-)
....she likes to take all her toys out of her yellow toy box and climb in it :-)
....she likes to climb in my boxes of material just like Milly used to too.
All I need to do now is to share a few funnies with you....I hope you find something here to make you smile.
Please leave me a little message and then link up to your own smiles below.
Hi all It's been a productive sort of week for me here at Sewing by Annie's. I've had several customers and have done all their sewing and along side that I have....
Made two lined activity play mats that will gather up to use for storage of lego etc
Crocheted some little worry worms...and have other stocking fillers in mind to make too.
Appliqued the boys names on new stockings.
Appliqued their names on two santa sacks.
Made them each a book cushion with their names on the fronts....they are just waiting for a book for each of the pockets.
I then bond a webbed the things to go on two cuddly blankets for the boys...I'm just waiting for the fleece to come to back them with.
All in all it's been a lovely week making special memories. I've enjoyed being creative.
Thursday night we went to Theatre Severn to watch Sam taking part in Elf...it's so lovely to watch him grow in confidence with each performance...he was even dancing in this one :-)
Louie always makes us smile...here he is sat on the work surface in our kitchen staying 'safe' from Peggy puppy who gets very excited to see him and sometimes jumps up too much....who am I kidding? She has to learn manners yet but she will get there.
We woke up to snow on Tuesday morning and Peggy was so funny when she saw her first snow...she did zoomies around the garden trying to catch all the snow she threw up. In the right hand pic she was watching a pigeon up above her on the pergola.....every day there seems to be a new experience for her. :-)
On Friday Shell's school had a Pudsey day to raise money for Children in Need and Shell went dressed as Tom, the school cat. The children loved it.
Saturday afternoon Shell and I went for a couple of hours fun at a painting session...it was my birthday treat from her and we loved it. We had instruction to paint a highland cow [just in case you can't tell what I painted :-) ]. We both enjoyed a mocktail too while we painted....thanks Shell I really enjoyed the session.
Finally I have a few funnies to share with you.
...this one made me chuckle cos I'm sure we all have days like this.
I hope you all find something to make you smile and will then link up to your own smiles below.
This is what we woke up to yesterday morning so what better place to be on a day like that than cosy in my sewing room....and I have been busy there too.
I have made another army of frogs for The Harry Johnson trust to give out to the children newly diagnosed with cancer...this brings the number I've made up to 46....and I really hate to think that there are that many children diagnosed.
I was asked to make this gorgeous little bear from a Fairisle Jumper and when my customer saw the finished results she asked me to make another with what was left so....
....here's number two. I changed the ribbon colour so they were slightly different. They are now on their way to their new homes in Bognor Regis....that's another new area of the country to have a bit of Annie's love. :-)
This was the next little bear I was asked to make...made from a special little dress that was bought for a little girl by her Godmother who sadly died.
That's all from me for this week. I hope you're all keeping well and warm. I will do my best to pop over to see what you've been up to as soon as I can.
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