Living Christmas trees.....

When Phil and I had our first Christmas together almost 9 years ago, we bought a small table top living Christmas tree. You should see it now about 13' high in the garden of our old house....and it looks fabulous.

 

We planned to do the same when we moved to this house, but never got around to it.

 

Until this year and we bought two slow growing

PICEA Glauca 'Conica' they will grow to about 7' over 25years.

 

GARDEN QUESTION????

It is gorgeous out side today but won't it be a shock to them if I leave them out side from now on after being in central heating for a month?

 

Can't find anything about doing it gradually on line anyone know what would be best for them?

 

As I have just said it is like a beautiful warm day today....Spring like day or even an early Summer day.....I wonder what is coming, this isn't normal?

 

My pot of Black Tulips are growing so quickly in the warm temperatures

 

and there are flowers on my primroses...a sign of early Spring they say.

 

 

It will soon be Spring all over again.

 

Added a few more round petal flowers...

A very similar pattern to the pointed petal flower I used to make the Wizz flower with.

The Wizz pointed petal flower along side the round petal flower...

A great way to use up all the ends too.

HAPPY HOOKING X

Belated Happy New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
Sorry it's a bit late.....I think I might need a new laptop!!!!!

“If all you ever do is all you’ve ever done, then all you’ll ever get is all you ever got.”

My mantra for 2014

Funny, I decided to do things differently in 2014 a couple of days back in 2013, but yesterday I received an e mail containing this Texan saying.

2014 is going to be the year of monthly inspirational tasks.

I've decided Aboriginal Art is my choice for January

I've created an Aboriginal Art folder on PINTEREST for inspiration
 next step is to do some drawings, but I had a little play with spots as there are a lot of spots in Abroriginal Art...

HAPPY HOOKING TO ALL IN 2014

Hope everyone had as good a Christmas as we did?

Back from a sunnier place.....Friends, Lanzarote and Christmas for us.

Perfect weather, a great apartment, good friends, (too much) great food on our favourite Island,

with lots of wonderful shopping.

Hope you all had a great Christmas....

POPCORN STITCH HERE 

only managed a little crochet while away.

Linen/cotton mix yarn made into a scarf, so i could wear it back....to save on weight coming back,

 the shopping was so good.....ooops!

HUGS TO ALL XX

HUGE THANKS....Merry Christmas everyone.

I have had a very busy year and it looks as if it is to continue through 2014

thanks to all who have made 2013 a special year for me

LINK 

 Stylecraft Classique Cotton Star to wish everyone a Merry Christmas

UPDATE 2018

 LINK above will no longer work its from a close blog but this is the post it links too for you to see....

A big THANK YOU to all who have supported my blogs this last 12 months, 

a huge Thank You to GMC for publishing my book, 

And a big Thank You to Stylecraft Yarns...I've loved doing the Classique Cotton and Summer Breeze designs....fabulous yarns.

 

I will be demonstrating for Stylecraft at the HOBBYCRAFT AND STITCH INTERNATIONAL

Spring trade show NEC on Sunday, February 16th 2014.

 

Sorry it's just for the trade, but anyone wanting the new patterns I have done for Stylecraft remind your local shop to call by the Stylecraft stand and say hello.

Stylecraft Classique Cotton Christmas Decoration 2013

 

Another big thank you to Homespun Magazine, 

I'm looking forward to getting started on the new designs for you in 2014.

 

And a HUGE THANK YOU to all of the lovely friends that have joined the 

GRANNY SQUARES PATTERN CLUB.

Lots more to come in 2014.

 

What a busy year I have had.......

And Thanks to all the Magazines that have featured some of my deisgns in the last few months....I'm still in shock over the success of my book and the spin offs from it.

 

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.