19/09/2012

De retour....

Hé oui, ça y est..
Les vacances sont terminées et attention blogosphère me voici de retour =)

Je ne sais pas trop par où commencer, j'ai un million de choses à dire ici et je crois qu'il va y avoir des messages souvent dans les jours qui viennent !

Je dois vous raconter mes superbes vacances sous le soleil de la Loire et de la Normandie, le salon en Angleterre , les créations surprises que j'ai faites avant de partir, les cadeaux qui m'attendaient à mon retour, la SAL mystère, le chat d'automne....pfiou !
Je vais faire une liste =D

On va commencer doucement alors...
Pendant notre absence les voisins se sont gentiment occupés de notre maison et de nourrir les poissons et pas tous les jours mais presque un petit paquet est arrivé de l'étranger, ce qui les a fait rire et bien surpris =)
le Portugal, le Brésil, l'Australie....j'ai reçu des cadeaux de partout, ce qui a rendu mon retour plus agréable

Le Portugal d'abord avec Rita  qui m'a envoyée une carte postale particulière de ses vacances puisque l'enveloppe contenait des cadeaux =D
Des marques pages, un papillon en feutrine et un patch Hello Kitty
Merci beaucoup Rita pour cette attention particulière qui m'a fait très plaisir ♥

Rita

 Le Portugal toujours avec Nia qui pour me remercier de ce que je lui avais offert pour son anniversaire m'a envoyé cette jolie carte Gorjuss et une bobine à fil très originale =)
J'adore ! Merci beaucoup Nia ♥

Nia

Et puis l'Australie, avec Noni
Depuis des années, j'ai une amie ici qui cherchait une boule à épingles avec des petites poupées chinoises tout autour.
Sachant que Noni allait en vacances à Hong Kong je lui ai demandé de regarder si par le plus grand des hasards là bas, ils n'auraient pas ce genre de boule à épingles
Noni a trouvé exactement ce que mon amie cherchait depuis des années, et en prime a aussi envoyé une boule pour moi, ainsi que deux très jolies petites bourses en soie
Génial !!
Pour le coup on a vraiment fait une heureuse.....Un énorme merci Noni ♥

J'ai été gâtée non ? =D
Merci encore à toutes les 3
Et le Brésil vous allez me dire ?! j'ai parlé de quelque chose arrivé du Brésil...
Là , il va falloir attendre encore un peu parce que ce que j'ai reçu mérite un post à lui tout seul !!!!
Caramba !

Avant de partir je vous montre mon orchidée qui a choisi notre absence pour refaire des fleurs au bout d'un an =)
Je continue de mettre à jour mes lectures de blogs, je réponds à mes mails...et je repasse très vite pour vous raconter d'autres choses =D

xxx



Beware blogosphere....I'm back =D
Yes, indeed, vacations are finished and we are now back home !
I missed you all so much ! we hadn't internet where we were, grrrr
We had 2 great weeks , under the sun (it's true ! I'll have pictures to show you to confirm =D) , one in La Loire and one in Normandy  
In fact I don't know where to start because I have millions of things to tell you !
My vacations, my mystery stitchings before leaving, my mystery SAL, the craft show...my Autumn cat 
Ho my ! The Autumn cat...I'll be late !

Anyway, I made a list of everything I want to speak you about =)
And let's start slowly with what I received while I was away !
Our neighbours ,who took care of our home and fish while we were away, were very surprised to see so many foreign parcels in my letter box =D
Portugal, Brazil, Australia....so many gifts received that made my return better =D
4 girls who really made my day !

Portugal first with Rita, who sent me a very special postcard from her holidays because the envelope was full of gifts =)
Bookmarks, a butterfly in felt, a Hello Kitty patch...thank you very much Rita ♥

Portugal again with Nia, who wanted to thank me for the gifts she received for her birthday, and who sent me this so original bobbin =D
I love ! Thank you Nia

And there is what I received from Australia, from Noni =)
I have a friend here, who has been searching for years a pin cushion with Chinese dolls all around !
Knowing that Noni was going to Hong Kong  I asked her to look for this kind of supply, just in case...
And super Noni found one =)
She even found 2 because she sent me one also, as well as 2 little cute purses in silk !!!
Thank you so much Noni
My friend made a real happy dance and almost had tears in her eyes when I gave her !
You made her day, really, because it's imposssbile to find those pin cushions anywhere ! it was full of souvenirs for her, thank you


Noni
And you're going to ask me...what did you receive from Brazil ? you told about something which came from Brazil...
You'll have to wait a little =)
What I received deserves its own personal post =D
Caramba !!!

I come back tomorrow...
Have you seen my orchid ?? 
She decided to make 3 flowers while we were away =D

Happy stitching
xxxx

34 commentaires:

  1. You're very lucky to have friends like these. I'm sure you deserve it!
    Hugs, dearie.
    Fiore

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    1. Thank you Fiore =)
      Don't know if I deserve everything I received...but it's always a real pleasure to have something in the letter box hehehehe =D
      Friends here are lovely people :)
      big hugs
      xxx

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  2. Nice to have you back ... enjoyed reading about your summer.

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    1. thank you Kate =)
      I have many things to speak about here so the next days will be full of posts
      at least I hope I'll have time to write them =)
      xxxx

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  3. Welcome back. What fun surprises you received from friends! So enjoyable to get goodies from friends across the seas to help us learn more about their area.

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    1. thank you Parsley
      Indeed, it's so great to receive a little something from a friend
      My letter box was full =D
      blogosphere friends are real sweethearts
      xxxx

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  4. Welcome back dear ..all the surprises are so cute ..beautiful presents .
    Glad you had a lovely holiday time xxx

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    1. we really had a great moment and sun was with us
      so cool
      I'll post some pictures here =)
      I've been blessed indeed, friends around here are so sweet
      big hugs
      xxxx

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  5. Hi :) :) :)
    welcome back, I'm glad you spent a wonderful holiday.
    WOW you have received some wonderful gifts: I love the horse/unicorn for the threads.
    Now I am looking forward to see your new embroideries.
    :) See you soon ....
    I am finishing the third part of the Mystery SAL.
    big big hugs and happy xxx
    Giò

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    1. ho yes we had a great vacation =)
      I'll post here some pictures of the castles, you'll book for another trip =)
      Thank you for having given my blog address, thanks to you I 'met' Fiore, who is a real sweetheart too
      and my mystery SAL...I'm late =(
      just finished yesterday part 2 !!
      big hugs sweetie
      xxxxx

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  6. Hello

    Your holidays sound lovely!
    What lovely gifts!
    Your orchid is beautiful.

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    1. many thanks September =)
      we had a great moment indeed, I'll share here with you of course =)
      my orchid hadn't made a flower for 2 years ! incredible...
      I think she feels good in our new home =)
      xxxx

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  7. What a wonderful post, so many lovely goodies, it is good to have you back, and hope you had a wonderful holiday, hugs.

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  8. ho yes we had a wonderful time =)
    I'll share here of course
    it seems we decided to have cultural vacations =)
    first with the castles in la Loire , then we went to Bayeux where I saw the tapestry (wonderful ! I have a lot to tell about this, hehehe) and we finished the second week in Normandy, at Omaha beach !! how emotional it was !!
    soon I post pictures and tell the whole story of my vacations =)
    big hugs
    xxxx

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  9. What wonderful gifts to come home to! Glad to hear you had a nice holiday too :)

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    1. Thank you Emma :)
      It was finally a pleasure to come home =)
      xxxx

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  10. Lovely post Valerie a,great to have you back.... so many gorgeous gifts to show us:):)
    Your orchid is beautiful too,you are definitely more successful than I am with orchids x

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    1. thank you Lesley =)
      it's the first time I have an orchid which makes new flowers !!
      I think it's because we changed of house and that I feel really better in this one =)
      everything is better here !
      xxx

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  11. How wonderful to return home to all those gifts sent from far and wide, Valerie! I was just thinking about you last evening and wondering where you were... So glad you are back and I'm looking forward to seeing photos of your trip :)

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    1. Indeed
      it was finally a pleasure to come home =)
      I have been blessed....
      I didn't touch a needle during the vacations =(
      but now I'm back hehehehe
      big hugs
      xxxx

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  12. Welcome back, sweetie! I missed you a lot! But it was a nice time to you and this had made me happy for sure! This gifts are remarcable! How lucky you are and I know how you deserve all this friendship. But a mistery from Brazil?????? Oh, my! I'm nervous! Kisses and hugs!!!!!!!

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    1. Thank you sweetie =)
      I missed you too !
      no internet for 2 weeks was awful ! in 2012 !!! incredible !
      going to make a post with my mystery parcel from Brazil, hehehehehe =)
      big hugs
      xxxx

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  13. cool copine t'es revenue!!!!! génial d'avoir des petits cadeaux à son retour.... chanceuse!!!! ça y est pour moi les vacances débutent et donc je vais me remettre à la création!!!! je commence avec le cadre de Mme GOUDIG je ferais une photo pour toi dès que j'aurais terminé!!!! j'espère que l'on pourra se voir??? enormes bisous

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    1. je suis revenue ouai =)
      et là c'est 2 jours de supers travaux...ça y est on fait nos extérieurs !!!!
      j'ai hâte de voir tes créations
      profite bien de tes vacances
      je te fais un mail à part =)
      bisous

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  14. Valma Hello, glad that the holidays were good. For here we still have very hot days. What gifts so beautiful. And this orchid is getting beautiful, I'm addicted to orchids, while some are in bloom every day eye and look at it, hehe.
    Kiss

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    1. I'm also addicted to orchids =)
      and it's the first time I have one making new flowers !!
      I had to wait more than one year !!
      big hugs sweetie
      xxxx

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  15. I love to have you back!!! I missed you, I missed reading your blog :D And you have so much to share with us!! It's fun time :D
    I'm so happy for you, to see that you had so many sweet surprises waiting for your :) Lovely! I'm glad I had a little part on it too ;) hehehehe
    I have one of those pincushions! I bought one a couple of years ago, on an international market that happens once a year in Lisbon :)
    ohhh beautiful flower :) My orchids had no flowers this year :( Only new leaves but no flower at all! Sometimes there was a little thing trying to grow but.. nothing =( I blame the weather! hot and cold and hot and cold, I think orchids aren't happy with that =/ And since new leaves are growing, I think it's healthy, I've taken good care of them. Hope next year I will have some flowers to admire too!
    Can't wait for your next post! :D Caramba!!! hahahahaha ;)
    hugs&smiles

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    1. I missed you so much too =D
      I received so lovely gifts !! I was so surprised ...
      it really made my day
      Mum said the bobbin was 'super' and asked me why I was receiving so many gifts =)
      hehehehe
      if your orchid makes new leaves indeed , it's healthy
      it took more than 1 year to have flowers ! maybe it's because she is just close to the window...don't know !
      Hubby says that's because I feel better in our new home and 'new' life so the orchid felt it =D
      Maybe he's right....
      sure you'll have flowers next year
      big hugs
      xxxx

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  16. Wauw Valerie.. you got spoiled..
    What a great way to come back home!!!
    Enjoy your wonderfull gifts!!!

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    1. Ho yes I've been spoiled !!!
      my coming back home was then sweeter....
      big hugs
      xxxx

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  17. Wonderful pressies!! I'm so pleased you liked the pin cushions :o)
    Good to hear you had a great holiday and welcome back!!
    Hugs xx

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    1. I looooooooved the pin cushion =D
      And my friend ! I think she slept with it the day I gave her ! she was so happy
      thanks again sweetie
      you're so kind
      xxxxx

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  18. My dear friend..i'm so happy you liked my simple things. It was send with much love..just to you know that i was thinking of you!:)
    Its so great to see our mailbox full of letters :) And you deserv everything!

    I'm very glad that you had good weather. We both decided well to take holidays on first september, because we also had great weather ehehe

    It was so great that Noni had found those pincushions like your friend wanted...just awsome! Friends are the best!! ***

    Kisses****

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    1. Ho yes I loved everything =)
      thank you so much once again
      I have to post about my vacations...but I'm very late too :-/
      big hugs
      xxxx

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