St Patrick et biscornus

C'est bien connu, la St Patrick, c'est sympathique :)
Nous l'avons fêté hier soir avec une petite journée d'avance et c'était extra !
Pour l'occasion, j'avais envie de faire plaisir (et j’espère que le pari a été tenu...non j'en suis sure en fait :D ) et j'ai fait 2 petits biscornus de St Patrick :D
Les carrés étaient de 7cm de côté je suis certaine de pouvoir faire encore plus petit =D
Bon week end et joyeuse St Patrick

Yesterday evening, we celebrated St Patrick day =D

One day before, I know, but we had a great time with 2 good Irish bands playing good music and 2 precious friends of mine ♥

For the occasion, I made them two small St Patrick' biscornus =D

Squares of fabric were 7cm , and I'm sure I can make smaller one now =D

I think my friends were really happy with this gift....

Today I made an happy dance.... Some rest of the Irish music maybe :)

No, just because my issue of Cross Stitch Crazy arrived this morning, earlier than forecasted ....and I'm sooooo happy =D

Mice from Margaret Sherry ! Just wonderful

Have a nice weekend, happy St Patrick day
xxx

Baby & Winnie !

Il y a comme un parfum d'urgence flottant dans l'air =D
Winnie progresse mais il doit être terminé vite vite vite...car...Noémie est arrivée =D
Une magnifique petite fille , et félicitations encore aux parents  ♥
Il faut donc terminer vite vite vite Winnie....
Et puis ma carte pour l'échange de printemps !
Quelqu'un parlait d'urgence ?? =D

There's a kind of emergency around me =D

I have to go on quicker with Winnie, because Baby Noémie arrived last week ♥

Isn't she wonderful ?? Two days only on this picture ! Incredible !

Then I stitched a lot on my ABC this week end ... 4 letters, Rabbit, Owl and Roo =D

I also have to finish my card for the Spring exchange...

Somebody said ... 'emergency' ?? =D

Hugs 

xxx

Spring Cat - SAL#3

Le voici le voilà, j'ai terminé mon 1er chat pour la SAL 3 du blog Margaret Sherry Lovers
Le Spring Cat des Cool Cats =D
J'ai choisi du lin couleur lilas, et puis j'en ai fait un petit sachet dans lequel j'ai mis du pot pourri à la pêche...
Au chat d'été maintenant !
Mais avant, la carte pour l'échange de printemps qui partira au Canada cette fois ci =D
A bientôt

Here he is , my Spring cat for the SAL3 on Margaret Sherry lovers' blog

I chose lilac linen and decided to make a little bag in which I put pot-pourri, peach scented =D

I found a funny ribbon too =D

Now I'm going to start my Spring card for the exchange (It will fly to Canada this time =D and I already chose the design) and after I'll begin the Summer cat

I still have to find an idea for the finish and a fabric too....

Happy stitching

xxxx

Bientôt Pâques...

C'est bientôt Pâques, et comme mars est le mois de la maison...nous avons (déjà) fait un arbre de Pâques =D
C'est la 1ère année que j'en fais un alors que je voulais le faire depuis longtemps...
Cette nouvelle maison a vraiment de bons effets sur moi =D
Au pied, des coupons de lin que j'ai trouvé sur internet , entouré de jolis rubans que je pourrais réutiliser...

Easter is arriving.... And as March is the month of our home, we (already) made an Easter tree =D

I have always wanted to make an Easter tree but never did one ! 

Maybe our new home has positive waves on me =D

At its feet, the pieces of linen I ordered on the Internet ! They arrived on Friday.

I can even use the ribbons they are wrapped with :)

Pas beaucoup de points ce weekend !
Dimanche c'était la fête des grand mères et pour l’occasion nous sommes allés au resto en famille, et je voulais partager cette photo faite avec ma grand mère qui fêtera ses 90 ans cette année ♥

Not much stitches this weekend :-/

Yesterday was the Grand mother day here in France, and we went to the restaurant with the whole family (Dad's part of the family....)

And I wanted to share with you this picture with my Grand Mother who will be 90 this year  ♥

Tomorrow I'll be able to give news of my Spring Cat =D

xxxxx

Hérisson et Breloques...

Vous vous souvenez de Cheena qui cachait une carte que j'avais faite ce week end  =D
Elle est arrivée à destination aujourd'hui alors je peux maintenant vous la dévoiler...
C'est une partie de Love you Mum de Margaret Sherry, mais je n'ai pas fait maman hérisson =)
Juste une carte de remerciement pour Lesley et le superbe livre qu'elle m'avait envoyé...

Do you remember Cheena hiding the card I made last week end ? =D

The card has arrived today so I can show you....

It's a thank you card for Lesley , for the so beautiful book she kindly sent me

It's part of Love you Mum from Margaret Sherry, but I didn't stitch Mum :)

The heart I used was part of the beads received in the stocking =D

Hugs to you Lesley :)

J'ai commandé des breloques sur internet aussi, et elles sont arrivées ce matin....

original =D

 Beginning of this week, I also ordered charms on a French Web site and they arrived this morning

Just a little thing that make me happy :)

I'm now working on my Spring Cat .... !!!

Happy stitching

xxxx

Second biscornu :)

J'ai les aiguilles qui fument =D
Voici mon 2nd biscornu avec un motif Celte....
Je pensais qu'il serait plus petit mais il est bien aussi =D
Je vais essayer de trouver une grille pour un tout petit biscornu, après tout jamais 2 sans 3....
Un petit goût d'Ecosse...nostalgie....

As Rita said on another post, I'm on fire =D

Here is my second biscornu, with a Celtic design...

I thought it would be smaller but it's great anyway

I'd like to find a chart to make a very small biscornu, as we say never thrice without twice =D

I put it in a quaich for the picture, a little thing to taste whisky that we brought back from Scotland of course =D

You all know now that we love Scotland in this house :)

For the little history , the Nessie on the second picture comes from another trip to Scotland we made...we went to Loch Ness and there was a shop where a guy was doing things in glass and he made this one before my eyes and offered me it as a fan of French people he was =D

Winnie avance lentement mais surement !
Voici une petite photo du WIP....Bébé (dont on ne veut pas nous révéler le nom :D) ne devrait pas tarder à arriver et je ne suis qu'à la moitié ! Dépêche toi Tati !
Je dois aussi attaquer mon Spring cat pour la SAL3 du blog de Margaret Sherry, et ma carte pour l'échange de printemps !! Pfiou...que de projets :)

Winnie is progressing ! 2 characters more + some letters and all the backstitches made on the already stitched characters

I'm half way :-/

Baby is arriving... I have to stitch faster :)

I started my cat for the 3rd SAL on MS blog, only started, so no picture :)

And found my design for the Spring exchange (this will be special too), hehehehehe, many many goals !!

But so much fun......

Big hugs my sweet blogfriends

xxxx

Petit week end au point de croix....

Je devrais faire des photos du WIP de Winnie, il avance bien !
Mais en attendant le weekend a été varié !
J'ai fait un second coussin avec l'Union Jack Snail pour ma Léa  ♥
Le ruban est différent , c'est un de ceux que j'ai acheté en Angleterre,  et puis son expression est différente aussi....
J'ai également commencé un second biscornu avec des motifs celtes cette fois ci :)
Il devrait être plus petit que le 1er....
J'ai aussi fait une carte que je ne peux dévoiler tout de suite, tant qu'elle n'a pas atteint sa destination...
D'ailleurs Cheena (comme sa tante d'Afrique du Sud l'a surnommée) la cache bien comme il faut =D

Hi girls...

I should post pictures of my Winnie's WIP, it's well progressing ! 

But meanwhile, here is what I did this week end !

I made another cushion with the union Jack Snail for my cousin Léa who kindly ask me to do her one after having seen mine =D

I took another ribbon, one of those I bought at the creative crafts show. Its 'face' is different from the 1st one

I also started another biscornu with a Celtic design :)

It will be smaller than the 1st but I think it will be nice

And I also made a card, but till it hasn't reach its destination I can't show you, besides, Cheena (as her aunt from South Africa nicknamed her =D) is well hiding it.....

Et puis au courrier est arrivé de la part de Lesley un superbe livre avec des Teddy bears de Joan Elliott
Ce livre est absolument magnifique, j'y ai déjà  repéré des oursons à faire =D
Merci encore à Lesley qui m'a gentiment envoyé ce livre quand elle a lu que je cherchais des oursons type Teddy bear pour le bébé de ma cousine....
Merci merci merci pour ce très gentil et très beau cadeau....

And mister postman brought me an absolutely wonderful book from Lesley ♥

Teddy bears from Joan Elliott (I was searching designs of old teddy bears for my cousin's baby :D)

This book is just splendid ! I already found designs I would like to stitch =D

Thank you so much Lesley for this gorgeous book, I love it, that's so kind from you....

Thanks, thanks, thanks for this kind and very beautiful present

big hugs and happy stitching

xxx

Creative Craft Show

Hi girls,

Here I'm to tell you more about the craft show....

First, we forgot the camera :(

So I only made pictures with my phone, but it was not really a problem because everywhere there were signs 'please, no pictures' !!

It was in a luxurious hotel , surrounded by a park and a golf course ! 

Very beautiful and we had a good walk...

Lot's of people ! About 50 exhibitors, and I was a little bit disappointed because there were only 5 exhibitors  for Xstitch :(

Lot's of beads, knitting, accessories, decopatch, card making...

Anyway, we spent a good time :)

There were workshops of beading, silk painting, decopatch, card making...very interesting !

I bought a bag ! ( I love bags, and pens... =D)

A knitted bag, that a woman was making for a charity cause....

I've been allowed to take a picture of her, because I wanted to show you her science fiction knitting needles =D

Never saw such needles before !

I found magazines that I don't find in France, no need to order them :)

And I found ribbons, a little magnifying lamp, butterflies stickers and charms

I really don't find charms here :(

I'm happy because I found butterflies charms, I can now really personalise my creations :)

I bought this fabric origami needle book !

I saw some already made and it's really beautiful ! I'll try to make one !

I'll have pictures to show you :)

And most of all, you know now my love for mice, hedgehogs and squirrels (it's because we used to have an adorable degu...) and I couldn't resist to this lovely squirrel, who is now going to be my blog's mascot =D

Any idea for a name ?? =D

I spent a nice weekend

Big hugs to you all coming around here....

xxx

Just want to add this picture of Ipswich where we went after the craft show

Nothing very interesting you may say (except knowing to what I look like now =D)...but it's because Arras is the French town where I went to university ! 

Ipswich is twined with Arras, and the plaque stands in memory of one professor I had =D

just to say that it brought back good memories.... =D

Mon premier Biscornu =D

Hello, de retour d'Angleterre :)
C'était chouette, je raconte et je mets des photos demain... en attendant voici mon 1er biscornu ...
Je l'ai terminé cet après midi, c'est tout ce que j'aurai fait du week-end =D
Contente du résultat ! pour une première...une bonne première !
J'ai utilisé un ruban provenant d'un coffret de parfum offert il n'y a pas longtemps :)
A très vite

Hello Girls, 

I'm back from England

I'll tell you and show pictures tomorrow I think, it was great

But meanwhile here is my first biscornu =D

I finished it this afternoon !

With butterflies of course, I used a piece of fabric from the stocking, a piece of a ribbon which was wrapping a perfume box I have been offered a day  =D

I'm happy with the result....
My first biscornu !  It seems that 2012 is the year of my Firsts =D

Big hugs

xxxx

Sur le départ....

Départ vers Ipswich demain tôt =D
J'espère que ce salon des arts créatifs sera chouette et que j'y trouverais des petits trucs sympas...ou des gros trucs =D
Quoiqu'il en soit  ce soir , comme le chantait Balou dans le livre de la jungle 'Il en faut peu pour être heureux....'
En effet , sur la photo mise sur Facebook, Margaret Sherry elle même et Cathy Lewis ont très gentiment laissé un commentaire qui me touche vraiment ♥
La preuve en image =D
A bientôt pour vous donner des nouvelles du 1er biscornu que je suis en train de faire !

Ready to go =D

Yes, departure tomorrow very early towards Ipswich....

I hope the crafts show will  be great and that I'll find some little things to bring back :D

Anyway, tonight I'm very happy ! Sometimes we need just a little to feel fine, or blessed...that's how I feel

I posted my snail on my facebook and Margaret Sherry herself and Cathy Lewis commented it ! 

What else ! :D

I'm just happy....

Have a great Friday everybody and I come back soon with the 1st biscornu I'm trying to do =D

Big hugs, bisous, Beijos, Kusjes....

xxxxxx

C'est la St Valentin ...

...Ou on est juste le 14 février , au choix =D
Tout de même, Cupidon est passé et a apporté un très joli vase et des frésias qui sentent très bon, et qui mettent une touche de printemps dans cette journée grise !
Cupidon Bordelais a apporté le vase et les fleurs, Cupidon d'Afrique du Sud a envoyé une très chouette carte faite main, avec un magnifique poème à l'intérieur ...qu’égoïstement je garde pour moi =D
Merci Cucki  ♥

St Valentine ... or just February the 14th...as you like it =D

Anyway, Cupid came and left a gorgeous  vase with smelling freesias (one of my favourite flower !) 

A touch of Spring it this rainy day ! 

'Hubby Cupid' brought flowers ....'Cucki Cupid' brought sun from South Africa =D

I received this morning a lovely handmade card, with an absolutely superb poem, that I selfishly keep for myself =D

Emotions again after the one of last week......!

Thanks Cucki  ♥

J'ai brodé aussi !

Pour changer un peu de Winnie....un tout petit dessin de Margaret Sherry, Union Jack Snail

Et comme plus rien ne m'arrête maintenant, j'ai décidé de faire un petit coussin =D

Mon 1er !!

Je suis contente du résultat , même si je dois encore faire des progrès dans les découpes, les tailles, et la couture !

A bientôt pour de nouvelles aventures.....

Union Jack Snail

I also stitched a little yesterday....

To change a bit from Winnie, I made this Union Jack Snail from Margaret Sherry

Lovely...

And as nothing can stop me now, I decided to make a small cushion =D

My first !!

I still have progress to make with the sizes and sewing but really, I'm satisfied with the result for my first Cushion =D

I used one the charm which was in the Xmas stocking  =D

Happy Valentine

Big hugs 

xxxx

 

PS : I forgot to say that I booked our crossing for Friday... the craftshow....in England..... =D

       Suuuuuuuuper 

My little stitched Nia =D

I'm happy !

I was afraid that my secret parcel was lost somewhere in the cold and snow, but no =D

It arrived safe, today....

Where ? Portugal :)

Everybody knows Nia's avatar ...

I just decided to stitch it =D

Rui, really....sorry for the copyright ! But it was for a good cause.....  =D

From the design to my stitching ....

I decided to make a needlebook, in felt

I added a ribbon and heart buttons, everything in the same colours as Little Nia :)

I chose DMC threads (I stayed one hour in the shop, when the woman said 'please, switch off the light when leaving I realised it was time to go, hehehehe) and I'm satisfied with the result =D

I had a personal coach (love you Cucki ♥) who encouraged me , because I must admit it's the first time I create something !!!

I was very anxious ! To what was it going to look like !!!

Except from the card for the Xmas exchange I never made anything in felt or other =D

I made a wish....it came true ....

My little Nia brought  smile , love, friendship and happiness in Portugal today....♥

Beginning of the week I made Noni smiled in Australia, today it's Nia...I'm blessed =D

Even if it's very cold outside, inside our homes and hearts it's warm , and that's precious ♥

I'm very happy that Nia enjoyed my gift !

As she said on her blog, it has not been long since we 'met', but Nia and some other girls are now part of my life and I treasure this friendship so much ♥

I'm like that :)

I'm happy when people I love are happy

Many thanks to everyone coming here , writing something, sending me mails, accepted me as a friend  ♥

I love you all =D

Big big hugs from Happy Valérie

Les WIP...

Il fait -15° dehors, c'est la Sibérie, et je progresse doucement sur le cœur de papillon et Winnie....

J'ai presque fini une des 15 pages du diagramme pour le cœur de papillons, il y des milliers de points !
J'ai l'impression qu'on ne voit pas bien le dessin encore, mais je progresse !

It's -15° outside o_0

As if we were living in Siberia :)

I'm slowly but surely progressing with my butterflies and Winnie

I've almost finished the 1 of the 15 pages of the chart !! thousands of stitches !

It seems to me that we don't really see the butterflies, but maybe it's because I see it everyday !

Winnie quand à lui....
J'ai fait celui en bas à gauche, et puis j'ai commencé Maitre hibou
J'ai aussi fait le point arrière de quelques personnages histoire d'avancer un peu :)
A bientôt pour la suite :)

Regarding Winnie, I only made the one in the bottom left, started the owl, and backstitched 2 other characters !

Slowly but surely as I said :)

 I'm wondering what the postman is doing again !! 

My secret parcel should have arrived on Monday or yesterday....! don't know !

I hope it's not lost !!! :(

Big hugs 

xxx

C'est parti pour une nouvelle semaine...

Je n'ai pas sorti une aiguille ou un fil du weekend !
Il y avait un qualificatif aux Championnats de France au tir à l'arc, et le weekend a été assez chargé et fatiguant...
Donc pas de broderie !
Mais un très bon weekend quand même, malgré la neige et les conditions de circulations difficiles !

A new week is beginning

February already !!

I didn't stitch anything this week end, I had an Archery week end =D

A post with nothing to tell about stitching then , but to learn a little bit more about me, I'm playing archery (I have been playing for more than 15 years now !) and my club (I'm the secretary =D) was organising a championship !

We started on Saturday afternoon, and ended yesterday around 8 PM

2 'heavy' days but wonderful days =D

Il a encore neigé , mais pas autant qu'on s'y attendait !
Il fait bien froid mais c'est l'hiver après tout =D
Cette semaine je continue Winnie, au chaud ....
A bientôt pour de nouvelles aventures !

Here is a picture of our garden yesterday morning before I went to my archery club !

It snowed but not as much as we were expecting !

Our garden is not furnished yet as our house was only finished in April last year :-/

There were rabbits' footprints all around the house, funny :)

I finish with this picture....

it's a slag...

I leave in the North of France where there used to be many many coal mines (my Grand father was a minor...)

And everything which was extracting from the mines and was not coal, was put aside, in heaps.

We have lot's of these heaps around here, some are even protected by UNESCO 

They usually are black ! but here with the snow it's as if we are in the mountains =D

it's part of my history and I wanted to share =D

Have a nice week my sweet friends from all over the world

I'm going to continue Winnie !

Big hugs

Valérie

xxx

PS : the snow globe arrived safe in Australia =D

        Suuuuuuuuuper !

Il neige !

ça y est il neige, et avec les températures de ces derniers jours ça va tenir !!
il fait déjà nuit alors les photos sont mauvaises, j'en ferai d'autres demain...

It's snowing....

As the temperature was very low those last days, it'll stay !

As it's already night pictures are bad

I'll do some more tomorrow

brrrrrr

Nouvel objectif pour 2012

Je l'ai commandée il y a quelques jours et la voici arrivée ce matin ...
La coque pour mon Iphone...à broder =D
Trop top !
Je vais chercher un motif à faire car ceux qui sont fournis avec ne me plaisent pas du tout !
Peut être un lapin de Beatrix Potter  =D
Je suis certaine de faire rire au moins une des personnes qui passera par ici, mais j'adoooore les dessins de Beatrix Potter  =D

I've got a new goal for 2012 !

I ordered it a few days ago and it arrived this morning...

A case for my Iphone...to be stitched =D

Isn't it cute ?

I have to find a design because I absolutely don't like the one delivered with it !

Maybe a rabbit from Beatrix Potter, I love so much BP's designs ! 

Not as mush as Margaret Sherry's mice =D

Mon projet secret est en route vers sa destination....
donc je pourrais bientôt mettre des photos =D
En attendant j'ai repris Winnie l'Ourson parce que Février est déjà là et bébé bientôt aussi !
Je laisse un peu les papillon de côté du fait
Et puis je dois aussi penser aux chat pour la SAL !
pfiou !
beaucoup de travail en perspective...
A bientôt

My secret goal is now on its ways towards...oops, can't tell =D

I can't wait it arrives !!!

So in a few days I'll post pictures of it

In the mean time then, I'm progressing in Winnie because February is already here, and Baby will be soon !

So butterflies heart has to wait a little !

And I also have to think about the 1st cat for the SAL on MS blog....

Lot's of works and goals, but it doesn't matter, I'm cross stitch addict =D

Happy stitching everybody

Big hugs

xxx