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

você fala Português?

Non !
Mais bientôt peut être =D
Je vais essayer de m'y mettre un peu avec ce livre que j'ai trouvé hier et je n'ai pas pu résister, je l'ai acheté (tout petit prix =D)
Je pourrais peut être faire quelques mails aux amies du Portugal, du Brésil dans leur langue
Aller, comme on dit là bas  beijos =D

No ...

But soon maybe =D

I'll try to learn a little bit of Portuguese...

I found this book yesterday, 'Portuguese for Dummies !

I couldn't resist...I bought it 

LoL =D

Beware Portuguese language, I'm coming !

As we say then... Beijos =D

Débordée =D

Houlà !
Ça fait un petit moment que j'ai déserté ces pages... :(
Mais je brode tout de même =D
Je vous montre bientôt les WIP, il faut que je fasse des photos
Finalement Somebunny sera en rose =D
La famille attend un heureux évènement sous le signe ♀
Mais j'ai tout d'abord  Winnie à continuer , les papillons biensur et un petit projet secret dont je vous parle bientôt =D
Je suis inscrite sur le blog de Margaret Sherry pour une nouvelle SAL que voici que voilà

4 chats, 4 saisons à finir respectivement pour le 21 mars, 21 juin, 23 septembre et 21 décembre
Pas d'urgence et en plus j'ai une petite idée pour le finish =D

Oops... I deserted my blog !

But I read yours, and I stitch... I'm overloaded =D

Soon, I promise, I'll show you my WIP (Butterflies heart, Winnie...) and also a 'secret project' I'm stitching , which is not really huge, no, but which , nevertheless, needs some work ....

But I don't tell more for the moment =D 

I'm in for the 3rd SAL on MS blog

4 cats, 4 seasons and still need an idea for the finish ! (I think I have one :D)

And my cousin knew yesterday she was expecting a girl so Somebunny will be pink =D



Le 17 février direction l'Angleterre , vers Ipswich au salon des arts créatifs !
Je dois encore réserver le tunnel mais c'est décidé nous y allons ...
Vivement !!
A bientôt =D

And on February the 17th , we are going to England, near Ipswich to the Creative crafts show

I still have to book a place on the Channel Tunnel but we decided to go =D

Can't wait !!

Happy stitching

Hugs from here

L'histoire du jour.....♥

Story of the day.....
Knock knock
 - Who's there ?
- The postman, I've got a parcel for you 
- A parcel for me....! YEEEEES ! For sure, it comes from Portugal
- How did you know ?
- Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ! But but but.....mister postman, what did you do to my parcel :(

- Have a nice day mister postman and I hope everything is safe inside this parcel....

Quick, quick, quick.....let's open it :)
Woooowooooo, it's Xmas after Xmas !
Sorry Santa Nia,  no chimney at home....just a stove =D

What a wonderful thing ! 
A stocking ....which may have belonged to Mary Poppins or Hermione Granger because it seems to be bottomless =D
Have a look to everything inside, all wrapped with care !
Ribbons, fabrics, buttons, a snowball (which after coming from Portugal and a short stay in France will go to Australia :D), needles in a superb little case, a little apron (it's the 3rd I'll stitch  =D) , sweets and even a wonderful very special little cards game :D
And so many other things....

EVERYTHING is so cute !
I'm so happy !!! ♥♥♥
It's the best Friday 13th of all my life =D
I was like a child opening each bag, with a large smile on my face, speaking alone, and dancing....!
Fortunately nobody saw me :)
Again, thank you so much Nia for this wonderful Giveaway, and thank you wheel of chance :)

To celebrate this, let's make a choclate cake :)

Yum Yum :)
Have a nice week end everybody
Lot's of love
Valérie, happy Valérie :)

 
Pour les amis français.....
Voici le colis que j'ai reçu ce matin du Portugal....vous vous souvenez, j'avais gagné sur le Blog de Nia ♥
Une magnifique chaussette de noël pleine à craquer de petites choses superbes !
Des rubans, des boutons, des morceaux de toiles, un coupon de tissu, des bonbons...
et tant d'autres choses qu'on penserait que cette chausette a appartenu à Mary Poppins ou Hermione Granger tant elle parait sans fond =D
Je suis vraiment très heuresue aujourd'hui, pour un vendredi 13 c'était vraiment un bon jour :)
pour célebrer ça, hop hop hop cake au chocolat
miam miam :)
bon week end

Giveaway d'Isabella

Mon amie du Brésil, Isabella (ou plus précisément maintenant, une de mes amies du Brésil) organise un Giveaway sur son blog...
J'apprends tout juste à essayer de coudre alors je ne m'y inscris pas cette fois ci (les cadeaux distribués sont beaucoup pour faire de la couture...) je préfère laisser leur chance à ceux qui savent coudre et qui font de si jolies choses :D
Mais n'hésitez pas à aller faire un petit tour sur son très joli blog : Get Crafty Now
Et pourquoi pas vous y inscrire ....

Isabella , my friend from Brazil (or to be more precise now, one of my friends from Brazil :D) is organising a Giveaway on her blog.
As I'm just 'learning how to try to sew' (...) and as her gifts are made for sewing....I don't subscribe to it
I prefer to give the chance to those who sew well and make so pretty things !
But don't hesitate to have a look at her pretty blog , and why not to subscribe to her Giveaway :D
xxxx

Lentement...mais surement !

En effet !
Lentement....  :D
Ce cœur de papillon est certes très joli (et j'espère vraiment que le rendu sera chouette....!!) mais quel boulot !
Voici environ 1/20ème du travail fini :D
Il faut faire une gros effort d'imagination, mais j'ai l'impression moi qu'on commence à voir se dessiner des papillons non ??
Aller, si..... :D

 

Slowly...but surely :D
Indeed, slowly !
This butterflies heart is really awesome, I can't deny it, but what a job ! :D
Here is about 1/20s of the whole work o_O
With 10 stitches per centimetre ....
The picture is a little bit blur, sorry
You may use a bit of imagination but...don't you see butterflies appearing ? :D

Quand à l’abécédaire Winnie il est dans le même état qu'en fin d'année dernière avant que je n'attaque les tabliers !
Mais en fait il est déjà bien commencé ...

Regarding Winnie the Pooh.... it is as I let him end of last year, before I started the aprons....
I can say 1/3rd made
I have to backstitch what I already made
Keep continue
We are only the 12th of January :D
Hugs
xxx