Christmas is over..sob sob. We had an awesome time, very quiet on christmas day. Just the five of us but it was great to have family time together. I got some wonderful presents, a few of my fav's in my stocking were:
Noel Streatfield books. I got this for my very own, after 10 years borrowing library copies! Lol!
several of these..Mmmh, I think I might have squealed in delight!
The Amy Butler pattern for this bag..and some gorgeous material, pink and lime green, flipping awesome combo of colours!
miss-matched knee socks. I mean, how cool is that???!!
we have a tradition of my mum making her own crackers. Rather than a little cheapy present, she puts a small note telling us where our present is hidden. After the main course we all race to find the presents. They are normally jokey or something we can play like a board game. This year my brother got a Ukelele! and I got a knit your own monkey!!!!!! (age 8-12, ok it's difficult!!!) This was my reaction when I opened it. For the record, I LOVE monkeys!
My main present was a new lens for my camera! It's lush, f/1.8! woooooh. Pictures below were all taken with it, check out that depth of field!
anyways, it was a lovely lovely christmas, hope u all had a fab time!
Thanks for reading Loves xxxxxxxxx
4 comments:
Abi, you lucky thing! Spotty/striped socks, Ballet Shoes, new camera lens, thickers, bag pattern and a Monkey! Mega-pressies!
I'm glad you had a lovely Christmas. It sounds fun and quite relaxing. There's a lot to be said for "a little quietness at home" as Jane Austen said!
Me & J. made a sock monkey, out of a huge stripey pair of over-the-knee socks. He is pretty cool. I will have to blog his photo for you! He has a little brother, who we bought in MK one day,from a charity-fundraising stall. The little monkey is called "Mon" (for Mon-key) and the big one is "Bro'"!
The pics with your new lens are great. I see the depth of field - also the fab bokeh too! You are all a very photogenic lot - that must help!
Looking forward to seeing the results from the new lens on your blog. A perfect excuse for taking mega amounts of photos! Sounds like you had a great Christmas.
Started the monkey yet?!!! I think we need a blog by blog account of your progress!
Okay, so there is now a Tutorial Post, just for You, on my Blog. It is about making Sock Monkeys.
Enjoy it!
Looks like you had a great day Abi!
I'm looking forward to seeing how your bag turns out - I've made a couple but I'm very amateurish in the sewing stakes!
I love 'Ballet Shoes' - have also read it over and over.
And, those socks are very cute!
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