All is calm, all is bright........

After such a bad day and things not turning out, I had my rest and started again. First of all the wonderful thoughts and comments of all of you, my dear sweet blogging friends.

Second, the magazine I have been waiting for came.... thank you Erica & Sandy at The Tattered Household. I am in love.......

This is the most beautiful, elegant and enchanting magazine I have ever read!!!!!

(The postman can never know how much he made my day.......)

Then, more wonderful parcels!!!

My heart raced and I could not believe my eyes when I opened this parcel from Lynn Barron at Sea Angels.... I know I saw it when I bought it, but nothing prepared me for the sheer beauty and the incredible work of art.... Lynn, I love it!!!

Her darling hand painted linen towel is in the background, isn't it divine?

Look at Lynn's beautiful works of art, I love her delicate watercolors,

these little postcards are so gorgeous, I want to frame them.......

Look at these beautiful birds, thank you Heather at Pretty Petals!

I will show you pictures of my wreath I made from Heather's fantastic on line class. It isn't quite finished yet, I need a little something something....... you know what I mean? Heather's class was so wonderful to take, her pictures and instructions perfect and of course incredible to look at!!!

My famous Rum & Butter Tarts....... yummo!

and of course a new batch of shortbread..........

All is calm, all is bright........ thank you everyone for your kind words and good wishes.

I love my blog family, don't you?

Hugs,

MB

Could it get any worse?

This is just the way things went, from bad to worse..... I feel sick, my Lupus is acting up, I am behind in everything, I lost my list........ I burnt the shortbread and I am so tired...... where are those elves? I think I am going to bed and start over!

Wild Hare Wednesdays

I am joining in the fun with Shell from Raspberry Rabbits for the Wild Hare Wednesdays.

I took this old sled I had, it was brown and red, sorry I forgot the "before" photo..... I am so bad at that!!!

Painted it up and added a few touches, tucked a little wreath on it...... not bad! Now back to my long list of the to finish!!!!! I hope everyone is able to finish up their list and take a minute to relax and rest...........

Parcel from Donna!!!!

You can imagine my excitement the other day when I came home to find a parcel from my blogging friend and talented artist, Donna over at Brynwwood Needleworks. Oh my gosh, she is so talented!!! Look at this beautiful hand knit scarf with the beads, knit right in it!!! I can't get the camera up close, these pictures don't do it justice, it is stunning! Donna you are amazing!

Thank you Thank you!!! Such beautiful work!

I have never seen anything like this, the beads are knit right into the scarf, and it feels bouncy and stretchy, so hard to explain, a work of art!

There was more too, a gorgeous Lonaberger jar with a lovely charm and beautiful ribbon!

A fabulous pale robin's egg blue bookmark, I was just wishing for one!!!

There may have been chocolates, oh yes, there was, but not for long, hee hee....

Thank you, Donna, your gifts are incredible and I am so happy!!!

I tried to get up close to show you, the photos look the same but the scarf is soooo beautiful.....

Winner of the Santa!!!

Here's the hat, with all the names stuffed inside!!!

And the winner is........

LOU CINDA!!!!!

Please send me your address.......

A huge thank you to all who entered and for everyone's kind and generous comments. I wish I had made more, I really wanted to give everyone a gift!!!

Hugs,

Margaret B

Santa..... giveaway!!!

Here's a quick peek at my new Santa......

This is the last week I have to finish up and get all the parcels in the mail!

Everyone else is probably like me, trying to finish all the projects on the go.

I know I am a couple months behind, but better late than not at all!!

This Santa is my "giveaway" that I said I would have after the last one.

So, I still have the bag full of names from the last time. These I will keep and add the names of whoever leaves a comment on this post. On Saturday, December 12 I will draw one name.

Then I will send this Santa off in the post the fastest way possible!!!!

I just wanted to say thank you again for all the friendly comments and great support everyone has given me ........ I do feel blessed!

Hugs,

Margaret B

Wild Hare Wednesdays

This is my second Wild Hare Wednesday....... I am joining Shell from Raspberry Rabbits.

Her topic for this week is doorknobs, so I thought about something I had seen on someone's blog. I am sorry I can't remember whose.... this is my door knob. It came from my husband's family home. I wasn't able to use it on the doors, so this is what I made.

It looks great without the photos in it.......

You have something wonderful to put your photos in and look how sweet it looks.

I am really grateful to who ever it was that I got the idea from!!!

Happy Wild Hare Wednesday!