Long Time NO Post...

I feel like I spend a lot of my time making posts that have the above title lol...

I must try harder!

The reason for my absence? Life! We have just bought a house and moved in a month ago (or slightly less than that, 3 weeks 4 days!) so have been INCREDIBLY busy decorating and doing DIY...

I haven't stitched much recently either, I have started a new Koi Fish project for my other half but that is stitched in the style of a HAED so may take some months to complete...

I am going to try my best to update and make a blog post every month - whether I just update with a few pictures about what I have been doing, review something I have used, or just waffle on about my life in general...I WILL POST SOMETHING!!! (promise!)

I hope all the readers of my blog are well & enjoying the lovely June weather we have been having! (sense the sarcasm in that sentence...) today alone it has thundered, poured down and now is glorious sunshine...glad I did not put the washing out! The weekend is meant to be brighter so hopefully that is true and I can throw all the windows open at my house, give it a good air and a summer clean...;0)

I plan to sit and stitch tonight, for the FIRST time in my new house. I'm really looking forward to it :0) goodness knows how much I will get done because I am sure my other half will be under my feet ;0) however yesterday we moved the Fiesta he is restoring/building up to its FOREVER home (from a garage about 45minutes away!) so hopefully he'll disappear out there and sort some of his stuff out...

Loving you all and leaving you all now...until next time...;0)

SandZ xXx

Blog Competition Winners!!!

Thanks for joining in (everybody who did) I shall run a different competition soon...the correct number of Christmas Decorations on my tree was 314...I posted this competition on here, the WOCS forum and also Craftbubble!!!

The winners are as follows:

1st place) Polly with a guess of 289 (25 too few)

2nd place) Vilje Vanilje with a guess of 344 (30 too many)

3rd place) Lori (Trixter) with a guess of 275 (39 too few)

***EDIT Lori has kindly donated her prize to the 4th place person and that is***:
4th place) KathyK with a guess of 237 (77 too few)

If your name is up there then please get in touch via PM on Craftbubble or the WOCS forum or feel free to email me on: cross_stitch_sandz@yahoo.co.uk :D thanks everyone!!!

xXx

Christmas 2O12 & a Happy New Year...

Well Christmas 2O12 for me was marvellous ~ here I am going to show you a few of my favourite decorations, my Christmas pressies and a few things I bought myself in the sales...

Tree & Decorations!!!

~ our lovely Christmas tree...

Christmas Pressies!!!

(I was such a spoilt girly!!!)

(the best wrapping paper in the world!!!)

(Penguin themed presents too!!!

Sale Bargains!!!

...snuggly jumper from Quiz (not the best picture sorry!!!)

...tartan slipper booties from Edinburgh Woollen Mill :0)

...beautiful lacy sparkly shoes from Quiz

...spiral bracelet from Edinburgh Woollen Mill

...500GB external hard drive from Argos (in red!)

...The Borgias Season 2 from Sainsbury's

I just got some of the bits that I asked my Mum & Dad to get me for Christmas and didn't get in the end! However I was so lucky for Christmas and got far more than I ever thought I would!!! :0) I enjoyed treating myself a bit in the sales, but there wasn't anything I particularly "needed" this year...was there anything that you bought in the sales and thought you got a proper bargain??? (feel free to comment below and let me know!) 

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year if I don't post again before the New Year :0)

Thanks for reading my blog this year (if you have done so!) I shall hopefully be blogging more about different things in 2O13!!! Please stick with me and continue to read my blog posts...

Best wishes to you all and I hope 2O13 is everything you want it to be...

xXx