GinnyKnit

John and I have been keeping busy and have made a ton of things for when I eventually get to do a craft fair. Apart from the coaster bases everything is rescued and re-used. Friends send me things they no longer need and they know I can use. I made a nice box full of  the hangers with Merry Christmas on and various sayings plus a whole load of other decorations and donated them to Woollies for the world charity. I cannot just sit and with the whole problem I am having with my right arm cross stitch is about all I can do. Its improvong slowly sohopefully knitting will be an option soon.

This is where I should be doing a craft fair next weekend. I was so looking forward to it. Its a local monastery that the community saved from destruction and is now used for events,  So I am having to be more pro-active in selling, donating and passing on my makes. Problem is I cannot stop making things but my frozen shoulder has slowed that down to a crawl. Sleep is a rare commodity in this house so there a lot of hours to fill.   My Christmas pressie off my son this year is a subscription to Country living magazine which I adore, having real paper magazine is such a luxury. The subscription is amazingly cheap and I got a lovely gift of a Vintage interiors magazine - its big and thick with wonderful photography in it.  The process of emptying the house is still happening and the refusal to have anything coming in is going well too. Hopefully the charity shops will re-open soon and I can clear the hall. All in all not too bad here despite whats going on outside my door. We rarely leav

 Its time to pack away my lovely geraniums into the poly tunnel so they can keep warm. They do ok in the garden but may as well use the space in there. I have been tidying away the dead stuff and checking on my succulents, my oh my I have a lot of them to donate to Emmaus garden centre. I just need to find some more plant pots on the local free site. 

Here is the update of Mums lockdown doll. She has pockets to put your sewing tools in. Im having issues with her stuffing at the moment and need to make her less wobbly/ I have had plenty of practice with toy making but never with one thats weighted with re-cycled poly pellets. This sleepy Princess Bethany is all worn out from crafting with Grandma. She has the most amazing ability to see ideas for stamping and card making and we havent a clue how she knows. She will go far.  Other than crafting a few few trips out mostly for necessities its mostly groundhogs days here ( as my darling sister by another Mother says) Get up, get through the day, go to bed and repeat. It could be worse so count my blessings. Our extended family has lost 2 members to cancer this week. One very sudden and one expected but none the less difficult for all to comprehend. The selfish people not following the guidelines and spreading this damned virus have made our losses all the harder. No big gathering of supp

Made sure I had provisions in the caravan to keep busy. Wee bit of cross stitch - fancied a blue Christmas this time. We do go out but evenings are very long as we don't do nightlife. Blackpool was very quiet during the day and we wonder how on earth people are surviving when they are usually run off their feet. Called in an antique/retro centre I found on line but sadly they hadnt spent lockdown cleaning the place and we both got nibbled by a bug or two. We beat a hasty retreat! Bethany thoroughly enjoyed herself along with her brother, bit of beach time/swimming pool/ long walks. We were there mainly for support but know now we wont have to stay next year as the wee family is fine on its own now. We will probably nip up for a day then stay in a motel for a night and do our own thing the next day. One good thing we hardly spent a penny.  Now down to the work of clearing the house, finally found a charity shop that would accept the pile of stuff  I had picked up off my brother as h

My first butternut squash! Im so glad something useful has come up. The other squash is just for decoration and the seeds were only 19p from Lidl so I thought they would look nice. Hubby picked me up this fab book from the library ex stock for 10p - total bargain! So life consists of nurturing veg and processing apples at the moment.