Michelle's giveaway

Just look at this giveaway, wow. Its at Handcrafted Teddy bears by Michelle. I love some of her quirkier designs, definite eye candy. Why not pop over now.

Sneak preview for the online teddy show

Hi, fancy a peak at what I've been up to? Just go to Teddies Worldwide Online Show to see a preview of some wonderful bears. The show starts this weekend.

Remember.....

Both my grandads were miners so never got to go to war, I think I'll be grateful for that. A great uncle did though and suffered many horrors in an Italian prisoner camp. My maternal grandad used to joke about dodging the bombs when he was courting my nana. He probably did though! Lots of the women in our area worked at Radway Green where they made bullets. A sobering thought, you make a bullet and it could take someones life. So a day to reflect on what has been and whats going on now.

Thanks to them all.....

Amy's got a giveaway

What lovely lovelies! These are the giveaway form Amy at Blighty Boutique

She is the vintage inspired daughter of Annie at The felt fairy

Some really nice images and shes only just started. Go on over and support her!

Love a bargain?

Well we've just been town and 'bought' some Yankee candle tealights. I love them but they are'nt the cheapest things. Hubby had seen the Debenhams £5 voucher, printed a few off and it meant they ended up 99p! No minimum spend, just one per customer and email. With gmail if you put a . in the wrong place of your email address it still gets sent to your email, so extra vouchers! We just went to different tills. Plenty of people were using them. I don't feel too guilty, I've certainly spent some money in Debenhams over the years.

Bit early but......

Has anyone else noticed how red the holly berries are this year? A bumper crop and as we don't seem to get many birds here (too many cats) they'll make the most wonderful Christmas display.

Look what I got today! Its a goose feather Christmas tree from Dotcomgiftshop. It was reduced to £8.95. I love these type trees and I hope to get some vintage inspired baubles to go on it. Talking of holidays and Christmas, I'm busy doing bears for the online Christmas show, more about that later. 

Ta ta for now, enjoy the half term for those with children.

Magazine swap

Floss from Troc, Broc and Recup' organised a magazine swap. My partner was Barbara from Moveable feasts who is a real foody, check her out if you love cooking.

Then Heidi from Bord & Butik and I became partners too. She was very naughty and sent three magazines! 

Its a lovely way to get to know people and have the chance to get your hands on something different. Thanks to everyone involved.