Let the Craziness begin :)

Hi every one :) hope you all have had a wonderful Christmas and a very merry new year 2012 .... I hopefully have visited all that are on my blog reader over the hols to say hello etc  sooo if I have missed any one * yoo hooo happy new year ..lol
sooooo here we are at a new year ... new goals ... new cups to drink your tea / coffee/hot chocolate out off ???
I suggest you go and grab a cuppa and some yummies we could be here a while heheheehh 


well after looking at my stitchy list for last year I did extremely well on the stitching and finishing of things off ..... approx of the top of my head 61 finishes (some were extremely little) and only a few things to finish off which I will concentrate on while  after starting my new crazies of 2012
I have a few prizes to get finished and on their way along with a few surprises for my followers in the pipe line *VBG


soooo before I forget I really must thank my fellow stitchy friends for the wonderful presents I received off them for Christmas , Chris stitched me a pin cushion from BBD , Michelle stitched me a lovely pillow from the trilolgy RR and gave me a lovely dragon floss called snowflake ...Sheila made me a cute knitted mouse , Val made me a beautiful bracelet and send a lovely thread with it too :) Karen got me a lovely little chatelaine needle holder  ... Kath  got me a lovely wall hanging to stitch and make up ... already thought what thread to use on it :) Niina sent me a moomin tin full of teas and sweeties ... yummmm ... having to fight my DD for the tin though heheheh  and finally Fiona  sent me the cutest girl mouse and some little candy canes and goodies to make a marshmallow hot chocolate    yummmmmmmmm .... thank you sooo much and there is some still on its way travelling across the pond :)


I would also like to thank all my other blogging buddies for keeping me sane and on the straight and narrow and for being the nicest peeps around .. you know who you are (((((HUGE HUGS)))) to you all :)


ok on to the eye candy and nope Joyze no hunks here am afraid I shall leave that to you heheheheh 
with out further ado here is my new start and my prezzies  :)

Winter Whites finished and made up :)

first crazy start of 2012

from Niina :)

designed and stitched by me :)

goodies from raffle with the stitchy girls here 

mouse and goodies from Fiona :)

from Michelle

mouse from Sheila , pin cushion from Chris
and Bracelet and thread from Val

Tea from DD2 :)

From Kath 

oooo as I was adding the photos forgot about the finish finish of Winter whites into a simple cushion and also a  biscornu I designed for Inky and decided to stitch it myself ..lol  and in there is the Yummy teas from Whittards that are my yearly treat :)  as well as the Christmas raffle I won from the stitchy girls I meet up with each week ... a lovely drawn thread chart and frame .....
On Boxing day my DH cousin's came and Helen is a wonderful painter of animals http://www.helenharnett.co.uk/..... she couldn't wait to have a look at my stitching and has actually commissioned me to stitch her the Souvenir Sampler by Drawn Thread so I shall be stitching it twice ... once in silks for her and in DMC for me ....and in return she is going to paint me a oil painting of my  furbabies Bracken and Monty who are no longer with me ... it was something I wanted doing but could never afford to have done at the time ..... so a wonderful situation all round ... she was really impressed with my stitching *vbg*  sooo please send me some steaming needles and good wishes etc to get all this lot done ...lol 


oooo almost forgot sarah over at crafty moo is having a giveaway :)


Well I had better go and get something done now so I shall squeak to you all tomorrow .... take care and happy stitching 
lots of love mouse xxxxxx