Its that time for Celebrations again :)

Yooo hoooo every one ....hope you are all well and stitching away merrily ..the kettle has just boiled so grab your cuppa and pull up a chair ... you may want to rest your wee paws for a while :)
This year I decided was going to be my year of finishes and new starts but mostly finishes of all my WIPs ... well as much as I can at any rate ... and soooo far so good ... I have finished my  second La D Da  Alphabet  and just need to make it up now ... think it is going to be a needle book but that is subject to change heheheh ... then I got all the hem stitching done on my Heartstring Samplery piece that the stitching was finished back in 2012 and ..... I am almost there with Curly Q after a few stern squeaks to myself about wanting to give up on it ....  and now I am loving it again :) and really looking forward to getting something else done and finished  too ...lol :)
I managed also to send out most of my wee late (early ) Christmas presents , only one hasn't been sent yet due to family illness but I can show you all the rest as her's is slightly different to the others :) To see Michelle's you will have to bob over to her blog as forgot to take a photo of hers *sigh ... I have got more things to make and send out to peeps  but you will have to wait until I have done them ..lol ((wee raks ) )......
And I got a late present too from Ally :) the  wee gingerbread mouse by Just Nan ... how cute is that ....even DH was impressed ...lol She went to great lengths to get it for me too ...Thankkkkyoooou :)
Last weekend DH and I travelled in the mouse mobile over to Sunny ??? Blackpool to go and see my Dad  and while I was there we nipped over to Marsh Mill so that I could go to the stitching shop there ... well there was a bit of disappointment as it wasn't but ..... there was a wonderful sewing place and patch work shop ... called Grace and favour.... http://www.grace-favour.co.uk/
we arrived before the shop had opened but Emily kindly opened the shop up for me and promptly made DH a cuppa (and me too ) she just knew I was going to be there a wee while ...lol ... and I was heheheh ... I bought some lovely fat quarters and trims  but guess what I haven't actually photoed them !!!! whoops .. well I shall have to keep you in suspense ...lol  and I want a shop like that too ... they had old machines out on display and it was lovely to see the girls who worked there and also chat to them as they had tons of experience and they all were all young .... can you tell I was there a wee bit ...lol ... I think I am going to make some bunting out of some of the fabric I got ... :)
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Sooooo on to the Celebrations bit... next week .... 28th to be exact is this wee mouse's birthday .... and I want to do something again, to have some one celebrate with me as well ... well after much thinking and asking DH what I should do, we decided that a Gift Certificate would be the best way forward ... then the lucky person can choose what they need the most, especially if they are stitching from stash ... and desperately want this or that chart  but can't ...lol 
soooo there you go ...  I thought probably the best would be to have a choice from either 123.stitch  or the Patchwork Rabbit depending where you are if you are lucky to be the winner .... amount will be £20.00 or $34.00 dollars (approx) .... and that's it .. no hoops to go through just be a regular visitor and  I shall choose the winner on my Birthday and will let them know as soon as I can from there ....
ok I shall go and pop the kettle back on while I find the photos of stuff I did take ...lol 

how pretty is my orchid at the moment :)

Christmas present from Ally :)

the sky outside  the mouse house early this morning 

nearly there wooo hoooo

just love this piece 

oooo ello every one :)

Marsh Mill Windmill 

Ally's wee gift 

La D Da Alphabet all finished :)

Chris, Wendy and Bev's goodies :)

soooo there you are folks ... I hope you have enjoyed your wee visit to the mouse house .. as soon as I can I will be scampering over to your blogs to have a cuppa with you all  :) take care and happy stitching one and all  love mouse xxxxxxx