When you hear a bell ring....Sunday 21st December

Hello Friends,

A scheduled post today as we will be spending today in a lovely little Oxfordshire village, with lunch at the local pub, with  Tom's parents, brother and cousins...the pub is just a short walk from their house, in a village with very few houses...it's gorgeous! There will be 12 of us and we have really been looking forward to getting together. One of my very favourite things about this Holiday time is visiting with friends and family.

I can't believe how close it is to Christmas now and it's the longest day already!

So, we al know the lines from 'It's a Wonderful Life' about how an angel gets his/her wings when a bell rings don't we? I made these little angel busts from a pattern in Tone Finnanger's latest Tilda book, Homemade and Happy. They are such a lovely little decoration to make...

The hair and bodice top are painted on with acrylic paint and then you simply decorate as you wish. I made most of them as little presets, but have two hanging from our mantelpiece.

I photographed the rest hanging from a little artificial tree that I have in my craft room. It was the tree Tom and I bought when we got married, so when it started to fall apart and had to be replaced, silly old me got a bit sentimental and instead of throwing it out, I get it out every year and decorate it for the upstairs landing or the craft room! There are also lots of bells hanging from it this year :)

Thank you for stopping by, I really love to read your comments...have a wonderful Sunday and I'll be back tomorrow.

Love and Hugs

Carole X

Polar Tilda - Wednesday 3rd December 2014

Good Morning Friends,

Thank you for your comments on my Nicecrane DT post, they were lovely images to work with...especially the Santa. I usually stay clear of Santa images as sometimes they just don't seem right, even dare I say scary? But that one was so traditional and jolly, beautifully drawn.

A quick post - and I am sorry for leaving quick comments on your blogs, there are still not enough hours in the day and I have lots to show you on here and little time to blog it! Today I am back with a Tilda make, but this pattern from Tone Finnanger's Winter Wonderland book is a polar bear.

Some of you may remember that last Christmas I posted small and medium sized polar beard I'd made from the same pattern -- this time I went for the 'Big Daddy' and he was easiest of all...I have also made some more baby bears, but I'll share them another time as they still haven't been 'dressed' with ribbons. Suffice to say I am 'polar-beared-out' at the moment:)

Here's big bear...the fabric is Tilda fabric and very easy to sew, very soft too!

 Here he is with the rest of the family from last year!

That's all for today, have a good one all!

Love and Hugs,
Carole X