Celebrating Valentine's Day 2012

We weren't meant to be doing anything special for Valentine's Day. Kelly decided I deserved a present though, so he got me this bear:


It has a little recording box thingy in it, so he recorded himself telling me he loves me. So now if I press the bear's right paw I hear Kelly telling me he loves me.

I didn't get him anything, but I did make him some heart shaped cinnamon choc-chip cookies:




I used the two smallest cutters from the set of four I had in my Valentine's swap package from Autumn (which you might remember me telling you about on Valentine's Day).

We also had Chinese food for dinner. And, yes, the dogs got some Chinese food too.

So much for not doing anything, LOL!

What I made for the Valentine's Swap

Now I know Autumn has the items, I can reveal what I made for her for the Valentine's swap (for the benifit of those who are interested and follow my blog, but don't follow hers). Here's the knitted dog I made: I'm really pleased with how the dog turned out; I think it's my best knitted toy ever! When I showed my Dad the photo he mentioned the orange-ish colouring to it, and pointed out that was due to the use of artificial lighting; said I should have taken it outside to get the photo. But since it was raining when we wanted to get the photo and I had to get it ready to be posted (as it was it only just made it in time for Valentine's Day) I can't really help that. Anyway... Here's the card: There was a keyring I made too, but I forgot to get a photo of it.

A Valentine swap (FD)

Happy Valentine's Day to one and all! :)

This year I have something special to share with you.

You see, Autumn and I decided to do a Valentine swap together, and today I intend to share with you the contents of the package I received.

There were heart shaped chocolates:


(There has to be chocolate of some kind in a Valentine's Day package, doesn't there?)

I was really good and didn't scoff the lot at once; tempting though it was! ;)

Some roses:


Heart shaped cookie cutters in different sizes:


(Which I will probably use to make some heart shaped cookies today, actually).

A lovely teatowel decorated with hearts:


A book of recipes for people and pups:


And a vanilla scented sachet...


...Which was beautifully decorated with my name and some hearts:


Basically, a lot of great stuff!

Thank you Autumn for this special Valentine! :)

A blanket, a card, and a couple of toys

I thought I'd show you photos of some recent craft projects. On November 24th Emma-Jane became a big sister (which you'll know already if you read my Mam's blog; I can't remember if I mentioned it at the time, but I know she did... I think I did, but I'm really not sure). Anyway, Emma's baby brother is called Harrison, and I promised I'd make him his very own blanket. Well, the holidays were approaching, Harri was almost a month old, and I hadn't finished his blanket, so I promised myself I'd finish it before the start of the new year; I thought it would be nice to go in to the new year without a load of unfinished craft projects (which I achieved; I wasn't in the middle of any projects when New Year's Day arrived). Anyway, here's the blanket: It got posted to my Mam last week, and she'll be delivering it to Harri for me. Anyway... Remember how I said on Friday that my Nan recently celebrated her 84th birthday? Well, here's the card I made her: I also made a start on some of the handmade presents I plan to give out this year. I had planned to do my things first, but I was done with Harri's blanket before my blue wool arrived, so I figured I'd make a couple of small presents while I waited. So I made this bear: Which is to be Emma's birthday present (her birthday is in March). And then I made this ball: The blue wool I'd ordered arrived the day I finnished the ball, so that was well timed! I'm now about a third of the way through the scarf for my scarf, hat and mittens set. But it's currently been put on hold while I work on something else. I can't tell you what I'm working on though, because it's for a swap I'm doing, and I don't want to spoil the surprise. Once it's finished though I'll continue working on my scarf. And, don't worry, you'll get to see what I've put my scarf on hold to make, but not until after it arrives at its destination.