Back soon . . .

Just popping across to la belle France for a few days - all part of my BIG (eeek. . . ) Birthday celebrations (merci beaucoup, lovely sis).  

So chat amongst yourselves, keep the home fires burning, and I'll be back soon

 to catch up  : - )

A bientot mes amis,

xoxo

oh, and ps.  to my lovely fellow bloggy friends and family in bonnie Scotland - please vote wisely tomorrow.

A birthday, some stitching and a wee baby rhino . . .

If your interest was piqued by the mention of a wee baby rhino in the title of this post, I shan't keep you waiting any longer, but get straight to it  :-)

So last week, in addition to it being my birthday, it was also World Rhino Day so I thought I'd share this pic with you :

Just look at the size of his feet !

 My friend B & her hubby live and work on a game reserve in north-western South Africa, and when this little newborn was abandoned by his rhino mum, B got to look after him for a wee while before he went off to a nearby sanctuary to be cared for until he's big & strong enough to go back into the wild.  Isn't he just the sweetest wee baby rhino you ever did see ?

Rhinos are an endangered species and I salute the efforts of peeps like my friends and so many others who work tireless to stop the poaching and help preserve these amazing creatures.

Right, now - back to my birthday . . .

Imagine my delight when I opened this lovely bundle of fabulous goodies from Sublime Stitching  {thanks Hubby-darling}

- some fun alphabet patterns and a whole bunch of yummy threads,

 which I am having immense fun with already.

Remember my chubby little screen-printed birdie that I made last week ?

Well, I'm pleased to say, he now has an eye, a wing, two spindly legs and some fluffy tail feathers. 

I should get around to embroidering the letters sometime in the week, then I haven't quite decided whether to make a cushion or just leave it as hoop art - what do you think ?

And never one to be outshone by a cute fellow creature, here's the Jerry-dog photo-bombing my pic to take a closer look . . .

I should also point out that once she discovered the little chubby birdie was neither real nor edible, she retreated in disgust.

Linking up today with lovely Chrissie for Stitching Sundays - do pop over and have a little hop around all the other fab stitchy projects.

'til next time,

xoxo

I'm Dreaming of a White Easter . . .

 Whilst we've had a beautiful sunny day here, it's jolly chilly and there's still lots of snow around.  We live almost at the top of a hill, and seem to have our own little micro-climate.

So there's every possibility, that come Sunday, we may just have to hunt for Easter eggs in the snow :-)

But in the meantime, we've been decopatching,

 

and putting up the Easter decs (the girls) , 

Sweet little chick from the lovely Vanilla Squirrel - I just couldn't resist it . . .

 

baking yummy chocolate cake (Princessfairygodmummy - that's me), 

icing the cake & learning to knit (gorgeous goddaughter) ,

sewing an oh-so-cute Easter chicken (Lee-Anne, the mum),

still in the making stage, pics to follow when it's done . . .

enjoying the above-mentioned yummy cake, and treating ourselves to a very dee-licious cream tea to celebrate the gorgeous goddaughter's 12th birthday . . . at The Bluebell, Henley-in-Arden.

 

All in all, a perfect start to the weekend . . .

Wishing you & yours a truly happy & blessed Easter,

xoxo