Vortex Dress Fail!

I don't know why - but I thought this would be easy.

Muslin made - OK.

Vortex Drawn on - OK

Pattern Pieces Drawn seemed to be ok...

Stitching together - um, not ok - looks appalling. I think I need to be more mathematical with this, as it's a train wreck!

I like the idea, but it was just not accuarate enough - need to find and follow instructions far more carefully!

Cross with myself for wasting a whole day on this!
I'm Linking up with Tea Rose Home.
DONT FORGET TO ENTER MY GIVEAWAY ENDS 4th DEC

Saturday - a day late.

Yesterday it was my eldest son's birthday. As usual my husbands family made to 170 mile trip to spend it with us (they'll go home later this afternoon).

I started the day with a lie in, followed by eggs on toast made by my wonderful husband. If you haven't tried fried eggs on toast with soy sauce I suggest you do - yum.

After much present opening and card reading we had a fab lunch of homemade tomato, lentil and bacon soup (also made by my hubby) and a trip to the Mistletoe Fair in Morpeth. It wasn't that impressive, but we did get a few Christmas pressies sorted.

In January My Husband and Son are going to China with International China Concern on a short term team. To help raise money for the team fee, buy son had decided to have a sponsored hair cut. He's also decided that I was the one to cut his hair. (add hairdresser to the list of talents) So after returning from Morpeth we began. from long mop to short crop. he like it - which is a relief and wants to keep it this way (phew).

before

during

After

So after a busy weekend entertaining, walking in the cold, cutting hair, cooking and eating - we have the party this afternoon - swimming party. followed by mince pies at a friends. Lovely weekend!

Oooh - don't forget to enter the Danusha giveaway.

Danusha Giveaway

I'd like to Introduce my very first giveaway. Sponsored by the fantastic Danusha.

Last Sunday I helped out at a stall selling their beautiful jewellery. I could've very easily spent a lot of money as I love the designs.

Danusha works in partnership with Nepal Leprosy Trust to provide employment for people in rural Nepal. They produce ethically made jewellery for sale in Nepal and the UK.

Their jewellery is hand made by men and women in the south east of Nepal. Many of them have had leprosy, or have family members who've suffered from the disease. Sadly there's still a lot of stigma associated with leprosy so sufferers and their families often find it hard to make ends meet.

As Christians, Danusha feel it's important to work for justice and a fairer world.  Danusha was set up to help leprosy affected people make a living and improve their quality of life.

Danusha have kindly provided this stunning Lapis bracelet for my giveaway.

To Enter.
Like the Danusha page on Facebook, Follow this Blog and leave a comment on this post to let me know you're following and have liked Danusha.
Entry will be open until 6pm GMT (London Time) on the 4th December.

I have a facebook page!

Finally I've got around to sorting out a facebook page. Hopefully I'll be able to link my blog posts there when I get RSS graffiti to work properly.
you can follow me here.

Ideas Ideas

Oooh I have an idea - I want to share it with you, but need to formulate it a little more before I do.

I'm going to hang fire on changing my blog name until I have a better choice of name - I might just do a new layout instead.

And - now this is the important one - I'll be hosting a giveaway - very soon - so keep your eyes peeled for that one!

Dilemma - Please help

As some of you know, I'm considering renaming the blog and moving to a custom domain name.

BUT

today I discovered a business with the same name as I was going to call my blog and a near identical URL.

So, what do I do? Options are:

1. Go ahead anyway.
2. Stick with what I have.
3. Change to a different name and URL (haven't thought of yet).

See my previous post to see why I was going to change in the first place. I'd love you to give me some feedback on this as I'm really stuck as to what to do.

Today I have been mostly...

...cultivating a barrel of sock monkeys.