Eastertime...

Happy Easter Wishes to you... We must be very quiet here today.... a new little visitor arrived just this very morning in the form of a little plaster pink mouse called 'Mimi' We found her sitting dreamily amongst the Easter eggs under the magical knitted blossom tree.... If we startle her she may just scurry away and disappear!

Mimi is knitted from the TEAROOM and CORNISH Mice knitting patterns with a few decorative changes (frilly socks, larger bows ect.) using lovely Sublime yarns in some of my favourite shades. It's softer than the cotton yarn used for the clothes in the original TEAROOM design but knits up really well to the instructions with the only exception being the knickerbockers which I've made fuller due to the softness of the yarn. If you already have the TEAROOM/CORNISH patterns and would like a free mini PDF containing these extra ideas and yarn details to add to your library I'll have this ready after Easter... It will also be sent out with new orders for the TEAROOM Mice pattern too ... some extra ideas to have some fun with.... Mimi makes me think of those little pink and white chocolate mice which I often received at Easter...do you remember them? (knitted tree blossom is from the Primrose Rabbit knitting pattern)

I've been feeling very lucky too this week! These beautiful flowers decorating my workroom table and making me feel very happy were sent to me as a surprise by my lovely girls while away at university (Leah will return at the weekend and Ashley returned home from Portugal just last night! I have to say, it was a lovely sound when her bedroom door opened this morning...

There was also the most lovely box of chocolates tucked amongst the flowers Of course, there were a few less after taking the pics... (just too much to resist studying them closely through a lens my friends!) but I've just about managed to save most of them to share when everyone's home ...I know..it's only right that I should do! The little Easter Twiggy Tree above will be decorating our table along with some 'life size' bunting around the place too..

There'll be lots of chatter and creating going in the next few days... cooking, baking and I even have a daughter who has started knitting ..hurrah!!
(I have to keep the momentum going now though!)
~♥~ I'm looking forward to sharing Koralee's fabulous new book with my 'baking' daughter too Koralee has a gorgeously pretty blog 'Bluebird Notes' which you can find here (I know lots of you already visit!) It's such a treat...beautiful images and lots of inspiration ~♥~ Do you remember the quilt I made in the Autumn...up in the sidebar there? Ashley managed to take it all the way to Portugal with her! She didn't have lots of room in her case but wanted to take the quilt ...and as you know Leah has my 'Cats and Mice' blanket.
I love to give my girls things that I make...it makes me very happy indeed! ~♥~ One final word today, winner of the Spring Giveaway is
Angela (Hayes) ...and as there were so many entries in such a short space of time...
I decided this morning to draw a second name using the trusty Random Number Generator
and include a second prize which will be a surprise package of lovely yarns
(including Baby Alpaca and a few other lovelies) I'll put them together later today.
The second winner is
Cheryl (Cheryl966)
Congratulations ladies and your treats will be in the post
as soon as I have the necessary details!
Thank you so much to everyone who took part in our draw. I'm always completely surprised by the number of entries If you didn't win this time there will be another Giveaway soon .... one way of saying thank you for all the wonderful support
and the valued friendships I have made through my little blog... I love being a part of the online crafty world. ~♥~

Wishing you a wonderful ♥ Easter Holiday ♥ with your loved ones doing all the things you most love to do
~♥~
I'm planning to do a little more work on the quilt project
which I started before Xmas and finally practice my crochet
Lovely Mr.H brought me 'Simply Crochet' magazine home
after I was talking about my plans
and I'm definitely feeling inspired at the moment. ~♥~ Back soon!
(P.S The sun is even shining again in our corner this morning
and we have the most lovely blue sky!)
xXx