Fathers Day!

Hi everyone,

As the title of this post suggests, this post is mainly about Fathers day :P However I would like to begin by saying a big thanks to Steph (see her blog here!) who sent me this lovely bundle in the post:

 

 

 

They are the most awesome cross stitch charts ever and she even put in an adorable little Hamtaro charm she found for me! (for those of you that don't know I love Hamtaro and hamsters in general :-)

 

How kind and lovely Steph is, I can't wait to start on some of the charts! Thank you xxxx

 

Hehe, now onto fathers day :P

 

First up, I managed to finish the Paddington Biscornu I was making for my dad just in time:

 

My dad loves Football

 

And he does some primary school maths teaching (Just to explain why I chose those Paddingtons, in case I haven't already)

 

I stitched the words 'I love You Dad' and a little heart into the opposite corners:

And I added two little love heart charms to make it extra special:

 



 

My dad really liked it and said it would probably take him years to sew something that didn't look nearly as good, lol :P He also thought the shape was cool.

 

Making this Biscornu has reminded how much I love the shape of them too, an dhow fun they are to make. Maybe I will whip up another couple using the charts Steph sent me.... ooohh.... a Hamtaro Biscornu.... I am in heaven!!!

But before I drift off into Biscornu world, back to fathers day. As well as his other presents me, my mum and my brother all clubbed together to buy ingredients for a special Fathers day picnic. I then did some baking with it all (with a bit of help from my brother) and voila:

 

We had to have it indoors because it wasn't very sunny outdoors, but I think it still looked pretty and we still had fun. There were benefits also like not being bothered by any insects, lol!

 

The round bread loaf you can see in the picture is actually a giants sandwich (a hollowed out loaf that you fill with your sandwich filling them slice it and eat it). I filled it with green salad leaves, roasted tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella, basil and some Quorn ham- we managed to finish it all, it was tasty, even if I do say so myself :P

 

In terms of baking, I made peanut butter cookies:

 

Cherry and Cinnamon cake (the recipe for which can be found here)- which went reallllyy well with custard!:

And finally some black bottom cupcakes (chocolate and a blob of cheesecake mix, with cream cheese frosting on top) from the Hummingbird Bakery cookbook:

 



 

Everything went down well :) Pretty much everything I know about picnics, dinner parties, and cooking in general I have learnt from watching and helping my dad (and a little bit from GCSE food tech, lol) so it was nice to get to treat him by showing him all he has taught me, and by doing all the hard work he normally has to do to put everything together for him.

I LOVE YOU DAD! XXX

After the picnic we all watched a Paddington bear DVD (my present to my dad) and the Harry hill movie (one of my brothers presents to my dad), which was amusing- and one of the main characters was a hamster, lol!

 

I hope all of you had a good weekend/Fathers day too. I better go now though, I have got to get off to college in a moment to finish my jacket,

 

See you all soon,

 

Bye XxXxXxX

Free 'Happy weather' biscornu pattern chart!!! :o)

Hola!

Here, as promised is the chart for my 'Happy weather' biscornu design :D I have put pattern notes and a key below the charts for the sides of the biscornu, I have tried to make everything as clear as possible but this is the first cross stitch chart I have ever written/designed so if there is anything you don't understand don't hesitate to ask!

There is a handy guide on how to make up your biscornu once you have finished all your stitching here!

Happy Weather Biscornu :o)

Side one:

Side 2:

(Please don't sell items made from this chart without asking me first, thanks :-)

If you do make the biscornu: Happy stitching! :D

 

See you all soon,

Byeee byeee

xxxxx <3

Swap biscornu- It arrived!

Hello everybody!

It took an extra day (my post is very slow at the moment :-/) but it arrived today, the biscornu from partner camilalino82!!!!! :) It is so lovely, look :0):

It is defintley the perfect first addition to my new biscornu collection!

 Thank you Camila! <3 :-)

The parcel I sent for this months cute and quirky swap (valentines themed) has arrived with my partner, Holly, so now I can show you the felt heart decoration I made:

You can see the rest of what I sent on Holly's blog: Holly's creative crafts. (You can also see a really cool cake she made too- shaped like an X-box controller!)

My parcel should come soon, I really hope the post speeds up I am very excited!

See you all very soon,

Byyyeeeee xxxxx

P.s I should be posting up the chart for my biscornu design I created for the swap so check back! :)

Bye <3

First biscornu swap - my design :)

Hi everyone,

This month I decided to join in a biscornu swap on Craftbubble. I have admired many other bloggers baskets and boxes of biscornu's and really wanted to get making and swapping some myself :)

I had an idea for a design when I signed up and I got making! :-) I sent it off (along with some chocolates :0) to my partner last week today it has arrived so I can show you all pictures!

Here is my first ever biscornu I have made and designed, It was so fun to make :0D:

I am soo pleased as my swap partner liked her biscornu! And my biscornu should be arriving tomorrow so I am very excited :o) It will be the first in my new collection!

I will be sure to post pictures.. and I will post up pictures of the cute and quirky swap related goodies I made too when my swap partner receives her parcel :)

See you all soon,

Happy crafting and thanks for reading!

Bye xxx

IOW goodies giveaway! :D

Hi everyone!

It is now time for the giveaway of the goodies I picked up (and made!) while on holiday in the IOW!!!!

Here is what is up for grabs :0):

• A bundle of mini skiens (designers testers) I bought in Quay arts, a cool art shop attatched to a little gallery. Perfect for adding pretty stitching or finishing touches to projects :)

•  Some Hello kitty and cute snail buttons, I couldn't resist buying sets of both as they were both soo sweet!

• A yummy chocolate owl from Chocolate Island, where my valentines lolly and huge bunny last easter was from :-)

• And..... A mini baby biscornu I made, and designed! I really enjoyed making my first biscornu for the biscornu swap on craftbubble ( pictures coming soon!) so wanted to make one for the giveaway too :D

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The giveaway is open to anyone anywhere and all you have to do to enter is:

• Leave a comment containing some way for me to contact you if you win e.g craftbubble or Ravelry name or blog address

and

• Be a follower (please metion this in your comment also :)

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Entries close on Friday the 2nd of March and the winner will be announced on the same day,

(-:   I hope you like all the prizes!   :-)

See you all soon,

Bye :D xxxx