TIAS Day 9 and Day 10

Hi,
The snow we had yesterday has melted away during the first part of the night but when we woke up this morning it was a skating rink outside and still very cold. It been below freezing all week. No way would I go outside in the garden to feed my wild birds, I know where I would have ended up, Vernon put the food out and checked the water a little later in the morning. Its still wet outside and if it freezes again tonight its will be very icy at least we don't have the snow and cold temperatures that the rest of Europe have at the moment.
Today I am showing you Day 9 of the TIAS its a bit late above, as so many of us have guessed what it is Jane published day 10 today as pictured below. Day 11 will be published on Tuesday and then Day 12 on Thursday. Now I think you might have guessed what it is, so if you leave a comment with your guess, who ever guesses what it is, I will make you one and send it to you.

I hope where ever you are you are keeping warm and staying safe. In this bad weather home is the best place.
Until we meet again take care.
Hugs
Margaret

Day 8 and the Winter Tatting Exchange

Hi,
Its is bitterly cold again today, no more snow but we had a hard frost last night and the temperature has not gone above freezing all day. Its going to be another hard frost tonight and we might have some snow at the weekend. I really want to get Mother bungalow cleared now, we are nearly finished and it should be all done by the end of next week.
Today I am showing you Day 8 of the TIAS (Tat it as seen) now do you have any ideas yet, I have but I am not telling, I think it might be an animal.

This is what came though my letter box yesterday, I joined the Winter Tatting Exchange on "Intatters" back in late September, I know I sent mine late due to the problems and not having a great deal of time, I have not heard if the person has received it yet so I will post it if and when I have heard. Anyway this parcel arrived from the USA, from nctatter she sent a snowflake, a Christmas card, a skein of beautiful hand dyed thread, a packet of Valentine sweets, 2 glittery Easter eggs, and a notepad. On the note it said she wanted to send something for 3 holidays. It was a nice surprise, I thought it was lost in the post, but it arrived.
A close up of the snowflake, the white middle and lovely colouring around the outside, very different from the usual plain white. It was shuttle tatted in Lizbeth thread, sorry I don't know which one she used.
I hope you are keeping warm, stay safe and until we meet again take care.

Hugs

Margaret

The CD Sunday Challenge, Tag You're It

Hi,
This morning we woke up to snow, just a light covering, but when I drew the curtains, there's still a little left around, most of it has melted. Its going to freeze tonight so another cold day fore casted for tomorrow.

Today I am showing my card for the Sunday CD challenge, Tag You're It, link here this is the first one I have done for some time, as my followers know its been a very busy time over the last couple of months.
Anyway I hope you like my card, the image is from Joanna Sheen's CD The Pamela West collection,
I used a scalloped edged card, and used the same backing paper as the image on the CD, I like this image of the lilies, I punched the gold card that I matted the image on at the corners so the image fits into the corners. I added two flowers and a tatted butterfly in pink. I put rainbow ribbon down the side of the card and on the tag and finished off with pink and blue gems, the pink ones I put on square and the blue ones to pick up the blue in the image I put as diamonds.






I hope you are keeping warm, and until we meet again take care.
Hugs
Margaret

TIAS day 7 and My beautiful present

Hi,
Its very cold here today and we have snow forecasted for later, hopefully it will just a small amount or rain if they are wrong.
Today its Day 7 of the TIAS, well that could be a tail, but there again it could be anything. Have you any ideas, don't forget if you think you know what it is leave a comment and if you are right, I will make you one when we get to the end. It not too late to join in the TIAS the link for the blog and information is here
Yesterday when I got home I had a lovely parcel from Rachel of Piney Woods link here
This is her New Year Giveaway, I must say its a beautiful Journal book which Vernon said the cover looked like tatting. The pendant is gorgeous, she is a needle tatter, tatting can be done with a needle, I have always been a shuttle tatter, this is the first piece of needle tatting I have seen to my knowledge. The pendant has a crystal bead in the middle and smaller crystal beads around the circle with tiny seed beads, The middle is a Celtic design, with chains in circles around the outside. I will be wearing this pendant with pride.

I hope you are having a lovely weekend and are not snowed in. Until we meet again take care.
Hugs

Margaret

On your bike

Hi,
I had a good day in Cheese and Grain at the Craft Fair, but its cold, the heating was very welcome in the hall.
The forecast is for cold weather and we might get some snow, please please whoever does the weather up there, we don't want any snow until we have finished emptying Mother bungalow.
Anyway on to today's card, I thought with all the tatting I have put on over the last week it was time to show you some more stitching cards. These are two bicycle designs, I have done the first one in two shades of blue metallic thread on a white card, matted on a gold card. I kept it simple to show off the bike.
Close of the stitching.






This card is also gold but with my own drawing of a Penny Farthing bicycle, which I stitched in gold thread. This thread
has different colours in which makes the thread very pretty when stitching, again I used the white card.
A close up of the stitching




The next post will be the TIAS day 7 when I have done it and my beautiful gift which I have received from Rachel in the USA.
I hope you are all well, and keeping warm, stay safe and until we meet again take care.
Hugs
Margaret

TIAS Day 6

Hi,
I hope you are keeping well and enjoying the TIAS.
This is Day 6 and half way so Jane says, two tails or two legs what do you think?
They are saying we might some snow, its certainly colder than it has been, we don't want snow at the moment, we are still working on clearing mothers bungalow, its been a hard job as due to her age shes not kept up with most things.
I was hoping to join in the Sunday Cd Challenge this week, but I have not had time, hopefully I will be able to join in soon, I really enjoy doing that challenge.
Tomorrow I am in cheese and Grain Frome doing my craft table, hope it does not snow over night.
Keep warm and take care until we meet again in blog land.
Hugs
Margaret

TIAS Day 5

Hi,
Its a bit late but here is Day 5, well it looks like a tail but knowing Jane it still could be anything, last year was an aeroplane, at the moment it looks like a kite.
I know Carol said it might be an earring, sorry Carol its already a bit big for an earring.
If you have an ideas what it might be, just leave a comment whoever is correct I will make one for them.
I hope you are all keeping well, I am feeling very tired nearly about half way with mothers bungalow, I will be glad when its finished.
Until we meet again take again.
Hugs
Margaret