Two Hearts.......

 Hi,
I hope you are having a lovely weekend, its dizzly, dark and cold here. They say its going to get colder this next week,  brrrrrr.
Today I thought I would show you two cards I made a few weeks ago they have been waiting to go on here,

They are both Anniversary cards, both with the same glitter flower backing paper and with matching ribbon.

I used two die cuts that I was sent and thank you they are really beautiful hearts, I really  hope I have made them justice in mounting them.   Both cards I have mounted the heart on card and cut around them and then placed the hearts on white card.  Finished them off with peel off words.
I am really pleased how these worked out,  I hope you like them too.

Tonight (sunday) will not be the same here in UK we have been enjoying Downton Abbey,   I cannot say any more as my American followers are very behind,   but we have just had the fourth series and there will be a christmas programme,  so until christmas Sunday nights will be back to the boring rubbish, sorry if you like Celebrity get me out of here,  I can't stand it.   I am looking forward to the return of Mr Selfridge until then we still have the Paradise to watch and even those are running out as the weeks go by.
Until we meet again take care.

                  Hugs
              Margaret

We should never forget......

The eleventh hour,

The eleventh Day,

The eleventh Month

Today is the one day of the year we should never forget.

Both my parents served in the second World War, my father died many years ago.  Now Mother has dementia and cant remember her service number or what ships she serviced on,  she was on so many,  she was then captured by the Japanese and spent two and half years in a POW camp.  I have been trying to research her war record.   In the war she had the nickname of Bubbles and was a nurse on either a troop ship or hospital ships.   Unfortunately her record seems to have disappeared,   this is a request to my UK followers,  if anyone has a relative or knows someone who was on the high seas during the war, could you ask them if they remember a nurse and what ship they were on with her,  or even if they were in a Japanese camp what the name of the camp was.  This might help to trace her record.  I have been around in circles with my research and getting no where. Thanking you in advance to anyone who might be able to give me some information.

I know she was on the high sea, during my lifetime several men have come up to her and said they never thought they would see her again,  thats how I learned her nickname,  one even told a story that if she thought the men needed she would match them around the deck even in a force nine gale.

I am watching the parade in London while I write this for tomorrow its a beautiful day with the sun shining and the sea of poppy wreaths being laid.  This is one day that should never be forgotten,  next year it will be one hundred years since the start of the first world war.

Margaret 

What my ends of thread do......... 17/25 motif challenge

 Hi,

Have you ever wondered what us tatters do with bits of thread thats left over,
Well this is to prove that crafters waste nothing, well very little.
Do you remember some time ago I showed you the above middle of a snowflake, it went a bit wrong and this is what finished up with, it looked a bit like a flower,  well here it is on a card yes it made a flower center and I added a butterfly in the corner.
These are all cards I made using up my bits of thread, that were big enough to make a butterfly,   I tend to make them to finish up the thread on the shuttles and put them in a little bag and then use them up on cards, when I need a few on my table.
The backing papers are all free from magazines and I finished them off with peel off edgings.
All are made using Lizbeth threads.
Any small threads  too small to make a butterfly or something are kept in another bag for the antennas of butterflies or to hang snowflakes etc.
I try not to waste but of course tiny bits well they see the bin.

I hope you have a lovely weekend, and the weather is better than last weekend.

                      Hugs

                  Margaret

Look what arrived in the Post.............

Hi,

Look what arrived in the post,   I had forgotten all about Kristen from Tatting all over the Place link to her blog.   It was a guessing game and I won along with Gods Kid link to her blog.
Well the package contained a small tin with two white shuttles with a union jack flag on,  a small motif,   a corner bookmark,  and on the tin,  Keep Calm and Craft On.  plus a Russian Tatting Book.  Ok I don't speak Russian but the patterns are all diagramed and look really interesting,  two have already shouted in my face to tat.
I sent Kristen an email,  she replied saying she was glad they arrived,  the books she ordered from Moscow  took 10+ days by road to be delivered to her.  Well Kristen it was worth the wait.
Thank you Kristen it made my day.  It made my next doors neighbours day, it got delivered to her by mistake and she is waiting for two parcels from China without looking she opened it by mistake, just shows our postman can't read,   theres another parcel thats got lost in the post,  makes me wonder where that went.
Have a nice day
                                    Hugs
                                Margaret

CD Sunday Challenge - Stripey

Hi,
After what can only seem weeks of rain the autumn colours have more or less disappeared,  theres a few leaves left on some trees but really the gale force winds and heavy rain have spoilt the autumn show of colour.  Wish the sun would shine for a few days and dry the garden out so I can pack it up for the winter.

Today I bring you my challenge card for the CD Sunday Challenge,  this week its stripey,  I used the My craft Studio Cd Crafters Essential Backgrounds,  I used a pale yellow stripey for the background and a honey colour different pattern for the corners.   The image is House Mouse from Joanna Sheen.  I love this this one with the two mice kissing,  I finished off the card, with gold peel offs,  yellow ribbon,  yellow flower from stock, and a cream flourish.    Not sure what occasion I will use this card for.  I did enjoy making this card,  last week life got in the way it was all planned it have two moving images on the challenge card, oh well perhaps one day I might get around to making the planned card.

Anyway I hope you have a nice day and until we meet again take care

                           Hugs

                       Margaret

Bridal Lace Bracelet 16/25 of the 25 Motif Challenge

Hi,
A few weeks ago I was looking at Tatting Box on Facebook,  now don't get me wrong I am not a member of Facebook,  but you can get on this site.
I really did like this pattern and Elaine very kindly sent me the pattern of her bracelet link to her page 
  Its a lovely pattern and very simple to do, its one ring and two chains, the bracelet at the top is plain with no beads.
The one below is with seed beads,  four,  I split the chain in half and added four beads,  they are pale pink which at first I thought would not work but they worked really well, although I don't think you can see them,  I still have to finish off this bracelet as I have run out of ends,  but I thought you might like to see it.
I used Lizbeth thread no 20 in Purple Splendor.
Here is a close up.

Have a nice day, stay safe with the fireworks tonight.

                             Hugs

                         Margaret

Lacock - Our day out

 Hi
Where has the week gone, one minute it was Monday, then it was Friday,  it just seen to disappear I never got time to even print out my planned card for the CD sunday Challenge, must do better this week.  As it was half term we took our granddaughter Bethany out and she wanted to go back to Lacock as she enjoyed it so much,  so heres some pictures of our day out

 

Above is the Abbey which was closed as they had something on in the ground for the kids,  who were all dressed for Halloween,  so we did not bother to go in.
This is the church in the village called St Cyriac's church,  we had a walk around inside,  very very  old some of it dates back to 1400 something.

 This is Pack Horse Bridge,  where the river splits in three to go under in three parts,

 This is Bethany and Vernon standing on the bridge.

 Another view of the bridge

 This is the oldest  Building in the village called King John's Hunting Lodge which is now a B and B.

Lunch,  I think she's happy,  

 After lunch we went to the Garden center just outside the village,  These are pictures of their christmas display,  they were so lovely I just had to take some picture.  I hope you enjoy them

These Polar bears were moving around,  unfortunately I could not take them as they moved so these are stills of them,   they were so cute.

Well that was our day out,  she was spoilt rotten,   we had a lot of tatting talk and talk about my new patterns I am designing and still on the drawing boards.  Shes joining intatters not sure what name shes going to call herself  yet.   I did a post about Lacock back in August if you want to read more about the village.
Until we meet again Take Care
                    Hugs
                Margaret