Well sorry folks for the delay in coming on here so much has happened .. And as you can see leigh and i got married at our local church saturday the 17th October and it was such a wonderful day.. the church was full with friends and family and our church friends set the buffet up and cleared up after everything the sun shone and beamed and everyone had a great day.. really wonderful day..and my boys were fantastic.

We recieved a lot of money argos vouchers and a lovely amount of cards and money.. so we have treated our selves to a new settee. A friend from craft club carol made this for us as a wedding gift and although the picture does not do it justice there is a beautfiul amount of white beads on it.. we also recieved a beautiful picture of our church hand painted ... a smoothie maker which leigh loves an assortment of picture frames a set of wedding cups.. towels chocolates biscuits oil burner ect and the list goes on.. i cannot believe how generous people have been.

And out of some of the money i have done something i have i longed to do since i was a teenager. I am now very proud to say i am sponsering a little girl called shirly who lives in columbia. she is only six years old this october and i Only pay £21 a month which provide her and her family with food medication education and anything else they need. http://www.compassionuk.org this website provides thousands of pictures that despartely need sponsering to help them lead better lives.. it works out as 70pence a day.. and they also teach them all about the bible and how God can help them. you recieve a small info pack about your child that you are sponsering.. a couple of forms that you can use to write to them a photo of the child and what you can and cannot send or write about and if in the future youwant to meet your child that can be arranged as well.

these children are in desparte need for help and support and i would ask you all to please just take a look at the website. thankyou so much ..

On another note not much stitching going on i used some lovley pompom wool to make a scarf for a friend which was really soft and lovley and unfortunately i forgot to take a photo.. i am also finishing off a rug that a friend was unable to finish so again many unfinished projects to do..

anyhow thankyou everyone for your well wishes and support

tammie.

finished tinterbell

hiya as promised a couple of picts from dominics second birthday he loved every minute of it and recieved loads of wonderful gifts.. ethan joined in and helped him open his presents lol..

On another note i have finally finished tinkerbell she took longer then i expected and i will explain why in the next paragraph but mostly because it is summer hols and four boys takes a lot of occuping to keep them out of trouble and arguing with each other lol.. anyhow i think she is stunning and would love to stitch her again for my nieces as i think they would love her..I am now working on the dreaded cheetahs again lol .. i will eventually get them finished.. i promise..

Well now thats all done let me tell you whats been happening not sure if i sad but leigh brought an electric guitar from ebay a few months ago. Well liam by this time had taken up the recorder and was playing really well. then ali got his dad to get him a second hand electric guitar although he has already got an acoustic. Anyhow i treated myself to a real bargain of a violin off of ebay .. and have started learning to play that .. so we now have musicians in the family.. but as i am learning the violin.. ali cannont read music.. he knew i could and liam could. but leigh cannot either. at first leigh and ali were just mucking around on the guitar trying out different strings to see if they could play a melody.. lol but ali made a tune up that became rather annoying he was constantly playing it day in day out.. it was giving me a headache to say the least. ( are you with me so far) lol. anyhow just to get ali to play a different tune i picked his guitar book up and started to muck about with the strings on his acoustic. now i found i can play a lot of simple tunes and i know all the strings. lol.. ali has now started learning to read tabs and music symbols and so has leigh.. liam played his recorder at church with a man called norman .. and was really good. so i think you can say things have been very loud.

we took the kids to tides swimming pool you know with slides waves and bubbles lol.. it was really great fun but so tiring.. i was warn out and ethan slept till 8am today lol.. he was shattered. one and half weeks to go and they all go back to school. i think Dominic will be lost with out ethan as he follows him every where and copies what he says all the time. its going to be really strange and too quiet although i will most probably be busy with the schedule i keep . lol

Anyhow i also met up with an old school friend of mine after not seeing each other for 12yrs she now has five children and has been coming over every week.. and we actually met on facebook so ifyou want to find somebody i would recommend joining up .. its been fun having nine kids running around the place.. lol

so if you have any tips on how to play musical instruments.. such as guitar violin recorder .. then just let me know and if you have got any music books you no longer need we would be grateful.. we are also on the lookout for a half size acoustic as ali cannot play his because he is so diddy for his age that his acoustic swamps him lol..

thanks for reading

happy stitching ..

tammie

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birthday package sent and recieved

Hiya all i was really glad when Karol from rosebudstitching finally recieved my birthday package. i orginally sent her one in may to arrive for her birthday in june.. but unfortuanately its still missing so i made her the same item and then put together a second package.. which she now has said that she loves.. really glad she recieved it .. this is a door hanger that i made her the orginal one i made i stuffed with rice and then stuffing and wondering if this caused a problem to send.. not sure so this one i stuffed with stuffing. really loved the way this turned out and my mum now wants one..

i aslo sent her lots of goodies including a couple of charts a lavender chart set a hoop some band aida some snipers.. ect.. the list goes on.. hopefullyshe enjoyed all these little treasures.. and i hope it was worth the wait.

meanwhile today is dominics second birthday and so far he has recieved loads of pressies will post pictures in a few days as i would like to post one of his cake.. lol.. he has been so great watching him grow and now he is no more a baby love him but a toddler.. mmm my baby is grown up lol

as for stitching i having been working on tinkerbell for a friends grand daughter...its looking really good and has been quite quick to stitch if it wasnt for those bloomin frogs... lol.. had to unpick her skirt three times but hey its all good practice lol.. got itchy fingers to finish those cheetahs though..

as you can see i have done her legs the dress and i am now working on one arm done the smaller one.. she is going to look so great..

thankyou for stopping by .. happy stithcing

tammiexx

no picts just pleasure

just thought i would say hiya.. leigh had a great birthday and recieved lots of money and a man united shirt from us.. lol.. says with the money he would like to get my engagement ring. so cant wait although thats if he does not change his mind and spend it on summit else.. i cooked a lovely meal of chilli jam( sweet chilli sauce) for a starter with doritos and breadsticks.. really nice as a starter and then for main course we had rack of lamb with a mint and lemon breadcrust on the top and minted boiled potatoes with peas .. and i made a gorgeous sauce with red wine redcurrant jelly and lemon juice really nice.. then for afterwards as leigh is always saying he loves lemon i made lemon ice cream with hot sweet lemon sauce and meringue.. although my meringues never come out like they do in the shop always browned slighly.. but was delicious.. really nice evening..

Dominics birthday is next week and i am really looking forward to that. he will be two bless him.. so sweet.. and today i am meeting up with a friend that i have not seen since liam was a baby most probably nine years and she is bringing her five children with her yikes lol really looking forward to it but nine kids lol.. great.

gonna make some buns now for later.. still working on the cheetahs but a friend asked me if i can stitch a tinkerbell that she got given for her granddaughters room so will be doing that..
take care now ..
happy stitching

tammie
ps just started reading a cool book by john mcarthur really good christian author.. its called successful christian parenting his take on parenting is great and there is no nonsense he says it as he sees it using biblical refs to back up his point of view great reading..

hiya sorry i havent posted for absolutely ages.. just dont know where the time has gone.. seem to have been so busy andnow we are in full swing of summer holidays.. lots of things have happened.. holiday club at the church was a wonderful week we had a hundred children every day attend and i was running the creche where we had 3-9children each day .. it was great fun.. we also had a youth evening where 38 children attended and a family barbecue and presentation/mini service which was amazingly attended..

It was my birthday on the 25th of july and i recieved my sbbc package today.. above from nic

http://beebarfsblog.blogspot.com/ she send lovely charts one of blackwork and one with a religious quote.. a wonderful pin keep a pin cushion. some foldup scissors, so handdyed thread a magnet and a birthday card.. cant thankyou enough.. unfortunatley my sbbc partner still has not recieved her parcel i sent it at the beginning of may and her birthday was in middle of june and although i have been in contact with edgar with regards to this i am in the process of making something else and gathering another package to get sent to her but its taking longer then i thought because of the children being off school.. so if you know who you are and are reading this i really am truly sorry .

And finally i have finished my jumper it is gorgeous and soft but i do feel the collar thing doesnt hang as i would like so will have to sort that out.. well as i said am doing another sbbc gift as first did not arrive and after that i intend to work on my cheetahs again.. lol.. eventually..

my love to you all hope to be here a lot more in the future.. wont leave it so long next time..

tammiexx

No stitching has been going i dont know if i have lost my limbo or whether its just tiredness.. my days are pretty full and by the time the evening is here i feel very tired. I have been knitting a little and will get back to the cheetahs at some point. watch this space.

On another note it was Liams twelfth birthday on monday and although we did not do much other then have a small birthday tea.. we took everyone to Howletts zoo.. it was a fab day but very tiring..Ethan thought the gorillias were hysterical and started a lot of people off laughing and Dominic just loved all the animals.. Ali was really helpful with all the children and pushing the pushchair and liam had a fab time and found a new interest in some precious stones which he spent someof his birthday money on.. lol.

so fun was had by all .. we then went to church on sunday and all the boys recieved a book at a prize giving ceremony.. Every child that attends recieved a book for just going to sunday club.. so thats all my news for now... thankyou for visiting.. and happy stitching..

tammie

hiya margaret sent me some wonderful pictures of the rak i sent her.. as i forget to take any photos.. !! Forgot to turn the main photo round though but you can now get the idea of what i made for her and i am really glad at how it turned out.

And here is an update of my cheetahs i am now working on the one standing up this is done on 28 count evenweave... and i really love the way its turning out. Slow progress but i do intend to get this finished before i start anything else. lol.. watch this space ha ha ah

And last but not least you will remember from my last post you may remember i was going bargain hunting.. and these are my finds.. not much i know but i like them.. the two bowls cost just 20p each and the cushion pad was a £1 in a charity shop.. the china bowl i am using for my scraps of thread.. and the glass bowl is gorgeous with lovely gold strands in and little stars.. really pretty.. i think its for a small candle.. but i will find a different use for it at some point.

Today its house work and stitching.. and tomorrow toddler group and then my wonderful afternoon free to craft club.. yeah .. got to remember to pick up more paint as i am decorating Ali and liams room.. i must be mad lol..

Thanks for stopping by .. take care and happy stitching.

God bless

Tammie