A belated ‘Happy New Year’!!!!!! So what does 2013 have in store I wonder………..?

It’s 2013!!!!!! Hope that you had a fabulous Christmas and managed to stay fit and healthy; Thankfully everyone at Bully Bus HQ did 😉

I’m glad to report that my little chat to Santa just before the big day really did pay dividends as the good natured elf managed to squeeze a brand new sewing machine down the chimney – a whizzy one that does way more stitches than my trusty old Brother machine ever could and is much easier to use when creating free motion embroidery….. theoretically…… 🙂

In truth I’m a bit of a neat freak and everything has to be just so; It’s hard to allow wonky lines and frayed edges to exist in my work but I’m trying really hard! And I do like the whimsical, slightly naive look it creates……

My first bit of free motion embroidery using my new machine.

So! A little zippered coin purse was the first project to be completed whilst also cooking the Christmas dinner for six (How’s that for multitasking?); Occasional breaks in the proceedings to check on things in the kitchen, a few sneaky trips to the tea trolley turned into a mobile drinks bar (aka the Jolly Trolley) and highly delighted squeals from me and a round of applause from the crew upon completion.

And Mr Other Half now wants a ‘manly’ version to keep his pennies safe 🙂

My little zippered purse holds all my treasures – I love it!!!!!!

I’m thinking that 2013 may shape up to be the year when the sewing machine rules!!!!!! We shall see………………….. 😉

Things to do before the end of the world!

Something tells me that I’ll wake up on 22nd of December and still have a list as long as my arm of things to do before Christmas!!

But here’s a few things I can tick off the list after a busy week of making festive fripperies galore!

The Christmas cards are sorted – VW themed of course 😉

And there’s half a dozen extra decorations for the tree – In the form of fuse bead splitties and bays……

And a small batch of snowman themed fridge magnets have taken over the kitchen at Bully Bus HQ!

In fairness, I spotted this brilliant idea on Pinterest – The original link is here: http://www.inkingidaho.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/snowman-tea-lights.html

I just used the bits and pieces I had to hand and dug out a few Sizzix dies to make the job of cutting out easier. I think the results are great 🙂

But, a short and sweet post this week as I’ve still got lots to do and one final shopping trip to make! Ho Hum!

Happy Crafting Folks!