Happy Christmas holidays everyone! Hope everyone enjoyed a lovely festive couple of days, without too much of a mince pie or mulled wine- induced hangover…
Whilst I think I’d find it impossible to keep up with a weekly #sundaysevens, I always enjoy joining in every school holiday. Head over to Nat’s site at Threads and Bobbins to find out more about Sunday sevens, a weekly, photo diary celebrating the smaller things in life 🙂
On Sunday I enjoyed some Christmas crafting with the monkies. My daughter particularly enjoyed making this Santa from an old kit that came free with a magazine some time ago. Nice to see him finally come to life. On Monday I nipped out to the local supermarket for a few bits and pieces, and couldn’t resist these festive tights for her either.
Both monkies enjoyed a little more Christmas crafting on Tuesday, making one of these mobiles each (a bargain at just £1 each from Book Sale) as well as some paper garlands to decorate our kitchen. By Wednesday I was itching to get a bit of sewing done, so embarked on these simple, lavender bags to include in some family presents.
On Christmas Eve the monkies and I escaped the mayhem (leaving husband to wrap up the presents and to enjoy a rare bit of peace and quiet) to see a fantastic production of Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart at the relatively new theatre and arts centre Home in Manchester. A copy of said book might have found its way into my son’s stocking.
And no prizes for which present I might have reached for first from under the tree on Christmas morning … 😉 Will post about later in the week, but suffice to say it was worth the wait. Thank you #stitchingsanta!
Boxing Day left us desperate for some fresh air, so we headed off to a local park. Although we luckily escaped any flooding here in South Manchester, there were plenty of puddles for the monkies to jump over on the way. The factory where my husband works over Bolton-way hasn’t quite come off so luckily: it’s currently under two foot of water! My thoughts and best wishes go out to anyone else who’s in the painful process of clearing up, yet again.
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Glad you’ve escaped, at home at least. It’s been horrific hasn’t it? I too reached for my stitchingsanta pressie first!! Sooooo glad I joined in this year, not sure why I didn’t last year, likely because I felt too new to blogging even tho I’d been at it a year!! 😀
Can’t quite believe how bad it’s apparently been elsewhere. It hasn’t actually felt like it’s been raining that much here, but I guess it must have been heavy when it did. How’s it been your side of the Pennines?
Calderdale where I work is really bad, and just outside Leeds which isn’t so far away. What an awful time for everyone, only slight saving grace is that it was after Christmas and not before.
Poor old York looks pretty bad too. Hope you stay dry and there’s not much more left…
Happy Holidays!!! Glad to hear that you were spared the flooding…sad for those who have to deal with the clean up.
What a lovely Christmas week. Love the father Christmas and your walk.
Thank you! The fresh air felt great after all the over indulgence…
Glad you weren’t affected by the flooding at home, my heart goes out to those who were. With the factory flooded, does that mean your husband will have an extended break? What a crafty week you had in the run up to Christmas and how amazing to go to the theatre on Christmas Eve! Looking forward to your #stitchingsanta post – as the person who organised it, I thought my post took priority over a Sunday Sevens post this week:)
He’s heading over there tomorrow to check out the extent of the damage. Luckily it was just the factory, I don’t think there were any homes impacted at least in this area… About to check my reader now 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing your week and lovely makes by your sweet monkeys. Hope all goes well with your husband’s trip to work tomorrow. Am sad so many people here and there have had such bad weather, but very grateful so many friends have been spared. Will look forward to your post later this week!
Thanks Del, he’s not exactly looking forward to going in later, but wants to show his face in support. The fire fighters were busy yesterday as they have chemicals there too… Already planning my trip up to the Lakes in the Spring to support their tourism. They’ve had it very bad there 😦
Oh no, didn’t realize the Lake district was also affected, but then my geo knowledge for over there is limited to what I’ve read about or seen on telly. Do hope recovery goes smoothly and the rains STOP!
Sounds like such a fun week and I’m glad to hear your home is safe from the terrible flooding there. Love your little Santa!
Thank you! My daughter was so pleased with him and her hand stitching is really improving. Hope you had a lovely break too.
Gosh, the floods have been horrendous this year. My particular favourite is your stitched-up Santa. I can’t believe how much you fitted in during Christmas week!
He’s lovely, isn’t he? He has pride of place on the hearth of the playroom 🙂
I’m glad to hear you escaped the floods. I have friends & family in Greater Manchester & West Yorkshire and it’s been scary watching the news coverage. It must be heartbreaking to be flooded out. I love your Rudolph tights!
Aren’t they cute? I got them plenty big enough for next year too.
Miserable to be flooded any time of the year, but especially now. As well as all the mess I bet it’s so cold too… 😦
Well done finding time for a Sunday Sevens. I do miss being crafty with the kids before Christmas. Such fun. Good to hear you’ve avoided the flooding – so heart breaking so many people haven’t.
Christmas somehow ‘fell’ right this year, so a few days to enjoy some simple crafting and getting them into the Christmas spirit.
The flooding has been awful, again! Can’t believe more hasn’t been done by the government or local councils to protect those suffering yet again 😦
Hope you had a lovely Christmas! Well it looks like you did – I love your photos. Nice crafty times 😀
The next best thing to doing some sewing myself 😉 We’ve had a lovely time, but still have relatives staying so no sewing for a while yet. Hope you’ve had a good one too and your girls had fun.
The Monkies did a great job on the crafts, really nice results. We didn’t get flooded either but there was plenty of mud around when I finally decided it was time to go out.
Just attempted to do some gardening but the rain has forced us back inside… The craft kits were great, will be lovely to unpack that Santa every year 🙂