It's the most wonderful time of the year...............

Christmas has come early at Twiggy Towers, the wind is HOWLING outside, the rain is battering the windows, my greenhouse is threatening to blow away again, so Twiglet and I have been making Christmas decorations - we have glitter everywhere!

I've also finished off my Christmas card commision this week, made 12 cards and sold the lot! not really my cup of tea, but when someone says will you make me some Christmas cards, well you have to improvise.
In fact I'm been on a papercraft roll recently, here are my October ATCs for Papercraftersunited swaps.
and a birthday card for my gardening mad pal..I've also been working on my Christmas Decoration swap for lovely Jennie at Falling Down the Rabbit Hole and it's nearly finished, amazing, I'm usually a last minute gal.

Look what I made last weekend, red tomato chupanee, as Twiglet calls it. I've salvaged the last of the green tomatoes from my greenhouse and think I'll make some green tomato chupanee too, just have to pester folks for spare jam jars!!

It's been very windy up here over the past week and according to the weather forecast snow and sleet may be on the cards for next week - it's half term here, so no early starts apart from Wednesday when I'm at work. I think it's time for PJs, cosy socks, chocolate and some MR James, Sherlock Holmes and a spot of telly. Particularly as we will be putting the clocks back here in the UK this weekend.

I LOVE Winter, I think it's because my birthday is in January so I always associate the Winter months with jollification!

We had a ride on the little steam train in our local park last weekend - a mere 20p per trip!!!, it was 10p when I was a littlie and that was a LONG time ago. We also went for a conker forage and came home with this Autumn loveliness.

Big thanks to Solstice Dreamer for my tag, I did the 6 random facts thing recently so I'll sit on it for a bit if that's ok, don't want too many exciting :) Twiggy facts at once. Thanks for tagging me though, lovely lady.

It's Mr Twigs birthday next week and Halloween, if only he's been born a day later!!!! We're planning on making him a birthday cake as the poor old thing has got to work all next week. We're then off to stay at Grandma Twiggys for the weekend, so we can try out her swanky new shower room - ohhhhh it's posh!!!!

Have a good week and stay cosy.

Twiggy x

Look at the size of my nobbly bobbly !!!!!!

Well the good news is that Twiglet is just about better he had a few tears at nursery yesterday as he was still feeling a bit tired :( but seems much better today. Poor old Mr Twigs was off work with the lurgy yesterday - blimey!!!! Anyhoo, he seems ok today, so what have we been up to?

Spent quite a bit of time in the garden, look at the pretty butterfly I managed to get a snap of.

There was Grandad Twiggys birthday, here is the chocolate creation, Twiglet and I made, in parts there were 3 layers of choccy buttons on top and Twiglet wanted more - that's my boy ;)Here are the cards we made for Grandad, firstly mine................................

And Twiglets, genius in the making I reckon......................We've also been using the bread maker again to make yummy homemade pizza, bit of dual rolling going on here.We decided, we might as well bake some carrot muffins which were scrummy.

More garden shots, aren't the leaves on our blueberry bush a gorgeous colour?Picked some rosemary to dry for the winter, chopped off sunflower heads to keep the seeds and picked more tomatoes.Ooooo and more tomatoes, we have loads from my greenhouse and Grandma Twiggys so I'm going to attempt what Twiglet calls tomato Chupanee(chutney) for the first time ever, I'll keep you posted.Check this out it's my nobbly, bobbly, don't ask! I managed to grow one cucumber and it weighed in at one and a half pounds, it was HUGE - excuse fuzzy photo.Righto, that's all for now. Being a saddo who likes to hibernate in the Winter, am v.excited to see the return of Spooks soon, with Rupert Penry Jones and Richard Armitage!!! Ding Dong A Go Go. Also spotted Mr Tennant in the Autumn schedules, oh my.

Have a terrif week

Twiggy x

PS Thanks for all your lovely comments about my cards.

Poor little Twiglet & some cards..........

Poor little fella is fast asleep on the sofa, he's a poorly little chap and has been sick throughout the night, think it's the end bit of this hideous cold that's lingering around Twiggy Towers :(

Anyhoo, as we had to cancel our plans to go out with friends, I've popped a few cards I've made on Etsy while he's sleeping. (I'm very pleased with my mini patchwork quilt card and think I'll make some more, it's so cute)Let me know what you think, hope you like them...........................

Twiggy x

Pay It Forward - the results are in.................

I was going to have a draw this evening, but we have been celebrating Grandad Twiggys birthday. I've had a few sherberts - only two - but that's all it takes these days, so I need to have a little rest after I've made dinner :) what an old timer!
Anyhoo the results have been verified and here they are in no particular order (I've brainwashed myself with Strictly).

Jan @ Daylily Lane

Lesley @ Moogsmum

Pretty Shabby

If you send me your details I will send some kind of loveliness off to you in the next year or so :) - meaning, better get my finger out and start thinking about my PIF parcels!
Well done to the winners and thank you to everyone who took the time to leave a comment, it is much appreciated.
Twiggy x

I don't want to disappoint you but...............

That programme on BBC1 tomorrow, Twiggy Swaps Frocks or some such, it isn't me, ok? It's some 60s icon apparently who has stolen my moniker. I just didn't want you leaving messages saying ohhhh you're a bit glam and look very well for 59 etc. I'm not glam, but I don't look bad for 59, whether or not I look ok for a 30 something is another matter :)

I've sadly neglected my blog and crafting over the last week or so as I've got ANOTHER blardy cold, I tell you working in a germ infested office and letting Twiglet go to nursery is not good for my immune system. It is obviously natures way of telling me we should be hibernating under Twiglets ducky blanket, wearing jolly PJs and watching DVDs. Sadly Mr Twigs and my bank balance don't agree. (Irrelevant photo of some of my buttons, I just like it, ok?)

Even though I've felt pants this weekend we had a very jolly trip down to Hemel Hempstead to stay with my Sister in Law, hubby and lovely little niece. we actually went down for little ladies birthday party and Twiglet had a TERRIFIC time which is what it's all about. It was great to see everyone, I'd show you some photos but in our haste to remember the vast amount of stuff we took for a one night stay, we forgot the camera - doh!!!

Blimey did you UK peeps watch Tess last night, I knew what was coming but I still sniffled and claimed it was my cold making my eyes runny, but I am a bit of a big girls blouse when I have a cold ( I even filled up when Anton and Erin were dancing on Strictly) oh the shame.

Anyone any predictions about Strictly winners yet? I reckon Austin Healy is pretty good and think Christine Bleakley perhaps or Rachel Stevens, but it's early doors innit? (I really need to get a life, please reassure me I'm not the only one that spends Saturday night, scoffing chocolate, sipping wine and thinking yay sparkly, dancing is great etc..............)

I'm so pleased to say that my swap partner in Indigo Blues Christmas Decoration Swap is lovely, lovely Jennie at Falling Down the Rabbit Hole. I have my remit and must refind the crafting mojo. My Mother in Laws friend has also asked me to make her 6 Christmas cards - wahey, wonder if my MIL will expect a percentage?

Don't forget you've got until next Sunday evening to add comments on my previous post if you want to be included in my PIF, haven't the faintest what I'm doing for it yet. Hopefully it will kickstart my creative muse (think she's currently skulking in bed).

This coming Friday is the night of Mr Twigs VERY EXCITING SECRET night out. I've managed not to blab yet, which is quite amazing...........................

Righto got to go and look at some really boring stuff about mortgages now - deep joy!! Then off to watch Juliet Stevenson on TV, I watch far too much telly at the moment that's probably why I'm not making anything, catch you later and have a good week.

Twiggy xx (1970s icon in a tartan kilt, red wellies and a Starsky and Hutch t.shirt. I know my fashion you know, that was what I was wearing in the 1970s not now, honest ;)