Happy New Year

Well Christmas went by in a blur and we are about to welcome in 2012. 

Hope you had a lovely time, we did visiting, going out for lunch with family, visiting, eating with family, playing with family, trips to the Royal Armouries, character building walks, parties etc etc.

I hope 2012 brings all you wish for dear readers.  

2011 is one we will be glad to see the back of to be honest.

Enjoy some festive pics and see you next year.

Twiglet in the Christingle AKA the 3rd shepherd !!

 Lights off, oranges lit - how pretty !!!

 Blimey Santa has most certainly been.

 Mr Twigs does his stuff in the kitchen.

 Oooo Grandma is having a Wii on the sofa :)

 Dinner is served.

 Little cousins have played together ALL week.

 And finally, Twiggy's fantasticgreen tights, I dressed as a sprout on Christmas Day !!

 love

Twiggy x

Merry Christmas makes

Well we seem to be ready for the big day after a mammoth wrapping session last night.

(Do you like the gingerbread house Twiglet and I made ? )

Twiglet went to his Christingle rehearsal this morning - he is a shepherd this year and the house is relatively tidy (as tidy as our house can be :)

Weeping Angel from Dr Who on top of the tree - boys !!!!

Our house might not be pristine, but I'm so pleased with the homemade cosy nature of it !

Homemade cushion.

I bought another one of these lovely crocheted blankets.

 As previously discussed here are my Christmas makes.

Christmas decorations, I've been stitching these forever.

Tea cup candles, they smell just like Christmas, I used some china cups I picked up ages ago in the Salvation Army shop.

Have a wonderful Christmas from the Twiggys and see you next year.

love

The Twiggys
xxxxxx

Twiglet's Makes and Twiggy's Frocks..............

We finished for the Christmas holidays last Friday - hooray!!!!  

We're all hoping to catch up on some much needed sleep and family time.

Anyhoo, hope your Christmas preparations whatever they may be, are going well?

We seem to be chasing our tails somewhat, I've still got several gifts to make - talk about cutting it fine Twiggy and we still have to make our family Christmas cards - hey ho!!

Bit of a thrifty, snifty here, take one slightly knackered wreath, remove berries that perished in snow last year and replace with baubles that you were going to throw away cos the tops had disappeared !!

We went on the Santa Express last night with friends and had a lovely time, much warmer this year at 2 degrees compared to -17 degrees last year !!

My lovely in laws are joining us for dinner tomorrow evening and I'm making a bread and butter pud - yum - it's so nice to have time to chillax and cook something from scratch.

Anyhoo onto Twiglet's fantastic makes.  

The school had a colour theme of blue and silver this year - oooohhh fancy.

Fantastic calendar.

Ace Christmas tree card.

I absolutely, totally LOVE this, what a clever little chap. 

It will look ace on our Chrimbo table.

Are you sitting down? we had our works do at a rather posh restaurant a couple of weeks ago and old Twigs wore a frock - albeit with v.thick black tights and flat silver shoes - so a posh version of my usual long t.shirt and leggings combo.

  It is a lovely shade of teal and I'll wear it again. 

(Top bargain from Asda, fact fans).

Also, look at this bargainous frock I've bought to wear at Chrimbo, top bargain from th'Ebay.  

It's shocking isn't it, me getting my legs out, whatever next??

Right off to scoff my chilli made by lovely Mr Twigs.

  Oooo but I must show you these slipper boots I've bought for my Mum, aren't they lovely?

 I'll check in again before the big day with my makes and Seasons Greetings.  

Tell me though, what makes have you made/are making for Christmas?

Twiggy xx

Christmas countdown

Flippin heck 4 more days to go and then we break up for Christmas, school is crazy at the moment but in a very small children, busy parents, jolly way, so that's ok.

 Fab deco made by Twiglet a few years ago.

 We've all had a very horrible lurgy at Twiggy Towers for the last week or so, I went on our Chrimbo do on Friday and managed not to disgrace myself - I even wore a frock!!!

Anyhoo, we had a lovely Sunday lunch at our very cosy local yesterday with Nana and Grandad and then came home to put up the tree.  

 I always hang Twiglet's baby mittens on the tree because they are sooooooooooo cute !!!

 Check out Annie's new fish tank, can you see her on the left, she is one excited young lady!!!

 Nana has triumphed in the Christmas cake making department again !!!

 Here are Dom and Cedric who have come in from the porch for the Winter, it is lovely having them close to hand for cuddles - although they might not agree :)

 Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without this, what a pretty cover it is this year.

 Twiglet is enjoying his Christmas countdown with his Star Wars Lego calendar - can't wait to see the Santa Yoda on Christmas Day.

It's Twiglet's Christmas play tomorrow, the Xmas Factor - he's playing 3rd carpenter.

I'm working in school tomorrow afternoon, so Mr Twigs and Nana are going in the afternoon, I'll be there in the evening.

Righto off to watch University Challenge and do some Christmas stitching now.

The rain is lashing down outside, I love to be cosy indoors in my jimjams.

By the way the snow did arrive last week and the children in school went wild - it was only an inch or so but enough to cause very rosy cheeks and mass hysteria!!

Have a good week.

Twiggy x

What to do on a wet and windy Sunday afternoon............

Mr Twigs was in bed with a grotty cold, the rain was lashing against the windows, so this is what Twiglet and I got up to today.

We wrote our Chrimbo cards, listened to our very jolly Christmas Childrens favourite songs CD, drank shandy, scoffed mince pies and made these jolly little chaps.

Here's the tutorial. 

All in all a lovely cosy, toesy Mummy and Twiglet day.

We have a forecast for snow overnight and tomorrow - woohoo !!

Keep safe and warm.

Twiggy x

Oh fa la la la la la la la la and charity shop gold !!!

Hello neglected blog readers. 

I think I might be creeping out of the eye of the storm of real life crap going on in Twiggy Towers.

  It's going to drag on into next year but at least some of it is sorted, so on to the good stuff.

I often read back over my previous December blogs and love the build up to the big day at this time of the year, so get your Santa hats on and fa la la along with me. 

Firstly the charity shop gold. 

I've been after a crocheted blanket for ages, look at this beauty.

It's from my Mum's local Sally Army shop and was a real steal, they save all donated wool and a lovely local lady crochets the blankets for the shop to sell. 

I've subsequently gone on their waiting list for another for my sofa and one for my friend, I'll show you later. 

 This is Twiglet's fab retro, nice cold, ice cold milk glass from a local church charity shop for 30p!!!!

 

 Pretty, bargainous biscuit tin !!  not second hand but still lovely.

 Bit of Chrimbo stitching, the half stitches were a b*gger to do, I really need some varifocals (what an old gimmer).

 Some crafting loveliness that arrived today, I'm getting into the pre Christmas build up groove now and I'm stitching away. 

I'm going to have a go at making candles this weekend for the first time.

 Finally, we went to the huge Sally Army shop a few miles away from us today to find some old pans to melt candle wax in, look what Twiglet found. 

A brand spanking new Battleships game, for the princely sum of £1, he then found 30p in the car park, that's my boy :)

So we have much Christmas jollity to look forward to, family visits, meals out, school plays,visits to see Santa, school carol concerts, Christingles - I LOVE this time of year.

Catch you later.

Twiggy x

Christmas Doings

Did you have a nice Bonfire Night?  

It was good fun at the Beaver's Bonfire at the Scout Hut on Wednesday and we raised £140. 

We had fireworks and hot dogs at Nana and Grandad's last night.

Twiglet and I have been busy in the kitchen today and made the Christmas cake we intended to make during half term (we ran out of time:) 

 

The house smells lovely, I love little rituals.

There is still a fair amount of real life crap going on at Twiggy Towers so, to take our minds of it we are keeping busy. 

We had a smashing walk along another local public footpath this afternoon.  

We also saw our first Robin of the year - yay !! (and lots of sunbathing bunnies).

 The weather has been glorious, so sunny and bright.

We're ending the day with a bit of stargazing using Mr Twig's fab new birthday pressie, isn't it ace?

Twiglet and I have also started making a few Christmas pressies but more on that story later.

Take care.

Twiggy x

Very busy half term hols !!!

Well I've just finished my first day back at work and lovely Mr Twigs has made some scrummy allotment soup (home grown, parsnips, and potatoes) in the slow cooker, which we're about to eat with some warm crusty bread - yum!!

Anyhoo we had a really, really lovely half term break, so I'll let the pictures do the talking.

Here is bestest baker making scones - see above with home made blackberry jam, they were scrumptious - if you want the recipe shout !!!

 Tolson Museum.

 and playground..........

 The very beautifully refurbished Greenhead Park - I love parks !!!

 The glass house was derelict for years and is now a snazzy cafe.

 The fountain was also derelict for years.

Excited face, must mean we're at the train museum in York.

 The very beautiful Duchess of Hamilton.

The Mallard - gorgeous.

 Called in at Twiglet's favourite garage on the way home, we're being invaded!!

 We also found time for a local walk along a nearby bridleway - the hedgerows are laden with berries.

 We bumped into a local hunt - what a surprise !!!

 Must not forget Mr Twigs birthday on Sunday - cake made by me and Twiglet, again scrummy, first time we've made it, it was lush.

 We rounded off a fantastic week with a trip to lovely Filey for Mr Twig's birthday.
Had a great time rock pooling.

 The sun shone so..............

a very cute and very crazy boy went for a dip in the sea on the 30th October !!!!!

 Halloween squash

 Halloween cutie !!!

 Hope you enjoyed the photos of our whistle stop half term.

I blimmin love this time of year, once we're all home there is nothing nicer to me, than getting my pjs on, drawing the curtains and doing a spot of Christmas stitching.  

Too cosy !!

Keep cosy and stay safe on Bonfire Night - we're going to the Beavers Bonfire tomorrow night at the Scout Hut :)

Twiggy x