And Happy Birthday Ella!

12 years.  Amazing.  You are such a delight.

And very good at using your new present  too……mind you there’s been LOTS of practicing!

……..from holidays which were fun and relaxing.

……..from enjoying the new car on the long trip.

……..from helping a very talented girl at the Australian Quilt Market on the weekend.

……..from celebrating birthday number 9.

………to FINALLY draw a winner for the giveaway.  Congratulations Selina – looking forward to having you come and spend a crafty day with us in January.  I’ll email you with the details in the next day or so.

……..to do my blocks for Around the Block and a Rainbow Swap.

………to do LOADS of washing.

………to catch up on some blog reading.

**More details and photos on all the above to come in the next couple of days.

Yep, today’s the day…….no longer can I claim to be in my 30’s! (Something that I’ve done quite often over the last couple of years as most of my friends are just that BIT older than me………unfortunately the other adult member of our household (aka husband) is a BIT younger…….)

Anyway, there’s nothing we can do about it so I figure embrace and enjoy!  The day started with this yummy breakfast……..

and will continue soon with coffee then lunch…………I feel like I’ve eaten non-stop for a week already.

And as for what was in the present pictured in the last post…………..

WOW, WOW, WOW!  I am so excited and spoilt!  (Thanks to all my lovely family and friends who contributed!)  I got my faithful Janome for my 21st and it has served me very well and will be lovingly used by my girls I am sure ……….but……..WOW!

I’ve even cleaned up my ‘Creative Space’ to set it up and show it off!  (Just ignore all the mess pushed to each side………..)