Happy New Year

December 29, 2006 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)12 Comments

We've mostly had a busy and fun Christmas – hope yours was too. Christmas day wasn't the best, as we were all sick with a 24 hour tummy bug – of all the days in the year to go down with it! Still, we've postponed Christmas dinner until New Year's eve when it will hopefully taste just as good. We did manage present opening on the day which buoyed Amy up for a while and the rest of the day was spent sipping water, running to the loo (and finding someone was already in it – houses SHOULD NOT be built with only one loo!) and lying around groaning on the sofas. Once we recovered, we got together with family and caught up with the Christmas spirit. While I was staying with my Mum & Dad for a few days I rediscovered
some books from my childhood that had been squirrelled away in the
attic. Turning the pages was like journeying back in time. I
love the illustrations and the stories are just as good today. I'll be
working my way through them with Amy in our regular bedtime reading
slot.

The only knitting to show so far is Billy who I finished for my friend's new nephew. I have lots of toys in progress and once the kids
are back at school I'll be finishing them off and popping them in the
shop – more news on them to follow.

Wishing you all a fun time on New Year's Eve and a happy, peaceful and prosperous New Year.

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I’m dreaming of a white Christmas…

December 21, 2006 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)19 Comments

…and my dream just came true! I’m an emotional person but even so it’s not often that I’m moved to tears over unexpected kindnesses. This morning though, I was blubbing like a good’un as I opened an unexpected package to find this from Raspberry...

How do you find the words to really thank someone for such a
spontaneous and generous gift? I feel quite overwhelmed by warm
feelings of goodwill and a lovely sense of the goodness that some
people have at the centre of their being. I’ve only been blogging since
September and yet through blogging I’ve felt part of something special –
a collection of warm, honest and creative people with big hearts and
quick wits and this is embodied by Alice and her generous, beautiful
gift. I had admired this piece greatly – it’s so beautifully subtle and evocative and I’d asked about buying it. I thought that she had sold it and then today it arrived! Thank you so much Alice, whenever I
look at ‘Snowy Fields’ I’ll remember how I feel right now and know
there’s hope for us all and the world in which we live. Have a very Happy Christmas everyone and especially you Alice.

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Christmas is coming…

December 18, 2006 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)12 Comments

Well, the tree is up and the little bells are doing their job of warning me when Toby starts a-climbing! This year he has a new thing too – licking all of the baubles – I think he likes looking at his tongue reflected in their surfaces and the smoothness of them! I finished 4 stockings for us, have yet to slip 4 mini tree pressies inside but at least they are hanging on the tree. We’ve also got a small tree for Amy where she’s hung the decorations that she’s collected over the last 5 years.

I’m on the ball with presents for the teachers too – didn’t quite get my act together to do as beautiful job as Domesticali (she and her boys made home-made treats and home-made packaging – looked great) but I did manage to make little bags and tags for some shop-bought chocs. Another thing to tick off the list!