* It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year * - It's the 2016 Christmas Chatter Thread

girlinayellowdress

murie wrote: »

Pinksteps- that's the best sort!

And I just got a badge for Teddy being my 500 post, special pup lol

sammy_kaye18

murie wrote: »

Sammy- I really recommend a bird table! I get endless joy watching the numerous birds on our table- just make sure its away from fences/trees etc where cats can get them. I love the idea of making bird fat balls etc for them. What breed is your little Bruno? Im sure Poundland had pink baubles etc in last year, some beautiful vintage theme ones too (but glass so not suitable for a childs room just in case they break).

Thank Murie...we have a rather long garden, and my hubby has built a shed at the end (read 'workshop' apparently - but behind it we have turned into a sort of wild garden, its left overgrown and myself and my kids sprinkled flower seed bombs down there so the bumble bees etc have their little safe haven. We are hoping to store bits nad pieces up and make a bug hotel and a hedgehog house too. Hoping if a hedgehog moves in they will help keep my slug problem down :eek::eek::eek:they are enormous on my welsh mountain top!

Also my bruno is a JRT - ill see if I can figure out how to add a picture in a minute as its been a while.
Im hoping this one has worked....


Bruno is in the jumper - hes 17, and then the doggy snoozing is Mabel - she was left in a horrid state tied up outside my old work and basically after some heated words with a well known national rescue - I had no other option but to bring her home, and she was in such a state that hubby saw her, fell in love and shes been here since. Whoever left her should be lucky I never saw the CCTV footage :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Anyway back to happier ideas, me and the squidlets are sitting down to make Christmas lists later so mummy can actually get buying some bits!

Pinksteps - AAAAAAAAAAAAwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww I love doggies! She is beautiful! What breed is she or is she a heinz 57 like my mabel?

murie

Sammy- they are both beauties! Obviously well loved and happy little pups x. Slugs have been a nuisance here too again this year although as most of my plants are in pots they have had to do some Olympian efforts to get to them.

girlinayellowdress

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

Pinksteps - AAAAAAAAAAAAwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww I love doggies! She is beautiful! What breed is she or is she a heinz 57 like my mabel?

She's a labradoodle but I prefer mongrel rather than the posh name. Had to get her because I'm allergic to every fur and feather going, but not doodles. Her mum is a golden lab and dad a standard poodle. She's sort of grown into her looks lol

nic2075

Evening.
Had a busy week last week. I was away to the world highland dance championships with my daughter. She did me proud and came away with a medal.
But since coming back, ive been snowed under with work and now my brakes are rubbing on my car. Payday isnt until Friday, so I need my car to hold out til then.

I'm loving all the jingle bell crafts. You are all very talented. Are you doing a challenge every month? I must have missed it, but would love to join in if you are doing another? I need some focus just now. I'm kind of losing sight of myself.

Peppapig- I just love your chair. I'd smile and feel all fuzzy every time I walked past it.

I have a new edition to the family to buy for this Christmas. My sister is expecting and is due the 18th of Dec. will be nice to have another baby in the family. My sister and bil have been trying for years and had been going through IVF. :j

freespirit66

Evening everyone,

SAMMY_KAYE ooh taking hot chocolate on a winter walk is a fab idea, yes i did the bird feeders last year as an advent activity and loved watching the birds, aww i love the piccie of Bruno and Mabel, our first dog was a rescue who had been treated appallingly and she was so loving

PAVLOVS_DOG just enjoyed a nice browse on the JL site thankyou

FLOWFY hi and welcome back :wave:

PRINCESSKITTY ooh i hope you are pleased with everything in the new house on monday, good luck! I love the bell on the glass its cute

PINKSTEPS haha i am lol-ing at Teddys Cath Kidston collar, i love it! Teddy looks as gorgeous as ever!

PEPPAPIG i hope you havent tired yourself out after your busy day today x

freespirit66

nic2075 wrote: »

Evening.
Had a busy week last week. I was away to the world highland dance championships with my daughter. She did me proud and came away with a medal.
But since coming back, ive been snowed under with work and now my brakes are rubbing on my car. Payday isnt until Friday, so I need my car to hold out til then.

I'm loving all the jingle bell crafts. You are all very talented. Are you doing a challenge every month? I must have missed it, but would love to join in if you are doing another? I need some focus just now. I'm kind of losing sight of myself.
Peppapig- I just love your chair. I'd smile and feel all fuzzy every time I walked past it.
I have a new edition to the family to buy for this Christmas. My sister is expecting and is due the 18th of Dec. will be nice to have another baby in the family. My sister and bil have been trying for years and had been going through IVF. :j

NIC i hope you are okay my lovely! Aww a little christmas baby will be lovely for the family. This months theme is Snow, any craft that you want to make made of whatever you like, join in its great fun! We all put our pics on the last day of the month and then a new theme starts on the 1st of the next month.

vulpix

Teddy is gorgeous and suits his name.

PK29 I intend to do my Christmas table glasses like that this year,I love it.Exciting times with your new house.

Flowfy,thanks for penknife info,it's useful to have a recommendation.


Sammy k I would have a look for cones now.They fall about June so whatever will be left in December will be weather beaten.I love the bird feeding idea.I feed the birds but have yet to attract any into my garden.Well at the moment garden is rather fanciful,building site more like.

Murie,he has been to work in his slippers today! Poor lamb.

Vx

vulpix

Sorry Teddy,her name.

i don't know how i managed to miss loadsa posts.Sorry.

Love doggy pics.
Vx

Peppapig

Thank you so much everyone for the lovely comments on the chair. I think I love it even more because I got the chair for nothing lol. I've got the padded seat as well and I finally got some material for it although haven't covered it yet. It'll have the normal seat Jan to oct and it'll live in the bedroom then from November it'll be downstairs with its Christmas seat and bells!

Welcome back Flowfy and Pavlovs dog, lovely to 'see' you again.

SAMMYKAYE your children sound really caring. Last year one of the vets near my DD did a collection of small animal bits (food, toys, blankets etc) for the local animal shelters. We did a dog shoebox and a cat shoebox and they delivered them to the shelters just before Christmas Eve. I think I'll have a go again this year and see if I can maybe get a collection going up here for our local shelters and our local RSPCA. Lovng Bruno and Mabel, so glad you rescued her. I'm still working on DH to get another dog and cat after we sadly lost our mad but lovely JRT suddenly aged 11 at the beginning of this year. He's still traumatised by it but I'm hoping to persuade him.

PINKSTEPS I could love Teddy easily, I'm not really a fan of Labradoodles (my friend had the most hideous one imaginable lol) but she looks gorgeous.

MURIE I'm itching to get going on the dolls house. I think I'm going to decorate the outside and do the repairs and then just paint everything white inside and then after Christmas DGS can choose wallpaper etc. I think it'll have to be modern, she's still a bit young for period lol but I foresee a nursery and plenty of children and dogs. Her last little house had about eleven dogs who did impromptu 'shows' on the kitchen table!

NIC we're doing a craft project a month if you want to join in, anything you like. 0462 is taking the lead and the theme for September is SNOW so do join in if you can. Just realised FREE has already said all that Huge congrats to your DD on the medal and to your sister and BIL on the new baby. Hope he/she arrives on time so you can get lots of 'my first Christmas' things lol.

FREE, thank you, I've paced myself so feeling ok and thankfully the fatigue seems to have passed after the last couple of days. It was lovely to see old friends again and catch up. The food was lovely too and then we spent a couple if hours with DD and DGD on the way home. home now and just had tea and toast and off to bed soon.

I'm really feeling the desire to batten down the hatches for Autumn but it's still a bit early. I've got this huge urge to rip out the flowers from the front tubs but I'm trying to resist for a bit longer! Roll on Christmas! Oh and found out tonight it's the vintage fair in Milton Keynes next weekend so very happy as I thought I'd missed it this weekend