Alice In Wonderland & A Blog Award

So today has been a really productive day and in turn a more positive one than Monday, however, that probably was not difficult to achieve!  This morning I spent machine embroidering some Alice pictures and I had forgotten how much I enjoy doing that, it is like drawing with your machine.  However, all did not quite go to plan as I cut the fabric too close around the picture, ho hum, this is what I like to call a happy accident so I am now planning on doing a few more and will applique them onto a larger bag, tomorrows project!  However, the little bag I have cut out is going to be very cute will show you that tomorrow.  Anyhoo, here are my first two Alice embroideries.

You will have to excuse my very questionable photography skills!

Also, on checking my blog this morning discovered that I had been given an award by the lovely Marie over at Vintage Inspired Accessories.  I have been lucky enough to have been awarded the sunshine blog a few times and I do appreciate everyone who gave it, thank you!  So here is my award from Marie and there are no rules about who to pass it on to, however, I do have a few wonderful blogs in mind so will announce that tomorrow.  Hope you all having a lovely week so far, ciao!

A nice interruption in the schedule my first Blog Award

I have just spent a most unlovely morning battling my way through snow and freezing fog to get to the hospital, needless to say I was not a happy bunny, more a cold soggy, achey one!  Anyhoo I fired up my computer and saw that the lovely Marie over at Minky Magic had given me an award for my blog, my first one!  So thank you Marie you have cheered me up and distracted me from quaffing that packet of jaffa cakes that is calling to me!

So my hard task begins of who to pass the award onto I follow a lot of lovely blogs (as I am very nosey!) however, the rules are that I can only pick 12.  Those 12 then have to display the blog award somewhere on their blog and link to the blogs they are passing the award onto if that makes sense? 

I chose my 12 on the simple fact that when I click onto their blogs they make me smile for whatever reason, whether it is because of the work they create or the words they write.  So here are mine in no particular order:

Chubby Mummy - love your work Tracey
Hopscotch
Extra Special Touch
Hermitage - love Rima's words and images
Creative & Faithful - Karen for kickstarting my crafting this year
Pink Milk Jewels
Pixies Creative
Rai Creations
Sticher Scribbler - Jenny's work always makes me smile always colourful
Wrapped Up With String
The Vintage Laundry - LeAnn is special as hers was one of the first blogs I started to follow and her blog is very classy!