A Tassie visitor and advent goodies....

Last Saturday we were very lucky to see Cathy from our online group "Friends in Stitching"

It was so exciting to finally get to meet her in the flesh .... so to speak...

We even had a lesson on taking selfies.... not sure if I will ever get the hang of it though.

Yes we had lunch together at the Jupiter's Casino Gold Coast.

Food ..... well of course..... I did have a healthy lunch followed by these.

Thanks so much for the pressie Cathy.... it was soooo yummie but all gone now.

I hope you enjoy your stay here in QLD and have a great Christmas, it was so good to meet you.

Friends in Stitching Christmas swap....

 Bec was sending to me, I can't show what I sent to my partner as I'm not sure if she has opened anything yet.

5 small gifts and then the Christmas Day pressie.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Thank you Bec, I'm looking forward to Christmas Day opening.

Tuesday Girls Christmas Do and Advent gifts.

Where do I begin......well here of course.....

Firstly I must show you the birthday gift that Tereasa gave me, unfortunately she wasn't able to come to our big day out http://sewmoorewithsandi.blogspot.com.au/so my birthday lasted a little bit longer which is nice.

A great Christmas snuffer and a candle.... oops I forgot to put the pretty card in the photo...

Thanks so much Tereasa, I love them.

Our day began at Sandi's house with a lovely healthy morning tea and gifts of course.

Sandi gave us each one of these little bags with a wish inside and choccies too.

Can you see my wish in that little bottle ?

"My wish for you is time and energy"

each wish was different.

Thank you Sandi that is so sweet.

Thanks also for the wonderful Santa sack with our terrific Advent gifts..... still opening...

We did our Bon Bon challenge again this year....so much fun.

We had to put a fat 1/8 fabric, button, ribbon/lace, treat and decoration, paper hat, joke and noisy snap inside..... which isn't easy....

We then swap with each other and I was lucky to get Sandi's great creation.

Our great morning tea..... as usual Sandi did a terrific job for us.

Pressie time....

These gifts are from Tereasa, who couldn't  be with us as she had to work....

She gave us all "Poo- Pourri"..... no I didn't make a mistake that's what it is...

spray it in the loo and keep our friends on camp happy.....

Thanks Tereasa.

The lovely Norreen.....

gave me a beautiful sewing bag, Christmas Tree tea light holder and a lovely Mug.

Thanks Nor....

The Cheeky Teresa

gave me this terrific old plate.... no I'm not being rude it really is old... so there.

Cute fabric, Christmas decoration and a Mason Jar with Cookie ingredients, can't wait to make them.

Thanks Teresa.

This year we decided to have lunch out at a nearby place "Cafe on Cusack"

this is my blurry lunch..... I was laughing too much for photos.

Dessert was Plum Pudding and Brandied Custard..... yum.

And to finish off this fabulous day we got the young cafe chappie to take a photo for us....

but I don't think he planned on this..... it was just soooo funny.

you should have known we would be naughty at sometime during the day.

Norreen, me , Teresa and Sandi.

Thanks girls for a wonderful year with so much fun and laughter......

I really treasure your Friendship.

Christmas Advent pressies.

Day 15

Don't ask me but every time I upload this photo its upside down so its staying that way now.

Day 16

Day 17

 Day 18

Day 19

Loving these Advent gifts so much thank you Sandi....

the Sue Daley Mystery box gifts are fabulous too.

You will never guess what I'm doing tomorrow ??????

Yep we are out and about again, more on that hopefully tomorrow if I'm not toooo tired.

And the celebrations continued......

Here we are enjoying more of my Birthday, this is the real celebration, the other day was only a practise day..... nah just kiddin'.....

Whisky Business is where we had a beautiful High Tea......

we took our Ladylike  behaviour with us this time....

Tuesday girls...... on a Thursday lol

Me, Teresa, Sandi and Norreen.

Yep I'm the star of the day.....

I won't be having anymore birthdays so I was making the most of this one.

Why aren't I having anymore you ask...... well just because I don't want to....

I'm having unbirthdays from now on..... we still get to party though.

This did taste as good as it looks I can assure you.

Just when we thought we were full to the brim out came the dessert OMG....

being good girls as our Mum's told us to do ..... we ate it all.

Norreen is such a naughty girl but we love her....... 

see I'm not the only one who is naughty but I was sooooooo good this time....

Before having our High Tea we took a little visit to Bayside Stitchcraft to see the lovely Joy...

we also had a little peak in at Linen and Lace but no photos of these this time....

Advent pressies..... from Sandi and Mystery Box

Day 11

Day 12

Day 13

Day 14

Friends in Stitching advent pressie has arrived but can't open any till 20th.

To finish off this post I had to show you my 2 babies with their Christmas Jelly Roll quilts....

don't they look a treat ? 

Now they match the Christmas decorations.

That's all folks.....

My Birthday and advent pressies

My Birthday began a day early with these beautiful flowers being delivered, they are from Gavan and were a big surprise..... he even made me cry.

Then the next day was the big day and just happened to be a Tuesday so naturally I spent it with the 

"Tuesday girls" we had a great and very hot day at Norreen's home.

Nor set a terrific table for us and I had balloons tied to my chair..... it was so great.

We had this wonderful  Red Velvet Trifle and it was soooooo good.

Lovely pressies from these fabulous girls.

These are from Sandi..... cheeky girl, that's a mug rug there too.

These lovelies are from Teresa..... I will try to keep calm but how can I with these girls......

The lovely Norreen knows I love bears as you can see.

Then Nor popped out with a Birthday Cake singing Happy Birthday......

the girls singing was adorable...... trust me.....

The postie brought me a parcel from  the "Friends in Stitching" online group, Fiona made my gift on behalf of the group.....

these are the lovely goodies ......a wonderful project bag, the very cute scissor fob and choccies but by the time I took the photo there was only 1 left...... well it was my birthday after all.

Thanks so much girls.

In the evening we went out to dinner with all the family..... Gavan had organised balloons which was lovely.

Malibu Chicken.

Sadly not all the family came in the end so it was just June and Corinne....my lovely g/daughters.

 Gavan and me...... never mind maybe next year but I still had a good time.

These beautiful Royal Albert pieces "Old Country Roses" my very favourite china was given to me by Corinne..... she knows me sooooo well..... a tealight holder and mug.

Its so nice to look forward to my advent  pressies each morning....

from the lovely Sandi and the Sue Daley Mystery box.

Day 9

Say 10

Lastly a little bit of crafting, I finished my 8 small quilts for this metal tree.

My secret Santa partner from our Sunday Stitchers group was Norreen so I mad her this very cute 

Libby Richardson table runner.

Well I think that's enough news for today so I will be back later with more advent gifts to share.