Pink and Red Giveaway ♥

I find our Winter particularly difficult this year, even though there isn't much snow and even though January has been unusually mild. People were hoping the weather would stay that way, but i knew a cold spell would eventually come. Since this past friday, we had temperatures dropping down to -30c. How easily we tend to forget how fiercely cold our winters can be. Today, it is a mild -15c, so we try to cheer up, thinking spring is not so far away.






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To beat the winter blahs, i thought it would be appropriate to make a cheery giveaway. I love mixes of pinks and reds, so for the past few days i decided to sew these little lovelies and give them away. In your package, you will receive a little Matryoshka doll, all dressed up in pinks and reds, a cute red and pink heart made with japanese fabric and filled with lavender, some coasters made from pink gingham and natural linen and a little cherry patterned little bag to hold all your goodies. So how's that to cheer you up a bit ?
All you have to do is simply leave a comment and i will announce the lucky winner, next wednesday, that is February 10th.
Hope your day is lovely ♥ Good luck to all

p.s. Oh, and don't forget to visit my daughter's blog ♥ she is also having a giveaway ! see previous post .

Blog Giveaway !

Hello everyone ! i am really busy, sewing like a mad woman, but thought i would stop and let you know my daughter geneviève is having a great giveaway at the moment. Don't miss it ! And stay tuned to my blog cause soon i will be having one too ♥
♥ wishing you all a lovely week end ♥

I have been cleaning up the house, putting away christmas decorations, trying to make my studio a decent living area and did some knitting too. I miss knitting, i am always so busy that i find it difficult to find time and just knit. i could spend a whole day doing just that. But i haven't been much in my studio in the past 2 weeks and now that the holidays are over, i must go back to sewing and make new projects. Of course, there is more Muffinpies on the list, but i have this need to create new things. My head is buzzing and i spend my nights, eyes wide open, thinking of all the things i want to accomplish in one single day. It is an impossible task, too much in my mind. Have to make a list and start from top to bottom. I have this bad habit of jumping from one thing to the next. Today, i must do some painting, yuk ! Hubby build a beautiful island ( can we say that in english ? ) and i want to paint it a creamy white. It is a big square counter with big drawers on one side and a place to sit on the other. i just love it and i have lots of working space for cooking. I will have to show you when it is all done. I guess i have to start the painting now, cause the clock is ticking and i want to sew, i want to knit, i want to cook... Oh boy....
Hope you are having a lovely day every one ♥

Wishing you the best

I hope your christmas was as wonderful as mine. Soon the tree will be gone and decorations put away until the next christmas. Happy memories remain in our hearts. The New Year is almost here and we hope it will be filled with new projects in our heads and more wonderful moments shared with the people we love. For this New Year, i wish you the best in everything.
♥ Sending you all lots of love ♥

I want to take a little moment and wish everyone a very merry christmas. The year went by so quickly, another christmas is here and this time hubby did not have to go away from home. We saw on the news that the east coast of the US had been hit by a huge snowstorm and i crossed my fingers that Hydro Quebec would not have to leave again. I am just finishing wrapping and knitting last minute gifts and will bake some more cookies( gingerbread, crakles and shortbread) this afternoon. Thursday, the girls will be home with me, making doughnuts and sweet breads. I think Christmas Eve is the moment i prefer. After a whole day of baking, the girls will run to their rooms and unwrap their new jammies ( me too ! ) and we will sit in the living room eating goodies, playing games or watching a christmas movie. I love this cozy happy moment admiring our tree and listening to the crackling of the fire in the fireplace.
I hope you will all spend a wonderful time with your loved ones. Savor every moment.

♥ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ♥

I had my christmas craft event on december 6th and it went well and i am releived it is all over. I realize i have been working harder than i thought and many dolls and goodies are left in my sewing room, waiting to be adopted by someone who's heart will melt for one of them. I listed of few items in my shop
and some were gone quickly. I still have some wonderful linen bags i made, they were really fun to make and i have new ideas for Valentine and even spring and summer bags. Those 2 are more christmassy and i kept one for myself and filled it with pinecones, berries and fir sprigs. It looks very lovely.
I feel a little bit embarrassed and sad to tell you that i with my busy schedule, i did not take the time to make my x-mas giveaway. I meant to make one, i know i had mentionned about it to many of you and i want to apologize. I wish i had been more organize and find some free time, to make a really special christmas giveaway, but my free time was so scarse and i was so tired i barely had the energy to get ready on time for my craft event. I can not promise you, but i would really love to make one sometimes in january. I will keep you posted with the details.

I hope you are having a great time getting ready for christmas. Yesterday, it was snowing again and i baked some cookies while listening to my christmas music and i thought, winter and snowy days were not so bad after all.

♥ wishing you all a lovely day ♥

The first snow

I love snow, but i think i was not yet ready to accept the fact that a storm would hit us by surprise. We had an unusually mild and sunny November and i thought how nice it would be if this could go on a bit longer. But december reminded us that it was really here and i woke up wednesday morning, set out to work and gasped as i tried to catch my breath under the cold fierce wind. How easy we tend to forget how cold it can get in our snowy country. I think with the wind, it must have gone down to -20. Brrr !



It started snowing not long after i left home, and on my way back 3 hours later, the wind was blowing even more and the snow was falling horizontally. I could barely see the road as i was driving carefully, trying to stay on the right side. I guess many decided it wiser to stay home as i met few cars along the way. I managed to make it safely home, made coffee, lit a fire in the living room's fireplace and watched the storm raged from my window. I was hoping to finish my christmas shopping before the first fall, but i guess now i have to adopt a positive attitude and do my shopping wearing my big boots and winter coat. Yuk! I have to admit though that it looks magical, like in a christmas postcard. The roads are all blanketed in white and conifers are loaded with snow. I have to finish decorating and putting lights outside. Last night i was shovelling the driveway and it was still very windy, but not as cold and i admired all the neighbour's christmas light and it looked so beautiful. Christmas is really in the air now. This week end, we are going to cut our tree. It is a tradition we have been doing for many years. We go to a tree farm and mister Hadley take us for a ride on a big buggy and the fun is to run around the fir trees and find the perfect one to take back home. The girls are very picky and they always insist to find the bigger of them all. The Hadley farm is a beautiful place and the people are so friendly. They have a little shack with a wood stove and you can go and warm your rozy cheeks and have a cup of hot chocolate. It is a fun day and back home, we put some chritmas music, bake some cookies and decorate the tree.




I will cook a nice supper and we will all sit together and share this happy meal... It is not yet christmas, although i think it is even better. I love the preparation, the excitement, the coziness of our warm home. There is only one thing missing...My dear little Geneviève who is still so far away in Brussels. I wishshe would be home with us., i do miss her so... I hope everyone of you reading this post is having a wonderful time getting ready for the holidays.
♥ enjoy every moment ♥