did I mention .....

..... I'm a winner?

well, just in case you didn't know, this week I won a prize in a blog giveaway that the bagladee  was running.  I was thrilled to win and even more thrilled when the tissue wrapped prize arrived!  Here it is, waiting for me to unwrap it (I impressed myself with the restraint it took for me to take a photo before I unwrapped it):

and what did this lovely parcel contain ... well, a lovely flamingo zip-up bag (with, note, diamante details - how fab is that?):

and a fantastic felt brooch:

Thank you so much bagladee!  I'm so thrilled ..... I can't wait to start using them both!

A quick change of plan .....

..... and a long, long sort out!

Tuesday was my last, lazy, extra day off work and I planned to spend it doing very, very little apart from some crafty bits and pieces.  Just before lunch one of my friends from work called to say he had some crafty supplies for me and could he drop them round?  

So he did, and I was rather overwhelmed by the sheer amount of crafty lovliness that he piled up in my hall!  I spent all afternoon sorting out bag after bag after bag .....

There are bags of embroidery thread, bags of cottons reels (from tiny tiny to mega large!), lace, trimmings, material, ribbons, patterens, wool, tapestry wool .... so much to find a home for .... how lucky can one girl be?

I got felt ....

.... so I made felt brooches! I've been wanting to play with felt for ages, here's what I've made so far:


I'm off to make more .... if only I'd realised sooner that my sizzix cut through felt!