Embroidery stockings taken to France!!

Hello dear friends

I thought it was time for an

update on the Christmas stockings

I made for the girls.

As you can see this is

Stella's

she's our 'pink fairy'!!

I added some tiny pearls

to the Angel's wings

Aren't her 'Mary Jane' shoes

so sweet

and added a 'Grandpa'

embellishment too!

Darling Zoé is a red girl

I added tiny bronze/gold beads

to her angel's wings

with little stars on the tips.

We all love angel's with

stars don't we!!!!

Red angel has little stars

on the bottom of her skirt

and....

she has black Mary Jane's!

A little yacht to remind

her of Dada (Granpapa).

some shepherds and a

Grandma embellishment!

Thank you dear friends

for popping in to see me,

especially those of you

who pop in often

and leave me such sweet comments!

Take care

and be kind to one another.

Hugs and love

Shane xox

A FRENCH BIRTHDAY PARTY...

A French Birthday Party

My darling Stella had her seventh
birthday while I was in France...

Time to party and eat cake!!!
A special cake as you can see,
made according to instructions
from the very talented
Mise
of Pretty Far West blog.

Please visit Mise on her special

'doll cake link' here and

here for the layout instructions...

you will love reading Mise's blog

she has a wicked sense of humour!

Sweet Jessie was very keen to

get her fat little fingers into

the cake too!!!

I love pressies

and of course with the Kiwi connection

we had  games like 'pass the parcel'

(new to french kids - they loved it)!

Roxy wanted to join in

'musical cushions' too!

a quick drink and......

a handful of these

and back to the fun!

Thank you Mise

for your wonderful cake idea -

it was a huge hit in France!!

Please don't forget to visit

the 3 amazing Giveaways

links on my

right hand side bar!!!!!

Thank you dear friends

for popping in to see me,

you've all cheered me up and

I'm feeling great again!!

Love you!

Be kind to one another

warm hugs

Shane

xox

Linking to SEW MANY WAYS Find a friend Friday

FRIENDS ARE LIKE FLOWERS....

Before I went to France

several friends surprised me

with lovely gifts

and I won a Giveaway too!

Tammy sent me this beautiful

card and crochet doily!

I won these tags in Lilla's

giveaway

Lilla knows how much I love lace

so she included this lovely piece

in the parcel too!

Carole popped in to say goodbye

and gave me this sweet

lavender bag she made

to pop in my suitcase!

French Essence Vicki sent me this

beautiful Diptyque candle

...and when I arrived home a parcel

was waiting from
Two Bags Full Vicki

I had won a prize in her giveaway

a beautiful embroidered teatowel

(not for use - just for admiring)!!!

You are are all so kind and generous

 dear friends and I would like

to give each of you this

sweet virtual bouquet of

french lavender

to say

"MERCI"
from my heart!!!

Please visit their beautiful blogs
click on the name and
a link will come up!!!

*** GIVEAWAYS ***

this month there are 3

amazing giveaways

happening in blogland

that you won't want to miss

from 3 very talented bloggers.

See my side bar for

all the details and links!

Thank you all for visiting and expecially

those of you who come by often

and leave me lovely warm comments,

YOU

make it all worthwhile!!

Be kind to one another

hugs and love

Shane xox