Folksy Friday! Eleven!

All things Eleven!

Yesterday was my little girl's eleventh Birthday.

(11 going on 31 me thinks!)

And I put out an obscure request for Folksy peeps to show me their items associated with the number eleven and here are some of the inventive and well thought out responses to my odd enquiry.

Please click on the items to see their full details and visit the shops in question.

A beautiful pearl and onyx sterling silver wire wrapped ring, with 11 mobile onyx beads snaking across the top of the pearl.

A very retro looking long silver plated necklace with 11 loops.

How about some elevenses!

Eleven wonderful dinosaurs on this Bangle.

Legs Eleven anyone?

Eleven stars front to back on this lovely little purse.

This sweet little birdie measures 11cms in length!

And eleven gorgeous semi-precious gemstones in this necklace.

My Daughter's Folksy Birthday!

As my daughter is very crafty (in more ways than one), a jewellery designer, card maker, yarn crafter and such like, I decided that a folksy birthday is just what she would adore, so below are some of the gorgeous presents she received from Mummy, Daddy and her two big brothers and if you click on the pictures, you can visit the lovely shops that created her wonderful gifts.

Thank you for taking a peek at my obscure Folksy Friday blog this week.

Stylish Blogger Award!

Stylish Blogger Award.

Being the Dingbat that I am, I have only just noticed that the lovely Dottie of Dottie Designs, very kindly afforded me the honour, of being one of her nominations for the Stylish Blogger Award, for which I would like to thank her most graciously!

Dottie is a wonderful Lady, a tireless crafter of wonderful albums, memory boxes, card and all sorts of wonderful items for all occasions.

I was linked alongside some wonderful blogs and to see who Dottie had nominated in her list of 15 blogs, besides myself, please click here and also read the latest Dottie Blogs.

Stylish Blog Award Rules!

Now, to follow the rules of the nomination, there are a few things I have to do, so here goes.

1. Thank the person and include the link for the nomination, which I have done and very pleased to do so.

2. Share seven things about yourself.

Well, this may be a little boring for peeps, but here goes anyway!

a. I'm married to a lovely man, who is also my best friend, with three wonderful children!

b. I'm 44 years young!

c. I hope to be able to retire to Cyprus with my hubby, once the children are grown and settled.

d. I should have been born on Christmas Day, but I kept my poor Mummy waiting until January, and have been trying to catch up ever since.

e. I float really easily, but prefer to swim under water ... odd or what!?!

f. I could tan under candle light, and am always taken for a local on holidays in sunny climes, causing much confusion when I can't speak the lingo.

g. I have very vivid dreams and can even remember dreams from my childhood.

3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers.

This was a tough one, trying not to duplicate blogs already awarded by Dottie, but here goes.

(1) J Austen Jewellery Design

(2) Accidental Vix

(3) Uniquely Yours

(4) The Whimsical Wren

(5) Odd Sox

(6) Lynwood Crafts

(7) Damselfly Gemma

(8) Millie Bead

(9) Moody Cow Designs

(10) Lemonade and Lamingtons

(11) Gracie's Garden Bazaar

(12) It's the Little Things

(13) GlitterRT

(14) Konnie Kapow

(15) Clootie Lugs

4. And finally, the last thing I have to do, is let everyone know they have been nominated and let them have the details, should they want to spread the Stylish Blog nomination awards further, which I am off to do right this minute.

I hope you too enjoyed my nominations and will spend a little time checking out their blogs.

Folksy Friday! Little Swimmers!

Little Swimmers!

This Friday, I would like to focus on things that swim, be that fantasy or reality, fish or fowl, flapping or flipping! Generally, all things swimmy!

Fish are traditional on Friday after all, but didn't want to leave out some other sea dwelling creatures, so included some of my favourite finds on Folksy.

There was a great variety to choose from, so my 'Folksy Friday Feature' is in small gallery style, to allow for more entries, please just click on the picture for full size view and full fishy, flipping, flappy, flopping details.

Some of My Own Little Swimmers!

What delicious pictures, I do hope you enjoyed this feature gallery!

If so, please leave a comment and visit some of these wonderful Folkster's shops!

Folksy Friday Awards and Medals!

Long Service and Good Conduct!

My Lovely husband was recently awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, which he should have recieved a couple of years ago for 20 years service, but as with all things, sometimes they take a while to arrange, and along with some fellow colleagues, he eventually recieved his award in a ceremony celebrating 22 years!

I am a very proud (and long suffering!) wifely! My eldest son and I watched him recieve his medal and listened to the lovely things his colleagues and senior officers had to say about him. Unfortunately my two youngest were in school, but we have some lovely pictures to share with them of the day.

Folksy 'Medally' Gallery

This got me thinking about the long hours, committment and service to crafting we here in folksy give to our chosen vocations and hobbies, so searched out some awards and medals from fellow folksy peeps.

Please just click on the pictures to 'pin' the item to your lapel and view in more detail.

I hope you have enjoyed my Folksy Friday feature this week and will 'award' it with a comment or two.







Thank you!

Buzzing!

Busy Little Bees!

We had a cold, but beautifully bright day in Berkshire yesterday and the first of my delicate crocuses popped their pretty mauve petals through my lawn, such a joyous sight and made me long for the buzz and industrious sounds of the bumble and honey bee's, which to me are one of the true delights of summer.

The Bumble bee in particular that defies science and gravity to be able to fly, just goes to show that mother nature knows best and rewards those with an industrious nature and goodness of heart.

Buzzing Gallery!

So I buzzed around in the shops of some of my fellow folksy peeps, to search out some sweet little bumble and honey bee inspired creations to share with you.

Please just click on the pictures below to buzz across to the hive of activity and full details of the items of your choice.

Personal Hive of Activity!

I have a couple of bumble inspired items myself, yarn creations both fun and useful, just like the bumble bee itself.

I hope you have enjoyed my buzzing feature blog today!

Folksy Friday! Wrist Wear!

Wrist Wear!

Friday again, where does the week go!?!

For my Folksy Friday Feature this week, I have decided to take a look at the varied wrist wear for possible Valentine's gifts and did not want to focus solely on ladies, so put some in for the gents too, after all, they deserve something nice on this special day too.

Wonderful Wrist Wear Gallery!

Lots of wonderful choice, in fact I found it difficult to narrow down, as it was ended up with ten items, rather than my usual six, and had to leave out many others that deserved a feature, but I will just have to save them for another feature gallery in the future.

Please just click on the pictures, to be taken to more details of the items and even more wonderful pictures.

I hope you like my wrist wear items today and are cuffed, sorry I mean chuffed with my choices.

Valentine Gemstone Keyring Give-away Winner

And the Winner is!

The Heart Gemstone Valentine's keyring Give-away on my blog closed this evening at 7pm.

Thank you to everyone who entered, it was so lovely reading all your romantic memories and comments and it just goes to show, that our other halves can be romantic, even if, for some of us, it is in small but very meaningful ways.

It was extremely difficult to choose a winner! But, after much deliberation and having to narrow it down to a short list, the chosen winning entry was from ....

Drum Roll Please.....

Putting on the Charms.

Her reply was so sweet it pulled at my softy heart strings:

"When we were trying for a baby (Holly, is now nearly 12) I asked my husband what he would do if I fell pregnant - to which he replied, that he would wrap me up in cotton wool. Sure enough, on the same day we got the positive result, he disappeared, only to return with three industrial sized rolls of cotton wool. I didn't actually let him wrap me up in it, but it was very sweet and still makes me smile now."

She did mention that she might lie this keyring

But she is more than welcome to choose a differing one from my shop if she has changed her mind.