Merry Christmas to us all :)

Hello.

Before it is too late or to hectic, I would just like to wish you very Happy Holidays with a wonderfully Merry Christmas to you and all your loved ones. May it be magical and filled with love. :)

From me, Mushi, Nico, Julieta and Dobby :)

{Blogtoberfest Day 29} ok ok, maybe I can show you just a little...

Orignal,  unique and handmade by me and a surprisingly crafty group of volunteers from my animal rescue group, Animalife, we are making these to auction for a much needed cash flow.

As you may know, in Portugal we are facing a tough recession and often either the family's pets are cast aside or the families struggle with taking proper care of them. So we try to help, either by trying to help an abandoned pet or to help the families with the basic needs of their pets (food, vet, etc.). For this of course, we need money and we thought is was a nice trade of, I think both parties are equally benefited. So there you go, my top secret project. :)

I can't wait to see if the general public agrees. heheh

{Blogtoberfest Day17} Here it is! Well, part of it :)

Here it is, finally  the Christmas table cloth (towel??) a bit more on the traditional side than I had anticipated, I have to say I am still not sure this is me.
I have been thinking of this project ever since I started working with the sewing machine, for two years now. I can say I've even bought several fabrics with this particular project in mind, but every single time I looked and the fabrics I chose and loved, they all looked rather "quilty" to me. And I was very much afraid of making a quilt for the Christmas table.
This fabric I love as well, particularly the lighter one I chose as base, it is both traditional and modern at the same time.

This is the center, it is a huge table cloth (really is it a table cloth or a towel??), bigger than most quilts I make. So there you have it :)

{Blogtoberfest Day 15} Christmas is getting on my nerves!

I have to say, mine look nothing like this!!

{Blogtoberfest Day14} Sunday lazy Sunday...

Hello.

I'm struggling with something to write today. It was a very lazy Sunday, it rained, which doesn't really help being active :)
I'm struggling with my sequined ball, it is just too darn big, it is endless!

I have, however, started working on my very own Christmas towel :D Is it a towel? Table cloth? I'm not really sure.

Pictures soon :)
See you tomorrow!

Christmas is here!!

Hello!

Yesterday was the day for bringing Christmas into my home. I, Miss Mushi and Mr. Nico decided it was time!
Since these two cuties arrived at our house, Christmas trees started having an expiration date. Usually two years before the twigs get so bent out of shape that we have to get a new one. Well, our former Christmas tree served us well, it was all white and very different from what we used to do, perfect to go with the new living room. But this year we returned to green and it was so lovely! Maybe less fashionable or modern than the previous years, but definitely more Christmassy and cozy!

It's a bit smaller than usual, but it was also much more easy to light. Also it fits better in the living room, the others we felt were too imposing.

Every year we buy new decorations which means that the amount of decorations keeps growing and the tree remains the same size or, in this case, gets shorter. Some decorations though are all time favorites and keep coming back until they are too old or the kittens decide to reform it, of course...

I strongly advise doing the tree with your pets around, they are such a great help!

They always let you know if a branch isn't looking good or if it's not attached correctly and, of course, they will always test its resistance and balance by examining every single level of the tree, all the way to the top! It's really a precious help...

Here are some of my favorite decorations. The first two are from a trip to Bruge, I'm so pleased to visit places with all year Christmas shops.

 My cooking fairies. Who would cook our Christmas dinner if I didn't have them?? They used to be a couple more, but they were to tired so now they just eat!



This lady got a bit of a flash in the face, sorry about that!

As for the getting the rest of the room in the Christmas spirit, I must say I haven't done much. I have however decided that the couch should keep up and bought this amazing Ikea cover for my lovely Erktop. It is usually white during the year, but on Christmas, it looks like this:

Well, it looked better before Mushi inspected it, but I was in a hurry to leave and wanted to bring the photo so I could do this post ;).

And of course, the lovely faux poinsettia. Since I discovered poinsettias were poisonous for cats, I decided plastic ones would do fine. And these actually look cute and real-like.

Now, it's always a guess how we'll find the Christmas tree and the decorations when we get home. Usually they are fine, because for some reason cats only misbehave when you're there to witness it, but you never know. Exciting, hum? :)

It's still a work in progress, but it's official, Christmas is here!!