Easy Xmas Item, Watch and See.

What can you make from 12 granny squares? Well I made a little movie clip, just for fun for you to watch.

Flowers that grow in my garden

Now I am no green thumb at all and cannot even tell you the names of these plants. But what I do know about gardening is that I can break off parts of some plants and either stick them straight into the ground or into a bit of water and the cutting will survive, giving me another plant that I know I can grow successfully. These are all pretty hardy drought resistent plants and most of them are succulents.

A cutting from my Mum.

An old cutting from my Mother-in-Law


A plant from my Mother-in-Law, flowers mid year.


More cuttings I have put through out the garden.

I can take cuttings off this cacti, it flowers once a year.

This is a prickly little cacti, flowers once a year.

This succulent flowers just before xmas.

First time flowering for this one.

They are only tiny, but I never knew it flowered.

Xmas Swap/Exchange 2008

This year I was involved in 2 xmas swap/exchange. One being with HGTV (American Board) and the other with Crochet Lovers Victoria, (ravelry group from Australia). I made exactly the same items for both swaps. The milk ring decorations below, which I divided into 2 groups and my first time ever to make a doily, which I actually made 2 of.

The Xmas doily.

This is what I received from Bluechook a member of crochet lovers.

There was even a toilet roll in the toilet roll cover. LOL.

This is what I received from Vicky1205 from HGTV

It is such a thrill to receive hand made goods by others, they will be always treasured.