Christmas

{photo by Margrethe}

{photo by Dawn}

{I can’t remember who took this…was it you?}

How was your Christmas?

I hope your bellies are full, your hearts are happy and your toes are warm. Christmas is like one big magnifying glass and I am finding myself taking stock, reflecting and setting my sights on what the next year will bring…or rather what I will bring to it. I’ll be sure to write a list of “resolutions” for the year to come as well as some reflections on the year that was.

Thank you to everyone who participated in my first Christmas Post Swap…if you have yet to receive a gift in the post give it another few days (the weather and the season is making the post super slow at the moment) and then let me know if you’re still present-less. Also if you have been unable to post your presents for whatever reason (or posted it later than you planned) do let me know too.

Keep your eyes peeled for some Christmassy photographs coming here soon.

xoxo 

Sign up! Sign up! (closed)

Today is the last day to sign up for my Christmas Post Swap if you haven’t already. You can follow this link to read about the swap…orrrr you can just click here to sign up! It’s really easy and fun and lovely to make a parcel up for someone else you don’t know yet. I’m addicted ;)

Merry Happy Jolly Lovely Christmas to You!

I hope you are enjoying this festive season…I definitely am! xoxo

Christmas Shopping

Internet shopping, why are you so much fun? And so easy! And fast! Goods arrive at my door like presents, days after the payment has been forgotten.
Every year around this time I can’t help but try and buy things for myself…I blame all the twinkly lights, telling me I deserve it. Most of the time items lie abandoned in various online carts, but I couldn’t leave this one behind. I mean, it was on sale for goodness sake. And it’s pretty much the epitome of friendliness. Who wouldn’t want to wear it?

My next challenge will be in deciding whether to keep it until Christmas day or wear it right away. I am not sure if I have enough self restraint for the latter. I mean, as I type this my new boots are on my feet being ‘broken in’ already.

Please tell me some of you have the same problem? 

C&C

 

My favourite thing so far this Christmas?

Cheese and crackers. 

By the fire. 

Delish.

P.S I got an iPhone and I LOVE it but I will try to keep them instagrams to a minimum round these parts.

(a little sneaky preview of a freelance job I'm working on...shhhh)

I haven't been here much this week, and I won't be for the next while either because, well, you know, it's Christmas! And we're having 15 people to dinner! And there's so much to do!

Merry Christmas,

love x

Friday To Do

Now that I'm offfficially on my Christmas Holidays the countdown can begin!

We're having 15 people to dinner on Christmas day; five of my uncles, two aunts, my granny and cousins plus my brothers, myself and my mum. There's never been this many people in our house for Christmas so it's going to be crazy!

(So basically this week I'm going to be my mum's PA.)

I also have yet to finish Richard's present or get one for either of my parents. Eep. 

Then I get to wrap them all and put them under the-so far nonexistant- Christmas tree! Woo! 

Oh and then there's Christmas Eve drinks and giving my best friend her present and making chocolates for all my family and labels for our chutney jars and setting the table and cleaning the house and getting a little freelancer done before the 20th and hanging the stockings and all of that other LOVELY stuff. 

Yum. Can't. Wait. Love.

P.S I got my bike printed onto gift tags and sold them at the fair, they sold like crazy and I only wished I'd printed more. There's always next year*

Made by Design

My cards are currently for sale in the Made by Design pop up shop in the MadArt Gallery on Lower Gardener Street. Here it is on a map! The pop up shop is now open for another week and was featured in this months Totally Dublin...and they used my card as a picture! 

checkkk it out!

So in case you hadn't gotten the hint. Get your ass to MadArt and BUY SOME CARDS! 

(you're putting me through college people!)

I just got a text from a woman I babysit for telling me 'I'd find something very amusing on this website...!

A Little Owl!

With my name too!

(onto the Christmas wish-list she goes)

National Craft Fair

I survived...

with the help of my wonderful mum, my lovely boyfriend and friends Fiona and Hannah.

I love you guys!

It was a really challenging, interesting, worthy, exciting, exhausting and fun experience. 

I met lots of lovely people* who loved my cards and even got some commissions which is more than I was expecting and SO flattering!

*and one strange lady who thought my 'we wish you a beary christmas card' said 'beery' and was encouraging people to drink beer... even though there's bears on it, but she bought them anyway!

A little preview of preparations for The National Crafts Fair... which starts tomorrow!!!

 I'm sooo tired but really the hard work hasn't even begun yet ... bed early tonight friends :)

it's the most wonderful time of the year

 

My Christmas Cards will be for sale in the Made By Design pop up shop, 

Mad Art Gallery, 56 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin 1,

from the 5th of December! 

Get 'em while they're hot folks! 

falalalalol

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

I mean, yesterday I bought 72 Candy Canes...in preparation for
The National Crafts & Design Fair that I'll have a stall at in 2 weeks and 1 day! 

Very Exciting & VERY Busy!