Has it Really Been 5 Days...

... since my last post?

Oh dear, you can tell it's coming up to Christmas and its mega busy.

Orders are still flowing in although it is now a bit quieter this week and I feel I can breathe a bit now I have finished all of the craft fairs.

The last one was at Cefn Coed Colliery Museum on Saturday where my hubby was Santa!!  Here he is in his grotto!!

This was my table...

I have never been so cold in all my life.  It was bitter in there and was close to the door.  I didn't take my coat off all day and was glad to get home in the end.

I have made more cards...

And have even tried my hand at decoupage.  What do you think...

They are extremely pretty.  I made two of each design although I just have the one fairy one left now.

And look how cute these are...

Anyone who knows me well or been reading my blog a while will know I am obsessed with squirrels.  May just have to keep this one for myself!!

Our decorations have now gone up...

We have a tree that is almost 8 feet high but as our house has now turned into a warehouse with all my stock there is no space whatsoever to put it this year so I have decorated the small one instead.  I quite like it as there is much less mess and it means the cat won't live in it for a couple of weeks looking for birds!!!!

Looking really cosy.  And it smells divine as I have cinnamon candles burning and bowls of these everywhere...

I also decided to use my old cooking basket (which I have been using on craft fair tables) filled with sprayed pine cones and giant baubles.  Looks quite nice at the side of the fireplace...

Today I sat in the window for a good hour watching the hail come down.  I couldn't believe how big the hailstones were.  It gave me a lot of thinking time for new ideas for next year and indeed may try one of them out tonight when the kids have gone to bed and after I have packed up today's orders ready for taking to the post office in the morning.  I have been dreaming about having a shop filled with all my goodies!  Have found the prefect premises.  I WISH!!  May have to do the lottery this week you know!

For now I will leave you with a picture of William who looked so cute and who was absolutely shattered after watching me put the decorations up!!  It's hard work being 8 months old aye!!!