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Happy New Year!!!

I do hope you all enjoyed the festive season – however you chose to spend it.

As some of you know, I’m not a fan of Christmas and choose to only get involved every other year. This year was my year off – oh joy! As others are getting stressed over all sorts of aspects, I allow myself to quietly feel just a little bit smug. I remember all those frantic and stressful times past and send soothing vibes to my younger self. I give myself a hug of appreciation for what it took to arrive at this peaceful joyful solution. Peace and Joy – right!?! It is what we often wish each other at this time – it was not without a struggle,  but I found a way to give that to myself. Hurray!

However, I do love the creative side of the festive season and made a few needle felted (and crocheted) tree ornaments as little gifts.

These were for my three granddaughters who live in London. Two needlefelted, one crocheted and all with beads and Swarovski crystals for the twinkle.

I found the crochet pattern on Ravelry. Free if you go to the website.

I am thoroughly enjoying being part of the Felted Fungi Club run by Sophie Wheatley. She is currently offering a free needle felting week of workshops – I can highly recommend them. You do have to be on Facebook to access them.

I wanted to show you the twinkles with a little video of them twirling in the light but sadly, WordPress want to charge nearly £4 per month for posting videos now. All sorts of other features, that were previously within the package, can now only be accessed if one upgrades to a paid for account. Hey ho – I miss the good old days! 🙂

These were given to my grandsons. The mushrooms to Big Bro and Little Bro – their tree mainly has red, white and blue decorations.

The banana was given to Master R, my daughter’s son (15).

A few years ago when the children were much younger, their paternal Grandfather, who was always larking about and making jokes with them, put a banana on their tree. When the children asked him why – he tried to convince them that it was a family tradition and they should always put a banana on their Christmas Tree – ever since they have had a real banana on the tree, but it often goes all black and nasty by the end of Christmas. Grandad A died a few years ago, soon after Christmas, so I made this banana as a tribute to him and his brilliant sense of fun.

A sense of fun – we all need that don’t we – I wish you all a year filled with fun!