Big Thank-you's

Hello lovelies,
I'm feeling very lucky this week. I was so happy to win this cute little fella from Claire's giveaway a while back . He has winged his way from the other side of the world and landed on my doorstep.........

Isn't he gorgeous , he's a needle case and I'm sure he will come in very handy. Thank you again Claire...he is even cuter close up and just my colour :0).
 When I opened my parcel I was surprised and delighted to see Claire had sent extra,unexpected  handmade goodies.........

I love this little brooch so much . One day I would love to try free motion machine embroidery, but I doubt I would ever be this good at it .......

Do check out Claire's lovely blog "Sweet Birdy Love" It's an inspiring place :0)

The next thing that I've been thankful for this week is the sunshine ,and the early appearance of my crocuses.....

We've had a lot of sunshine over the last few days ,making the countryside look so pretty....

At home the low winter rays have been filling our home with light and I've moved my bulbs onto the mantle ,where my Amaryllis has started to flower.........

The flower heads are huge and really gorgeous ......

I've also revamped my mini bunting with some pretty CK papers  ....I was very happy with my Noel version but right now I'm loving the spring like prettiness of this version sooo much :0)..........

At the other end of my Mantle the tiny " tete a tete"  have been simply perfect........

I was totally surprised and delighted by all your wonderful comments and encouragement on my Kaleidoscope challenge. It really spurred me on to knuckle down and keep to my plan to finish this blanket by the end of this month. Can you see the piles of hexagons next to my chair.........

Here's a close up of then looking pretty  .........

Yes, I've completed all 100 hexagons and yesterday afternoon , started joining them together ...hurray !!!............

So a BIG THANK YOU to all of you for your enthusiasm :0)
Have a great weekend
Jacquie x