Two Mothering Sunday Cards

Two cards which are very different in style - I think my Mum will like the red as she loves little children and this will remind her of her youngest great-granddaughter. This is Betty, a digistamp from Pink Cat Studios and she's been coloured with Copics.
My second card is more muted and I think just right for one of my sisters. The plant image is from Papertrey's Blooming Button Bits (a lucky find on SCS's Buy&Sell forum). I've used the same set for the flowers on Betty's card too and the flower heads are from the Paper Tray set.

I'm really pleased with the gifts I've made for my Mum and sisters but of course I can't post about them until after the day. Come back next week if you are curious.

First Day of Spring??

Yes, I know it isn't - but it really felt like it today in the garden as the great post-winter tidying up continues. And I think all the garden birds felt it too..... though its freezing again tonight.
And as I walked home there was a beautiful sunset.

1st March (Mawrth)

Bore da a Dydd Gwyl Dewi Dedwydd i chi!
Good morning and Happy St David's Day to you!

Another OWOH Prize!

My lovely One World One Heart prize from Anja in Slovenia arrived today - isn't it pretty! I love it! I can't make up my mind where I want to wear it - bag, coat, jumper? So I think I will be moving it around quite a bit..... I might even try to make something similar myself - I hope Anja won't mind. I've pictured it with this little frame containing a favourite photo of my grandmother. Its decorated with Celandines (did you see my post yesterday) - the sunshine yellow felt is exactly the colour of the flower I photographed yesterday.

Anja has such a lovely blog - I hope you will visit her at Drobtinice (Crumbs) soon .

More signs of Spring

Although it was a grey day I took another favourite walk this afternoon and found signs that Spring is surely on its way even though there are still patches of snow on the surrounding hills. I can remember nature lessons in primary school where we had to draw the male and female flowers of the Hazel. I was always fascinated by those tiny shocking pink flowers. Also today I found a single Celandine flower under the hedge - it was closed as there was no sunshine but I love that olive green colour brushed onto the underside of the bright yellow petals.
The travel books say there are more sheep in Wales than there are people and this is definitely true at this time of year - lambs are bleating everywhere in the fields. I seem to remember that lambs always came in the Spring when I was a child but nowadays they are often born before Christmas and have to endure freezing, wet and stormy weather instead of gamboling in the sunshine. This mother didn't like me being so close to her lamb and stamped her foot!

New Boots!

I won these gorgeous little boots on Donna's blog, The Ribboned Crown, during the One World One Heart blog event earlier in the month - they arrived yesterday and have taken their place on my craft desk perfectly. Aren't they pretty and such an original idea! Thank you so much Donna!

A forgotten gift!

When I got home from our visit to France last week I realised I hadn't brought a gift for one sister - I don't know how I missed her out as everyone else was catered for. So I decided to at last try and create something with the sea glass I picked up on the beach whilst I was there. This is my first attempt and I'm not completely satisfied with it but I learned a bit in the construction so hopefully my next will be better. I saw some great instructions for drilling sea glass on Anji's blog here - am I brave enough to try it - not sure yet! But her drilled jewelry is gorgeous! I will present the necklace in this little favour tin - I lined it with some azure coloured felt cut with a Nestie and decorated the lid with a circle punched from a French bus ticket I saved - easy! Hope she likes it.