Happy Third Advent ..

Hello my dear friends,

today's post is just a very short one to wish you all a ...

... Happy Third Advent.

(photo courtesy VCJM Westbund)

Looking at this Advent wreath/decoration I am more determent to make one for the Christmas in the new year and I am already excited about which treasures I am going to might choose for it.

Today will be a very busy day for me. I have so many things on my to-do list and I am hoping to get  many of them done and maybe I might find a few minutes spare to be creative too. What ever I might get up too, I will make sure to share here on Todolwen, so do stop by sometime soon again. You never know what I have been up to next.

I hope you are well my dear friends and life is treating you kind.

Have a peaceful day.

Mail From Zipper Stop ...

Hello my dear friends,

the mailman stopped by my house a few days ago and left me a little something which I had been waiting for.

I was mail from New York form Zipper Stop ... my new seam binding was here!

As always I went for subtle colors apart from one ~ metal green. I just had to have it.

Looking back now, I should have chosen and bought more colors because I think there is no much thing as having too much seam binding. Maybe next time?!

And here are the colors I had bought ...

...  from the top
~ Coconut. ...

~ Mushroom, ... 

~ Ascot Gray and also ...

~ Croquette Beige, ...

~ Metal Green ...

... and a new roll of Winter White which I had just run out of.

Last but not least ...

I would like to thank the sweet Dawn, from the Feather Nest and to Zipper Stop both for the great Black Friday deal on the Hug Snug seam binding ~ you have made a lot of us very happy!

To tell  you the truth I hope that Zipper Stop will have another Black Friday sale in 2015 ... I am already looking at new colors to order and this time I will order more. I guess, I will just have to wait and see just like all of you other Hug Snug addicts.

I hope you are well my dear friends and life is treating you kind.

Have a peaceful and creative day.

Welcome To ' Wintery Woolens ' ..

Hello my dear friends,

I should have shared this post some time ago but things don't always work out the way we want them too.

As I am sure you all already know since some time now that I just love being creative as much as possible and I love the so many different ways I can be creative too.

This year I am spending a lot more time sitting in my car, waiting for my younger daughter to finish high school for the day. I hate just sitting there with nothing to do and for a while I had been crocheting little snowflakes to use with my gifts for this Christmas but there is only so many snowflakes you can crochet without straining your fingers and eyes.

A little while ago my daughter Ashleigh had found a lovely image on Pinterest and saved it for me because it gave her an idea. The image was of a little angel sitting in a tree knitting a red scarf and two little squirrels were her helpers. She told me of how lovely it would be to knit this red scarf.

 The perfect little gift to someone for a cold Winter season ... you see, nothing is nicer than having a nice lone, cuddly and warm scarf when it is cold outside. I liked her thought so much that I right away I started searching for the perfect red yarn to make this simple yet special scarf. I found what I was looking for at a supplier in Europe that I have bought from before. Only 4 days later my red yarn at my front door ... I was so excited!

The yarn is so soft and lovely and the perfect color too. Believe it or not, the next morning my first scarf was completed and I was a happy knitter with the way it turned out. A simple design, long, soft and made with warm and caring thoughts, just like it could have been created by that little angel and those two little furry critters.

And because I love snowflakes so much they all are embellished with some of my crochet mohair
snowflakes as you will see below.

And this is it ...

... my red scarf.

But I didn't stop there ...

 ... it was so much fun to knit again and I have a thing for lovely yarn and that's why I ended up making a few more scarves which were these two.

A lovely gray scarf and ...

... a lovely blue/gray scarf.

Whilst knitting on my scarves, I had the idea for  'Wintery Woolens' ...

'Wintery Woolens'

 ... my new and second Etsy shop.

It seems that many close their shops towards Christmas but I have decided to still open mine instead.

My second shop will be a seasonal little shop that, next Winter, that will be open from mid November (which unfortunately didn't work out for this year) until the end of January for when it is cold outside. This little shop will have anything woolly and warm that I might create for the cold season of the year. ( That is what I am hoping it will be.)

I just pressed the publish button and right now my new little shop is officially open and ready for business. You will find my first three completed knitted creations listed including a red scarf, so why not pop over and take a peek?! You can click on the link above or you will find it on my right side bar too.

I would love to hear what you think of my newest woolly creations if you have a moment to spare.

I hope you are well my dear friends and life is treating you kind.

Have a peaceful and creative day.

My 'Snow Show" ..

Hello my dear friends,

here are more of my photos from the past Winter, that were fortunate to receive 'falling snow' from Google and since we have absolutely no snow here at all at this moment in time, I am so happy I have these to look at!

My backyard in a deep blanket of snow.

This was taken at the creek that runs through the park down the road. 

This photo was one that I took after driving past this large pond, going back home and returning with my camera to capture the beauty of the time of the year.

My lovely blue spruce in our front yard.

This was taken on a walk when it was frightfully cold outside, again in the park down the road from our house.

Icicles had formed and decorated a fir tree that I saw whilst out and about.

This photo was taken on a Winter's night last Winter. It was just so beautiful!

And that is my little 'Snow Show' for today. I hope you have enjoyed it?!

I hope you are well my dear friends and life is treating you kind.

Have a peaceful and creative day.

Being Creative On A Larger Scale ..

Hello my dear friends,

(I did it again!!! I pressed the wrong button. Instead of save I pressed publish, so you might see the unfinished post on Bloglovin'.)

 I hope you all had a lovely weekend. I did, even though it was a little different than I had thought it would be. I suddenly decided it might be a good idea to finally paint our living after all, quickly and just in time for Christmas. Wrong timing ..  maybe a little for sure but it had been on my to-do list for some time now and I wanted it done. I could already see it in my mind what it would look like once done and I couldn't wait any longer.

Friday morning had started with a few hick-ups, things like the new paint color didn't cover the old one properly so I needed to buy primer. Then in the store the gentleman behind the painter counter was so rude to me that I left the store without buying what I needed and went somewhere else and a few other thing just didn't go right so that by the end of Friday evening I had only primed was just a very a small part of a wall! I was not a happy cookie to say the least. I had even forgotten to take photos before I started the work and then only a few turned out which I am sharing with you today.  (And I mean a few ...!)

I will have to look for more before photos in my files and then share them with you once the room is completely done.

The next morning I was up early and decided to take a little slower pace so things might work out a little better that day and they did!

Before ... you see the repair to our wall after work had been done to the heating ducts ...

... primed and then ...

... painted!

What a difference! Isn't it a lovely color?! It is the same color I am using in the entire house ... 

... 'Grant Beige' from Benjamin Moore.

I moved the furniture, primed and painted all the walls in about 6 hours and I was so happy once it was done and that is all I could do for that day. My back was shouting at me to stop moving, so I did. I spent the rest of the evening with heating pillows comforting me poor back and sipping a lovely cup of tea .. almond and biscotti, it was so good!

Sunday was spent doing a lot less. I slowly started to move some of the furniture back into their place and that is pretty much as far as I have gotten. I am still working on what is going to go on which wall when it comes to pictures and other wall decorations and I think I might need a new piece of furniture or two now to complete this room. I am just glad my husband doesn't really read my blog because he has no idea I am doing this. Let us say it is a little surprise for him when he comes home for Christmas, that is if he notices it this time. He didn't the first two times. I had painted our master bedroom from dark yellow to this color and our family room from a sandstone color to this and he did not notice it right away! It took a day for him to realize the color had changed. Now I am already eyeing my kitchen and dinning room with the thoughts of painting it too before Christmas, it is such a dark barn red and the color just soaks up all the light, but I will have to wait and see.  I will see what else I have to do before Christmas. I just can't seem to stop being creative, either in a large scale or on a smaller one but whatever I do, I will make sure to share it with all you lovely bloggers.

Do visit me soon again here at Todolwen and see what I have been up too.

I hope you are well and life is treating you kind.

Have a peaceful and creative day.

And The Winners Are ...

Hello my dear friends,

I am so sorry that I am late announcing the winners of my latest giveaway but some times things come up just like today.

Firstly I would like to say 'thank you' to all of you for your sweet comments, they have all touched my heart. Unfortunately this is the only way I can say 'thank you' to over half of you because that is how many of you lovely bloggers that had left me a comment are 'no-reply' bloggers. 

What is a 'no-reply' blogger? ... It means the following ...

... if you leave a comment here on Todolwen ~ I have no way replying directly to you.
Or if you ask a question ... again I can't reply because I have no e-mail address from you to do so.

I have added a button on my right sidebar that will take you to another site so you can check if you are or are not a no-reply blogger and then fix it. It would be good for you to take a moment and do so.

 So, that is that!

And now I shall get to the real reason for this post ... the winners of my giveaway!

.. my Music Sheet Poinsettia tutorial.

All your names were given a number and placed as a little paper star into a little paper bag and from there three stars were picked.


And these are the winners ...

1. ... No. 20 ... Country girl,

2. ... No. 31 ... Sarah,

... and last but not least ...

3. ... No. 41 ... Brook Bock.

Congratulations to all three of you!

                                                                                 
Please, could you drop me a line with you e-mail address so I can e-mail you the tutorial right away!

Thank you for all again for taking part in my little giveaway and for all your kind words ~ you are so sweet!

And before I forget, I would like to wish you all a Happy 2nd Advent.

Since I don't have my own Advent wreath this year I am sharing a photo I found on the Internet with you of a festive wreath.

(Photo courtesy of  ja-pics.net)

Thank you for stopping by and visiting me here at Todolwen again and it would be nice to see you here again.

I hope you are well and life is treating you kind.

Have a peaceful and creative day.

There Is Still Time ..

Hello my dear friends,

just to let you know there is still time to get you name entered for my little giveaway.

Three of you will win my tutorial on how to make my ...

... Music Sheet Poinsettias.

So ... if you would like to take part, just click on my little giveaway button, you will find it on my right sidebar and leave a comment. I will announce the winners tomorrow around noon ET.

I wish you all good luck!

I hope you are well and life is treating you kind.

Have a peaceful and creative day.