Christmas Mail From Germany ..

Hello my dear friends,

I just love to find mail in my letterbox!
Just after Christmas I received mail from a lovely lady named Ines who lives in Germany.

 She makes lovely cards and I have shared a few of them with all you lovely bloggers before and this is my lovely Christmas card she made for me this time ...

... and as always with a sweet message.

Not only did she make my card but she also made this little 'Windows and Doors' tag.

It is just so neat! It`s  just like looking outside a little window into a Winter Wonderland.

Even the back of her tag looks lovely too.

My dear Ines, you are so sweet for thinking of me ~ thank you.

Believe it or not ... I am already thinking of what I am going to gift my blogland friends with this coming Christmas. How do they say ... 'the early bird catches the worm'?! I need to be a early bird this year so I hopefully don't fall behind with to much again.

This past Christmas I had gifted them with the same stocking that I had made for my "Christmas to Come". Talking about giveaway and Christmas to come ... I am thinking of doing it maybe again this year because I think it's a really neat thing to do! What do you think?! I would love to hear from you.

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

Have a peaceful and creative day.

My Wishes For You ..

Hello my dear friends,

a new year is here and I have many wishes for all of you.

I wish you joy and peace this new year and good heath.

I wish you no worries and sorrows.

I wish you much love and happiness and ...

... and I wish that all your dreams and wishes comes true.

I wish you and your families no matter where you are ...

... A Happy New Year!

Thank you for all you lovely comments and kind word you have left for me over the past 12 months, they all mean so much to me. 

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Thank you for being with me in 2014 and I hope you will stay with me in with me in new year too.

Many hugs.

Merry Christmas To All Of You ..

Hello my dear friends,

I just couldn't let the days go by without wishing you all where ever you are ...

... A Very Merry Christmas!

All my love, many hugs and warm wishes.

Happy 4th Advent And The Winners ..

Hello my dear friends,

firstly I would like to wish all of you lovely bloggers ...

(courtesy Mario Sormann)

... a Happy 4th Advent.

I wish you a lovely and peaceful day.

And now to the other part of this post.

Thank you to all of you that took part in my 'Just One More Before Christmas' giveaway ~ I enjoyed doing this so much again.

Each of you that left a comment ...

... received a little snowflake with a number ...

... that was place in a little bag ...

... and the two winner were picked from there.

And the winners are ...

... no. 23 ~ Tamara and ...

... no. 28 Jeanga6.

Congratulations to both of you and Merry Christmas!
Please, drop me an e-mail with your mailing address so I can get your gifts in the mail.

Thank you again for all of you who were so sweet and left a comment and took part in this giveaway.

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

Have peaceful 4th Advent.

A Tarnished Christmas Treasure ..

Hello my dear friends,

I was going to share this little treasure with you a year ago and then it totally slipped my mind until today. I had found this tarnished piece at a church sale one weekend and just fell in love with it. As far as I can tell it is a little candle stand/holder for a little tea light and I am thinking of what I could maybe turn it into.

Take a look ... it is a hexagon and each side is a different little Winter/Christmas scene and one is as lovely as the other.

Some of the scenes remind me of an old Disney cartoon. It is called 'Once upon a Winter time". A  young couple goes out on a sleigh ride and head to a lake where they go skating and then something bad almost happens but in the end it is a happy end and they ride off home all happy and in love. A lovely classic cartoon.

At times I have quite a few new ideas or a few new treasure and some of them get just lost until they are re-found, created or shared with  you here on Todolwen  and I am sure this will not be the last one of them.

And last but not least ...

... if you love fabric and especially if it is Christmassy, then there is time to enter your name to my latest giveaway.

Just One More Before Christmas ..

Click on the link and just leave a comment for the chance to win this ...

... a very neat piece of fabric that has 24 tags in total and all very festive to say the least.

The winners ~ there will be two ~ will be drawn tomorrow Sunday, the 4th Advent around noon time.

Oh ... I haven't mentioned this yet but ...

... the countdown has started ... it's only 5 days til Christmas day!!

Have you got everything ready ~ presents wrapped? I am not quite there just yet.

Thank you for stopping by and visiting me here at Todolwen and don't forget to come back tomorrow, to see if you have won my giveaway!

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

Have a peaceful and creative day.

So Sweet ..

Hello my dear friends,

I must have some of the sweetest neighbors you can have.
 A few days ago the doorbell rang and there was my lovely neighbor Katherine with a smile on her face and a large poinsettia in her arms. She just said, that the flower was for me and then thanked me for everything I do for them. She handed me the red beauty and then left again.
That was so sweet!

Since we have cats and poinsettias are very poisonous to cats, the poinsettia now lives in my creative place on my worktable right at the window and it makes the room looks so festive and Christmassy.

Isn't is just so lovely?!

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

Have a peaceful and creative day.

My 'Christmas To Come' Giveaway 2014 ~ The Gift ..

Hello my dear friends,

finally I can share with you today what the gifts were from my 'Christmas To Come' giveaway this year. I can do so because the lovely Pat who it has now received her mail and opened it.

I had made a small stocking from a gray wool fabric ..

... and embellished it with some of my little silver flowers and snowflakes.

Of course the stocking couldn't be without a little white seam binding and some lovely white glistening and fluffy wool.

Inside the stocking were little gifts all wrapped up in white tissue paper with red thread bows, in a little white organza bag and a little white paper envelope.

There were little snowflakes punched out from velum and pretty papers.

                                                        
                                                        Tiny little golden jingle bells ...

... as my favorite penny shows the true size of the bells.

                                      

       Some lovely old white lace.

                               
                              Of course there had to a little bunch of my crochet flowers too.

                                       
                                        And all wrapped up in Christmassy red tissue paper ...

                                                         
                                                         ... a beautiful red silk scarf ...

... all covered in snowflakes ~ a true Christmas scarf.

And I am happy because Pat loved her giveaway gift and that is what it was all about.

Don't forget me little giveaway that I am having right now. Just click on the button on my right sidebar and it will take you to the post that will tell you all about it.

Lat but not least, I am sorry that this post is a little messed up, it seems that there is a problem with bloggers posting page. A few of their gadgets don't want to work right since yesterday.

Do stop by and visit me soon again here at Todolwen and take a look what I have  been up to.

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

Have a peaceful and creative day.