Of parties and paperchains

I decided on a tartan theme for the Christmas party we held for a couple of very lovely people that help with Sam.

Paper chains are an easy decoration to make and can be themed for any occasion and topic. I searched for various tartan colours and patterns and got hubby to print these out before cutting into strips.

A bit of glue or (staple them together) and hey presto, a lovely garland to decorate your room. Here I added a few pom-poms in matching colours.

 

Below are some other examples of lovely chains. They could also be made out of other materials too, such as stitched fabric, knitted or crochet wool scraps.

stitchlily.blogspot.co.uk

 from belladia.typepad.com

from spottedcanary.com

We had a fun evening with much laughter, a rather loud rendition of the 12 days of Christmas (goodness knows what the neighbours thought!) and few vociferous rounds of  the game 'Animal, Vegetable or Mineral'!

Santa decorations from the Knickerbocker Glory dessert having a Xmas hug!

Wishing you a lovely Christmas!

xXx

The Christmas Fayre

On Saturday Ardingly held the Christmas Fayre. BB had decided to have a toy sale to sell his unwanted items, clearing his bedroom to make space for new Christmas toys!  So toys in boxes in the garage and in the loft were gathered together and squeezed into the car, and we hotfooted it down to the village hall to set up a stall.

The fayre was on from 12 to 5pm, so it was a long day

My lovely friend, Nadia, helped out on the village school's fundraising stall

The crowds just came and came...

Lots of home produce and hand-mades

Lots of children and grandparents in the market for good quality second hand toys

It wasn't always easy persuading BB to stay at his stall, as there were many school friends to catch up with! And despite selling toys for between 20p and a couple of pounds, BB made £60 towards his new lego.

The ladies on the Church stall having a sneaky lemon cupcake

And ho ho ho it was time for Santa to leave his grotto, no doubt children at other fayres and fetes awaited his attendance

And to round the Fayre off, we switched on the lights on the village Christmas tree, sung carols and had a mug of hot mulled wine and mincepies..

There are definite benefits to this time of the year...