FREEDOM ROCKS .....IT`S IN THE BAG!

My holidays are here and it feels great to have two whole weeks ahead of me to do whatever I please! I`ve no definite plans this year - events kind of took care of that - but I`ll be brunching,lunching and munching with the best of them, along with maybe a visit to London to see my eldest son who lives there and also to spend some time with my best friend who also lives there. Add in some much needed DIY, taking Little Voice (she loves singing!) for her first pair of `real` shoes - I hope her Mummy lets me buy her red ones - I love red shoes, and no clock-watching for two weeks and there we have my perfect recipe for a little R&R. My sister has just won two First Class Train Tickets to London to be used by November so we are planning a little Xmas Shopping Trip to use them up, so that`ll take care of my wanderlust for this year at any rate. I`m not very good abroad you see - as I get older I find I can`t take the heat! I suffered from heatstroke two years ago in Portugal and in Paris the year before (mind you the temps were up to 40 degrees in the shade so I`m not a complete wimp, people were dropping like flies) so I`m a little wary about travelling very far from home these days - I thought they were going to have to bring me home in a box from Portugal, I felt SO ill.

~Anyhoo, all that aside I hope that you folks who are holidaying at the moment, whether home or abroad have a fantastic and fabulous time. We all deserve our holidays especially in these formidable times we`re all going through at the moment.

I finally finished my little crochet bag just in time for my hols, courtesy of  Attic 24`s beautiful pattern and amazingly easy to understand tutorial (I couldn`t get the link to work but you can find the pattern for it on her blog) I never thought I`d ever crochet again but she`s such an inspiration and is really enthusiastic about her craft which I find highly infectious. It`s been many,many years since I `hooked` but I found it just came back to me like `Hey Presto I can still Crochet`! I`ve been much more used to knitting recently for Little Voice.

The buttons are vintage and so cute!

I love these pretty pink polka-dot buttons too.

I also finally found a lovely frame for the gorgeous silk print that Mrs Yappy Dog gave me as part of our swap - she actually made it for the baby to wipe her nose on but it`s FAR too good for that so I framed it instead and it looks very pretty up on my wall (Baby will get it back eventually for her bottom drawer!).

I lined the bag with a recycled pair of my niece`s jeans (don`t worry I asked her before I cut them up) and left one of the pockets intact for my mobile phone.

I also hope I find some time to get on with the new swaps I`ve taken on.....so much to do....so little time!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE :)