All Together Now - Day 25

It's Christmas!

Today my glamorous assistant is joined in her Advent fun by two new friends - Girl Cat and Girl Mouse.  Both of these Julie Williams patterns are available from Ravelry.

Girl Cat is made from a mix of yarns, the brown is an alpaca wool.  I have not been able to track down a true white alpaca wool so the white patches are Baby Soft Double Knit.

Her legs and shoes are made of 4 ply cotton.  The shoes have tiny buttons as buckles and the cherries on the dress are tiny glass beads.

Here is a back view where you can see her lovely swishy tail.

The body of Mouse Girl is also alpaca but her ears, tail, legs and shoes are 4 ply cotton.

The bottom of the dress has a lettuce hem and the flowers have small faux pearls at the centre.

Her tail is so long she can carry it around over wrapped around her arm.  You can just make out the slit in the back of her dress to accommodate the tail.

I think they look great friends already.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the holidays.


Dionne

Time to Go Home

Merry Christmas to everyone, I hope you are all having a wonderful time and enjoying your day however you have chosen to spend it.

Our little elves have now returned to the North Pole to help Santa deliver all of the presents around the world last night.  However, before they left, they had one last task to perform.

They were very busy collecting reindeer poor and shovelling into packets marked 'Chocolate Raisins'!

I just love this fabulous wonderland scene, it reminds me of when I was a child .......... many years ago.  

Every year my mum would take me to see Santa at the local department store.

There was always a queue and we would wind our way through a scene very much like this.  To me it was so magical.

As you can see, the elves have already changed into Santa's Little Helper outfits, ready for when they get to the North Pole.

I hope Santa bought you all you were hoping for.


Dionne

Schhh, Can you Hear Santa's Sleigh Coming? - Day 24

I have a rather special outfit to share with you today, I like to think of this as Santa's Little Helper Outfit.

In fact, Suzymarie has called this design 'Santa's Helper Dress', the instructions are available on Ravelry. It includes instructions for converting Julie Williams cloak into a Christmas cloak to match the dress.

I love all the attention to detail, like the 'fur' trim and the belt and buckle.  It makes such a wonderful outfit for Christmas Eve.

I should like to take this opportunity to wish each and everyone of you a very happy Christmas.

Dionne

Dotty about Christmas - Day 23

Oh golly, Christmas is getting really close now.  Are you ready?  I think I am just about getting there - all the shopping is done, all the presents are wrapped - the last of which should be hand delivered to the recipients either today or tomorrow.

I love this pretty dress, it is from the  Girl Monkey pattern, which is available from Ravelry (the original pattern has a pretty bow, I tried to reproduce it but mine just looked ridiculous, so I scraped it).

The other change I made was to make the dress in the fuller skirt variation so the bunny tail fits neatly under the dress.

Dionne

Plastered Elves!

On Thursday Ryan had a little accident and needed a plaster.  That night our little elves found their way into the First Aid box and did a little first aid on themselves!

It looks as if the little girl may have had a little nip and tuck on her ears and possibly a nose job!

Yesterday Ryan had a lot of fun making his Gingerbread House ..........

although there should have been a lot more decorations, I wonder where they went - Ryan?

Have a wonderful holiday weekend.

Dionne

Random snowflakes - Day 22

My glamorous model and I am back with another snappy dress designed for the 'Little Cotton Rabbits' range.

The dress is another of Suzymarie's variations of the Julie Williams 'Seasonal Dresses' pattern.  Once again I have made this dress in the fuller option using 4 ply cotton.

This design is called 'First Flurries' and is meant to represent the start of a snow storm.

Breakfast in Bed - It's Alright for Some

I think our little elf friends had an unscheduled trip back to the North Pole, which is why we have not seen them the past couple of days.  Whilst they were there I think they took to opportunity to make yet another report to Santa on how good Ryan and his sister have been.

A few days Louis had a little accident and had to go to elf hospital to be fixed, but thankfully all went well.  He took it easy yesterday morning and had breakfast in bed.

Looks pretty good to me but I am not sure he should being eating that many eggs a day.

Because they have not been around for the past few days the elves bought Ryan a little gift of a Gingerbread House Kit, which he and his mum are going to put together today.  Sounds like a lot of fun.

Dionne