Gifts from Canada

My dear Canadian sea glass friend Angela and her " daugher " Zoe, my niece, her sweetest puppy, sent me this lovely parcel with treasures from Canada and Prince Edwrad Island.

I loved the little fatty mermaid!

And the beautiful card Angela made with sea glass!

She also made wine tags.

I loved all those shells from her island.

Sha painted a stone for me!

And made me jewelry!

And of course added some chocolate!

Thank you my dear!

Frames

I know I have not been blogging for a couple of days but things have been a bit hectic with my mum's health problems and all the chores I have to run out for her as well as certain things hubby and I have to utilize. More in future about this.
Anyway I have had for some time some things framed so here they are in no specific order!
Remember that card I had bought from Lilarubyking?

Well I turned it into a frame.

I also framed my very first cross stitch which was school work.

Then I framed a poster Kim, a sea glass friend, sent me from the Sea glass Festival in the States.

I gave a facelift to this old frame of Manto Mavrogenous I salvaged from school!

These previous three are going to be added in the summer house collection!
Another photo with Anna's card framed. Next to my son's Aris Salonica team clock of course!

I at last decided to give some space on my wall for my University diploma and my awards for getting a very good entry place and for adding to the collection of books in the Educational Museum of Veria, Greece.

Since this is the year of the dragon here is my dragon, I painted this on acrylic sheet and it is a shadow puppet theatre figure. It is quite big and enjoys a place over my Billy bookcases.

Two more additions on my pink bedroom wall.
A frame of a beautiful card I had bought in England years ago
La Belle Dame Sans Merci by Sir Edward Dicksee.
John Keats wrote the ballad that so many painters illustrated.
I love the ballad and this painting.

I met a lady in the meads,
Full beautiful-a faery's child,
Her hair was long, her foot was light,
And her eyes were wild.

And a small cross stitched dancing girl from my childhood years again.

Last but not least, Geninne's original The Umbrellas.
I had trouble framing this one because when I realised there was a drawing on the back of the collage I wanted to show it too and not imprison it in a frame. So I gave it a full extra plexiglass frame which I can turn around and show the back anytime I want.

Of course you do recognise Margie's crocheted stones and Paula's vases,crochet pebbles and delicate porcelain leaves.

Two days with my Godson...

My Godson asked me to spend some time with me at my place as his Christmas gift and I couldn't resist him.
We spent two lovely days together doing things.
We went for a walk looking at the lit Christmas trees of the city like this one in the water.

We went to the movies and watched Puss in Boots in 3D  with pop corn of course!

The next day we went to Santa's Village inside the city Trade Fair.
We walked all around. I loved looking at all those little houses.

 But it was very very cold and dark!

 We went up the Funfair rides. I hope you don't get dizzy!

We then made crafts at various workshops.

 And saw a Christmas exhibition....

Finally we watched a magician and his tricks.

That evening we took my Godson back to his house and we also enjoyed a shadow puppet performance by him.

What the mail brought....

December brought so much beautiful mail...I am so lucky!
So here is some more...
a lovely card and  porcelain leaves along with great tea from dear Paula of otchipotchi.

A lovely teatowel that I purchased from bookhou and the talented Arounna...

Great cross stitch magazines and a kit from my friend Brigitte in France.

Thank you everyone for your gifts and Christmas mail!
Although I have posted lots of mail (parcels letters and cards) before Christmas I still have to mail some more so please be patient with me!
I am glad though that one by one I receive notes that my mail has arrived all around the world.

Gifts for Christmas...(3)

My dear friend Sigrid from Austria made me this lovely loop scarf! I wear it every day, it is so warm and comfortable! Thank you!

I saw a great post in Tiny Happy Melissa's blog just in the holidays so following it I made these little paper ornaments. They are great to recycle wrapping paper with them.

Gifts for Christmas...(2)

I woke up at 5.22 in the morning from the fury and sound of a mild earthquake which had its epicentre 9km from the city centre so one could say it was inside the city!
I have lived the 1978 huge 6,5 R scale earthquake that caused lots of deaths and ruins in my city so every time I feel an earthquake that's what I remember, my 12-year-old summer experience.
I am not afraid of earthquakes (not as much as I am afraid of thunderstorms anyway!) and living in an earthquake abound area I am used to them but despite that I can't stand the chill of a morning sudden earthquake awakening.
So I couldn't go back to sleep and started doing lots of chores.
I had coffee and put away all my Christmas decorations. Having done that I started changing position to certain furniture!!!!!
Then I did some schoolwork and then some open market shopping.
Then relaxed and confident went to school. The first day was dedicated to what we did at Christmas and I showed my students what a Christmas cracker is. My friend Cathy had sent me a packet of them last year so I kept them and used some with the family on the Christmas dinner and some with my students. It was fun!
I also introduced Maija to them!!!They were really happy to meet her!
Back in December now....two heavy parcels arrived.Both from my Scottish friends John and Juliana!
Here are some pics! 
Juliana took so much care to wrap everything beautifully!

She included so many lovely things. She knows what I like!
A huge cross stitch book and some cross stitch kits. I have to find time to do some more cross stitch in 2012!

And delicious handmade local chocolate! We all loved that in the family!

There was so much in the parcels I really can't show everything and can't believe how generous and kind my sea glass friends are!
And last but not least a cross stitched sea glass card and some magnificent sea glass boulders from Seaham in England!

Thank you both very very much!

Gifts for Christmas....(1)

I got lots of lovely gifts this Christmas. Thank you all for your thoughtfulness and love.
I will start showing them as I am taking photos.
From dear Frieda, my seaglass friend from Skiathos island.
Frieda upcycled old Christmas cards in an excellent way with crochet and wooden beads.

 I loved the beautiful sea glass pieces....

... especially the one with the bubbles....

 But I also loved all her handmade gifts like this little fridge magnet made from a beer bottle cap.

 And these fantastic crocheted Christmas wreaths.

Thank you Frieda, and thank you for reading and commenting on my blog,too. Hope we will meet again soon!