More gifts

I am sorry I am not taking time to blog but it seems time is not enough!
This weekend I have rehearsals for hours and a memorial service, and to start doing my taxes and finish some spring cleaning so I am just adding a draft blogpost I had for some time. Some more gifts I had received on my birthday.
My jewelry course teacher Irene knitted this scarf with the amazing crochet details and even decoupaged the gift box. She is amazingly talented!

Then another friend from the Drama club gave me some things to use on my jewlery course and in my crafts. Unfortunately I haven't used them yet but they are lovely!

Finally a lovely birthday card and gift from dear Sigrid in Austria. This little bag is made totally out of a zip!Smart!

I am adding new felted stones on my shop almost every day and also changed a bit the prices as I always get mixed up with the euro and the dollar so they are cheaper now for my friends in the States and elsewhere.

What the mail brought...

...in December!
Of course December mail was Christmas mail and maybe it is too late to show it but I want all my friends to know that I really appreciated all the things I received, wishes, letters, Christmas cards and presents. I have answered by e-mail to say that I received the parcels but I still owe letters, I know!And there are some people I never sent a Christmas card even but this year I really tried to send as less as possible as postage has gone so high that at times it isn't affordable.
So here are...

Gaby's card and gift from Scotland.Doesn't the Scottish flag look like the Greek one?My school keys are on this now.

 Johanna's Christmas card from Finland,

 Juliana's parcel from Scotland(I have worn this scarf so much this winter J&J)

And there are some great but very difficult patterns in this!

 J&J you sent so much thank you!

  I loved those dishes that you can see in the dark under UV light and filled with beach finds from Kos island.

 Juliana's Xmas card.

Juliana made lovely sea glass ornaments and I use this keyring for my home keys every day.

 Tua's card and driftwood reindeer from Finland,

 Christine's card from France,

 Ruth's card and vintage cross stitch book from Israel. (the book has lovely simple designs. I will use some when I start stitching again when Barca allows it!)

and a parcel from dear Marabeth.

which included this amazing vintage thrift store find. A cross stitch piece that shows the landmark of my city the White Tower and the Greek and American flag. This was probably stitched as a commemorative piece from a Greek lady and given as a gift or kept till not wanted any more. I am so glad Marabeth has an eye for great cross stitch pieces and she got me this!Thanks Marabeth!

 And this lovely cross stitched bag for my sea glass walks.

 Also another find of Marabeth's, a crochet bell for my tree. This year my tree was all cross stitch and crochet ornaments.

 And this lovely heart brooch.

 Cathy's card and letter.

 I loved those stamps.

 Kim's card and calendar.

 Andria's card, calendar and sea glass ornament.You can find similar ornaments and lovely jewelry at Andriasserendipity etsy shop.

 Brigitte's gifts and card. Go to objectifseychelles  if you want to organise yout holidays to the beautiful Seychelles.

 Again thank you all for thinking so warmly of me!

Sea Glass gifts

I received lots of gifts this Christmas mainly from sea glass friends.So here they are.
That's the total of them which are related to sea glass only.
Two green vintage UV dishes from Julianna and John in Scotland.
A driftwood sea glass reindeer from Tua in Finland.
A watercolour sea glass painting from Ian in England.
A sea glass turquoise blue scarf from Marabeth in the States.
A set of sea glass Christmas tree ornaments from Juliana and John again.
A Christmas tree ornament with the A monogramme and a 2013 calendar from Andria of Andriasserendipity in the States.
A sea glass Christmas card from John and Julianna,too.
The Sea Glass Rush book written by Bev Jacquemet gifted to me by Dawn in the States.
Thank you my friends very very much! I love sea glass and your gifts!

 My sea glass on top of Bev's book sent to me by Dawn!

 Andria's and Juliana's ornaments on Dawn's gift.

Andria's gifts.

 Ian's watercolour!

 Tua's reindeer.

Thank you all for your gifts!

First weekend of June.

Have a great month everyone!
I promised, didn't I ? There are going to be lots of blogposts till the end of June, till I go to the beach house for my summer holidays that is. I have to tell you everything that has been going on the last couple of months and I haven't yet.
Anyway thanks to all those who commented on my previous post! So I haven't changed much since my teenage years!Oh well! That's really sweet of you!
Also I would like to say that I had been thinking of all my British pals since they were celebrating the jubillee. I am sure you all had a great time up there in Britain.
Here's what I did this weekend.
We went to the beach house on Saturday. Our main aim was to clean and prepare it for summer. We achieved most of our goals, sweeping and washing the floors, taking the matresses out to the sun, doing the laundry, cleaning the bathrooms, the shutters, the patio and deck, doing some of the gardening. Of course there are still things to be done. I managed to go and swim once on Sunday at noon just a little while before my brother and his family came for a small barbeque lunch.
Boy the sea was....cold!!!!!!Brrrrrr!
And a little bit of sea glass was collected on Saturday evening!
That's all. Not much else was done. Of course we had our evening chatting with our friends Anna and Jim there, coffee and a beer. A long summer is awaiting ahead of us. I don't know if it will be a good one with all the political and financial things happening here. As this is our 8th summer there we plan to enjoy it as much as we can because we don't know for how long we will manage to keep this house! It's totally on a bank loan so ....
Anyway now a couple of pics for you!
My dear son's yellow rose bush bloomed again! It was a mother's day gift some years ago.

 And some of the chrysanthemums started blooming too.These were the first plants we plants.And they bloom every year.

 Queen Ann's lace looks so beautiful!

 And my flox is blooming too.This was last summer's addition to the garden and it is so nice and delicate.

 And the little pomegranate tree that got planted by itself  has lots of beautiful flowers on it.

 I hope we will get our own pomegranates this year.

 The dandellions were huge.

 Can you spot the four aeroplanes in the sky above the sunset?

 A little bit of sea glass.

 And the gifts my sis brought from her trip to Rome. T-shirts for the guys and the stuff I like, viewcards, the Colliseum, some farfalle in the colours of the Italian flag( I really don't know if I should cook them or keep them!), and my favourite Limoncello drink! Thanks sis!

Tomorrow we are going back to school! Two more weeks of lessons and an extra week for administartion work and off we go, I am looking forward to it!
By the way for those of you who love looking and reading at blogs, my bloglist has become bigger. I have added some more blogs I have been reading lately, so go ahead and visit them too.