I prefer this.....

our seafront beauties...

...than this hailstorm...

Giveaway winning and a lovely gift.

Some time ago I was the happy winner of what generously was offered by Kim 

of Wisdom with needle and thread

Here's what Kim sent me ...her own handmade thread holder, along with a scissors keep, some cross stitch tags and some beautiful cards.

Kim was kind enough to let me choose which gifts I wanted from these.

And from these....

She also allowed me to nominate one more cross stitcher friend to whom she also sent similar gifts. I nominated Sarah of Sarah in Stitches. You can read all about it here.

Thanks Kim!

Also I recently received a lovely gift from dear Anna of inmyc.

She made this beautiful cushion out of one of my sea glass felted stones photograph. The photo was taken by Mak.Semers Digital Artist.

Thanks Anna!

Etsy Greek Street Team meeting

On Thursday afternoon the Thessaloniki branch of Etsy Greek Street Team met at Peirama, a beautiful space where I learnt how to crochet a couple of months ago.
Sweet Vivika of The Wandering Deer organized the whole thing.
First we were shown how to make some scrapbooking card holders by Olga.

 This is Lia's of Meandmamacreations

 This is mine!

Then we had a break to munch sweet and savoury delights some members made. I made some cheese, red pepper and dill mini muffins and they were a huge success.

Then I was asked to introduce the second handicraft which was embroidery on old photographs.

Some members really made great things out of this.But unfortunately I didn't have time to take pictures.

This is what I made. Always on my favourite sea theme.

(pin booklet by Tinyhappy)
In the end there was a Bingo game and I was the first winner!Wow! This is what I won made by pocolocini. I know who is going to receive this lovely owl in a couple of months!Someone who really adores owls!

And here's a photo taken by Anna of inmyc.We really had fun!

Things I have made!

Hello everyone!

I know I have not been a very good blogger lately but unfortunately there is too much to be done and the end of May and June are the worst as far as work is concerned.

Today, June the 3rd, I must say that many of my school work obligations are over. I handed in my grades, I handed in my self-evaluation school unit reports, I have also finished the University Students Practice and their evaluation. So now there are only a couple of days left teaching till the 15th and it is fun especially with the younger pupils who are now learning everything in the summer holidays and the sea themes.And we teachers will be going to school till the 21st!For the last time!Because from next year we will be going to school till the 30th June!!!!But that's another story!

On the other hand we are still having the anxiety of my son's Entrance University exams which are till the 21st and some more last minute Drama Club performances on the 15th, 18th and 19th.

And of course the preparation for our dream trip this July is in its final steps. So you can imagine how busy I am.

Still the last couple of months I have made a couple of handmade things so I thought of showing them to you.

First a stone that my dear friend Dawn in the States wanted.Here's the stone along with some olive oil soap and some Greek beach finds for her!

Then two purple stones. I made one for my friend Stella of StellaCreations who wanted one.And the other was the one won at a giveaway by Evdokia of have a ko(o)kie blog.

Then a red one for Mary, my Drama Club friend.

Then I made this sea glass pendant for Nopi.

I also made this red bead and wooden pendant for my friend Evi.

I have also been making masks for the roleplay of my 3rd Graders.The cricket and the ant is this pair and I have made lots more!

This blue sea glass felted stone of mine was won by a lady on Mykonos island who didn't even bother to thank me for winning it. She hasn't even told me that she received it. I posted it registered.She won it in another blog whose blogger asked me to cooperate and make a gift for her readers to win and that would be advertising for me! I obliged. I sent the gift but no news!Disappointing!

These too are other little gifts I made. The lego cross stitch brooch was for Julocka in Denmark. She blogs on moments of perfect clarity and I really like her blog.It was a thank you gift for her generosity to send me a lovely lego mermaid some time ago!The pattern was free on the net.

Then I made this birthday gift for my friend Christina of the egst. She loves anything Japanese and so I made this keyring, again from a free cross stitch pattern on the net.Christina has a lovely shop on etsy celdeconail.

I also made this felted stone as a gift for my friend Dora who lives in Mytilene.

And this as a gift for my handicraft teacher Maria, at the handicraft course at the local library last year.

And this last one as a goodbye gift for my colleague Yioula who is retiring! Of course Barca wanted to see it.

I also made these two bead pendants for the two University students who did their practice with me to have something to remember me with.

I have also been cross stitching like crazy for gifts for my trip meetings but those won't be shown till after the trip!