ARGOS GIVEAWAY WINNER!

The winner of my Argos voucher giveaway is the very lovely Rachel of Oh No Rachio!  If you haven't had a look at her blog & etsy shop already, you should! She is so talented :) Congratulations Rachel!

Thank you to everyone else who entered. I want to plan to do another giveaway soon, perhaps when I reach 300 followers, which isn't too far away! What sort of giveaway would you all like to see?

Have a lovely Sunday!

x ♥

holiday & excitement & winner

I am back from holiday :) I had scheduled some posts for while I was away, but neither of them worked unfortunately! I have no idea why, but those posts will be up soon!

My holiday was lovely. Luckily my morning sickness has passed, and I could really enjoy it! It consisted of many beaches, long walks, card games in the caravan, collecting shells, lots of pebbles, paddling in the cold sea, rock pools, finding crabs, finding jellyfish, old fashioned arcades and fun fairs, spotting boats, rainy days, sunny days, little zoos, white lions, ice cream, petting farms, gift shops, sweet shops, homemade fudge, fish and chips, roast dinners, swings, standing on cliff tops, lovely views, feeding white doves out of my hand, and the swan. Our friend the swan. Our caravan had a little private beach, that had one swan living alone there. We went to our little beach only feet away every morning, and the swan would immediately come over to us and nip at our legs and feet until he was fed! It was a little scary at first, but he was lovely.

And we returned home to have my scan a few days later. I was so nervous and scared!! eek. It was yesterday. I was having nightmares for days before about everything going wrong, and it being bad news. The lady rubbed the gel on my belly, and as soon as the little ultrasound thingy was on my tummy, there it was on the screen, our little baby!!! I have felt so happy. I knew immediately everything was ok, our little one is so energetic and playful! It was jumping about all over the place, kicking its little legs and waving its arms. We saw it sucking it's thumb, and even saw it drinking the amniotic fluid! It was opening its little mouth and swallowing!! I couldn't believe how much detail we could see, we could even see its tiny toes wriggling. It was so so amazing!! Heres our baby:

In the picture, it is sucking its thumb, and the other arm is down by its side, and you can see its little toes curled round too! I can't stop smiling. Its about the size of a banana now :) Now I can't wait for our next scan!

***

More exciting news now!! I have used random.org to choose the winner of my giveaway. and the winner is:

LONE ALASKAN GYPSY!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will be contacting you about sending your prize very soon :) thank you to everyone who entered!!

I have also put more items up in the shop today, if anyone would like to see :)

x ♥

post and winners!!

Saturday morning I awoke to such a lovely surprise!! another package in the post. This time, from my little brother!! my little brother is very small, i am much older but we are ever so close. Being away from him at university makes my heart ache, and cheeks damp from tears.

He has been missing me and my David and my Poppy, and decided he would like to send us a letter! He got my father to help him buy a chocolate bar each for me and my David, a packet of biscuits for us and a pen for me. The pen has a little TV on top with a little bear on the screen, and when you press the button, the picture changes! It is adorable. and he also wrote a little letter and made a teeny tiny fish for me.

 

I am going to send him a parcel back. It will include sweets and a toy, and a photo of me and my David and Poppy, as he always asks to see pictures of poppy.

 

Poppy was ever so good whilst she had her picture taken. she cuddled into me and stayed very still for the pictures, and then afterwards fell asleep curled up on my lap!

The post has made me long for home. I will be going to visit so we can all go to a christmas market as a family at the start of december, and then I go home properly for christmas on the 18th. only 39 days until christmas day!! 39 days until father christmas visits, until gift swapping, gift unwrapping, smiles on everyones faces, christmas singing, laughing, cracker pulling, christmas dinners with turkey and roast potatoes and yorkshire puddings and brussel sprouts and mothers gravy. until mince pies and mulled wine and christmas puddings and tins of sweets, and playing with new toys and watching old films and falling asleep with full bellies and happy hearts. I cannot wait!

I also received a little card from my dear friend this morning, left for me in my studio space. it had an adorable picture on the front, a little get well card, as I have been feeling a little poorly recently. I have been so very lucky to have so many kind people sending me little surprises and gifts. It has lifted my spirits such a lot, after having been a bit ill and down due to the sky high pile of work I have!

And I have some other very important post to send. To the giveaway winner!! The random number generator at random.org has picked the winner, and she is:

congratulations ariana!!! please email me on roseanneosman(at)hotmail.com, so i can arrange sending your pink teacup ring to you! hope you like it dear :)

Thank you to everyone who entered and those of you who made lovely posts about my rings! I am very very thankful. and thank you to all of you for your kind words about my shop, it means a lot to me that you all like it. 

love

♥ x