Gorgeous Roses and a little bit of Christmas

Remember the roses my friend gave me for hosting the fundraising tea.

Well look at them now,almost a week later.

Amazing blooms, I still can't get over the gorgeous colour

Christmas cards are starting to

arrive.  I love the overseas ones with the robins and snow,and the Hi Ho jolly ones,hadmade with love.

My Christmas vignettes are still growing, I can't resist adding to them

I bought the little angel from a $2 shop, undressed and fiddled around to dress her from my lace stash.


I hope you are all having a nice time decorating.  I love to pop over to your homes and take a peak at what you are up to with the festive preperations.

I am joining Show and tell friday at House in the Roses
Show off you Cottage Monday at How Sweet the Sound

xx jeanetteann

I am so honoured,  I received this award from Karen at Art and Home,
and karen at Old Time Gal. 

Thank you so much girls, I am so honoured.

I now have to award this Liebster award to 5 bloggers who have 200 or less followers.... They are
Sandy, For the Love of White,
  Sandy has the most equisite taste in home decor, you must check it out,I love the gorgeous white colour scheme.

Cindy.  Art,Books,Tea
Cindy loves everything the title of her blog implies, it's just lovely to visit.

Lyn, Tea Cup stitches
Lyn  loves very much what I like, tea parties,teacups, and stitching.

Louisa,Vintage by Lou Lou
Lou has a delightful little shop in Ipswich Queensland,an Etsy and Ebay shop,and like me loves everything Vintage,


Kylie,Stylish Settings
Well Kylie has real style and loves to decorate her home.  Her lovely handmade chocolate decorated Christmas tree is gorgeous.

Hope you enjoy these gorgeous blogs as much as I do.
Hope you are having a lovely week

xx:o) jeanetteann

Afternoon Tea fundraiser

Sundays fundraiser afternoon tea

What a success it was, Thanks to some very generous friends and aquaintances,we raised a conciderable some of money for the Cancer Council.

Everyone enjoyed the homemade goodies,as you can see,there was plenty to go around

We set the food on the dining room table,and the china on tables in the sunroom and garden.

Everyone filled their plates, took them to the sunroom or garden where I served tea from china cups

I used all different colours, it was very shabby chic

A quiet spot under the pergola,in the garden

Another little spot in the shade

The boxes for the donations,plus my book on sale,which I donated $1 from every sale to the cause.

A dear friend who's husband is riding in the  Tour Down Under Challenge in January for this wonderful cause, brought me this gorgeous bunch of orange roses from their garden.  A little thank you for hosting the tea.

I have never seen such a beautiful colour rose,although they do look yellow in this photo

The Hydrangeas were in bloom

 The whole day was such a treat,and I was very honoured to be the host.
I am joining a few blog parties this week

Fresh cut Friday
Pink Saturday ,"How Sweet the Sound"
Show off your Cottage Monday ,"House in the Roses"
Show and tell Friday

I hope you all have a lovely

restful, happy week.  xx jeanetteann :o)

crafting day

I bought these gorgeous little hand embroidered doilies from an op shop for only $2 for 4

 I have kept them in my sewing box,on the table next to my comfy chair,where I can see them,trying to get inspired to make something nice from them.

 I decided to stitch them onto a vintage little napkin.

 Then crocheted around the edge with double crochet

Meanwhile I made this little needle case with one of them, adding 2 little daisies,cut from some vintage daisy lace,adding a button on the front and back

 I used some scrap polo fleece for the pages

 Then back to the crochet, adding a scalloped edge around the napkin

 I am very pleased with the finished doily, now thinking cap on to use the last one

I am joining Show of you Cottage Monday at the House in the Roses and
Pink Saturday at Rose Chintz Cottage, even though I haven't a pink post today, I still like to visit my blog friends regularly, for inspiration.
Sunday is my fundraising afternoon tea, so all of the cooking is finished and china washed all ready.
I will post the pics from the day on Monday.  Hope you all have a lovely weekend x :o) Jeanetteann

Christmas decorating almost complete

I so wanted to decorate in blue,white and silver this year

I even spray painted the green tree white and silver.

I bought some silver and blue angel hair tinsel and little silver baubles

Then painted the gold angel for the top of the tree, silver.

While spray can was in hand, the gold angel from my garden got the silver treatment too.

My hubby said he better not hang around too close or he might get the silver treatment too,

chuckle chuckle

 

The little musical cherub is too nice white,so she got a reprieve.

All of the blue,white and silver ran out. Soooo, I decided to keep that colour scheme for the sunroom,where we eat Christmas dinner.

I decorated the rest of the house in traditional colours.

Santa and his sled and Rudolf in the hallway.My collection of Myer Christmas bears always come out at this time of year to say hello.

 A simple little wire tree on the coffee table and a tiny angel.

 Friends brought back the little Limoges dish from a recent trip to Paris and I love it.

 I think the lovely decorative red pattern on the cloth was enough without more decorations.

 The mantel was dressed in it's usual swag.

 My collection of Santa's looked fine on the hall table.  Their little legs dangling over the edge

 We have Seven Grandchildren, and their photo's hang in the hallway.  I placed their Christmas baubles with their names and birth year beneath.

 Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the Nativity set,which has been around the whole of my married life.

  It brings visitors great joy,as they enter the front door.

Our Grandchildren have always enjoyed rearanging the figures,and have always taken such great care of them.

I hope you are enjoying preparing for the festivities as much as I am xx blessings j

I am linking up with Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home

Common Ground and

House in the Roses for Show off your Cottage Monday

Blue Teatime

I am having a blue tea today.

I thought it would make a nice change.

 This is my NIKKO set, and I just adore it.  the lovely all over pattern of blue flowers is so fresh

My dear daughter made the delightfully pretty cupcakes

Please join me for a nice big hot mugfull of tea/coffee today.  I usually don't like mugs for tea, but as these are china, the tea does taste quite nice in them, especially if the weather is a little chilly and you can wrap your hands around them.

I am joining Sandi from Rose Chintz Cottage today for Teatime Tuesday

Sandi is also having a blue tea today, we must think alike.

Also linking with Ruth at Antiques and Teacups

Christmas Cooking

Finally,I have made a start on Christmas preperations

I decided to start with the fruit mince meat and puddings

 The preperation of all the lovely dried fruits.

 The mixing and delightful smells

Lovely golden organic eggs

My usual little English Cookery book, which contains lovely recipes for Christmas

 including the pud

This recipe makes so much, I had to put some into cloths

as I only have two basins.

Hanging on the kitchen cupboard handles to dry out a little.

The anticipation of  eventually tasting this delightfully rich pudding flamed with brandy and smothered all over with lovely homemade creamy custard.  YUMMY

I am joining my friends at Show and Tell Friday, at My Romantic Home today.