Paying It Forward........

Having been lucky enough to have recieved a gorgeous table runner from Ruth from her Pay It Forward (PIF), it's now my turn to host my own. For those that are new to this, here's the details:

The way a PIF normally runs is that the first 3 people to comment will each recieve a handmade item within the next 365 days. They then have to agree to send out 3 handmade goodies to the 3 'winners' from their PIF and so on and so on - so all in all it's a big ongoing lovefest of gorgeous handmade gifts. I think the best thing from this is that you never know what exactly you are going to receive or when you are going to get it and often it will turn up just when you need a little something special to brighten your day. I'm going to be a bit naughty and change the rules a little for mine - seeing as I've been a bit MIA from blogland recently I'm not going to pick the first 3 people to comment, but instead I'm going to leave it open for two weeks to give all the former readers of my blog time to notice that I'm actually blogging again so that everyone has an equal chance to be part of this! I'm going away on holiday tomorrow, so will draw a winner when I get back.

Good luck everyone and I already can't wait to see who the lucky 3 will be so I can start planning on what to make for them!

Natalie
xx

A Wonderful Surprise

With everything being so busy here lately I really haven't had much time to myself and very little time for my crafts. This has been getting me a bit down recently and one day in particular last week I was feeling really sorry for myself. You can imagine then what a wonderful surprise it was to go to my mailbox and find a parcel sitting in there. I haven't ordered anything online for ages now so I had nothing to expect, but as I turned it over I saw Ruth's name down as the sender. I quickly dashed inside as I realised it must've been her Pay It Forward (PIF) gift to me! I had signed up for it last year and completely forgot about it.

As I got inside Cheriese was excitedly yelling "present, present" as she helped me to open it. Inside I found the most gorgeous table runner! Before I could even say anything Cheriese seemed to read my mind and started ooohing and ahhing and saying "look mummy, it's pretty".

The best thing is that it fits perfectly on the chest of drawers I have in my entrance hall. The plan is for all the day's bits and pieces to be placed carefully inside one of these drawers, but lately they have been just thrown on the top of it, burying my digital photo frame and generally giving visitors and eye sore as soon as they walk in.

Not anymore, now is looks just stunning



Ruth has some more details about the runner on her blog here too.

Thank you so much Ruth, you seem to have just known the perfect gift for me. I adore the colours and the design you chose and not only did it brighten up a bit of a dark day for me, but continues to brighten up my entire home.

Stay tuned as I will be putting up my own 'Pay It Forward' here in the next day or so.

Natalie
xx