Thought I better explain to all my wonderful blog friends why I have been so slack lately!  Last May my father in law died suddenly which really sent my husbands family in a tail spin. So since May we have spent alot of time with his mum.  (She is 3 hours away.) She decided after spending a very long cold winter on the farm that she would lease the farm out and buy a house in town.  So last weekend we moved her into a lovely house in town which she loves.  It was an emotional move for her as she has spent the last 47 years in one house-amazing to me as we have had many moves-too many to mention!! We had a clearing sale on the farm on the 18th Feb which was very time consuming for hubby not me, I stayed home and milked-that was the easy job!  And the other news is we leased the home farm of 340 acres. It is a dry stock block and no we are not moving, we will run the farm from here(I foresee alot of travelling in my future).  Aside from all of this I feel as if I had lost my mojo but good news is I feel it coming back!
On Sunday nite after returning from moving my mother in law I checked my blog to see what you all have been up too and then checked 'trademe' for auctions I was bidding on, luck had it I was just in time for my auction of a Hatched and Patched xmas table topper kit.

I ended up in a bidding war! With an unknown bidder well that's what I thought! But not long after I won the auction the phone rang and it was none other than the wonderful Claire who demanded to know if I had just won an auction!!   'Thought it was you!'  she said!!   That was so funny, so after a wee bit of chatter I made kind-of plans to call in on Tuesday and see her. So on the way to Hawera I called into a couple of thrift/Op shops and this is what I brought on the way..............................

A beautiful tray cloth but there was also a serviette.

Thanks to Claire, she showed me how it fits into the teacup.  It is so cute!

When I arrived at Claire's I found her in her P J's. (Now that is two of kindred heart stitchers I have caught out, maybe 3 actually when I first met Nicky she was in her jimmies) so after a cuppa we decided to go thrifting, with not alot of luck, but we had the most yummy lunch!  I did leave Claire's with some treasures,

She gave me this beautiful rustic cream can.

And this is it's new home, well for now as I have plans for this.  Thank you Claire it is just the day I needed and thanks for the mojo help I came home all inspired!! 
So time has been of the essence lately, and I apologise to all those who have commented on my blog and I have not responded, I will do better in the future.
Have a great day, Michelle.