Often Christmas brings incredible surprises for me and as usual the biggest surprises are the smallest!
An early arrival was a package from Kaisa! Such a kind thought and a beautiful decoration for Christmas. She has made it with four candles and the tiniest of golden cherubs.

 Kaisa loves Tilda! She used Tilda wrapping paper and even a Tilda label - so pretty.

There was also a bar of delicious chocolate! Thank you so very much Kaisa. X

I had four presents from Oly! One was this pretty box of miniature chocolates. She has been looking at my favourites on Etsy, I think!

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 And these are amazing! Oly has stitched all these Christmas items! Aren't they fabulous?

Dear Oly, thank you so much. X

Sandra totally surprised me as well! A sweet little box with three perfectly made gifts.

Can you believe this is not a photo of full size mistletoe?

Is it my imagination or can I really smell the spicy potpourri?

Sandra, they're wonderful, thank you so much! X

I've truly been amazed by the generosity of my friends and feel thoroughly spoilt. Now I have to try to find somewhere for all my new miniatures to live - that's a problem I'll enjoy solving!

A Gift for my Blogger Friends.

This will be my last post before Christmas as I now have a lot to do in the real world!
I sincerely give thanks to each and every one of you who loyally follow this blog and have become friends even though we have never met. You make everything worth while.
It's lovely to know you're out there and unbelievably interested in what I make and say!
Here is a small Christmas gift from me to you. It's a file for you to print and make two Christmas Display Boxes like these.

Just click here to download the PDF. It's something new I'm trying, I hope it works.......
Christmas Display Boxes
Merry Christmas to you all and a Happy 2012!

What is a Friend?

Friends enjoy each other's company, they help, encourage and share laughs. They are generous, grateful, dependable and appreciative. Oly and I were all of these today!
We went to the 2nd Andalucia Miniatures Fair in Fuengirola where we encouraged each other to buy the things we knew we really shouldn't but wanted anyway, helped make important decisions like whether we needed just another doll or not, depended on our friend to look after our bags when we went to the 'ladies', laughed like naughty children when we knew we'd spent too much money but didn't care, I drove and Oly generously bought lunch. We appreciate the advise on matters like whether we want something in pink, blue or both but most of all we are grateful to have a like minded, kind friend to spend a happy day doing what we both love so much - miniatures.
Here is a photo of Oly and me at the fair.

Ha ha! I couldn't resist these little girls from Eli of www.ooakminis.blogspot.com they have leather shoes, sweet dresses and so much character! They don't look like friends though, do they?
I'll post more photos later, I hope you're all enjoying your weekend as much as me!