I got a lovely surprise from one of my bridesmaids for our wedding. It is a wedding pillow lovingly handcrafted by the talented Karen from Tilly Rose. It is personalised with our names and the date of our wedding 25th February 2012. How pretty is it, and I will cherish it forever, a fond memory of our big day! You should check out the handmade and vintage goodies she sells and creates :)

I'm off on holidays on Wednesday, fun fun fun! I will miss my lovely boyfriend but I am looking forward to the break from work. I'm visiting friends I met when I was in university doing my masters degree, we all have the same interests and I'm visiting them in the lovely city of Edinburgh where they are both living. So just to get me in the mood, here are a few lovely photographs of Edinburgh I took last time I visited!

This weekend was a bank holiday weekend here in Ireland :-) Don't you just love long weekends! I hope you all had a nice weekend, did you get up to anything nice??? I Spent some time with my boyfriend and enjoyed the good weather :-) Here are a few photographs I took of the Forest Park...

Hope your week went well and your enjoying the start of the weekend. I was very excited Wednesday evening when I returned home from work :) There was a package waiting for me :) All the way from Canada :) I never received mail from Canada before and mail this nice. I got the camera out ready to take photographs of the contents, but so predictable the batteries were dead. So do you want to see my gorgeous gifts from my dear blogger friend Laurie Anne from Rebel Blossom.

My happy mail consists of a beautiful needle case which I really needed as I have already lost two needles on the armchair. I was in a panic that someone would get them stuck into them! That would not be good. It is so pretty pink and purple with an adorable cupcake on it. And inside I got needles, it is all handcrafted and even has a Rebel Blossom tag which is really cool!

I also received two handmade cards which are really well crafted and perfect looking, they are so nice I will have difficulty ever giving them to anyone :)

And then on top of that I got the cutest drawstring bag- cream and pink with two hearts sewn onto it :) It is so pretty, I am going to hang it on the side of my bed post and put my fluffy bed socks into it :) I sound like an old woman!

Thank you so much Laurie Anne. I will have to post Laurie Anne her Happy Mail this week. To be honest I really didn't know what to send so I was waiting to see what kind of contents to send and I'm afraid I don't have any handcrafted items. My needlework and crafting is not very good but one thing I can say is that it is unique :)

So a massive thank you to Laurie Anne from Rebel Blossom for her very thoughful happy mail :)
You should visit her blog, it is full of lovely crafts, cooking and lots of life stories :)

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentone's Day and weekend, I really enjoyed my weekend and yesterday I got to spend time with my amazing boyfriend. This year we said we would not buy any presents for each other as we don't need anything and we wanted to save our money. He brought me out for a delicious meal  in a very posh restaurant which I am not use to :)

I started work yesterday, had induction and it went well :) Thank you all fo your well wishes, I will appreciate them :)

On another note remember I told you I got this glass jar free with rice

Well in the end I decided to use it for my bits & bobs

What have you been up to? Here a few photographs I took on a walk in the woods, Spring is setting and the sun is beginning to shine

I have just received a lovely Circle of Friends Award from Karen (Kazzy) at a Mermaids Purse, her blog is so pretty with lots of adorable stuff from her home and family. She is very creative and make sure you check out her beautiful drawings.

Ok so now I have to list my  'Five fav things i like doing'and then pass it on to five blogging friends so here goes

No. 1 Drinking tea in front of the fire on a cold dark night;
No. 2 Receiving gifts of any sort;
No. 3 Spending time with my wonderful boyfriend;
No. 4 Spotting some wildlife;
No. 5 Exploring the interior of houses be it old or new.

My list could go on and on forever as there are so many things I like to do, so what do you like to do?

I have decided to pass this award onto five of my blog friends, check out their blogs;

Monika from Monichen R who is blogging from Ireland
Gosia from Pick and Post who is from Poland
Gwendolyn from Hydrangea Heaven who is from the United States
Mummy Boo Bear from Stitchery Pokery who is from the United Kingdom
Glenda from Serendipity Cottage who is also from the United States

So there are five bloggers from my circle of friends, why don't you all visit each other :)

And here is my saying for the day;

Friendships are like flowers
That brighten your day
With fragrance and beauty
To share on life's way.

So treat them like flowers
From the gardener above,
Weed them with mercy
And water them with love.

I just received my first ever Blog Award from my friend Tracey at Tracey's Crafty Scraps. It really cheered up my day. Tracey's blog is full of fun and her wonderful handmade crafts. It is a latin award.


The award says .."This blog invests and believes in the PROXIMITY-nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement! Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated."

Thanks Tracey :)

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and sings it back to you when you have forgotten the words.