Two more packages .....

..... dropped onto my doormat recently. This one .....

..... from Jo ......

..... and this one .....

..... from Gina .....

After seeing some of Jo's lovely bags and doorstops on her website, I asked her if she'd make a doorstop for me. And, after giving me a choice of fabrics and size, she did .....

..... in a lovely floral mauve needle cord fabric .....

Thank you, Jo, it's great and it does exactly what it says on the tin ..... well ..... it would do if it had come in a tin .....







.... and it completely cuts out the need for this .....






And after seeing the gorgeous clutch bag that Gina made for her 100th post giveaway, I asked if she'd be able to make one for me. Luckily, she happened to have one that she'd made earlier (hmm, wonder if she's ever considered a change of career).....

..... ooh, I just love that cakey lining .....

Thank you, Gina, I'm so pleased with the bag, and the other goodies that came with it .....

Finally, I can't post today without mentioning my Rather Fabulous Sister, who is another year older than me today (titter).

Happy Birthday, Sis!

..... some sketches of my RFS through the years, from photos that I traced using my tablet and pen (I may have misled you last post when I said "copied". Oops).

.... that one on the left? That's a gun in her hand, ok? (from a picture of a paint-balling exercise we went on when we were both much younger ..... although she was obviously still older than me .....)