Give Me a G....G, Give Me An I....I, Give Me A V....V, Give Me An E....E,....

Hello friends, I hope you all had a lovely weekend.

We went to a little party, a friend's 40th surprise birthday. We had a lovely time and it has got me thinking. Mr. P shall be 40 in June and I really should be thinking about organising something, I love parties and I don't think I shall procrastinate too long on this one ;) So where to begin, well I guess it is the where, when, what, how many, budgets, etc I need to be thinking about. I would secretly quite like a surprise black tie ball if I am honest, I can't resist a chance for a good dress up, but know that shall probably never happen. Have any of you organised a loved ones birthday, did it all go to plan. Any tips.

Talking of tips, thank you so much for your wonderful tips, advice, and special comments on my procrastination. I hopefully have got round to all to say thanks and your advice has been so helpful and thought provoking. I can't change who I am really, and I guess if I look deep into my soul, tis not procrastination, well alright, a little, but there is a little cheeky amount of laziness going on too. There I have said it, I AM A LITTLE LAZY, again, shouting at me, not you. Actually are procrastination and laziness the same thing, Mmmmm.


Righteo, anyone around here like Giveaway's. Mmmmm anyone, hands up if you do. Now I hope you are all sticking your hand up right in the air, nice and straight too, because if you are cheating and not putting your hand up, you can't enter ;) As you are a lovely bunch, and to thank you for reading, laughing, listening sometimes crying at my ickle rambles on here I would like to offer you the chance of winning some pretties.

VINTAGE VALENTINE'S GIVEWAY....

Not everything in the giveaway is pure vintage, but to me, there definately has that feel about it. So you could win....

A beautiful little Sadler teapot, possibly 1920-1940s, I think would look so sweet with flowers in and displayed on a pretty shelf.

           

The floral design is very quaint indeed....                                                     

A little new and not so new fabric, vintage bias binding, cotton reels and thimble....

Some beautiful floral stickers, meant for fridge but would look lovely anywhere around your home, cute polka dot napkins and Sarah Smith dusters....

A little CK writing paper and some CK stickers.... 

One of my handmade oversized floral corsages....

And a little beauty here, some wonderful and very vintage esque string of pretty pearls. I have done the pearl test and think they are faux, but if you find out they are real, you shall remember me won't you ;0) They really are quite stunning, I have popped them in one of my favorite vintage Bond Street Of London jewellery boxes for you to keep too. They have a pretty clasp, safety chain too and measure approximately 19 inches.

I do hope if you are the winner you shall wear them with pride and be reminded of Blogland a little. 

Also if you are the winner, I would like to make an ickle handmade pretty especially for you. Hopefully something that you would like.

So if anything there tickles your fancy and you would like to go in the pretty hat you are very, very welcome. I am a simple girl, so simple rules on my Blog. You do not have to follow me to enter, doesn't sit easy with me that term followers, almost like the specialness and feel of a blog is determined by how many followers one has, I read blogs that have followers ranging from 10s to 1000s of followers and for me, sometimes the ones with the 10s often do it for me, though I love to be followed, I really do, and I love to follow back, but I think maybe a new word is needed, like readers, or friends, of blog. Maybe I am on my own here. I don't know, but I wouldn't want to almost make people follow me because I am doing a giveaway, but because you like my blog and what to share my journey anyway, does that make sense, now I am waffling so back to the rules.

So you don't have to follow me or link to me, though if you would like to link and use one of my photographs for your sidebar then I am more than happy for you do so. One comment, on this post, although do please say if you would rather not go in the hat, equals your name going in the hat and international readers are more than welcome to go in the hat too. Being a Valentine's giveaway, Miss. Poppins shall draw a winner from the hat on Valentine's Day.

Good luck if you decide to enter.

Well, I have had a lovely lady come say hello, we had good fun doing what ladies do best, eating cakes ;0)

It really is nice to have met a lovely person through blogging, and then meet them in RL as it were, hopefully we seem to have clicked and do enjoy one another's company. I tend to be very quiet about my little Blog in RL, she is my baby and I can be very protective over her. So don't really shout out about my secret Mary Poppins world to RL friends, plus you all probably know more about me than them by now, well almost ;) To meet a brand new RL friend through blogging is kinda nice.

And of course when those lovely friends bring presents, belated Christmas presents, it is extra nice. As well as a lovely gift for Miss. and Master P, I got treats too. A lovely and very pretty handwriting set.

                                                                                  

Some gorgeous red polka dot picnic wear.

                                                                                    

And look at the yummylicious fabric Lesley gave to me for my kitchen project, wow, how beautiful. Thank you so much Lesley.

Thank you too to the lovely Elaine on the SC Cafe for the prettiest fabric for my kitchen project. Thank you for the lovely and special card too.

I really hope you like what I do with your pretty fabric, and please, if you have sent a little for my kitchen project and haven't heard from me please do let me know. I hopefully have emailed all of you personally who have been so kind to send me something, I could never have dreamed of so many of you wanting to be a part of my new and hopefully improved kitchen, and would really not like to think I had forgotten to thank any of you. So please do shout if you have not heard from me.    

So for some more thank you's.

Thank you to the ever so charming Mad Mummy for her wonderful and very special Rosali fabric, a real favourite of hers, and so was very honored that Mad Mummy sent me some. And look at the delightful Home Sweet Home Stitchery Steph made for me, isn't is gorgeous. So pretty and the beautiful felt flower, so cute. Well I think you deserve a little linky Ms. Mad Mummy, I know you haven't asked, and I hope you don't mind but I think your lovely website should be mentioned Thank you so much for your lovely fabric and gift.  

                                                                                   

And from a lovely blogger friend from abroad, Mayberry I want to thank Auntie Bee for her wonderful and pretty floral fabric, so sweet. And what cute hand soap and handcream all the way from New Zealand I received.

                                                                               

Aunty Bee also wanted to send some fabric for me to make something for Miss and Master Poppins, Ohooo can I really cut into this cute Michael Miller one, isn't it adorable.

Thank you so much Aunty Bee, I shall really enjoy playing with your special fabric.

I had a really pretty treat from the lovely Victoria Plum who sent me the loveliest and very generous pink and white floral fabric, so me and so so cute, the pretty CK writing paper was a pleasing read on the eye too. Hope all is well with you Victoria Plum, VP has had some special news, and all you lovely ladies playing home to wonderful, precious and special little people in your special tums, I always say my prayers for you. 

                                                                          

Thank you to a  lovely lady, Blossom And Roses who sent me the cutest fabric for my project. I love Blossom And Roses' pretty blog, though she must stop posting pretty photographs of fabric, for my ( husband's ) wallet's sake of course, seeing all that lovely Tanya Whelan on her post, and knowing how much I love it, well I had to buy some more didn't I :) Thank you B&R .

                                                                            

And I want to say a heartfelt thank you to a wonderfully talented and lovely lady, Au coeur d'artycho for the  *sweetest* fabric, sweets, how I love sweets and look at the pretty and I have to say very generous fabric that came my way from the lovely au coeur d'artycho. If you click on the photograph to enlarge, you shall see the sweetest little sweet shops, so lovely. I adore the pretty pink candy stripe bag the fabric came in too. Thank you  Au coeur d'artycho.   

So now comes the time when I am actually going to get cracking at do something with all your generous fabric, I have had a couple more ideas and hope you are happy to share in the journey with me.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WONDERFUL AND PRECIOUS FABRIC, GIFTS, LETTERS AND CARDS X  

Hope you have enjoyed looking at the wonderful fabric and I really look forward to cracking on with my project/s. Good luck again, if you want to go in the hat.

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