Lots of goodies...

There have been bugs and nasties in our house all week, which have made me feel rather sorry for myself. But now, apart from being ridiculously tired, I am back to usual functioning.

I wanted to share a few Christmas and New Year goodies with you.

I love a nice cup of tea first thing. If it's not in my 'Keep Calm' mug, it's in my chubby chicken mug:

Normally I dispense with coasters, but Boo bought me a set of dog ones for Christmas, including this beautiful Wolfhound:

This makes me think of my girly Wolfie Hatha, who passed nearly 2 years ago, who was my soul mate for ten and a half years.

I had some money from Ma to spend on things that delighted me. I had a few lovely days trawling the internet and ended up buying 5 
things. 3 of them have arrived in the last couple of days:

First was a lovely set of piggy charms. I bought them from a local, Reading seller who has a wide variety of good quality charms. See 

her here: etsy.com/shop/beadingshaz

I am adding various touches to my rabbits to make them instantly 

recognisable as a 'brand' and given that I am PigglesBoo, what could be more appropriate than piggy charms, which I shall store in a 

piggy ceramic pot that I have had sitting doing nothing:

Then I got some pretty polka dot ribbon at a fraction of the cost of Hobbycraft. The shop's email address is Berrynicecrafts@gmail.com

The ribbons are to thread through the rabbits' fabric skirts. Boo brought me two ceramic bowls from Morocco a few weeks ago. They were just being admired, without a purpose...but no more! The smaller bowl has my tape measure and my Little Cotton Rabbits pincushion, and the larger bowl has my polka dot ribbons:

Then came some fat quarters. I spent ages drooling over lovely fabrics and in the end picked 6 designs, which will be used for bunny skirts. They are so gorgeous, I don't know which one I like most. The birds and the camper vans keep calling to me:

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As I said before, I have various plans for my rabbits before really launching them, and I am waiting for 2 more little packages to arrive.  In the meantime, I have a little warren of rabbits sitting around, awaiting finishing off:

I used to be a voracious reader, but as the symptoms of my bi-polar 

disorder have become more severe, my ability to concentrate has declined. I am planning on making more time for reading this year and have finished the first book of 2014:

I found elements of it both poignant and funny, being married to a diagnosed Aspie, and would recommend the book to anyone who wants to get an insight into Aspberger's Syndrome.

Finally, I am a convert to steam blocking. I tried it with this 

knitted dress, and the results have been great:

More from me when the next packages arrive.