Happy New Year! - and apologies

It's been hectic here for the last couple of weeks, and I didn't even get on to wish you all a Happy Christmas - so belated hopes that it was indeed a happy time for all of you, my friends.  And I wish you all a healthy, happy 2013, full of wonderful blessings and many miniature delights.

I did indeed complete the Christmas roombox in time for Christmas, apart from the window, which has since arrived.  So I will paint and insert the window and post a photo of it soon, I promise.  My older grandson Cameron really loved it while they were staying here, sleeping in the living room.  The lights on the Christmas tree were turned off at night but he loved having the lights in the roombox left on all night (and all day).  He found it fascinating.

I was also very fortunate as far as miniatures go for Christmas, receiving the Betterley's quilt shop 'The Silver Thimble' and the interior kits, the Flower shop and the ladies' shop along with the interior kits, from Suzanne and Andrew, as gifts from my family.  And yes, I must confess that I have started the quilt shop already - in fact it is virtually completed except that my satin varnish has disappeared so I can't use it for the 'dirty varnish' effect I want.  And of course it is out of stock in the craft stores at the moment.

Now an apology to Chris P and  Ana.  In the big cleanup before Kylie and the boys arrived, the gifts for the giveaway were inadvertently packed away and I won't be able to really get into the room where everything has been stuffed until after my other daughter and her four come to stay on Sunday.  I hope I can find them before we go away on 10th until 20th.  But as soon as I do find them they will be posted off to you both.