Friday evening (after what felt like the longest work day in the history of mankind) had me dashing home and straight back out again to take my sister to babysit my Great-Nephew and my collect my niece to come to the local Moving Picture house to see the next instalment of The Hunger Games.
After dropping her off back at home, saying a quick 'hello' to my Great-Nephew (who was still wide awake!!) and then bringing sister back home from her babysitting duties, my sister explained that while we were out, details had come through about our friends funeral :-( This is the second good friend we've lost to cancer in six months and we're all still reeling from the H losing her fight against pancreatic cancer, just 3 weeks after her diagnosis.
I'm not the biggest fan of 'Christmas' and most years find myself caught out (which always surprises me as it is ALWAYS on the same day!!!) and running around like a loon trying to think of gifts to buy the nearest and dearest.
This year, I've made a selection of 'home made' gifts for the girls of the family and they've already been wrapped up (I started making them in September!)
Two weeks ago I set about making 6 homemade Christmas Stockings for the nearest n dearest's pressies to go in.
Last weekend I designed, cut out the lino blocks for and printed 150 Christmas Cards (having bought the lino blocks, inks, blank cards and polypockets weeks ago) - I've sold enough to family and friends to have broken even...this makes me happy...its still a way from being a 'self-funding' hobby, but I do enjoy doing it.
This weekend I had 2 birthday card commissions to complete and I wanted to make some homemade Christmas hanging decorations with the left over fabric from the Christmas Stockings...so this afternoon I drafted 3 basic paper patterns. I've done 'test' runs of the first two designs - I can't do the 3rd as the fabric I want to use is currently sitting on my desk at work!!! doh...
So, I've tried hard this year to summon up some festive cheer, despite the horrible year we've had and all the while knowing that my 'christmas celebrations' with friends will all be done and dusted by 5th December!! and that I still have a friends funeral to go to on 10th December (that will obliterate what little festive cheer we have).
I've posted pictures of my 'festive creations' on my social media pages - which my friends and family comment on (no one ever comments on these pages, so its almost like a personal diary!) and today, received a 'warning shot' of sorts from a 'friend' stating that her craft work has been copied and she has copyright over her designs....I've subsequently been 'unfriended' from her social media pages!
I've found this whole experience rather laughable (initially I wondered why it hadn't particularly bothered me and then it dawned on me....can a grown woman, well educated and on the face of it, normally quite rational, state openly on social media sites state that she has 'copyrighted' christmas craft designs ???!!!! god help all the little ones handmade cards of 'hand print' christmas tree's etc and anyone else in Christendom that want to make their own decorations in these recession hit times!!!
So, especially for anyone who cares to look and see....here are the Christmas Hanging Decorations I hand drafted and made this afternoon :-) hope you enjoy them as much as I do...(even more so knowing that apparently all things 'Christmas Crafty' are not allowed ?!?!?! presumably without giving due credit to some little cottage industry/hobbyist crafter!!!)
HO-HO-HO peeps!!! xxxx
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