Magic moments....

(this little man likes sitting here)

❇Winter Mice ❇

 at

The TEAROOM

Last year in my Christmas blog post I made a little Scandinavian inspired winter mouse

....she hadn't been planned and wasn't intended for a pattern at that time...

but I did receive many requests about her afterwards which continued through the year

❇ ...and so she's been on my 'to do' list for some time...❇

...but she's finally here along with her very loyal companion...

I love creating little people

there will always be something magical about it

❇sassi❇

with her red winter berry decorations

❇...snowball scarf and boots...❇

and wearing her favourite snowflake pinafore

❇ (woolly stockings too of course)❇

❇ lars ❇

❇ On the day I chose his name ❇
I received a message from a lovely customer from Norway
...of the very same name...
...so it really just had to be...
I love their softness
which I think make for the prettiest of mice

There are lots of pics, detail 

and useful tips included in the pattern 
This is the last of the mice series for the moment
but it has definitely been lots of fun to create
(apart from too many dark days which I can admit
resulted in some stamping of the feet...oh yes! :-)
Anyway, I can stop my preoccupation with the weather
for the moment and looking at those dark wintry skies
I'm very happy to say it's now available in my
❇ETSY Shop❇
and printed copies are available here
In the next few days it will be published
here on the blog and on Ravelry too
for those customers who like to save to their library
(Thank you so much to everyone who has already purchased
and for the lovely comments on my FB Page!)
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...and now I'm very excited
to be starting some new projects in 
2014

I must say a big 
thank you too in this post to
'Kindred Stitches Magazine'
for making 
Mary Jane's Tearoom
their ETSY find for the 3rd issue
'Pretty in Blue'
This is a lovely new magazine which is
available here on the Apple Newsstand
to instantly download to I pad
All the pages have live links to 
makers, projects, books, homeware
and also those craft supplies which can sometimes be hard to find
Technology is brilliant, isn't it?
(well...at least most of the time :-) )
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The rest of my week here will be all about Christmas
...decorating...enjoying some xmas crafting..knitting...
...and picking up my hook again!

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I'm so looking forward to
my girls being home on Friday
...so much to catch up on...
and I want them to have the best Christmas
before returning back to uni
(3 whole weeks at home!)
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Thank you for calling by
especially at such a busy time
I'll be posting again before Christmas but until then
wishing you lots of sparkly festive fun!

Take care

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Update: 
♥ The new pattern is now available here on the blog 
and on Ravelry)

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