Christmas round 2 and 3

So my main Christmas this year and part 2 of the festive holidays took place in my home town in Somerset, I say 'town' but I come from a teeny tiny village in the middle of no-where (there wasnt even a house here to buy so we build our own). It was such a magical and perfect Christmas, Made extra special by my Boyfriend coming to stay too, it was his first Christmas with my family and I think he was a bit shocked by how excited we all get about it :) We had such a great time and I was so lucky to get some amazing gifts, including some awesome crafty bits and photography things so I'm excited to start playing with them. We spent our time, eating, drinking, playing games and darts and watching christmas films. It was lovely spending a few days with my family and seeing some members of the family who I hadn't seen in a long time. Here are a few photos of what we got up to.

The final part of my Christmas was spent in the Midland's, at my boyfriend's Mum's house. I adore their house as its soo traditional and has a real countryside and homely feel to it, especially with all the gorgeous red decorations. I spent alot of the time there playing and snuggling up with Suki, a 13 week old kitten, she is sooo adorable :) We ate even more delicious food and drank our fair share of wine :) Here are a few photos of the animals we shared the last days of our Christmas with.

I am one very lucky girl to have so many people to share the holiday season with and share so many great times. I am so glad everyone liked their home-made presents and were very appreciative of the time and thought that went into making them. I will post soon on the gifts that I made and how you can make them yourself. I hope you had a great Christmas and am looking forward to spending New Year with my family :)

Christmas Round 1

Merry Christmas all!! For us, christmas has already started :) yay! As I spend half of my time in Hampshire (where my flat is) and half in Somerset (where my family live) I am so lucky to get more than one christmas, including a third in the midlands where my Boyfriends family live..... I know pretty greedy, right? We decided to celebrate Portsmouth Christmas on Tuesday, which was the night before I left for Somerset. It was so lovely as we made a real effort to make it homely and like a real Christmas. We spent the day shopping, then my housemate (bless her) cooked a roast for 5 of us while I wrapped presents and made things for the table, I was so proud of the table and I thought it looked great. Then we all sat down to a delicious roast and all ate far too much (just like you are supposed to at Christmas) and drank lots of wine. Then it was time for presents, I was given a lovely china box which says 'precious pretty things' on it and some braclets and have been promised some trousers which are to be bought in the January sales :) The night was finished of by all snuggling up with blankets and wine and watching The Grinch. All in all, it was a perfect evening with great friends, now I am back in Somerset and about to embark on second Christmas with my family and lovely Boyfriend, I am one very excited girl :) Here are some photos of Portsmouth Christmas, and some of the tree. To make it personal, I made nearly all of the decorations myself, with a little help making the stockings from my housemate, I hope you like them and I hope you are enjoying your celebrations and are getting really excited for all the festive things to come.

Week in Photos

I dont seem to have many photos for this week, however its been quite nice. It has mainly been me getting ready for christmas, I've been making Christmas decorations for our tree, lots of presents and nice little things to make it a special Christmas. I will post soon about all the decorations I made to hopefully spark some inspiration for your trees too. I am really looking forward to this christmas as it has been a manic and quite stressful year so I cant wait to go home and have a few days of pure festive fun with my loved ones. This week I have also been getting little Ethel introduced to the other rats and more comfortable with us, its going well and she has settled in so well in only a week. My step-sister also came to stay at the weekend, it was lovely to see her as I dont get to very often and she got a chance to see my new flat and meet everyone. Overall quite a pleasant week :)

1: Little Ethel eating, 2: Ethel doing acrobatics, 3: Emily (my step-sister) and me, 4: A pile of clothes from my housemate's wardrobe sort out, 5: Bambi and Luke having a cuddle, 6: Our Christmas tree, I will post better photos in the post soon to follow.

Week in photos

1: Port and cheese board set from my grandparents, 2: Cheese, meats and crackers on the new cheese board, 3: Crochet cushion cover I made for my housemate, Amy, 4: Birthday cake for Amy made by my boyfriend and with a little help from me when decorating it. 5+6, Cath Kidson pyjamas bought for me by my lovely grandparents, 7: Spider-man advent calendar, 8: 'Homemaker' magazine, which has been keeping me busy with lots of crafty christmas things to make.

As you may be able to guess by the cushion cover and cake above, it was my housmate's birthday this week. To celebrate, we went for a meal at Las Iguanas, It was a delicious meal and lots of fun, its so nice to get a big group of us in one place to celebrate together. Above is a few photos from the night.

1: Me and Luke looking very attractive, 2: Me!, 3: Birthday drinks, 4: Me and the birthday girl struggling to keep straight faces, 5: Me and Luke again, looking a bit more normal, 6: The birthday girl and Liam, 7: Aj, drinking a very manly cocktail.

We also had really good and bad news with the rattie family this week. Petal who was one of my first rats and was 2 years old, sadly passed away. She will be really missed :( You can see her little face in the photo on the right. Also below is a photo of Luke and the remaining members of the rat family.

However, there is now a new addition, below is little Ethal. She is brown and white with a grey chin. We've only had her a couple days but already she is very brave, taking to us very quickly and getting on really well with the other rats. She is so cuddly and excitable and I think she is going to fit in well.