A Very Merry Minion Christmas!

Here at the Poyntz/Portsmouth household we had a truly magical Christmas which was lovely to share with all of our family. We got to have Oscar from Christmas Eve evening all the way through to Boxing day morning.

My mum had bought us all minion pyjamas and this was hilarious and created some of the best family photos!

David spoiled me rotten as only he can and surprised we with an iMac which I am writing this post from after he has passed out from excessive whiskey consumption! We shared Christmas day with my parents and all three grandparents and popped to see the in-laws in the afternoon.

Today was spent shamefully popping into town to view the sales before heading off for the boxing day extravaganza. I locked us out which caused a fuss but our lovely neighbours managed to hop over the fence so that we could get in!

All in all an extremely lovely time filled with gifts of embroidery, material and copious notepads - they all know me so well!

Did you have a nice Christmas?

Lil x

PS The addition of this beautiful computer should make blogging a dream!

Is It Too Early To Be Talking About Christmas?

Daisy and I have been married since the 6th February this year and have been living in our flat since January 1st so this will be the first time we have had Christmas in our flat and the first time as a married couple - how soppy and exciting! In preparation for the sheer expense of Christmas (what with David being one of four, having seven nieces and nephews and a son) I decided, to his disgust, that I would start making Christmas decorations in August to try and balance out the cost.

I decided to make some felt tree decorations, taking inspiration from all of the beautiful designs on pinterest. I made the gingerbread man first, creating a pattern piece myself to start with. Since then, it has blossomed nicely with the most effective being the star I think. What do you think? Any suggestions for more designs?
Lil x