That was the year that was.

I'm still finding my feet with the new year and have yet to really get further than a sniff of the air and a squint at the sky. It was with a bittersweet heart that I watched 2012 tick away........the year my daughter was born will go down as one of the big ones, still adventures await and as soon and I've caught my breathe from the chaos and excitement of our first Christams as a little family then I shall face it full on.

Here are some Christmas bits and bobs that I didn't pop up before.............

I love robins yet my feathered friends ignore my bird feeder so I make do with these at Christmas.

Salted caramel thingamabobs, I fought the Christmas eve shoppers for these and I won.

I crafted my girl her very own stocking, every night for a month I was stitch stitching, thinking it wouldn't get finished but it did and I'm bashfully proud of it. All my lovings and hopes and dreams for our future Christmas times are in those stitches. It makes me a bit blurry around the eyes. I adapted some MollieMakes templates.