Birthdays and babies ...and Jingle Sax too!

I had my birthday back on the 5th of January and wanted to share some of my lovely pressies with you!

Our kids all put together and got me a gorgeous china cabinet that goes so well with my dining suite!

It was another purchase from Gumtree, our online Australian second hand market.. (just lovin' the Gumtree!)

I had so much fun putting all my crystal and china in it - I didn't realise I had collected so much over the years!

...And my darling Mr Deekie Belle bought me a gorgeous new chandelier to finish off the dining room, I just loooooooove it!!!

Here is a photo of it with the lights turned off so you can get a better idea of the gorgeous toll leaves and flowers!

He got it from a shop on ebay :)!

Let me know if you want the link...

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The Songstress and her hubby only have 2 weeks until their baby girl is due,

We are sooooo excited!! .....and they are sooo cute!

Isn't our little girl glowing!!

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I wanted to share my new design Jingle Sax with you!

Here are two that I made for two precious little customers in England...

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Before I go, I wanted to ask for prayers for the people of Australia.

Our little country has taken such a battering this month,

I am sure you have all heard on the news of the devastating floods in Queensland that have destroyed whole towns, thousands of people lost their homes and belongings and worse, many lost their lives..

Then later that week there were fires that destroyed homes and properties just south of us here in Perth. It was the result of an arsonist..

Then over the past weekend we battened down for a cyclone that was headed towards Perth and the southwest. It seemed to bypass those of us in the city, but there was widespread damage in a few inland rural towns.... Many lost their homes and properties..

Tonight their is another huge cyclone bearing down on Queensland...
Many people have been evaculated, but we are yet to see what destruction this latest one will bring...

If you are someone who prays, then please pray,

and if you don't pray, then please pray anyway!

I know God is listening!

Thanks, and big hugs,

Make me happy Monday's!

The lovely Bev from Kainga Happenings has a series of posts on her blog called

'Make Me Happy Mondays'.

She shares photos and news of things around her home and in her life that make her happy...

So simple ...and so sweet!

Since I discovered her blog I have really enjoyed these posts,

so today I thought I would join in the fun!!

My darling Mr Deekie Belle recently bought me this old fireplace surround from a second hand seller in Fremantle.

It is a 1940's style and although I don't have the fireplace to go beneath it, I just love it!

A few coats of paint later (it was quite a mess!!) it is just what I need to photograph my Jingle Sox!
Plus, it is soooo pretty!

OOooohhhhhh!!! it will work and .....It makes me very happy :)!

I moved my little octagonal cupboard up behind the sofa's so as to fit in the fire surround, I love it there, I can see all my Henry's and my Jim Shore ornaments when I am having my cuppa,

...and that makes me happy :)..

This is our darling Derrick, he is one of our kitties,

He survived a terrible snake bite a few years ago and hubby and I had to literally nurse him back to health day and night for a week (hubby even had to take him to the litter tray and hold him over it!... )

He is one of our precious fur babies and he makes me very happy!!

This is our beautiful little Twitch.

She is Garfield and Derrick's mama,

she is a funny little cat, who, although a bit nutty, always wants a snuggle - and the more snuggles I get the happier I am!

... soooo, that makes me happy!

This is our lovely old Sooty.

We rescued him from the streets a few years ago.

His owners had moved away and he refused to go with them, they did take him, but he came back..

...so he lived on his own, in the bush and on the streets for a couple of years.

All the neighbours tried really hard to catch him and have him put down as they thought he had gone feral. {... hmmm, he did seem to start alot of fights}

One day, I was out the front watering the lawn and he was sitting under the tree out the front of our place.

I said hello to him, as I always did, and went back inside to get him a plate of biscuits {as I always did ;)!}

He sat there watching me for the longest time, then, after he finished scoffing his biscuits, he walked up to me and started rubbing against my legs.

I didn't bother trying to pet him, as I was sure he would run away (he seemed to hate people, either that or he knew what was in store for him if anyone else caught him!)...

Then, the strangest thing happened..

He jumped up at my legs, like a dog would, so I would pat him.

He was a bit grubby but I could never reject an animal looking for love...
So I picked him up, gave him some cuddles and that was it, he was ours!

He got a trip to the vet to get the snip plus a bath and a shave (to clean him up!)..

Then we brought him home from the vet the next day and put him in a make shift bed in the spare room to recouperate..

He was a bit nervous (what with all the other animals in the house!) but on the first night, he ventured up to our bedroom and parked himself on the end of our bed, where he has slept ever since!

He is the most snuggly, cuddly, affectionate cat I have ever met!

It is like he knows we gave him this warm, lovely home to live in with lots of food and lots of love and he is just soooo grateful...

and that really makes me happy :)!

I have nearly completed 18 New Jingle Sox
That makes me happy !!
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What makes you happy today?...

Hugs!