It feels a bit untimely but oh well.
This past Christmas was the first one that James and I spent on our own. Aside from the initial panic of having to do a Christmas dinner, which turned out awesome in the end, it was really great to have total freedom to do what we wanted when we wanted.
We got up unpleasantly early to get our lamb shoulder in the slow cooker.
We more or less followed this recipe - I stuck the shoulder with anchovies, garlic and rosemary and it turned out really great, the gravy was especially good.
We rewarded ourselves for our early start with some bucks fizz with freshly squeezed orange juice and champagne.
Check out our vintage juicer - I love it.
This was our Christmas tree - bigger again than last year but due to all the felt ornaments I made last year it was pretty full.
It did need some bigger ornaments though so I took some inspiration from a xmas decoration given to me by a friend a few years ago.
These hearts were quick, easy and I really liked how they turned out, they looked great on the tree too.
I cut out 2 heart shapes from some felt, used a basic backstitch to embroider a snowflake in a contrasting colour with embroidery floss on one of the hearts, used another colour for a blanket stitch to sew the hearts together, leaving a small hole to stuff the ornament so its a little plump, and then blanket stitched the hole closed.
I finished then up with some floss as a hanging loop adding a few sequins for decoration. I'll be making more of these for sure.
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