Japan

Hubby arrived home on Monday. He traveled to Japan with a friend

A 10 day trip!

( Origami paper and Washi tape. Love these!! )

( Lollies and an Eraser set for the kids )

Our friend showed my hubby various parts of Japan for when we go back

Hopefully. . . next year!!!

. . . for our 20th Wedding Anniversary 

  ( A beautiful handbag for me. I love it! )

( Fabric colour is dark burgundy with a thin navy blue stripe )

Very elegant! 

I was so happy when they arrived home

To help restore my sanity!!

( More treats to share. Sakura Kit Kat is yummy )

( Chocolate with Almond is so good )

( Crackers, Lollies and Marshmallows )

We all missed Abba (Dad)

( Various facial masks ) 

The kids have welcomed him home with squeeze cuddles, 
tickles, 'pancake Abba' (they all lie on top of Abba and laugh their heads off)

It has been wonderful to have him home again!!

Hubby bought me a surprise gift 

from Miyajima Island

So pretty! 

Since I was a little girl I have loved jewellery 

My dear Grandmother used to call me 'Jewels'

Have a lovely day, Julia

Embroidery Thread and Washi Tape

I saw a cute image on Pinterest last week 

to organise embroidery thread.

The image is from Mrs Jones blog 

Colourful and organised! I love it.

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A few weeks ago, I purchased a fishing tackle box to store 

my embroidery thread. Last week I purchased some wooden pegs. 

The fishing tackle box was a bit boring so I pulled out my stash 

of washi tape and started decorating it. Huge improvement! 

Now it's a pretty embroidery thread storage box.

It took a long time to wind my embroidery threads onto each 

wooden peg. Good thing I have a small stash of threads! 

It was worth the effort.

I used a pencil to label some pegs with the thread numbers.

Most of my embroidery threads are from cross stitches I completed 

years ago. Most of the pegs are not labelled due to this reason.

If I need to take my craft with me I have my embroidery threads, 

pins, needles and scissors ready to go!

Do you have a creative way to store your embroidery threads?