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What a busy week! What with the award and everything! Oh sorry did we mention we won ?

I have just done our interview for the magazine, so it's still all very exciting down here!

We went out yesterday for lunch and shared a bottle of fizz with Pam and Mark to celebrate! We went to the Steam pub in Newquay, fabulous views , and yummy food!

I'm working today lots of orders to finish off, and then maybe if I get time make some new designs. I have already made a new tutu, with glittery net and even sparklier net as the top layer, perfect for the fairy that lives within :>) Michael is putting some new designs on the site later today, so keep your eyes peeled!

Spring is definitely just around the corner, so I have lots of gardening to do. Not next week though it's Valentines Day! Michael went to the pound shop and got some Valentine crackers, and a tiny frying pan that fry's an egg in the shape of a heart! LOL! How sweet is that, and all for a pound of course LOL!!!!

I'd best get on with work, have a fab weekend, and don't forget Valentines day next Sunday!

What a shame the end of January already, we've had a good one, really busy with work and really, really relaxing weekends :>) That's how I like it.

And when Davina went in dressed as a chicken, we haven't laughed so much for ages LOL!

But 'tis all over now, only one more BB left :>( I hope it's as good as this one.

We have had some hail type precipitation falling from the skies this morning and we should have some snow later on today. Jane already has some !

We didn't make it to Penzance on Friday we had Mama down instead. She's acting weird this weekend, she keeps phoning and I can't go up there all the time! I think she's feeling lonely, which is a bit sad :>(

Anyway I shall go up there later today but first my challenge is to re cover our sofas with black and wine fur!

Note to self.....Remember to check that no cat or bunny is under the fur!!!! I don't want any strange lumps or bumps LOL!!!

On the Mup front, she's still going on bless her :>) All wobbly and needs lots of love and care but she's still with us. Her purr is so quiet, we call her our little Geiger counter :>) Who would have thought she would have made it to February ? She is one stubborn, amazing cat :>)

Very quick update, just to let you know that we've finally got our Purple Mausoleum Satin back in stock, so Mausoleum skirts are finally available in Black and Purple once again! Hooray!

And in other Purple related news, Corditean Gowns are now available in Black AND Purple! YES! The two colour version will have the same heavy black cotton and brocade bodice, but the skirt will have purple lining with the ruched purple overskirt :)

And that's not all! Since several people have asked for them, we'll soon be selling Corditean Skirts - basically just the skirt part of the gown with an elasticated waistband, in Black or Purple. Price will be £45, if you want one before they go on the site (which might be a few months yet!) - just ask us ;o)

Can't think of any more purple news for the moment, but as soon as we get any, you'll hear it here first!

We're getting a bit fed up with CBB. Looks like Vinnie is going to win, and I am not happy! I can't believe that Steve and Sisco got kicked out last night, all the good ones are going and we're left with the fuddy duddies LOL! BORING!!!!!

Now, the reason I am doing a whitterings is to advertise an event which is happening at Penzance next Friday in aid of the Haiti Earthquake appeal :>)

Eve of Clairvoyance & Healing (In aid of Haiti Earthquake Appeal)
with Andrea Foulkes (ITV's CELEBRITY PAST LIFE REGRESSION EXPERT) 
& Sue Searle (One of Cornwall's leading Clairvoyants)"
What: Fundraiser
Start Time: 29 January at 19:15
End Time: 29 January at 21:45
Where: St Johns Hall, Penzance, Cornwall

We will be going , so we'll see you there :>)


We've been extremely busy so far this year and it looks like going to be the 
same next week.

 
Don't forget if you haven't voted for us yet, you have till the the end of this month:>)

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Just a quickie to let you know that the customer gallery has been updated with some gorgeous pictures :>) So thanks for all of them, sorry for the delay, but Christmas went and got in the way LOL!!!!

We had a fab day yesterday and went a walking on the beach and actually had lunch outside!!!!! 'Twas like a spring day..... sort of ;>)

It's all kicking off in CBB this week, we have the corned beef incident and now we have the egg debacle LOL!! Poor old Vinnie is outraged because people aren't doing what he's telling them !

Wooooooooooo! Who do they think they are ? Don't they know that HE is in charge LOL!!!!!

And poor Nicola T is up for eviction, she's sweet, kind and pretty so she's bound to get the boot! LOL!

A big thanks to Rachel for the beautiful fairy she sent us :>) It's a late Christmas present and it was worth the wait, she is gorgeous :>) xxx

We're having a lovely relaxing weekend, getting re charged for a mega busy week tomorrow.

Little Muppy is still going strong, and I think the aspirin have done some good as she's wondering around a bit more now.

We're still watching CBB, and it's still very good. We don't know who we like best as they all have their good and bad points, but we think we've decided we would like Alex to win :>) I know he won't, probably Vinnie will win, which is so boring and predictable :>)

I felt so sorry for Kat last Friday it was terrible, I know she did a very stupid thing but it takes 2, and she's so young. Poor thing looked in total shock LOL!!!

She's home safe and sound now, and the vet said that although she's very poorly she's not suffering and that's what we really needed to know.

She's actually quite lucky, because her blood pressure is so high, it's dispersing the clots very quickly and that's a very good side effect to have :>) Bless her, who would have thought!

He said it's just a matter of time now, but the way she's been proving them wrong over the last few months he said he didn't know how long ! So we have to keep her snuggly and just keep an eye out for any more clots and if they last longer than a few hours she has to go straight to the vets as then she would be in pain.

She certainly is our miracle cat, and though she's not well, she's still eating and purring and sometimes she's even walking and jumping so we're Ok for a while yet :>)

All our snow has gone now, and we have gale force winds, it's forecast for today but I reckon if it does it'll just be blown away LOL!

It's raining and I am very happy with that ! In fact the snow is all being washed away which is excellent, as the carers will be back to normal, and we can take Mup to the vets at last!

Her appointment is 2.30 today, they can give her a good all over check up and tell us what to do next for the best. I think they're thinking of giving her something to thin her blood even more.

She was so cute yesterday she managed to leave her cushions and limped over to me for a cuddle, which is a very good sign as she hasn't been able to walk much since her last funny turn, and she purred away happily, so I think she's recovering slowly.

Busy week here, so many orders, it's gone all crazy again, but a very good start to the new year :>)

I am enjoying CBB, isn't Davina looking amazing ? With a bit of the Winkleman about her if you ask me, but there's 'nout wrong with that :>)

I kinda like them all apart from Vinnie and Steph, I've got lots saved up to watch for this week so I don't know how Ivana has fitted in yet.

I think Alex is coming across Ok, remember he's not as used to it as the rest of them and that Vinnie is only picking on him as he thinks that way he'll get on with the great british public, a very easy target! I'm really not sure about the bible basher, he's sort of entertaining to watch for some cringe time, but I wouldn't like to be in there with him! And his smile ?

Lets hope that's it for the snow now, it's lovely and all, but it's nice to be able to go out again. I think a nice pub lunch is called for on Saturday ;>)

I hope you all have a good snow free week :>) I'll let you know how Mup gets on later .

We were getting a bi panicked there ! All these orders coming in, and we were rapidly running out of fabric! But it's finally come through so we'll be alright for a while now :>)

Muppy is still being a cutie on her cushion, if the ice and snow melts we'll take her to the vets today or if not, the roads are supposed be better tomorrow. No more snow forecast here till tomorrow night, so hopefully we'll be able to go some where tomorrow!

Don't forget to feed your birdies as well, they need all the food they can get in this weather :>)

Luckily I only have to do Mums lunch today :>) She was her usual grumpy self last night LOL! We turned up her heating, and she's snug as a bug, no getting cold at Mums place LOL!!! It's like a tropical heat wave up there :>)

I hope you all manage to have a good weekend, more snow forecast, but maybe they'll be wrong. Did you see that satellite pic of Great Briton covered in snow ? WOW!! It was kinda scary LOL!

We have phoned our proper vet and he has told us to buy some aspirin for Muppy and that should help stop the clots. So that's good news, and we must take Muppy into see him when the snow has all gone :>)

She's having a super lazy day and has slept most of it, but that's good, gives her a chance to heal a bit more.

With all this stupid snow malarky, I've just had a knock on the door from 3 little girls checking to see if anyone needed anything down the shops :>)

I mean we live in a place filled to the brim with the elderly and well, it just goes to show, that there's still some good in this world LOL!!!!!

I'm still not happy with the other vets though, they must be the bit of bad left in this world LOL!!!!! Even our vet said they were wrong, so it's not just me!

Stingy, rip off, mean, cold hearted people! And they are supposed to be there for an emergency ?

I really must get on with work, I'm all behind what with thing and a mother :>) God she was teasy at lunch time, I don't know how I used to do it every day!

We weren't going to take her to the emergency vets but she looked different this time, so we phoned them and they said to bring her in.

They said that they'd only charge the consultation fee and not the out of hours fee, which is £50.00! And of course they're always out of hours as they are only open when our normal vet is closed!!!!

Anyway we took her in, they did nothing, apart from give her some pain relief even though they said she wasn't in any pain, which I thought odd. And then charged us £78.00 for the privilege !!! :>( We were only in there 5 minutes!

Michael did question the receptionist who had told us it would be cheaper this time as it's an on going illness, and she said well it was sort of, but as they hadn't seen her in the last couple of days she had to charge the full wack!!!!

Believe you me, if Mup was like this every other day she wouldn't still be with us would she ?

What a rip off!!!! It's the same illness she's had for months now, so I think they're being very mean :>( Not fair when you think how poorly little Muppy is :>(

She still can't walk this morning and of course with all this white stuff we can't get her to our normal vets, so we're going to ring them and see what to do.

I think it might be worse for us watching it, but we can't have her going on like this :>( It's so difficult to know what to do, but she actually looked scared last night :>(

Mother's still as mad as usual , she was feeding a neighbours cat, which she thought was a dog, bird food yesterday evening, and wondering why he wouldn't eat it ! :>(

No skiving off for me :>) Just as well as the orders are literally pouring in LOL! Must be all this snow :>)

Yes we may be puppy-less, and yes, our Muppy maybe poorly but she is still with us and that's what counts :>)

She is still going from strength to strength, and we know she'll have another heart attack eventually, but in the mean time life is good :>) The vets are amazed that she's still here, but she doesn't want to go any where just yet LOL!

So, I wonder what delights this year will bring ? At least we don't have to start this year like we did last! Trying to find a care home for Mum! That was AWFUL! And we won't be even thinking about moving LOL!!!! I'm going to turn all the garden into a veggie plot, lots of digging, and lots of fun........I know, I'm strange like that LOL!................We should be having a conservatory built on, but knowing our luck something will go wrong, and if it does, it does. We're used to that now :>)

Back to work tomorrow, we added on today as an extra treat :>) Loads of orders to make of course, but we thought one more day wouldn't hurt :>)

I hope you all had a fabulous time, and now it's all over you all get to have a very happy and prosperous new year :>)

You're probably wondering why there aren't lots of little Merlin photos splashed all over here as yet.

We picked him up on the 29th, and he was lovely - within a few hours we'd managed to start training him, getting him to learn his name and come when called etc... we knew that introducing him to our cats was going to be interesting, and what with Muppy having just had a heart attack, we were prepared for some hectic times.

What surprised us was how well Muppy took to him. That's not to say she actually liked him or anything, far from it; but she was suddenly granted a new lease of life. Poor little Merlin had only just entered the front door when she flung herself at him, scratching his nose and causing much whimpering! She spent several hours hissing, growling and arching her back, generally having a whale of a time...!

Strider just stayed on the arm of a sofa, hissing a bit - he wasn't going to give up his lounge for anyone, and is now feeling rather chuffed with himself.

But we weren't prepared for Legolas's reaction. He was utterly, utterly terrified. He hid in a wardrobe for a couple of hours, howling with fear and shaking, then made a break for it outside. We saw him occasionally for the first couple of hours, but couldn't catch him - he just ran away from us, still howling. He never, ever does this - he's always so friendly and trusting :o(

Legolas vanished in the evening, after I'd made one last attempt to catch him. He's on daily medication for his bladder, a problem which is easily worsened by stress - so after much thought we knew that poor little Merlin just wasn't going to be able to stay here. There was no way we could keep Legolas and Merlin in the same home.

Of course things would have settled down after a week or so; but by that point we'd have had to taken Legolas to the vets for an emergency operation on his bladder (assuming we were able to catch him) so that just wouldn't have been fair.

The breeder was fantastic, and the next day we took Merlin back to her, and we gather that he's already found a new owner. He's a great little dog, and much as we were looking forward to him being OUR great little dog, it wasn't going to happen. Our cats have got us over a barrel...

Fortunately Legolas crept in during mid afternoon - it wasn't until late evening that he'd worked up the courage to come into the lounge, he was still petrified, poor little thing. We've pumped him full of his meds since, and fingers crossed he's alright now.

Like I said, things sometime don't always work out according to plan... which has basically been the story of 2009!

Thanks for all of your votes so far in the Alt Fashion poll, you've helped to cheer us up no end :o)

Just a quick update to thank you all so much for voting for us in the Alt Fashion end of year poll; thanks to you, we've made it into the final three nominations for Best UK Designer!!!! (squeeeee!)

Thank you once again for being so utterly wonderful! We're really, really pleased to have made it this far.