New Year Resolutions and Pink Bear

Happy New Year and a hope that 2011 is good to everyone. Resolutions? I've never kept one yet so this year is resolution free. Pink bear is eager to show off her Kate and William jacket. For a few days pink bear was worried there was no place for her in my crowded home but now she has become part of a Royal Collection and with a bit of shuffling of furniture has now secured her forever spot. With the jacket she is wearing pearls as all Royal Ladies do and on one wrist a coronation bracelet. Pink is sitting on a silk coronation scark from 1953. Here is a better view of the jacket, worked with more enthusiasim than skill. Cherubs on the collar, Queen buttons and Diana badges, the one on the left showing William as a baby with his mother. Charles and Diana wedding fabric on the edge and William and Kate and the wedding date cross stitched on.

I have yet to embroider Pink's paws as I am waiting for that rare day to arrive when skill and enthusiasim coincide.

The back has Charles and Diana wedding fabric and a guardsman cut from a piece of fabric.

The large bow on Pink's head is also made from C and D wedding fabric. The red hearts are stitched on.
I can see spaces on the jacket for a bit more sparkle so maybe it's not finished yet.

Below you can see the jacket before. It's a childs's size3 I bought at the op shop for only $1.50 so am very pleased with my bargain, everything else on the jacket I already had.

Nothing to do with bears and royals. This party boat drifted out of the channel and into shallow water 2 days ago, the tide went out and all the pushing couldn't move it. I don't know why it is flying the Scottish flag but the boat spent New Year's eve tied up to the edge of the lake in front of my house.

7am this morning a high tide came in and party boat was on it's way having missed the biggest night of the year.

But wait! I can see a problem with that party boat. No Ladies room. So no glass of wine or cup of tea for me at THAT party. Well I wasn't invited anyway.