YOU CHOOSE 11/20

Late but here I am with a new post about Jo's SAL on the first Saturday of the month,

November is already here!!!  with this link you have to visit Jo and all the bloggers participating the this magical SAL because people choose "magic".

https://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-people-choose-magic.html

C'est donc dans l'univers de la magie que nous allons pénétrer ce mois-ci grâce au rendez-vous mensuel du premier samedi du mois.

First of all, two family stories for this post!

The first thing I thought about was the "magic wallet" my Mum use to make for us.

I still have some hidden somewhere in my boxes (not found yet) I have kept to be able to make it again, as the trick is the way the ribbons are fixed.   .

I should make three of them for the kids.

Harry Potter was a guest of honor in a lot of posts last month with the wizard theme, a small wink to him again with some tiny books of Harry Potter as ornaments made for my son in law last year birthday.

The other family storie is on DH side, his grandfather before being a clockmaker was hoping to become a magician. He had a small theater scene in his attic, still gave some shows for the family in the 60's.

His scene name was "Faustino" and he participated in a national amateur contest in the thirties (1930) and finished in third place!   I wish I could add an old picture, sorry but some of his equipment has been given to the Museum of circus and illusion  (about 50 km far from here)  we'll be glad to visit when it will reopen.

Now, place to the shoehorns..  from my stitchings,

No rabbit in a hat but in a egg cup,

No magic wand, but chopstick!

Some magical characters : witch (made by my Mum), mermaid, unicorns

        What kind of magic will conclude this post...

        One dream, one children's soul, one goal...  be ready for the magic of Christmas

This year should have been different (for everyone of course), lot of plans for a new retirement but a virus has invited itself in our schedule. Between confinement and all the thinks we are allowed to do then not allowed to do, Christmas is approaching in a thick fog. I don't want to think now that we maybe won't be able to be together and prefer to focus on more time on making ornaments and new decorations for the house and the garden.

Usually, the Christmas tree is made on our Téléthon week-end (around December 5th) and depending on available time there is the Christmas village and many decorations to take care of.

But a few days ago, I was speaking about when to start decorating and DH said we could start early to be ready to switch on lights for the first day of December!!!! After asking him if he was kidding, I couldn't believed he agree with a "coming soon start".

So don't be surprised to see Christmas posts on the blog. I have to make a list (one more) of new ideas inspired by 2020 internet DIY ideas and will be back soon for some magic of Christmas to share.

Those unicorns felt ornaments for Capucine and Soline are officially announcing the beginning of Christmas season! Tada!

Cette année si particulière a vu mon planning de début de retraite exploser avec l'arrivée d'un virus inattendu. Tous les projets sont remis à plus tard (comme pour la majeure partie de nos concitoyens) et les fêtes de fin d'année approchent dans un brouillard épais. 

Mais la saison de Noël est officiellement annoncée en avance JB ayant proposé un début des installations plus tôt pour être prêts pour les illuminations dès le 1er décembre ! Sans rire, dès novembre on sort les boîtes et les guirlandes ? Très positif, je covalide donc cette décision et vais de ce pas établir une liste (de plus) des idées vues tout au long de l'année pour ajouter quelques nouveautés aux décorations traditionnelles.