Beaded doll again, other bits, blog contest

I had every intention of doing some sewing today, but with one thing and another, just never got there. I did get a lot of stuff done (caught up with email bigtime, collected the car from the garage, had shopping delivered & put away, rearranged the girls' bedroom furniture, watched a bunch of kids including the two daughters of a friend who was in the back garden putting up our bike shed at the time, did laundry, and so on) just no sewing. Good thing I saved last night's efforts in beading, then!

As you can see, I have finished her "hoodie" as it was described in an earlier comment - green on one side, gold on the other. Not sure what I will do below the neck yet, will play it by ear. I think she looks great - I am getting fonder and fonder of her as the days go by. I had an idea to give her as a present to a friend with a 40th next year, but I think I will have to make a different one for that, as I don't think I'll be able to part with this one.

Also got a card in the post today, amidst the various junk which otherwise forms the bulk of my mail - this is an "H is for" card, from Annette. Great approach to this theme, I think. My next alphabet challenge will be to think of something for "I". I have a few ideas floating around, but nothing has really clicked yet. Of course, being the type of person I am, I feel like I really need to "catch up" on the series - I have a "G" (the flying Geese cards) but no A-F. As I need cards for miscellaneous other occasions, I might well do some other alphabet cards - small series of 3 or 4 perhaps. Going backwards and starting with "F" first, maybe. Or maybe not - we'll see. I guess it will depend on whether I think of anything inspiring for those letters...

Thanks again to those who have commented in order to be enterred into my blogversary draw - I have now added Joyce and Ruth into the pot. Liz, thanks for your second comment, but I'm afraid your email address still isn't showing (it comes through as no-reply@comment.blogger.com or whatever the anonymous default is) - you can either send me your email address privately to katelnorth at yahoo dot com, or just be sure to keep checking back here to see if you've won - and if you do, let me know your details then - I don't mind which way you do it, but I'd hate to see you win and then not be able to get ahold of you.