it looked perfect :D as does today's one (especially with those sparkles :D)

Thanks - Niamh wanted to try out that Melody cape thing, seeing as there was a forum thread saying how hard it was to use with layering underneath that hand ;)

nods were your family planning on meeting up over Christmas originally, or wasn't that something that was allowed with the covid rules over there anyway?

thank you <3 I could say the same for yours XD lol did you find it hard to work with?

Thanks :d I nabbed the top earlier in the week, so Niamh insisted on trying it out ;) It wasn't too terrible - just use a high-waisted bottom item (like high waist trousers) to cover the gap at the front, without it overlapping the cut out for the hand ;)

I love your HA-less HA today! I don't think that bauble will last long on the tree with that kitty though :P

We are allowed to meet up with family during christmas, so that is what we will be doing. :) Now sure what the rules are in the UK now? :)

missed your ping. Is it 8months from the second shot? I feel better finally lol

Glad you are finally feeling better. :) They say 4.5 between shots for us. They have not started with 3 jab for my age group yet tho, unless you are in a risk group.

at least you can still meet up with family then :D

Over here, there's different rules for Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England (just to confuse everyone!), but I think for us, we're allowed to meet up over Christmas still. And for the booster (3rd) vaccine jabs, they were saying 6 months after the second one here, but changed it to 3 months as the government want everyone over the age of 18 to have had their 3rd jab before the end of the year, regardless of if they're in an 'at risk' group or not.

(you missed it :P - link)

no lol I didnt miss your ping. I was only awake enough to reply to one thing so since I saw I lost Lene's reply I'd get hers first and answer yours once properly awake :)

its cute. As is that adorable reindeer XD. thanks :D lol yeah I loved the implied almost lost ornament XD

ah then i guess at the moment you don't need to get it ;)

hehe no worries - you're more sorted than I am then (if I reply to one ping when I'm not quite awake, I always think I've replied to both :P)

Niamh's a bit annoyed that the reindeer CW doesn't have the right skin colour for the hands, but I told her she's just wearing pale gloves ;)

hehe its easy to do :D yeah I can see that could be annoying :) lol I wish they'd made those with the empty hand cells so it takes the base colour but oh well

:P

nods I don't know which one it was, but back when a similar top (or maybe this one) was released, I'd asked it they could do the hands as cutouts.... but apparently those hands didn't line up exactly over the HA's chest, so there'd be a weird splodge of background colour :K

ah well that would be why they can't do it LOL

Also, maybe it was one that was created before people had the idea for doing a cutout for the hand.... so by the point it was drawn & paid for, they weren't able to get that hand moved slightly to make it work

Looks like it might be in January, not sure yet tho. o-o What would you like to do with gifts? Put them under your tree, or send them with gift boxes?

My sis and her boys will have to stay in quarantine until the 26th, so they won't be able to celebrate christmas with us it looks like sadly.

I guess that makes sense with them being concorned about the numbers of cases having gone up lately. I am guessing I will get my 3rd on January, but not sure yet. :)

EDIT: I just checked my mailbox again and found the card from you! Thank you so much ❤ I must admit, I got a bit misty eyed opening it. Was really sweet!

awww that's a shame they have to quarantine until after Christmas - maybe there'll be a chance for you to celebrate Christmas later in the month with them?

You're welcome! :d I'm pleased it actually arrived in the right place this time! Hopefully that means your package isn't too far behind :D

Hopefully. I feel bad for the boys, but sadly not much we can do. At least it seems like they are recovering well.

Fingers crossed. Still a few days left. :)

there's never a good time for that, but just before Christmas definitely can't be good with children (how old are the boys)?

He turned 10 today and his brother will be 12 in February. :)

Not the best way to spend his birthday either!

No, really bad timing for them. Hope next christmas will be more normal.

I guess I should ask you as well: What would you like to do with gifts? Put them under your tree, or send them with gift boxes? :)