Hello
for those of you who don’t know me, I’m Claire ^^ 
early fifties, married to a French chappie, and living in France, in the Lyon vicinty. We have three children: two working and living in England and one working & living near Marseille.
I try to avoid housework by spending way too many hours on the computer, cross stitching and patchworking.
We are animal lovers: 1 dog, 4 cats, Amazon Parrot and three hens . . . so looking after that lot also keeps me happy and out of trouble.
and for anyone interested in trying out their French – I run two blogs, other one here c’est toujours Claire ^^
Hi Claire;
Love your blog! You and your daughter are doing great work on the grand.
Paula
thanks for stopping by Paula ^^
Hi,
I agree with you Paula 😉
I am not really patient so I am sure I could never do that !…
I remember the first time when I visited your blog Claire and now I can see that you have made a lot of new and different things !
See you,
Céline
Hi Claire. I’m in Paris from next week. Would you like to meet some time?
Felicity (who is usually in Australia)
Hi Claire
How are you Claire?? Dad sent me your details as I had some problems with hotmail and lost everything. How are you??? I have been thinking about you. Would love to catch up. Everything is great here.
Bev xxx
hello, is it possible to have the chart of the tree kokeshis dolls ?
I love it …. Thank you very much. Pascale
Hello Pascale
I have sent the chart. thanks for visiting ^^
Claire, i am not sure why I didn’t have you on my reader. I lost you for a good while. Great to find you again
Hugs Janine
http://makingatreechange-janine.blogspot.com.au/
I’m so happy to come and read your blog. First and foremost, i love to crosstitch and second, your blog is so much interesting for me esp. it is written in english as i’m still study the french language as of this moment. Hope to read and see more inspiring photos and words here Claire and keep up the good work!!!
Hi,
I’ve nominated your blog for an award. I don’t mind at all if you choose not to accept it. See my blog post for details.
Avis x
Hi Claire. Just thought I’d drop you a line to see how things are going? Bev
Hi Claire
Just discovered your blog so I will be following with interest!
thanks for stopping by ^^
Hi Claire, Love the new platform for your blog. Nice to have a change around. What a lovely photo of Black Jack – he is very photogenic, the MOTH wants to know does he give out Paw Prints as his autograph.
Hi Claire,
Because you feel more like a family than a line on my computer, you’re getting an award!
Read this for more information:
http://prettylittlethingsinabox.wordpress.com/2013/06/14/award-time-part-2/
Thank you for being the next-door “online” neighbour.
xo,
Angela
thank you ^^
Hi,
I’ve nominated your blog for an award. If you choose to accept, great! If you don’t like to take part in awards for any reason at all, there is no need to tell me. Just enjoy a few extra visitors to your blog from the link in my post here
http://ohsewtempting.wordpress.com/2013/08/12/13th-april-no-way/
Avis x
Claire dear ~ HELP!!! Just discovered the Grand on your blog….the link no longer available, but
when I found Isabelle’s (all in French) found it was a picture not a graph? Thank goodness I found
you in English…Has the Graph ever been published? I would so love to do this one…Reminds me
of a similar Perlin one I did. Many thanks.
Mary
hello Mary
check your email – I think you’ll find you knocked at the right door ^^
Mary
I’ve tried to email you but I keep getting an “undelivered” message.
Can you email me at [email protected] so that I can get back to you.
Hello Claire!
Do you exchange bookmarks with collectors from other Countries?
I am from Portugal and i have many portuguese bookmarks for exchange.
Best regards,
Paulo
Hello Paulo
I’d be happy to exchange bookmarks but not for the moment. We’re in a transition period, between selling our house and buying a new house, and living in temporary accommodation at the moment.
Love your blog and charts! My Great Niece had 3 cats (lost her pal of 17 years just a few days ago. Christmas is coming and I would love your Cat ABC cross stitch chart to make for her. Her remaining 2 cats are rescues and I feel sure she won’t remain “one short” for too long. Again, our ABCat would be just wonderful for her and hope you can send it to me.
Hello!
I like to read your blog!
I like your polka dot matryoshkas! Its so cute!!
If its possible can I ask you to see the chart?
Thank you so much!
I want to try to stitch it)
sorry, I no longer have the chart. I gave it to a friend when I had finished stitching the design.