When you think of a Christmas stocking there may be an image of a large, plush, red velvet boot shape with a white fur trim, stuffed full of gifts wrapped in brightly coloured festive paper. Christmas stocking in the Morrison household this year was very different.

It meant stocking shops, galleries and my car boot with orders of watercolour prints, ceramic coasters and candle tins. Allium in South Queensferry needed some coasters. When I was in the shop one of the customers told me, she had been pleased to receive one of my Three Forth Bridges coasters in her secret Santa at work, which was lovely.

Next, I was off to SDX the Scottish Design Exchange in Ocean Terminal, Leith. I was restocking my greetings cards, but most importantly, I added a shelf to stock my £10 candle tins. On my way home I stopped off at the Line Gallery in Linlithgow. I was pleased to discover that two of my original paintings from the postcard exhibition had sold.

The rest of the week was spent delivering outstanding gift orders and completion of my fourth commission of the week.

Two black kittens looked cute in the photo but were more of a nightmare to paint using watercolour. The commissions were all ordered as Christmas gifts.

The theme of gifting continues this weekend when I will put on my red velvet dress with white fur trim for my role as Mrs Claus at the Rotary club Santa’s grotto. I got one of the better options in terms of roles, as I dread to think of me in the striped stockings of the elf costume!

It will certainly keep the festive mood going after my two trips to the pantomime this week, which were hilarious! With the BNI Christmas night out following on from my Mrs Claus gig it will be Christmas all the way .... “oh no it won’t... oh yes it will ...” Sorry, just the post panto overload effect!