signing off...

i am signing off today...for a whole month...i hope everyone has a fantastic christmas and wishing you all a very happy new year...

toodle pip

xxx

The Dandelion Clock....

a couple of weekends ago we headed north...to Sheffield to spend a weekend catching up with friends and family...Head of Finance is from that neck of the woods, so we have some good friends still there and family too...every once in a while we head up and try and catch up with as many people as we can...

this time we spent a good hour in a lovely florest shop called The Dandelion Clock owned by our friend Lucy...

lists....lists...and more....lists...

now i am a huge fan of 'the list'...it makes sense of everything and i find it quite rewarding ticking off items on lists...and i must admit that i have sometimes written things on the bottom of a list that i have already done...just to tick off....

but the list i have going on at the moment...is the mother of all lists...the list to end all lists...it's our 'we are going to Australia for a month in 13 days time' list...and let me tell you...it even has sub-lists...

we sat down last night and wrote down exactly what we need to do in the next 2 weeks...and let me tell you, i am feeling quite overwhelmed today at the enormity of it...

we assigned tasks for both of us to do...and i laughed at Head of Finance for putting "Caroline to launder all holiday clothes", "make a list of stuff we need to take", and "Caroline to buy stuff on the list we haven't got"...now is it me or does that mean i'm doing it all?!?!

 

all said and done...it so blooming exciting...

autumn love....ish....

well...hasn't it been a while since i have been on here....

my excuse is...pure busyness...

oh and....

*  a son who tripped up the doorstep and ended up having his head injury glued at the walk-in centre

*  a daughter who sliced her toe in the sand in the park...probably on a piece of glass

*  a husband who was driven into while driving to work...

and the best of all...

* a son who jumped off a swing in the park...dislocated his left elbow and ended up in theatre that night to straighten it and was in plaster for nearly 4 weeks....

those who know me well will say this is just a normal few weeks activity for us lot!!!

 here is a before and after shot of a cupboard we found in a local antique place (posh charity shop actually...but i wouldn't tell the owners that)....it was priced at £90 and the guy said we could have it for £40 if we took it away that day...to be honest it did stick out a mile...and we did have grand plans for it...as you can see...it is now wearing a Farrow & Ball jacket and looks rather nice....

i have been doing a spot of crochet too recently...a few hats to sell at the Christmas Craft Fair...we won't be here this Christmas but thats a whole other post...so thats why i am trying to get stock built up now for my friend who is going to man my stall...

(couldn't help but do a pretty pumpkin!!!!)

 and my 2 little bobbinoggs turned 5 on Saturday...birthday craziness...and big smiles!!!

Kermit looks how i felt at the end of last weekend...

he's back...

Mr Inspiration decided to return...and in fine style...after a morning at Dressmaking Class with the lovely sarah i came home and decided to take the bull by the horns and go for it...what do you think:

i bought this chair about a year ago, from the Salvation Army Shop and it's been sitting waiting for some inspiration to come along and turn it into something a bit 'nicer'...i asked Head of Finance what he thought i could do to make it look a bit 'better'...he said "i don't care as long as you make it look like it doesn't belong in an old folks home and smells of wee"...nice eh...

and then i rememberd i had this book...and there...on  the front...was the picture i had been waiting for...so i headed for the sewing machine this afty...

and here it is so far...

the fabric i made the cushions out of is green and white stripe - this doesn't really show on this picture, but it's a lovely green and heavy weight...and i got it for a snip off ebay...a whole roll of it...i just need to put some funky fabric on the bit under the cushions - this will need a staple gun i think...

i'm really pleased with the re-vamp..and i guess in about 40 minutes when the little people come home from school and start chucking the cushions around the room, it will bring a smile to my face as an old piece of furniture comes back to life...

lost...

Dear Inspiration...

it's been a while since you've been round these parts...i've  noticed that sometimes you stay for a day or two and sometimes you stay longer, and thats nice, but over the last couple of weeks i've not see you at all...where are you?...please come back soon...i'm missing you...

a dottie day...

Mr Postman...you could never have known what you had in your bag today...

a double Dottie delivery...

i've been waiting for this book to come through from dottie angel (Uppercase Publishers)for ages now and here it is...and it's just lovely...so i'm off for a cuppa and a read...