friday...hooray...

i just wanted to share a recent charity shop find...3 lovely napkins with beautiful embroidered corners...

all 3 for £1.75...bargain...

and last night i set to with a little idea...

and tah-dah...i made this little sewing/crochet case thingy-me-bob...

it still needs a bit of fine-tuning...but i think it's not half bad for a Thursday night!!! 

and on to something completely different...(here comes weather watch again...) with it peeing down rather a lot at the moment here, i had a look through my photos and remembered days we spent on holiday in Wales with good friends, in 2009 and 2010...it rained probably everyday at some point...tho we did get some beach trips in(!)...we just got wellies and rain coats and off we went...

i have blogged about this amazing barn conversion set in the middle of nowhere in the Welsh countryside in my early blog days...but i thought a 2nd round of photos was allowed because i have such fond memories of the days spent here...there is something quite special about staying somewhere with no electricity...love it...

these were 4 sky lanterns we lit one night...

very happy days...

have a good weekend folks

xOx

doilies...

a quest to do all kinds of things with the humble doilie...part II...

i think i actually had a bit too much fun making these...i decided at about 9:00pm to have a go and make them...small people in bed and it was very good and rewarding!  they spent the night in the airing cupboard and were 'set' by morning...i think this weekend me and the little people will be making a few more to go with these beauties... 

 and here is a recent charity shop find...a gorgeous hand painted glass tray...i love this...and i think the best bit is that the ball foot on the front left has come off at some point and been put back on backwards...!!!