rainy days and tuesdays...

well hasn't the weather been pants lately...

hubby says this yellow cloud looks like it is giving the finger to the rain...hehehehe...

now i'm not one for going on about the weather (i'm sure i have said this before...so i guess saying it twice officially makes me a weather watcher...) anyway, i have embraced the frizzy hair look and decided that it will rain on both school runs because thats just how it is these days...

my big news is that i have dipped my toe into the world of Folksy...yes indeed, the door is open to my shop...slight hitch however at the moment is that there is only one item in there...which i am hoping will change tomorrow...

...happy days...

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...