the one about the flowers and the red shoes...

a beautiful mini candlestick made by the very talented Victoria Delany it's beautiful, and holds a little tea light in it as well as a long candle...go and check out her website...she is a super dooper talented crafty lady...

recent makes: more apple thingy ma jigs to give to teachers tomorrow...would you believe the humble Golden Delicious apples seems to be out of favour...i usually get my fruit at the supermarket with my main weekly shop,(please don't lecture me on buying local produce...) but i wanted to get a few apples the other day, so popped into the green grocers and was more or less laughed out the shop when i asked where the golden delicious apples were...he said "we haven't had those for ages, not much call for them these days" WHAT...i was brought up on Golden Delicious apples....so i tried the stalls on the market...again...no Golden Delicious....whats going on?!?!?!

 

red shoooooooes...i like red shoes...and so does Miss T...choosing to wear mine on top of her school shoes! My eldest told me i had too many shoes the other day, so i had a bit of a sort out and realised that almost all my shoes are red...

a crafty morning...

actually it was more like a crafty evening...

last night i started on cutting out some cloud cushions ready for the Clutter City fair...i was thinking of selling them in groups of 3, like these i made a few weeks ago...

 i cut 12 out and they all need stuffing tonight...i have 3 willing helpers so that should be a good distraction from the football...

have a good weekend folks...we off to see a man about a dog tomorrow...quite literally...

-x-

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

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...