Cheery Delights.....

I have been feeling a little glum of late and a bit out of sorts, the house and its lack of moving forward with the refurbishment is beginning to wind me up. I know I am very lucky, I have hot food, a roof over my head, a happy healthy family to cuddle up to every night, but we just seem to have run out of time, inclination and if honest the pennies to get on with the decoration and finishing off it requires. We are kind of at the last hurdle...although there is one more wall to knock down and a room to be built, but that can be saved for a rainy day. It is this last plastering, boarding, plumbing, painting that just needs doing and somehow feel I have lost my steam a little. I want to feel calm and relaxed with on the spur of it visitors, rather than frantically do my best to hide the bare plaster, the holes in the walls blah blah. Though as people close to me say, people do not come to see my house, they come to see me and my family, and yes it helps, but we all want a pretty little house to entertain in don't we. As I have said to myself so many times, we shall get there, we may even get into the Guinness book of records, as the longest house refurbishment in history ;0)

So I thought to cheer me up a little I would go find the little box of treasures I received from someone and share with you. It was kind of sent in exchange for some pretties I handmade, and I couldn't have been more cheered up by what was in this parcel. Alright the contents won't get the house finished but certainly helps with the olde grumps....

Pretty buttons....

Gorgeous silk scarf in very me colours....

Pretty Dots And Spots tape and notecards....

Sweet jar that came with some beautiful and quirky buttons....

Adorable ric rac....

Pretty ribbon....

The most wonderful necklace....

Colourful ribbons....

Girly treats....

Home is where the heart is....

Lovely words....

And Miss. Poppins' pretty treats....

Isn't it a lovely parcel :0) So cheery and thank you so much if you happen to read upon this, was very generous, lovely and thoughtful of you and hope the pretties I sent went down well :0)

Also not long also I won a very lovely and special giveaway.... the most beautiful earrings from KayJay Gems who made them up with me in mind, she certainly knows my likes, they are so pretty.

So I think looking and playing with these cheery delights, kind of makes up a little for the lack of paint on the walls, don't you ;0)

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Wit Wooo....

Are you an owl person, seems there are many, many about. Is it only me that has noticed pretty much every high street store has some sort of owl inspired pretty in it. Well, I say pretty, not sure, for me, if they really are, could it be those BIG eyes....

Here is a selection of what I have seen....

You can even get your little one to dress up as an owl....

Well of course, I like to give everything a little go, so I made a little owl doorstop,  handmade with pretty fabric and a little pink in there.

I don't know though, those eyes sometimes look like they are following me....

The owl, named Olive, was made for my make an item a month challenge, hosted by The Felt Fairy I kind of make things on a daily basis for my little folksy shop etc, but can't remember the last time I made something for me. So my personal challenge is to try and make one little item each month that is for keepsies.

I am so looking forward to making something else for the challenge using some of the lovely Kokka fabric I won for a giveaway hosted at Celtic Fushion Fabric's Blog The giveaway was if we could design our own fabric, what would we name it. I would so love to design my own fabric and have lots of ideas of what I would like my own designed fabric to look like. As for a name, I was thinking along the lines of whimsical, floaty, dreamy, so came up with " Wish Upon A Star" I was so overwhelmed to have won, and look some owl inspiration for me too.

So *owl* long do you think this owl thing shall be around for, do you like the owl look. I remember it first time round, was it last year or the year before, maybe it has never really gone away. 

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Whizzing By....

Goodness friends, has it really been that long. It amazes me how time whizzes by and I am left spinning in a daze at how quickly the days trundle on.

And what have I been up to in my little olde life, well....


I HAVE BEEN MAKING....

Christmas Stockings.

Fabric and lavender gift tags.




Cushions for the Shop



I am jolly pleased with my buttonholes :)




Cowboys for the boys.




I adore working with Pom Pom trim :)





Mmmmm I may have to keep one for myself, I know which one I have my pretty eye on. Well if I told you I honeymooned in Paris would that give you a clue. You may need to click on photograph, the wonderful fabric was a lovely gift from Little Gem's World and I love it, so methinks the Parisian lavender pillow is going nowhere.




More lavender pillows using vintage embroidered linens.




Isn't the embroidery exquisite.




I also enjoy using vintage embroidery for making lavender hearts.




I love the sweet colours.




Vintage embroidery too for the draught excluder I made for chilly nights.




I HAVE BEEN SHOPPING ....

I have been groovin after these polka dot cake tins for a while, they were featured in Ideal Home a while ago yet have now only been on sale in store, Ohooo Tesco if you would like to know.

And I thought a bargain pack of ten lovely cotton red gingham tea towels would be fabulous for making Christmas decorations, and only £3.00 for ten.




Books from fabulous Amazon.




I purchased a wonderful old necklace from the CS, lovely pearly beads wrapped in what looks like American tan tights :)




HUGGING MR.POPPINS....

I fell in love with the cute CK emery boards when I saw them, and had my eye on the vintage paisley cupcake cases for a while. Well look what Mr. P treated me to. The CK emery boards are Ohooo so cute and the cupcake cases are so sweet, don't know if I shall be able to use them for baking. The pretty vintage french necklace was a lovely present, and he thrifted it too. Good boy, he is learning ;) What lovely gifts from the darling husband :)





The necklace is adorable.





AM LOVING....


My new gorgeous Beach hut purchased from Bloomin Myrtle I love it so much, please go visit Elaine who is a wonderful crafter and whose attention to detail and value for money prices, amaze me :)




My new thrifted vintage Sewing book.




A bargaintastic 20p




I adore the photographs.




The Introduction. Click if you would like to read.



My new pretty pink Vintage Daisy labels.




A lovely book by Ms CK called In Print, I know many of you have the book and I indeed have had if from the library but is so nice to have one I can have full time at home and peek into every now and then. I purchased it from Dreaming Of The Simple Life who also included some lovely fabric and who kindly donated the money I gave to a very worthy cause KIN :)




My lovely new vintage Richard Stump dress I purchased for the astonishingly respectable price of 40p from the scout club jumble sale, I do like it, looks quite cute on, has a little belt and the prettiest buttons, though may keep and use the fabric, I have seen RS vintage dresses sell for, well certainly more than 40p, Mmmmm haven't decided what to do with it.






BEEN TO THE LIBRARY....

UNWRAPPRD PARCELS....


Giveaway win from the lovely Florence And Mary

I won a delightful Romantic Homes magazine yet the very kind Victoria also sent some wonderful CK soap, a beautiful CK Paris Rose card and an ever so jaw droppingly gorgeous Kate Forman catalogue. I shall tease you a little methinks.








Thank you so much Victoria a wonderful giveaway prize.


A wonderful parcel I also unwrapped was from the ever so lovely Cheap2Chic a fabulous friend from the SC Cafe. Beautiful and ever so me LA fabric that my friend no longer had any use for, and thought I should be the lucky new owner, how kind. I know that I shall enjoy making pretties for Miss. Poppins and I with it. Thank you so much D for your very special, kind, generous, and pretty parcel :)





I have also been a little sad and have been reminiscing. It was little baby Joshua's 4th anniversary of his due date on September the 24th. He came very early on June the 12th, I know his birthdate is important but I also like to remember his due date too, as it is always a little reminder of what could have been. Though I hadn't remembered it was his due date for a while into the day as I was busy sewing and what not, in fact it was probably the first time in four years I had woke up on Joshua's due date and not remembered. So I was cross and sad, though lovely friends helped me smile :)

Of course there are a million and one different things I have done too, though feeding the dog, washing the dishes, we have no posh dishwasher here, only me ;) hiding my little grey hairs with mascara, clapping my hands ever so loudly because Master P has done a p, and burning the beans doesn't really make for pretty viewing ;)

Well I wonder what I shall have been up to when I next see you ;)

Happy conker collecting, to keep those spiders away ;)

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