Tuesday 12 May 2009

vera................


i am so exhausted i have been a whirling dervish today.................spring cleaning the house...............and gardening, the veggies are starting to really come on now..........
so due to my extreme need to rest........... it is mainly a picture post !!!!!
.....meet vera, i made her a few weeks ago now, using some of my much loved vintage fabric collection, i will get around to putting her on etsy sometime this week..............................

Monday 11 May 2009

birthday girl...................

within a space of 3 weeks..........it is both my daughters and my own birthday, yes may is an expensive month for our families !!this is my youngest daughters birthday..............the pic is a little blurry.....but i just love the expression on her face when she sees all of her gifts..........on her birthday day she had friends round after school for a tea party and games..........i just love that she is so much into my eclectic china taste, to her it is quite normal to have tea and cakes on fancy china..................her friends thought it a real novelty............


not sure why but my frosting was runny................never mind it still tasted good !!!!and at the weekend she had a camping sleepover in the back garden....... matilda joined in too !!!
much to the girls amusement..........................................


and then i got this lovely card made by her to say thankyou for making her feel so special...........

Thursday 7 May 2009

i love tea..............i love cake !!!!!


i really do love a good ole cuppa and who doesn't love cake ???? so i have made some hanging kitchen (or anywhere) art..................with binding that took forever to sew by hand onto the back and front..............and people hand sew binding onto a whole quilt ??!!

and i made this cushion last year..................mr flowery jack...............but he was made and taken to a few craft fairs, he was greatly loved by some folk, but some folk didn't want to pay £25. for him...............but it is a one off piece i told them, nobody else will have a cushion the same as yours !! i don't know about you my fellow crafters out there, but do you suffer with this same maddening crowd of people who seem to think they can give you what they think is the right price for your handmade goods...........this greatly puts me off craft fairs.....................................

yes dear readers that was an unexpected rant.............just had to get that off my chest, i think mr flowery jack will be heading over to etsy, where i think i will price him at £20-

Wednesday 6 May 2009

caravan of love.....................

as a child we had a caravan, a little egg shaped one, just big enough for myself and my mum and dad and my little dog.................such happy memories..............when we weren't away in the caravan, it stood at the side of our house, and it doubled up as my playden......... i was the envy of the kids in my neighbourhood............so you see the humble 70's egg shaped caravan holds a special place in my heart !....................................which is what inspired my new crafty project........
and bunting................who doesn't love bunting ???






not sure whether to put these on folksy or etsy ??!!??