etsy shop update.......

well i seriously don't know where the time has gone......i feel like i have fell down the rabbit hole and been in my own little world......a very enjoyable experience  none the less !!! anyways......back to the real world......i have been a busy bee making and crafting.....here's a few of my new range of headbands.....modelled by the very beautiful penelope......and put into my etsy shop......
http://www.etsy.com/shop/blossomdesign

summer vintage finds.......

i'm in love......it is official.....with my lovely deer and fawn head vase.....it brightens up my days and makes me smile.....it's soooooo shiny ( my girls do sometimes worry about me !!)
with matilda to care for we haven't had too much time for vintage and thrifty shopping........but with the few times i've ventured out i haven't been dissappointed, my beloved vase was an ebay buy...when you can't get out and shop ebay is the way to go !!!!

this lovely owl trivet was from a local secondhand shop and the jug was from a little aladdins cave i have come across 50p each........

a lovely lace effect teapot doubling up as a vase for flowers from my garden...........and below more plates and a fantastic turquoise rabbit jelly mould........

take care my lovelies.....kitty x

an unexpected blog break.........

 hey....i'm back....after a pretty rough time we have had with our very beautiful little doggie girl, miss matilda..

she has been really ill, so ill i thought we were going to lose her at one point, i have been so consumed with getting her better that i haven't had much time for anything else, she has been so good and brave and strong and is now almost back to her usual mischevious self, her vet visits have now gone to every other week instead of weekly and her medicines have gone right down, and life around here can pretty much get back to some sort of normal......we are so grateful to our vet who has been really good with her and so thankful that we have her insured (the vet bills so far have come to well over £1000, i really recommend that everyone should get their pet insured, it has been stressful enough as it is, and i'm so grateful that we didn't have to worry about how we would pay for her treatment) i have also been giving her reiki on a weekly basis, which i'm sure as also helped her.......hey....that is something you don't know about me...i'm a qualified reiki practioner.....although i don't do it for a living.....

well here is to our lovely girl matilda.......we love you xxx

a swan song........

well my dears this is my little tale of a beautiful swan.......i seen the above swan in the leicester oxfam  store, it had a hefty price tag of £6.99.......gasp..........i know ! charity shops and the prices they charge (although i do have to keep reminding myself they are for charity...it is a good cause........) well i stood in there for some time humming and ahhing, the dilemma i really love it should i pay that much etc......much to the dismay of mr blossom and daughter no. 2.........anyway after about 15 mins of pondering i decided to do the rest of our shopping and think about it............well i thought about, and i thought i can't live without such beauty..........and that our house definately needed a swan planter...really......what home should be without one !?!

 well after an afternoon of shopping i exitedly rushed back to oxfam to purchase said swan........well readers i had a shock........the beautiful swan was gone...sold.....no longer there......well i shed a little tear for my loss ! and kicked myself very swiftly for not buying it staight away there and then.......well a lesson was learned, and i decided, i need that swan planter or my life will not be complete...i trawled ebay but no swan......i wasn't going to give up......and this is where my swan song turns itself into a happy tale...........

the very next weekend i went a thrifting in a small town not too far from where i live.......i walked into the small oxfam store and there before my eyes was the very same swan at a very reasonable £2.99....i did a very happy jig.......much to the embarassment of daughter no.2 ! and on that same trip i picked up a little friend for my beautiful swan.......
you cannot see it too great in the pictures but the most beautiful thing about my swan is that it as very peachy tail feathers and a peachy stripe down the middle of it's head......i just need to pick up some plants to complete the look.....oh and more swans.......i have a swan bug !!!
and everytime i look at my peachy swan i sing this song............
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6J3uLLi9sw   and do a little dance..........

vintage flower brooches.......

i have been busy making more brooches.......in fact alot of brooches, i really do love making these !!.......here are a few which i have put in my etsy store today.......http://www.etsy.com/shop/blossomdesign......
more brooch pics to come over the next few days.....

love is......

i know valentines day was a while ago now........but i wanted to share a few gifts that i made for mr. blossom........he says he loves my homemade gifts.......and i say i love my shop bought gifts very much...see we are a match made in heaven !! (although i must say i do love handmade gifts too )

new packaging........

i'm really pleased with the packaging i've done for my brooches etc...... i will be putting these in my etsy store tomorrow........