two birthday girls.............

it has been a while since i blogged...................not sure where the time goes........but another birthday has been and gone 2 in fact but the first it was a biggy .......18.......and the lovely girl had a great day, it is so hard to believe that i now have an adult child, a strange feeling..........
we are so very proud of her and the amazing young woman she has grown into ................

for her birthday she went to new york to stay with our friend (thanks josh for looking after her.....i can't wait to visit myself)........... i made her a 'i heart NY' bag for the occasion, which was greatly loved........

i love the other side of the bag which i embroided the big apple, it gives me a great idea for a new bag design.............

and of course no birthday would be complete in our house without a homemade cake.....

and yes the icing was quite perfect this time..............

myself i had the most perfect birthday.......i am 1 year off being 40 yikes

the weather was so beautiful and i had lovely gifts and a lovely meal, i forgot to take any pics.......

only this one of my birthday dress.........it is so yellow and flowery a combination that you cannot go wrong with........

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..............................

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...........

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-

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 ??!!??

w.i.p. and sunny days..........................

the weather this week has been so lovely that i couldn't resist taking my work outside, miss matilda has loved it, although the only down side to this, is that i have been disturbed quite often with the little minx up to no good.........trespassing over the vegetable plots ( i will share some pics on these soon.......they are really coming on) or pulling up newly planted raspberry canes, or terrorising the cat..............yes very naughty.........but it is quite impossible to get angry at her, it is those eyes !!!

new textile art i have been working on.......................

i find embroidery work so relaxing ........................seriously i could do it all day but there is children and pets to care for, a house to clean etc.......................you get the picture..............

and the finished products which will be going on etsy this week, i have been working on more than these two, but haven't got around to photographing them yet......................

in the words of marie antionette.........................................................................................

Brooches............................

and lots of them.............. you can find these in my etsy shop...........................

www.blossomdesign.etsy.com

also i have been working on some new ideas which i will share with you later this week...............