
Tuesday, 28 December 2010
Homemade christmas...

Sunday, 19 December 2010
Making daisy chains...


Friday, 17 December 2010
Paris, I Love You xx


Saturday, 4 December 2010
A beautiful new discovery for me

The adorable sign just makes me smile and I really really really want it. Maybe if Santa doesn't bring it to me for christmas, I will treat myself...or there's always my birthday :-)
Monday, 29 November 2010
Pretty polka dots and sparkly cupcakes

In my humble opinion, I think it works really well with the cupcake and actually think the Union Jack looks very sweet!

Tuesday, 9 November 2010
Red Roses...
Four years on, I FINALLY moved all of my stuff out of my parents house, and one of the coolest things I discovered was a little flower stencil book...something I think Celia brought me in Chester. I think I am unable to ever throw anything away...which I think is sometimes a pretty good thing.
So I decided to put the Rose stencil to good use and make this cushion cover...
I am actually pretty proud of this little cover! I think it's almost a bit christmassy...and I just love the pattern. Plus I liked trying out a different technique using fabric paint, rather than my usual felt and applique designs.
Monday, 1 November 2010
A little taste of America...

My Chemical Romance provided the pre-game entertainment, complete with Niners Noise (the 49ers drummers) and The Gold Rush (the cheerleaders) dancing and drumming their little hearts out.


The game itself is confusing, especially if you've never seen it before in your life. What seemed like every five minutes, play would stop as the cheerleaders did a bit more cheering, or an advert was blasted out on the big screens. What's even more confusing is the fact that the ball is tiny! Well too small to actually see when there are men tackling each other when they don't even have the ball! Eesh!

Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Flower print and fruit...
This cushion actually started life as a dress, but I love the pattern and wanted to create something new from it when wearing it wasn't an option anymore.
I've stuck with applique for the leaf, like I've said before, I just love that folky style! And I just really wanted to use a really bold print and contrast it with something plain(ish) but I do love a bit of bright colour, and I think the apple is perfect.
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Blue skies and sparkly clouds...
And to add a little sparkle to the felt, I just used a little bit of glittery fabric paint.
Saturday, 25 September 2010
Polka dot and felt flowers...
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Polka dot cotton and felt flowers |
Friday, 24 September 2010
Lets start at the beginning...
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The idea board |
Thursday, 16 September 2010
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside...Bournemouth baby!!


My favourite thing about the seaside is the cute little beach huts, and I loved these ones, especially looking out over the sea. So pretty.

Wednesday, 2 June 2010
Life in Laaandon!!
Business people in their dark suits run around with fashion victims with their builders boots and geek chic glasses. Occassionally there is a break in the uniform. A man with a red bucket full of his window cleaning kit stands at the platform edge among the suits, a couple stop for a kiss as the world rushes past them.
At the minute, I am spending a lot of time in London, Soho to be exact, and one of the best things about London is all the pretty places to sit down and take in the world away from the busy (and I mean ridiculously busy!) streets.
The main feature of Soho Square is a small tudor style cottage where Snow White would be quite at home.
Two multicoloured elephants sit at opposite ends of the square. It's wicked to see something so funky and colourful.
Sitting in the square I watched a woman do three laps with her massive dog (which to me looked more like a pony!), a Japanese woman sits on a bench looking as if she is waiting for something, staring in to space. The next bench is being used as a bed by a man tucked up in his tartan blanket.

Florence Alice King 1917- 2004
Born and bred in Theatre Land
All the world's a stage and we are merely players."

Monday, 24 May 2010
Dunstable: Sunshine and Buttercups





Saturday, 24 April 2010
Oh Chester, how I've missed you!

You know the feeling you get when you haven't seen somebody you love for a while, excited bubbles in your belly? That's how I felt as my train rumbled into Chester station.
Wandering up City Road, it all started to come back to me..."Oh I remember having a drink there" and "Awww, that's where Celia drunkenly dropped her purse and scattered the contents all over the road.." (Yes, I also discovered the art of drinking here).

After rumaging around the million charity shops that the tiny city centre has, and a little mooch around the new vintage shop where a woman talks about the wonders of having a tortoise and how great it is to have a pet for 50 years, I take a little stroll down to the river.
It seems so far away from the busy centre, so calm and peaceful. Fat pigeons waddle about scavenging for food, only to find the occassional cigarette butt.
Being back in the place where I spent many happy a day bargain hunting, chilling in the sunshine by the river and generally having a great time definately made me smile.
"Oh Chester, how I've missed you!"
Friday, 23 April 2010
Small town's scheme makes a big difference

Two years ago, after an inspiring visit to a conference, Pam Warhurst sat in her friend Mary Clear’s kitchen and told her that they needed to change the way they thought about where their food came from.
The scheme initially began with a seed swap, during which time residents grew vegetables in their own gardens. It then grew with the local council essentially selling areas of land to people for £10 which led to edible produce being planted around the town.
Today, after involvement with the local primary care trust, fruit such as rhubarb and cranberries can be found growing outside the station and the health centre.

A previously unused patch of land has now been prepared to grow vegetables after positive talks with Network Rail. The vegetables will be planted by local volunteers, and once the vegetables start growing, anybody can pick and enjoy them.
Walking through Todmorden, I can see why the scheme has worked so well. Todmorden seems like a very tight community. People are standing and chatting to each other, greeting everybody who passes them with an “Ah-riiight” in their thick Yorkshire accent, an accent that even comes through in the one piece of graffiti by the canal. A poster asking “What sort of dog owner are you?” has gained the response “Reet Fluffy!” in neat letters underneath.
Inside the Market Hall, stalls sell a variety of products, from craft supplies to meat. The market butcher proudly displays a sign that all the meat is from his own farm. The “local products for local people” school of thought is evident throughout the town, with independent shops, such as the butcher, the grocers and the general store dominating the High Street, rather than chain stores.

In an article in the local paper, the Todmorden News, Beryl Tyrer explains “People are a bit nervous about starting with hens, but if you have a garden or a bit of land and you get prepared before they arrive, they are quite easy to keep.”
The Incredible Edible scheme has been a great success for Todmorden, in terms of producing local food. It has also inspired other areas of the UK to follow in their footsteps with schemes now up and running in York, London and Ramsbottom, and there is also interest from Switzerland to introduce a similar scheme there.
The scheme has been in effect for a while now, so what does the future hold? Team member Estelle Brown says “Incredible Edible is still expanding and being planned, that never ends. It kind of grows organically just like the fruit, vegetables and hens.”
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Snowdrop searching in Kircudbright

Broughton House, in the small fishing town of Kirkcudbright is one of a number of places to celebrate the snowdrop. The tiny garden has a small number of the wintery flower in it, as well as a fat, one eyed cat called Oscar.
I have to say that unfortunately, festival was over selling it a bit; however, Kirkcudbright is a very sweet and quaint little place.
The alley way that leads to Broughton House’s garden also leads to a small harbour where a number of small boats bob around in the water. The landscape for a part is picture perfect, but a slight move to the right unveils an area that is a little less picturesque.

The town itself, once the small number of school children have dispersed is quiet, but not dull. Around every corner there seems to be another alleyway, often leading to somebody’s home.

Friday, 26 February 2010
Vintage fun in a cosy Carlisle cafe

