Holidays are here

Hi all hope you are well,

Hooray! holidays are here the kiddies 

broke up from school on Friday for 6

weeks. It was more emotional

for Beth as she was leaving junior school for good.

She's really excited about going to 

big school she can't wait. I don't think 

that feeling will last that long once she gets there.

As you know i had decided to take a break 

from cardmaking for a little while, so

 what happens, i get a commission to do.

It's for the granddaughter of a lady 

i have made a few cards for, I think i made a birthday

card for her and she loved it so much she 

asked if i could make one for her 

teacher to say thank you.

Then Beth saw it and loved it, she asked if i could

make one the same for her teacher 

so i ended up making two.
Never mind.

Out shopping the other day in a lovely little shop

that sells material i came across this fab

remnant so i decided to use it to reline my

wool basket. It needed jazzing up as the 

lining was just a plain cream and boring.

It was the colours that instantly

drew me to it. I didn't have enough to go 

right to the bottom it's about an inch off,

 i have attached it to the liner that was there

already and when it's full of wool you 

would never know.

Talking of wool here's what I'm on with at

the moment.

It's the beginnings of a granny square

blanket. Looking through blogland 

as you do i came across a fabulous 

blog page called 

Little Cotton Rabbits

When i saw Julies blanket i 

fell in love with it, what fab colours.

So i had a good look through my stash

and found some similar colours, all i had

to do was visit my local wool shop and 

get some Grey for the main colour.

I settle on a slate grey from Debbie bliss.

Lastly as it was sunny this morning 

we decided to make the most of it and go

car booting. I didn't find many bargains today 

just this lovely lace doily.

I have been after one for my table so i can

put my flower jam jar on.
I think it makes the flowers look so nice.

My hydrangea bush in the garden is

straining under the weight of the 

flower heads especially with all the rain

so i have picked some.

I haven't bothered before but how

pretty are they in a jar and they last a while too.

I have added some sprigs of apple mint

 for greenery and smell.

Ooh I don't need to buy any flowers anymore, i think

garden flowers look so pretty and they are free.

Take care