Productive Day

Hello, i have been quite productive today, made these 2 hearts, I think I might sell them at my next jewellery party, need to get a few more done too. We also popped to B&Q today too, I got some lovely vintage white paint and 6 lavendar bushes, the paint is for the bathroom cabinets that I am going to shabby up, they are both that horrible orangy pine (yuk) I have taken before pics, but you can wait til they are done till you see them and the after pics. The lavender plants are to go alongside the path at the house end of the garden, they are quite small at the mo but by the time they are fully grown we will have a full hedge along there.Oh well back to work and school tomorrow, I will be out all morning delivering avon also in the evening too, Martin is off though so I might get him started on the cabinets.

Take care all

Trish xxx

Old for New

These are some curtains that we had in our bedroom in our old, old, old, old house, they are far too short for the windows here so I dragged them out of a box and washed them to make them into cushion covers for our bedroom, there is far too much fabric to just make some for me so I am doing a couple for my little sis too, she has just moved into a 200+ year old lodge house (with an AGA!!!!! am so jealous) and wants to shabby chic and olde worlde it all. I have already made her some gingham hearts to hang on doorknobs, no pics of those sorry.

Beans Beans good for your ART

I have been playing, I took inspiration from Jo on IACW and used an old baked bean tin to make this little pot for G's bedroom, to go on her new bedside cabinet actually, I also took some inspiration from some of the gorgeous vintage style blogs around, I love the vintage look and feel and thats what I tried to re create.

I used daisy Ds paper, a vintage image from The Vintage Workshop, some old lace, earing and a brooch, some organza ribbon, bead and wire. Hope you like it.

Trish xxx

A new beginning

Well, after blog hopping rather a lot this last couple of weeks, I have decided that the recycling I do just isn't enough, we already do all our card, bottles, cans, plastics, clothes etc and have a compost heap for our kitchen scraps etc but I now want to do more, so I have joined freecycle (at last) managed to pick up a lovely little bedside cupboard for Gracie yesterday. I also wnat to stop buying new as much as poss, so will be scouring charity shops for bits and bobs for the house and my crafting, we need new wardrobes (well Martin needs one full stop) so will be looking on freecycle and local second hand furniture shops for those.

These are some of the blogs I have found.


Fleamarketsudio
karlascottage
shabbyscraps
thevintagemagpie
gathering_dust
leesiebella

Have a look round, hope you like them as much as I do

Trish xxx

Back to School

Well the kids went back to school today, it was nice to have the house to myself for a while, then a friend popped round and we ended up going to IKEA (not much of a struggle) I was good though and only spent £24!!!

I have been working on a memory board for a while and was hoping to get it finished in time for the IACW blog, but unfortunately didn't, but its done now and here it is, it looks lovely in my bedroom with all my other red and cream bits on my dressing table, I want to do one each for the kids now.

Busy Days

Its been hectic around here for a while, I have been at my sisters for the weekend helping her to pack up for moving house this friday, and bring home some bits that she no longer wants.


I have done a bracelet for the creative world blog, I have just adjusted the pics a bit as they were dark, its my gorgeous summertime bracelet :)

Before I go I want to give a huge hug to my lovely friend Jo who has just lost her dad, lots of love sweetie, take care xxx

I must try harder

I must try harder, I must try harder, I must try harder!!!!!

At last I think I am back on my feet enough to get this blog updated at least once a week. I really will try you know :o)

normal service to resume as from this week

Trish xxx

How Long???????

Goodness me, its been over a month since I updated this, I have been so busy with life and forgot. Well today I was nagged by the lovely Dawn at the Sheffield crop to update so here I am and while I was about it I realised have been tagged by the lovely Diana
Here are the rules:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself: some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).
4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs

so here we go, 7 facts about me

1. I have been divorced twice (oh my)
2. I have to wiggle at least one foot to help me get to sleep (OH is not happy about this)
3. I fancy the pants off Matt Dawson (pwooooaaaaarrrrrrr)
4. I am an Avon Lady (ding dong)
5. I hate coffee (yukky)
6. Christmas is my favourite time of the year (Santa Claus is coming to town)
7. I have large feet for my height (just call me Frodo)

now, who to tag??????

Joanne
Tracy
Jo
Ginger Claire
Andrea
Angela
Charlotte

I will hopefully try and update more xxx

Please Please Please

PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING TO THE JUST GIVING PAGE (SEE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE BLOG.) I (AND THE GIRLS AT IT'S A CREATIVE WORLD) WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

CONSIDER THIS: More than 1,000 women die every month from breast cancer in the UK. Breakthrough Breast Cancer is committed to fighting this devastating disease through research and awareness, and has established the UK's first dedicated breast cancer research centre, in partnership with the Institute of Cancer Research. Charity Registration No 1062636 More than 1,000 women die every month from breast cancer in the UK. Breakthrough Breast Cancer is committed to fighting this devastating disease through research and awareness, and has established the UK's first dedicated breast cancer research centre, in partnership with the Institute of Cancer Research. Charity Registration No 1062636

THANK YOU.

Get them out for Charity girls

Well, today on the IACW blog, we have got our boobs out for charity, Breakthrough Breastcancer to be precise, please go and have a look, and enter one or both of comps for this month, we have a scrap your boobs challenge with a fab prize courtesy of Andrea and a prize draw comp for who gives a donation via our Just Giving page, so please, please please, leave a donation for this good cause and get them out for charity. our just giving page

School days

Well, Grace has been at school for a week now, she still doesn't seem big enough!!! But she loves it, she has had such a lot of fun and is enjoying doing her homework every night.
Doesn't she look so lovely in her uniform, it certainly brought some tears to my eyes last Thursday.

School Tomorrow

Well, the long six week holiday will be at an end tomorrow, William goes back tomorrow morning and gracie starts on Thursday, my baby, starting school, it just doesn't seem possible. She is so excited and can't wait, I am much more apprehensive about it!!!
Its a gorgeous day today, lots of sunshine, hopefully my tomatos will start to turn red now, I hope so, I want to try some. On thursday we went to the Museum of Science and Industry in manchester for the day, it was brilliant, any one who lives near enough to go should, its a full and free day out for the whole family. On the way home we scrumped some blackberries on the lane and I managed to make 2 jars of blackberry and apple jam and 2 blackberry and apple pies from the ones we got, and they taste gorgeous, even if i do say so myself.