what do you do??

what do you do when the weather out of your window looks like this???

do you turn your lamps on and make the room feel lovely and cosy

make a bed on the floor and snuggle up watching Lazy Town

put some warm snuggly socks on as you cant have the heating  on as your'e trying to get that huge gas bill down but tootsies are cold!

 

play hide and seek

and then eat a load of cakes from the shop and feel  a bit sick afterwards

we do!!

what type of things do you get up to on miserable rainy days

Garden Party

nipped to Tescos the other day and happened to find myself buying a paper tablecloth as it looked rather pretty and it said it was wipe able which is an added bonus when you have a very messy toddler and  a baby trying to feed himself at meal times!!!

thought it would be a little square really not much to it....

but no.. its quite big and its sooooo pretty... and its called Garden Party, which conjures up loveliness in my mind!!! I'm not sure how long it will actually last before its ripped etc but it only cost 75p so I'm sure i can afford to go and get a couple more!!!

i think i might make some bunting for the garden with it as well... 

now i was sent an email from decorative country living today and there was this picture on the email..how gorgeous is this.. 

doesn't this just make you yearn for a warm balmy summer evening... this is defo the look I'm going to go for in my little yard in the evenings.. once it starts warming up at least!!..

do you think we'll get a nice summer this year.. i do hope so ..my body is calling out for some vitamin c!! 

Ive been collecting a few little bits for my little yard ( shall we call it my courtyard terrace instead!!) now all i need to do is get a few more plants ( even though hubby has said noway we have enough.. is he daft or summit!) so if the carboot is going to be on on bank holiday i might get some from there

so Ive picked up  these tiles from a few different charity shops over the past few months that i think will look lovely up on the wall 

and then these different style lanterns are sure to look gorgeous with flickering candles in

and last but not least a tray to hold my drinky and perhaps a nice jug of flowers 

oh take a look at this .. it is a weed but i think its so pretty ..its got lovely little purple flowers and i love the way its growing around the trellis and over my plant holder.. would you cut it back as it is a weed or keep it because its pretty... ???

arnt weeds just friends you haven't met!!!!???

lazing on a rainy afternoon!!

well its been pretty miserable today hasn't it...well if not round your way its defo been round here!
its been a little strange really the weather today because at some points of the day its actually been cracking the flags..which has meant Ive felt awful for having my heating on but i needed to get the washing dry!!..

anyways i didn't get dressed until about 4.30 today..how gross is that!! but we had such a slobby day, we were up at silly o'clock with the two boys who seem to now be in sync with each others waking habits which means we both have to get up as well!! ( i do lie in bed sometimes remembering those special times when me and hubby would get a lie in and then wander over to buy a bacon barm from the buttie shop and then read the papers.whilst recovering from a mad night out and then get ourselves ready for another mad night out...ahhhh memories!!!!) anyways i digress!!

now please don't laugh.. i haven't been able to stop thinking about "hens" home and love cushions that she made herself and i thought that i would have a go at making one even as a trial run!
it took hours and it really isn't the best but i thought as I'm so rubbish at invisible stitches i might as well make a feature of them so you can see all the stitches ..but that's deliberate OK!!!

this is only the first go so i may get better as i go along!!





i mean when you look at other peoples crafting and sewing their talent is amazing.. I'm so obviously an amateur with very little patience so my things never turn out how i picture them but i suppose its all a learning curve really.... !!

then i decided to have a go at making a bag..Ive never made one before so wanted to have a try at making one at least

so take one dress that I've been putting on eBay for weeks that no one wanted to buy



and hack it up and try to make it into a bag ..actually i don't mind it you know.. i think its worked out quite well and it was mostly done by freehand so its not to bad!!
i do need to line the handle as its a bit floppy really and could do with a better finish to it


right some last minute charity shop buys ...

a lovely blue petal ware jug complete with fake flowers which I'm not sure about but I'll keep them for now





and a lovely red throw which I'm adding to my other fleecy throw collections.. honestly they are treat in the summer if you have outside bbqs etc you just wrap yourself in them




right everyone hope you are all watching the eurovision..wonder were we'll come this year..1st or 25th..we'll see ey!!!
whatever I'm missing terry wogans little comments!!!

hello sailor !!

found a piece of forgotten fabric the other day in my linen cupboard, it was a piece of laura ashleys nautical range that i won off ebay about 2 years ago now,
it was way before i had any inkling to do any real sewing and i had used some of it to make some bunting for my babies room
how did i make bunting without sewing... with straws and glue!!.. id got the idea from a childrens craft website !!

anyways i was left with quite a good size so thought id make a blind. well i didnt have that much so i just made a pelmet but i think it looks pretty effective.. i think the red blind underneath with the eyelets in also has a nautical feel to it ( they could be the windows of a boat!!) so im quite liking it together

what do you think ??



i love this room.its such a bright room and i was a bit worried that when we moved the baby in here aswell as our toddler that the cot would make it feel really cramped but it hasnt i dont think..
obviously we'll have to get them bunk beds in a couple of years if we dont move as we only have a two bedroom house but even that i think will work heres a couple of pics
i love the nautical theme that it has got running through it . im sure as they get older they'll want to change it.. so im going to start brainwashing them to like the cath kidston cowboy range or the london design..which i think is quite cool!!..
who says its got nothing to do with me.. its their space pah.. its my house!!!!!










what do you think of this lovely quilted throw i bought for both boys from ikea ..they only cost £7.99 or somthing a bit daft, until i learn how to make one they can have these as i think its really nice. they are lovely and snuggly and my toddler uses his for his afternoon nap!

i made another cushion aswell this week seen as i had the sewing machine out i thought id go mad!!
.. a spotty one this time..although i really want to make the "home"cushion that hen has made ..check out her blog ..... http://henhousehomemade.blogspot.com ....... they are sooo nice.. i think i'll have to have a few practise runs first though as i am pretty rubbish at sewing..so slapdash !!!
but im really loving the stripes and flowers and spots together..it just works doesnt it, thats why i love the whole shabby chic look..nothing has to be to matchy matchy.. but somehow it still goes together !!




right i have both boys asleep at the minute so im going to take advantage of the peace and quiet and have some homemade chocolate cake and a nice cuppa hmmmm!!
( it actually looks disgusting doesnt it but it does taste nice!!!)

Picture this!

yippeeee our cable that we ordered from ebay came yesterday.. so i can now transfer pictures onto the computer from our camera !!

so just thought id show a little selection of some of the buys that ive made over the past couple of weeks.

here are some of my bank holiday carboot buys..i bought some other things which are going to go under the paintbrush so they'll be making an appearence later!!









here are some of my charity shop buys..












there are a few other things that i havnt shown, but i'll save them for another time!!

bye for now

xxxx

Our day out!

hi all

still without a cable for my camera.. have ordered one so hopefully that should be here this week.. Ive bought quite a bit as well over the last few weeks that I'm dying to take pics of!!

well today me the hubby and the two boys went to Alton Towers !!
hubby loves the place but Ive never been before as i HATE rides so Ive always thought it was a waste of time and money going!!
anyways we got a 2 for 1 ticket so the hubs said i had no choice!..
well i went wild broke all my inhibitions about fast rides and went on wait for it......... the squirrel nutty ride!!!
ooo i even did no hands!!

it was lovely watching my 2 yr old.. (hes nearly 3 now though that's mad!) .. really enjoying himself on the dragon roller coaster with daddy.. he is SO brave i think .. i think he must have gone on it about 5 times and still wanted more.. this time next year it will be the Nemesis he wants to go on!!

i was more excited about the fact we were using our picnic hamper with blue gingham lining!!
we had pizza, couscous, sausage rolls, chicken sandwiches a proper picnic!!!
it was sunny but sooo windy i was freezing in the end i had hubbys jacket on and he just had to wear his t shirt but needs must!
oh and celeb alert.. we kept bumping into John Terry the Chelsea and England footballer.. i have to say we were a little bit starstruck..but i tried to look most unimpressed especially when people were asking him for photos etc..



i have to say he is a lot taller and better looking in real life though!!!!


so now were home and shattered.. honestly you walk miles don't you... i had my leopard print flats on though so was comfy enough!!

pictureless post!!

well my darling hubby has managed to lose our cable that connects the camera to the computer .. so cant show any piccies of my lovely china set i bought for £1.49 in the charity shop yesterday.. fuming as its soo pretty but I'm sure the wait will be worth it once we find it ( along with my sisters hairdryer that she lent me last week which we've misplaced as well..honestly I'm sure the borrowers have moved in!!!)

hope your bank holiday weekend has been nice..we've had lovely weather havnt we which i think always helps apart from today which i did think go rather chilly

we went for a lovely walk to delemere forest have you heard of it??.. we went in the morning and it was so peaceful with the sun shining through the trees lovely..
on the way home called into the nearest charity shop i could find needed a small fix after being at one with nature and all !
were i bought the said china teacups and saucers ..oo they are lovely!
today we went to watch my nephew play a football final ( under 10's!!) and they won.. so that was nice and then we went to my in laws for a roast dinner ( which was very nice!!)

came home before and did the mountain of ironing that was awaiting me.. i didn't want to do it tomorrow as i get that "going back to school tomorrow!" feeling now I'm back in work .. so i wanted to have a nice easy night tomorrow night.. so just finished that and am going to have a little read of my book as both children are in bed !!!


have a good bankholiday and if you get to any carboots on bank holiday monday hope you manage to get tons of shabby chic bargains!!

hopefully we will find the cable so i can upload some pictures and if i manage to buy any treasures tomorrow i want to show them to!