Quick up date

A Quick up date of new bits & 'n' bobs I've been working on recently...
Am loving working on old children book images &
vintage sewing patterns.
Check out old matey's trousers above....

Just Pottering........

James & I have had this week off...
& what a week! the weather has been fantastic......

Not done a lot really, well, a bit of crafting....
mainly pottering about......
However, we did stop off for a cream tea at Long Melford,
great place to visit.............

http://www.longmelford.co.uk/

FUN at the Fair........ & there was cake...!!

Well the day finally arrived...
a group of us girls got together last Saturday, to show our
handmade & vintage items we'd made & collected......

Nope not even a cloudy day could
spoil it for us.......

Everyone had worked so hard.........

But, it's thanks to Jaini, for letting
us take over her home, garden, & gazebo
for the entire day...

It was great to see everyone's work, which was different
but had a similar theme...

A big thanks goes to those friends, family,
& others that came & supported us on the day...........

Oh yes... & did I mention.... that there was cake?
Jaini's cake was so good.., that there are no pictures...

A nice treat

What a lovely treat I had yesterday afternoon, a local garden designer has an open day in her home twice a year, displaying many delightful things for the home, & garden, including many handmade objects, here is a link to her website which include some of these lovely goodies...........................

http://www.thegardengiftbox.co.uk/

Updating my shop

I've been so busy with life, craft etc... that I have neglected my little shop I've posted some new bits on folksy, just click on the folksy logo on the side bar & it'll take you there....

Is it me....?

So... here's the thing...

I've been busy making things for my friends fair, collecting things, painting things, pasting things, sewing things.... etc, etc,

Now things are almost done, I'm feeling a bit odd....
Is it me..? or does everyone get a case of the, well.... 'collie wobbles' at this moment...?

The stuff that's going round my head are:
Is there enough things to make a good enough display?
Will anyone like/buy my things?
Why did I agree to do this........!?
Does it all look too 'homemade' rather then handmade...?

Any comments fellow bloggers, would be greatly appreciated.....

Getting things together..........

I've been putting some of the things together, for the fair I'm doing in a few weeks, I wanted to see what they'll look like on the table, wadda you think.....?

Up with the lark.......

So, I was up with the lark this morning, poor Alfie didn't even get out of his bed to greet me, he lifted his little, chocolate, furry head & looked up at me, as if to say, 'are you mad, just look at the time...! '
My mission today, (should I choose to accept it...!) was to go to our local car boot sale, to see what goodies there were...
As always, you do have to poke about a bit to find things, I find the best bits, are stuffed in crumbled old cardboard boxes, or nestled between old clothing or a dusty old lamp shade etc...
Annnyway... I was home drinking a mug of tea by 9am... with Alfie curled up between my feet... O happy days..

So here are some of the things I bought, & the best bit of course, is that they'll all most certainly be made into something else to enjoy, & I didn't even spend a fiver... talk about a credit crunch day out...!!

Some lovely postcards & photo's

Various children's books, I just love these old images...

Lovely old frame & picture

Sneaky Peak...

Sew, sew, sew, stick.. paint, paint...

Three guesses what I've been doing lately...

Have you seen these....?

Aren't they lovely, & beautifully packaged & produced...?

Trouble is... I know I've seen these images before...

Or is it just another trend..?

Or is it because I feel so passionate about hand made, creative people.....

It just seems to me, that in the world of ALL things handmade, craft, paper, needlework etc... artists come up with lovely vintage images, & new & wonderfully creative ideas, & then, it seems that a large company gets hold of these ideas, & snatches them away... making the extraordinary very ordinary....?

Work in progress..............

So.... a friend & I decided a while ago it would be a really good idea... to have a handmade... vintage.. bits n bobs.. craft fair thingy... (Yer I know... we're still working on the title...!)
with a group of us girlies that make handmade goodies, & like all things vintage...

Annnnyway... this fair thingy seemed like a really good idea at the time...
You know how it is, been inspired, like making things, seen something in a magazine..... bla bla bla... (sound familiar?)

Am now frantically getting pieces together... &, being a Scorpio is not always a good thing, we are perfectionists... absolute piggin nitemare... !!!

Everything has to have a theme, rusty wire baskets for items to go in, brown luggage labels for pricing, cake stands for displaying things on... Oooo... it goes on & on...

So far on my check list... (another Scorpio thing...!!)

Retro note-lets check
Lavender Hearts check
Button brooches check
Vintage note-lets check.
Fabric Journals check...ish run out of cotton!!
Heart Shaped blackboards check
Vintage note-lets check
Cards .....?
Chicken wire notice boards check...ish paint still drying...
Rose scented hearts ...?

Off on our holi-bobs today.....

Everything is washed & packed & ready to go on our holiday today, even Alfie's bunny had a quick spin the washing machine this morning.....

Drawing inspiration from the past

Been playing around with, vintage patterns & old images from books I have, I like the colours, & textures of them....
Reminiscing of times gone by perhaps...?

High street.... & Handmade.......

I know, I know,.... I like all things handmade too... blah, blah, blah.... but occasionally you can find some really nice things out there......

However... this came in the post today, which is HANDMADE.., a lovely folder cover, to keep all my ideas in...
I met Louise of 'Looby Lou's at this year's Spring County Living Fair, Louise had, I think the tiniest stand..., where she sat all on her own, selling her handmade goodies..
Here is her email address: llooby30@aol.com

Recent finds.......

Ladies in waiting....

Sepia cabinet cards, & postcards......

Lovely bottles, which I've customized....