Thursday, April 28, 2011

It's a bit chilly round here.....

think I might need one of these.......

My felt campfire that I made from Jeannette's book...the one mention above.   I finished the African violet at the weekend but am waiting for some sun so I can take pictures...it's turned very cold in Cambridge, especially after hitting 27 degrees last week...I even had the get my socks out! And talking of felt...not all felts are created equal.  I get 3 different sorts of felt and they are all good for different things.  Will write more about that soon.

Hope it gets better tomorrow..we are having a barbeque with the neighbours and watching the wedding.

Right, an unexpected morning off work must not be frittered away...am off to do some tidying before the lovely long weekend.....and wait for my felt to arrive :D

Monday, April 25, 2011

My season tree....

I think I may have made a post about this but I can't remember....I got one of those gorgeously tacky artificial Christmas trees a couple of years ago for the boys to decorate and it say in the Sunshine (back) room.  It was out of the way so it didn't bother me that stuff was put on ......shall we say...less than artfully.  But now the sunshine room is my most favouritest room of all (my sewing has got in there by stealth recently ...which I realised following a conversation with Mr C...'Where is so and so?', 'In my craft room (the utility room!)', 'Which one???!!!' came his eyebrow raised reply!). And this last Christmas the tacky tree was the loveliest decorated of them all and the lovely real one in the lounge had tinsel thrown at it by the boys.  And so this last Christmas I decided that I would not take it down but keep it up all year and call it the 'Season'  tree.  I did suggest to Mr C that if he didn't like it then the box was in the loft :D  But I do love seeing people's faces when they walk in....'Your Christmas tree is still up!'....Really???

And these are some of the things i have put on it.....




The buttons and velvet ribbon are from Ribbon Girl and the felt is from Jeanette here. And then I made these to add for Easter.....



The idea is that by the end of the year it will be covered in lots of things made throughout the year.And then, Mr C has pointed out.....we will have to take them all off to put the Christmas decs up!  Honestly...some people! 

Have also been busy making things from this fantastic book by Jeanette, who I mentioned above.  She is a complete genius!  It is, by far, the best felt book I have seen to date.




You can buy it here
 The boys wanted the campfire straight away so I got on with that and now I am working on the African violet...pictures to follow.

Hope you had a lovely Easter.  The sun is shining here and I am off to sort washing...never mind...I can't always be sewing or making :D

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Pics...

 right...let's see what I can find on this ere camera.......

Southwold beach

Mr B just loves animals :D


Grandpa took some cooler ones of them jumping off the prom...action shots :D  Just have to get them from him.......

Hooray, hooray, it's a holi holi day :D

And I spot a pattern of being useless at blogging!

3 weeks ago, on a complete whim, I booked some holiday away...to sunny Southwold :D  We love Southwold.  We have been going there for over 20 years as part of a Scripture Union beach mission but have NEVER been there on holiday.  The boys loved the mission (we haven't been for a couple of years as it is just too completely exhausting) but got very frustrated that we couldn't just spend all our time on the beach playing in the sand (or, in my case, knitting socks!) so it was the perfect place and Holly Cottage was the perfect seaside 'home'. We were there for 5 days and all but one, when we went to Kessingland, was spent on the beach.....or, in the case of MIL and I, in a coffee shop or 2 :D  The boys, all of them, had a fabulous time and a much needed rest. Photos are to follow for family in the US to see.I only finished one sock...think I spent too much time looking round Southwold shops...MIL made me do it!!!!!!