23 DAYS to GO!! & Jubilee weekend!

TWENTY THREE DAYS to GO!

Looking forward to meeting and saying

HELLO

to anyone who can make it

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JUBILEE WEEKEND

Have you got anything planned or like us spending it quietly...........

 and

 I would like to thank Pamela for my swap.  She was my partner in the Diamond Jubilee Swap organised by Helen over at Moonstruck Creations.  I had lots of goodies thank you Pamela.

I received two parcels



With lots of goodies!  I hope Pamela like hers.......!

The Great British Seaside Swap

After putting everybodies names in a pot.  I duly drew eveyrbody in turn and partnered the first person with the second person and third with forth and so on.

My partner was Michela

I had some really lovely gifts from Italy

Some jelly sharks - quite safe I eat them!

A giant rock lollypop - I have eaten it yet!

Lip Gloss in a pretty shell container

Some crafty bits.

Painting of an Italian Fishing Village now hanging in my craft room

A fish themed necklace

It is black and silver and I think it is amazing.

A white cotton bag........

.......full of shell beads and abolone shell buttons

THANK YOU!

Hope evervbody who joined in had fun

The Great British Seaside Swap

Just wondering how everybody is getting on........?

Michela has posted and I have posted be blogging about them soon!

SWAPPIES and GIVEAWAY

The swap pairs are................

http://sandies-patch.blogspot.com/ & http://everydayisannewbeginning.blogspot.com/




http://blog.suepops.co.uk/ & http://sewonandsewon-noelle.blogspot.com/


http://vintagefromthevillage.blogspot.com/ & http://madaboutbagsuk.blogspot.com/



http://atalefromtoadstoolhouse.blogspot.com/ & http://moonstruckcreations.blogspot.com/



http://www.feltbyrae.com/ & http://ourlifeinthewhitehouse.blogspot.com/



http://agardenjustoutsidevenice.blogspot.com/  & http://kcscourt.blogspot.com/

HAVE FUN!
Please may I leave each of you to get intouch with your partners?
If there is any problems please email me

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The WINNER of the Giveaway is..............




Please email me your address
 http://moonstruckcreations.blogspot.com/

 

Just a Reminder

The Great British Seaside Swap

If you would like to join in add your names below. 
There are not many rules:~

1) You have to be a follower of my blog
2) Five items
3) The theme is the SEASIDE *

GIVEAWAY

I have two copies of this book.  My friend Jane gave me a copy for my birthday back in April. 
So if you would like a copy please leave you name below. Draw will take place on 1st August.*







* please let me know which you would like to be entered in otherwise I will put your name into both 'hats'!

CHANGED THE DATES!

After re-reading the previous post some one pointed out to me that some people may well be on their "Seaside Holiday" too, so the dates have now been changed

The selection will take place on Monday 1st August and the swap will be by Monday 5th September. So if you thought about joining in and would like to change your mind please feel free. Same rules as before, as I'm starting again please leave your comments on this post for both swap and book - Thank you

There are not many rules:~
1) You have to be a follower of my blog
2) Five items
3) The theme is the SEASIDE

Swap for this book will take place on Monday 1st August, as I will have to contact you by email you will be able to tell me the best time to send it if you are on holiday.

A SWAP! A GIVEAWAY! and My bargain flowers!

Has Summer arrived..........not sure they say its gonna rain again........... We love the Great British weather, and I think we love the Great British Seaside too! That is my idea for a swap, well not really I had a lovely swap gift from Tracy. She sent me some lovely goodies appertaining to the Seaside, so I have to admit that is what gave me the idea for this swap!

There are not many rules:~

1) You have to be a follower of my blog

2) Five items

3) The theme is the SEASIDE

If you would like to join in leave a comment below, start the comment with Swap#. I will make the drawer on the closing date which will be Friday 15th July and all parcels to be received by 1st August.

Now for the Givaway!

My friend Jane gave me this book for my birthday. Whilst visiting my dad, I was rooting around the charity shops in Tavistock and came across another copy in brand new condition.


If anybody would like a copy of this book please leave a comment below, start the comment with Giveaway#. One rule you have to be a follower of my blog. If you would like to join in in both please leave two comments.

Cheapie Flowers...........

Our monthly trip to Tescos, and I bought these two bunches

This bunch of pretty Tulips

And these Gladioli - yep! 30p

They were £1.79

Then £1.50

This were they on Tuesday afternoon

The Tulips - the camera didn't do them justice they are a delicate shade of mauve

Today!

Thought I would show you our vintage kitchen table. We inherited it. Well I say we it was actually Alex's mothers. His parents bought the table just after they moved into their first home in about 1960. The flaps fold down to the size of about 12" (30 centimetres)! The table has seen everything from doing the wallpapering the loads of Christmas Dinners to being a dumping ground! We suffer from "Flat Surface Syndrome"

Yesterday.............

Yesterday afternoon was delightful! It was spent with Dee . Sometime ago I joined a button swap. When I read the list of partners I couldn't have been more pleased. Dee only lives three quarters of an hour away in Taunton. We were due to meet Saturday, but it was postponed so a few emails later we arranged to meet yesterday. Alex and I enjoyed a lovely lunch and natter about 'retro' and years gone by, we all seem to have the same interests.

Except I had an embarrassing moment, but I didn't realise this until I got ready for bed. I had left some of her gifts behind, there they were on the bed where I had left them staring back at me! Have you ever looked at something and you know there is something wrong but you cannot put your finger on it...........well.............so please Dee please forgive me.

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Despite all my recent moaning about blogger. I have started a new blog! I had been thinking of starting one for a while so here it is!