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

.....................I helped my friend Janice on her stand at the Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts at Westpoint Exeter. We arrived about 9.20, just enough time to sort ourselves.

9.30 am the doors opened.

County Needlecraft Stand

Bill and Janice have created some very different cross-stitch designs

I helped them stitch some of the above pieces,

I stitched the Egyptian Maze, Pink Elephants

and some of the Celtic designs

Beatitudes (top left bottom picture),

Benedicat, Pax Vobiscum and In Principio,

I also stitched some of the cottages show top left of the top picture,

they are local to Minehead and the surrounding areas

On the stand next to Janice was a really lovely lady called

Sue Hawkins

her work is so different and absolutely beautiful.

I have to admit I did spend quite a bit of money on her stall,

and probably will buy more pieces.

about 12.30

There were a few static displays, one buy this lady.

She did amazing pieces of work all by hand as the displays said many times.

Television has a lot to answer for!

I got great inspiration from the pieces and now

my poor little brain has gone into overdrive!

Hexagon patchwork, otherwise know as

"Grandmothers Garden"

This is a childs chair

"To Every Season........."

stitched and pulled thread work

the front piece is a Chestnut

This display was called

"The Button Box"

part of the Jurassic display

Greenhouse and Garden

The Pearls of Wisdom display

"Gardeners World"

These diamond shapes were no more than 2" long

this piece was just amazing!

Each square no more than a inch pieced together in shades

of brown, and if you looked at it from another direction it just

looked like a quilt in shades of brown.

There were loads of other stalls of different things too.

There will be another craft fair in Exeter in January I shall be there either

helping Janice or visiting with a friend.

That is the Craft4Crafters let me know if you will be able to visit.

I will try and meet up!

fair 28th to 30th January 2010

Good morning at the Boot Fair

Today was one of the last Boot Fairs of the season here in Minehead. Alex said to me this morning do you fancy going to the boot fair, Errr.....No.........Of course I fancy going.........so off we went. At the past few boot fairs I have been to, nothing jumped out at me and said "buy me", nothing vintage, nothing I really wanted to spend my money on! BUT today................

We bought a brand new Pedestal and Sink for the bathroom,

the sink we have does need replacing and now we can!

(£12 believe it or not!)

A few books! 50 pence

FREE!

My friend Denise was selling it - she said I could have it

50 pence

50 pence each

This little pink "Indian Elephant" Egg cup,

I thought he looked so sweet = 50 pence!

.........and because of the chip this

Carlton Ware Waterlily was also 50 pence
I liked it despite of the chip!

Tablecloths - I show more detail another day

£1

£1

£1.50

This 1930's was a lot more expensive £3

It still has its original Label
It'll be shame to remove it!

and THESE!

Alex said they are to put Speakers on............

mmmmmmm...................! (£3)

PLEASE.............

.........wouldn't anybody else like to join me in the Pay it forward

1) Sign up to receive a gift
2) When you have received your gift you send out a handmade gift to three other people who would like to accept a handmade gift and in turn they do the same and so it continues..............
3) You need to mention the Pay it Forward on your blog and invite 3 other people to join in.
4) There are 365 days in which to send your gift but I would suggest that it is done sooner rather than later in case it gets forgotten about.

In the words of the BEATLES

Oh ain't she sweet,

Well see her walking down that street.

Yes I ask you very confidentially:

Ain't she sweet?

Oh ain't she nice,
Well look her over once or twice.
Yes I ask you very confidentially:
Ain't she nice?

Just cast an eye

In her direction.

Oh me oh my,

Ain't that perfection?

Tell me..........

Is it the Hobgoblins, or the Faeries,

or the Things That go Bump in the Night

that do this?

It took me an hour and a half to sort it!

I have finished making baby jackets

so I thought I would put the yarn away for a while
till the next lot is needed and go and create something else!

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IS there three brave people who would like to join ME with my Pass It Forward,

please leave a comment on this post and you will get a handmade gift from me,

then you post about the Pass It Forward on your blog

and send out handmade gifts to three takers and so it carries on..

Have you any wool...............

My friend Dawn asked me the other day.........

You know that knitting I was doing........
Yes........

Would you sew it together.........?

OK I said.....

Museli Biscuits

A wet Wednesday afternoon, what do you do, you make Muesli Biscuits, they are very quick to make! The recipe is from a really lovely book called Mary Berry's Cakes and Biscuits. I use the recipe plus half again and make eight very large biscuits.

Recipe according to Mary Berry - 4 ozs Butter, 2 ozs Sugar, One good tablespoon of Golden Syrup (put the spoon into hot water first), 4 ozs Self -raising Flour, 4 ozs Breakfast Muesli.

Put butter, sugar and syrup in a pan and heat gently until the butter has melted. Measure the remaining ingredients into a large bowl the pour in the melted mixture and stir well until thoroughly mixed. Spoon teaspoonfuls of the mixture onto prepared baking sheets leaving plenty of room. (We prefer large biscuits so I use a tablespoon!) Cook for about 15 - 20minutes

depending on the size of biscuit until golden brown

325 degrees F - 160 degrees C - Gas 3

Uncooked Mixture

Just come out of the oven!


Cooled ready for EATING

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If you go down in the woods today,
You're sure of a big surprise.
here are two new items just been put in the shop