FINISHED!

I haven't blogged much recently, I haven't left many comments sorry for that. I had flu and I have made things for a craft fair. The 'swear box' is full too!! My other little bit of spare time was taken up designing and stitching a wedding sampler for our son and daughter-in-law.

I completed it and washed and pressed it by 9pm last night, mounted it and took it to the framers this afternoon, it will be ready for next Saturday.
I washed it in a pillow case. Pin it to one side of the pillow case and then turn the pillow case inside out so the Sampler is inside. Follow these instructions


Yes they are Space Invaders you can see, they were on the all the wedding stationery and table settings and Michael and the two best men Simon and Ewan had cuff links.

RIGHT...........now I can think about Christmas! Off to make the Christmas cake now - if you haven't made on yet either my recipe can be found here!

"E" for effort!

I'm am bad blogger at the moment, what with flu, craft fair and everything else something had to go! I am so behind with everything, I haven't even made my Christmas cake yet! Not happy about that........

I would like to say a big thank you for all the lovely comments on my previous post, I have to say I actually didn't sell anything, well I say I didn't sell anything, three cards, a scissor keeper and a knitted brooch so everything is here now, please feel free to take a look. The only thing that isn't there is the green Christmas sack, but if anyone is interested in that I can make another but with red lining. Father Christmas now has the sack for Caitlin's pressies - shhhhh!

Yesterday morning I had a lovely chat with my friend Jackie. A few months ago I mentioned in an email to her that I had heard the cows but in the many visits to her farm never actually seen them! So yesterday morning I had a tour of the farm!

The calves - not sure how old they are

Bull Calf - he has a name but cannot remember it

but I'm sure Jackie will read this blog and

answer all the things I have forgotten!

Ferdinand keeping an eye on his harem!

two more cows!!!!

This one is called Marion

Exmoor Craft Fair on Sunday

My stall at the Exmoor Craft Fair at Porlock on Sunday

I wanted something unusual..........

..................on which to display my brooches and smaller items at the craft fair at the weekend, so I made this!

I didn't take photographs of how to do it, but the instructions are quite simple! Find an old 78rpm record that you aren't likely to want to listen to, and find a smallish casserole dish. Upturn the dish onto a baking sheet and place the record centrally onto the base of the dish and place into the oven after you have turned the oven off and have finished cooking and while the oven is still warm. I had the oven on 200 degrees centigrade and left the record for about five minutes then removed it. You can either leave to cool on the dish you moulded it on or place it on to another cold upturned casserole dish. Do not place it on a flat surface because it will go flat again! I then used my cake stand fittings to make the stand.

Voila!

If anybody is in the area............

Craft Fair next weekend

Help.........

............I need virtual motivation, I think I just need a virtual kick up the botty...........I am doing a craft fair in less than two week, I need to finish a few things and start another couple of things.
I came in from work put the computer on to do my blog as I haven't done a post since 4th November, cooked myself some toast and sat down to eat it and didn't move from the chair for a while, Oh dear I thought I must do something at which point I got up picked up the camera and took a walk round the garden, perhaps this is the start of my motivation - I hope!!

The little flowers on the Bush Fuchsia dancing in the winter sunshine.

the last of the red leaves on the Sumac Tree

and the "happy" Violas in the hanging basket.

On Sunday we visited this lovely little person who is now running round
she really put a smile on our faces, she is as bright as a button!

and now I must go and make something with this material and print off some notelets, cards and patterns off for the craft fair. The little walk round the garden did blow a few cobwebs away after this horrible flu I had.

Spuds & Flu Bugs!

Do you remember this.......................?

Well I planted it in a pot as I do all my vegetables that I grow.

got this!

and these......................

and found this Ladybird lurking in the garden too!

We both have the flu! Well we think it is flu, the symptoms are the same but we are not blowing noses and going through tons of kitchen and loo rolls, this is aching limbs, lethargy and a nasty cough! I have had it since Monday Alex is two days behind me. I know I managed to blog on Monday but that was after and hours sleep in the afternoon - not good on my part I don't sleep in the afternoons. All Monday morning at work I felt shivery my head was also spinning not sure why I thought my cold and cough were going as I was into week four. I hadn't eaten from Monday lunchtime to Wednesday evening, and Alex had been plying me with chocolate, I now have a little stash on a plate because I just didn't fancy CHOCOLATE! I haven't been to work since Monday and Monday and Tuesday evening I went to bed at 7pm and went straight to sleep. I also haven't done anything either. I have a craft fair at the end of the month and was hoping to get things made! Today was the first day I went into the garden.

In case any body was wondering I had the result of the mammogram - I haven't got to go back for three years!