Ding dong the bells are gonna chime...

  

Well we are ready and excited here

the bunting is up (as you might expect!)

the cupcakes are baked 

 

  

The flowers have been chosen 

 

 

 

 

 

I have even made a scone mix

just need to add milk and bake tomorrow

ready for a right royal cream tea.......

ooooh hurry up tomorrow!

It is such a wonderful fairytale

let's hope they will have a wonderful and peaceful marriage

 I hope you have a lovely day tomorrow

however you are celebrating

 

...and while you are here

something exciting happened today

I was on the front page of Etsy UK

my second time, I was over the moon

Thank you so much to GeorgieUK

 

Water-resistant ten... ikabags $59.00	Letterpress Card Crazybearstudi... $3.99	St Ives Double Clut... LottieAlone $35.00	Kipul statement nec... HilaRawetKarni $98.00
1950's Inspired... louiseomahony $111.00	Poppy bowl duo PrinceDesignUK $58.00	Cushion, Up-cycled ... EstherCoombs $125.00	Custom Deluxe JUST ... CestSuperbe $64.00
RESERVED FOR CHRIST... SewSweetViolet $18.00	Big Bow Tossing Gar... AAliciaAccesso... $60.00	Vintage Style Corse... CorsetLacedMan... $190.00	Over & Over Pocket ... maydaystudio $15.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

more soon

j x 

One of 'those' days!

Yesterday, as the title suggests, was not a good day

they say things happen in three's

well at least we got them done and dusted in one day

thing number one...

My car

I was taking lovely G to college early yesterday morning

7.35 am to be precise

and scraped a brick pillar on the edge of our drive

this pillar has been there ever since we moved here

18 months ago, how did I do it?  I really don't know

but I did!

I told my Pete, made it sound a teeny bit worse than it was

when he came to inspect my stupidity 

his words were " oh, it's not as bad as I thought"

he he!

Thing number 2...

My sewing machine

I had settled down at the sewing machine

with a nice cup of coffee and my ipod merrily playing 

thinking how nice it was that the house was peaceful

when...clunk, snag, clunk, clunk

I adjusted some knobs, read the manual

did some de- fuzzing with my little mini brush

re-read the manual

but it was no use

my sewing machine was bust!

some rude words may have been muttered

(sorry mum x)

Spent a LONG time looking on line for a new one

(I will be getting my beloved mended, but thought a spare would be sensible)

I spoke to a nice man called Russel

he promised me that my new machine would be with me the next day

Thing number 3...

Sweet B's car

around tea time she drove to her boyfriend's house

not long after she left, the phone rang

" my oil light has come on, so I have parked up"

didn't sound too bad, we thought

so off we went, my Pete, lovely G and me to the rescue 

there was no oil and no water...BAD!

we managed to get poor car home (and sweet B)

Watched masterchef with a BIG glass of wine and a large amount of chocolate!

glad to get into bed

You will be pleased to hear that today has been better

poor car has gone to the garage.

 

and Russel was true to his word

My lovely new machine has arrived and with a freebie too

50 reels of lovely thread

 

 

and I found this

It is the prettiest little narcissi

I have never seen one like this before

the trumpet is very pale yellow and the petals bright bright yellow

yes...today has been much better

more soon

j x

A room with a view

Well to be exact...A greenhouse with a view!

the view from my new green house.....oooooh eeeeeeek!

 I feel like such a lucky girl

I have been using one of those little plastic covered greenhouses

and to be honest it had worked well

I had just outgrown it...in a big way!

I chat to my mum most days 

she knew all about my dreams of owning a 'grown up' greenhouse

and when she said that she would like to treat me to one 

I nearly hyper-ventilated!

Really? REALLY? Reeeeally?

OMG.. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

XXXXXXX

you see, I have a special birthday this year

{Clue} it begins with a 4 and ends in a 0

(let's not talk about that though!)

far too many tomatoes

My Pete and lovely G worked so hard

with help too, from sweet B's boyfriend 

They laid a base in the sunshine

hot, sweaty, smelly and cement splattered

I think they secretly loved the macho-ness of it all

Then came the frame and finally the glass

 panicking and flapping and annoying (by the way that's me, so i'm told!)

I supplied tea, coffee, squash, water, chocolate, cake, advice, opinions, gloves,  sympathy....

They are my hero's

thank you x

courgettes

It is now home to my little beloved seedlings

they have the best view 

it is my haven

a place to chill and potter

the first place I visit in the morning

ahhh... I love it

cherry blossom

It has been a lovely Easter weekend

had a little too much chocolate, perfect!

four family days all in row

lovely but glad they are all off to work and college tomorrow

and me back to the sewing machine

where there is a HUGE pile of pretty triangles waiting

beautiful wisteria

more soon 

j x

Easter wishes

Happy Easter wishes to all my lovely readers

more soon 

j x

Treasured

I have been so lucky lately and have been featured

in lots of beautiful Etsy treasuries

I don't want to bombard you with them all

but I thought you might like a little nosey at these two beauties

Green apple by saradest

 

Yellow Chartreuse -... ForevermoreCre... $11.00	Apple Green Floral ... LippyLouShoes $20.00	Ornate Vintage styl... HidenSeek $19.90	The ORIGINAL Tres C... HerMajestysPug $10.50
75 GREEN Paper Stra... HeyYoYo $12.00	Key Lime Pie- Vinta... adorablelittle... $14.00	Oasis Green Pomflair $4.00	25 Mixed Spring Str... HeyYoYo $5.00
Ruffle Pants Only -... thesouthernpin... $13.50	Lemon and lime pers... imeondesign $12.00	Rose bud bunting pe... SewSweetViolet $15.50	Large Wooden Cake S... SundayHatch $44.00
green grass bookend... pillowhappy $27.00	C A R D S Banner fo... NanaMontana $5.99	Pale green shabby c... ccsupplies $6.00	10 Pear Cake Topper... StemellinaSupp... $12.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio. 

We're Sew Very Lucky by MeadowLark

We're Sew Very ... LoveSugar $20.00	HIS and HERS vintag... theartfloozy $12.95	sewing pattern lamp umbu $160.00	Vintage Sewing Kit ... clareowendrawi... $22.00
embroidered wall ha... marysgranddaug... $125.00	Sweetheart of the R... TheDailyPincus... $28.00	Sew, Vintage Thread... SimplyAvonlea $11.00	Snow White- Blank C... JanetHillStudi... $4.25
Happy Together 5x7 rosiemusic $15.00	Wooden Spool Collec... ValsVintageSho... $11.00	SPRING SALE Buttons... LolasRoom $9.00	Vintage Sewing Spoo... greatfindz $48.00
Rose bud bunting pe... SewSweetViolet $15.50	Wire Storage Basket... UncommonEye $48.00	Vintage - Set of 3 ... ShaneLilyRain $14.00	KEEP CALM AND SEW O... KeepCalmShop $15.95

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio. 

Aren't they pretty?

Thank you so much to both Saradest and MeadowLark

more soon 

j x