A make a month ♥ June 2012

Gosh nearly the end of June!

To be honest I feel I have failed a bit this month
June is a busy birthday month here...excuses excuses

 I had planned to have my 'flower patch' quilt finished

ready to be relaxing out in the garden

in all the glorious sunshine we have been having lately

HA...I wish!

that could be why I still haven't finished I guess
here is where I am up to with it...

I am a third of the way through hand trying the centre of each square

(I have a home made gadget for this very job to share with you...

straight from the brain of my lovely girl..
..I think it's genius ...next time)

I did a little machine stitching at the join of every four squares

which is probably cheating in the quilting world

then I will be on to the binding

to me this is VERY scary.

I have bought a little binding making gadget

it is still in its packet though...

I need lots of courage!

I am very pleased so far, I could look at it for hours

Tilda fabrics have to be my all time favourite

and I love seeing how they all go together

It makes me want to wrap myself up like a sausage roll

and sing songs

(but I shall have to wait until I have removed all the pins...ouch)

Thank you so much for visiting me and all the sweet comments you leave

they really do make my day

 ♥

I have so many things and heaps of photos to share with you
but where does the time go?

too much gallivanting I think!

How does everyone else manage their 'blog life’?

 just lately I have been struggling to fit everything in

If somebody is kind enough to visit and leave me a comment

I like to return the favour

to pop over to their blog
read all the lovely things that they have been up to

and then leave a comment for them
I don’t generally like to write a new post until I have done this

lately though, I have been visiting but mostly not commenting

I'm sorry

I just keep running out of time

 this has meant that I have loads of things to share

and have not been posting them

so I have decided to post away for a while
I hope you don't mind

I am sorry if I’ve been a bad blogger

please forgive me

;o)

Bye bye for now ...

hope you have a super duper weekend

 I will be back very soon

Do you know...now that I have explained myself 

I feel really excited about posting again

I was feeling very lack lustre before

maybe that was my cure

BIG love 

j x

fairytales & happy dancing

Hello my lovelies

I hope you had a lovely weekend

On Sunday my two kiddos and I went to the cinema to see

Snow white and the huntsman

lovely G needed heavy persuasion 

but the promise of a large bucket of popcorn easily did the trick!
he couldn't believe his luck

(we are normally very stingy and sneak in our own snacks and drinks)

The film was FaBuLoUs

I have decided that I will one day have in a little cottage in

'The Sanctury'

and live happily ever after

I really seem to have the 'fairy tale' bug at the moment
just can't get enough
Have you been watching 'Once upon a time'?
I LOVE it....just brilliant
I long for Sunday evenings

I am also reading the
The snow child by Eowyn Ivey
It has completely captured my imagination

See what I mean?
Addicted.

I have some exciting news to share...

I have been published

* happy dance *

 My Sweet Pea bunting was featured in 

'Simply handmade baby' magazine

I am so excited about it and a little proud too

I think it may only be available to buy in the States though

(sorry my picture quality is not very good)

here it is in 'real life'

 Pink Sweet Pea bunting

 Blue Sweet Pea bunting

We actually had a sunshine day yesterday!
not looking so promising for today though


Happy Tuesday
more soon
BIG love
j x

sweet pickings

from the garden

some pretty flowers to brighten up a rainy day

they smell incredible too

One of the roses in the jug is this

 it's called 'William Lobb' 

and is a moss rose

I absolutely adore it

there is something enchanting about it

it's like a 'fairy-tale' rose

and has to be my favourite

Before I go I must say a BIG thank you to Fleur

for awarding my the 'Sunshine' award

I am very flattered and touched

so thank you lovely lady

you made my day

♥

If you have a moment please pop over and say 'Hi'

 Fleur has a fabulous blog

more soon

BIG love 

j x

hello again.....I'm back

Hello hello hello

 ♥

It's so nice to be back

how are you doing?

I hope you've been keeping well

The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind

since last time...

♥

Sweet B came home from university for the summer

YiPiDy DoO dAh

she then went on holiday

 and comes back home tomorrow

♥

I have had a birthday

41!!!

♥

I won a surprise giveaway

How lucky am I?

from the lovely and very kind Vivienne

of green rabbit designs

the lavender smells absolutely beautiful 

and look at this gorgeous little flower brooch

thank you so very much Vivienne

I adore my goodies

and I am very touched by your kindness

 ♥

♥ 

I have seen the Queen!!!

Oh yes indeedy

We went up to London on the last day of her golden jubilee celebrations

(BTW...wasn't it a magical long weekend?)

we stood in ginormous crowds

when the procession went by 

it was so exciting

but to be honest it was just her hat that I could see

bobbing along in a beautiful gold carriage

 although I am quite sure that her whole body was there too

♥

Mr Sweet had a birthday

♥

My mum had a birthday

♥

Our lovely boy passed his driving test

first time as well!

All I can hear myself saying to him now is 

'PLEASE text me when you get there'

'remember to text me when you are leaving'

scary

♥

Mr Sweet and I had a breath-taking visit here

but more on that another time

  

♥

My little niece had a birthday

well actually it is today

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE SWEETHEART

♥

l am pleased to report that she loved her new rainbow pencil roll

I have added a listing to my shop

with an option of 'pencils' or 'rainbow'

I still can't decide

thank you for your help on the matter

it was a very split vote!

you can find it here

 ♥

Wishing you a super duper week

and hopefully lots of sunshine

lots of love

j x