Organising and sorting!

I may have already mentioned (yeah only hundreds of times) that our new house has a conservatory which is earmarked to be my craft room as well as an extra room.

In preparation for my own little space I have been doing a bit of organising and sorting......

My fabrics are all neat...

 

My buttons are all in jars........(don't be fooled these are just the blue/green and yellow/orange buttons I have! The others had been put away.)

 

 

 

and my bits and bobs are all going to be stored neatly.  Remember this....

 

 

Well Lucy from Attic 24 had a fab idea (see here). How clever, all neat and tidy and perfect to fit into a desk drawer. 

 

A bit of paper,

 

 

and glue stick and hey presto!

 

I  still have lots to do especially finding a home for my big stash of wool.   What are your creative spaces like?????



Car Boot Treasures Part II

I was again at the car boot this morning - not too early though a nice respectable 9am!

The pickings were a bit slim and the weather ghastly but I still managed to spend some money and bring some treasure home : )

Here's what I got, let me know what you think;

My new work table, some vintage Formica!

I simply could not resist this vintage pinny, I think it is homemade but I know it is quite old. It will look lovely in my kitchen and will be fab when I'm baking.

I remember these books from when I was little and am gutted that I got rid of my copies when I was a teenager. This was not exactly like the copy I had but looking at the date inside I think its about 40 years old.

This was my final purchase, it is immaculate and a full set of hornsea pottery.  I have no idea whether its worth anything but I just could not leave it behind.

And finally although it has nothing to do with carboots or treasures.

I've managed to grow some mushrooms; well chuffed as this is someone that can kill a cactus!

Car boot treasures

When we were at the caravan t'other week we popped over to Kendal to have a look at the car boot. 

I love rummaging through the boxes looking for treasure and get so excited when it becomes mine.  I think I may even have a bit of an addiction to all things vintagey as I dragged my mum to the local auction house to see what I could buy.

These were my latest finds.....

A wooden cutlery tray - a bargain at £1.......

A Meakin jug (has a small crack) - another bargain at 50p and destined to be the home for my knitting needles in my craft room (I promise I will post pics when I finally finish it!)

A wooden darning mushroom... I saw one of these at a vintage fair and just really wanted one.

Not really vintage but looks lovely in my new bathroom and cost a lot less than a new picture would have.

And lastly my favourite little find......a yellow Empire Ware dish and lid for a mere 50p

My treasures from the auction are waiting for a bit of tlc but again I promise that this will be a post for the future x x x x

Well hello there......

I didn't realise it had been so long since my last post.  I have been meaning to pop by but we have been rather busy with one thing or another.

Last weekend we had a tootle over to Morecambe again to visit the caravan and have a sleep-over.  We only lasted one night as it was still very cold and when we were turning the water back on after winter we managed to spring a leak!

This is us in the back of the car enjoying a little picnic after going the scenic route home!

I had 2 weeks off work due to the school holidays and we have used this time to make progress on the renovations to our new house.  We are now at the new carpet stage in both our bedroom and the lounge/dining room. So so happy and excited can finally see some light at the end of the tunnel.

This was me and hubby last night ripping the old carpet up, I tell you we know how to have a good night!!!!!

I promise I have been doing a little bit of crafting but haven't really got anything that is finished to show you just yet but watch this space........and hopefully once the carpet fitters have come on Monday i will be able to show you some finished rooms x x x

A Quick Ta Dah!

Happy Easter Everyone !!!!xxx

I know its not like me to post daily but I have had a little bit of time today to finish a couple of projects in between a bit of gardening, baking and entertaining the kids!

Here is the first.  Remember yesterday (my previous post) we were collecting pebbles,

....shells....

and glass in Morecambe.....

well I paired these with the glass floats and vase that I had found at the car boot.....

and hey presto!

Our bathroom centre piece.

I love it and my newly finished bathroom.... I'll save that for another post.  Ta-ta for now. x

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside.......

Today we decided to down tools and have a little trip out.  There was also a motive behind this, as we have a static caravan in Morecambe and we needed to check that everything was ok.  The poor little caravan was a little cold but no damp or wet in sight so looks like we might be having a little Easter break soon.

After checking on the van we ventured into Morecambe to the delight of our 2 year old Molly.

 

All ready and waiting with the bucket to collect pebbles, shells and driftwood for another little project that I may have mentioned previously!

 

You wouldn't have known but whilst we were on the beach it was actually snowing but we were well wrapped up. 

 

We had a little peep at the local market and I bought some lovely wool ready for yet another blanket ....

 

 

And some fabric at such a bargain price......

 

But my last little treasure was in a charity shop and for a bargain price of 40p I got myself a book from my childhood and one that Lucy from Attic 24 has been mentioning in her blog recently.

 

Happy Easter everyone and I hope you get chance to have some fun and time for crafting over the next few days x x x x x

Snowy Weekend

This was the view from our Kitchen window when we woke up on Saturday morning, lots and lots of lovely unadulterated snow.  Although now that it has started to thaw it is not looking quite so impressive.

We have had a busy few weeks, my little boy has visited his new school (because of the house move), our conservatory has been finished and we have managed some more decorating.

Here is the conservatory, my new craft room;

Not yet finished but only needs to be decorated so that's now been added to the never-ending list.  W.e have managed to cove the Lounge on Monday night (I did the sawing and hubby did the sticking) and we did some wallpapering last night.  Not sure when Saturday nights got so exciting!!!!!! I did enjoy myself though and was allowed to actually progress from pasting to actual lining and managed a whole wall : ).

Not really made much progress crafting wise been busy entertaining the kiddies.  Molly and I painted nails this afternoon, we decided on being slightly adventurous and going for 2 colours  (she's 2 and a half and thought it was fab).

Then we moved on to hairdressing and poor Jake seemed to become the target!

 

Hope you all had fun in the snow whether you stopped in or played out!