tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60346487143588442142024-03-13T05:05:46.221-07:00vintage flair1vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-30158091875960889452016-03-14T15:52:00.001-07:002016-03-14T15:52:32.303-07:00My sewing today<br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from<br /><br /><center><a href='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_DiJ85y74eg/VudApXDVOdI/AAAAAAAAAfU/mfyLxAd2PgE/s288/iphone_photo.jpg'><img src='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_DiJ85y74eg/VudApXDVOdI/AAAAAAAAAfU/mfyLxAd2PgE/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='280' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N89nux1mh1A/VudArpaue5I/AAAAAAAAAfY/Hvf3vnnXTKM/s288/iphone_photo.jpg'><img src='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N89nux1mh1A/VudArpaue5I/AAAAAAAAAfY/Hvf3vnnXTKM/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='280' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /> my iPad. Just thought I would show you a couple of pictures of my homemade paper mache doll and what I have been hand sewing today.<br />vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-20119794635624541992016-03-13T14:49:00.001-07:002016-03-13T14:49:31.808-07:00<br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress<br /><br /><center><a href='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X7viEeQKup4/VuXganPsdBI/AAAAAAAAAfA/HhP_q2d5uLc/s288/iphone_photo.jpg'><img src='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X7viEeQKup4/VuXganPsdBI/AAAAAAAAAfA/HhP_q2d5uLc/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='280' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /> from my iPad<br />vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-25996619482015664762016-03-13T14:47:00.001-07:002016-03-13T14:47:28.998-07:00Sunday sewingHi just a short post to show you what I have been sewing today, and a picture of one of my homemade paper Mâché dolls.<br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress<br /><br /><center><a href='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JEcHSyLU5uk/VuXf7_bUQVI/AAAAAAAAAe8/mIUepfX_e4w/s288/iphone_photo.jpg'><img src='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JEcHSyLU5uk/VuXf7_bUQVI/AAAAAAAAAe8/mIUepfX_e4w/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='280' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /> from my iPad<br />vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-23594777483102503372016-03-12T10:43:00.001-08:002016-03-12T10:43:24.367-08:00Today's sewing<br />Lovely sunny day today and finished sewing, well till later.<br /><br />- Posted <br /><br /><center><a href='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0YK1A91J5wg/VuRjSm0dToI/AAAAAAAAAes/CnI3i5qz3PQ/s288/iphone_photo.jpg'><img src='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0YK1A91J5wg/VuRjSm0dToI/AAAAAAAAAes/CnI3i5qz3PQ/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='280' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />using BlogPress from my iPad<br />vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-23910964569927260442016-03-11T05:25:00.001-08:002016-03-11T05:25:13.968-08:00Sewing today<br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my <br /><br /><center><a href='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h3QP4TYHNU0/VuLHN9_iB4I/AAAAAAAAAec/MZclgInrW5Y/s288/iphone_photo.jpg'><img src='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h3QP4TYHNU0/VuLHN9_iB4I/AAAAAAAAAec/MZclgInrW5Y/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='280' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />iPad<br />vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-10385406981448193552016-03-09T11:06:00.000-08:002016-03-09T11:19:25.205-08:00My paper mache doll<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is one of many paper mache dolls which I have been making over many months, I will post more over the neck few days.</span>vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-18821937618842699312016-03-09T10:37:00.001-08:002016-03-09T11:14:03.109-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my one of many paper mache dolls which I have been making over the last few months, hopefully i will post more pictures in the neck few day. But it looks like i am having trouble uploading them so please bear with me.xxvintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-67587578240919989172016-03-09T07:31:00.001-08:002016-03-09T07:31:29.380-08:00Its been such a long time since i have been on my blog, to be quite honest i have forgotten how to upload pictures to it. So i am hoping this is going to work, i have had a big operation on my neck and still having problems with it so can only use the computer a few minutes. So have been spending most of my time hand sewing.<br />
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vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-41630650830971424722012-10-22T14:50:00.001-07:002012-10-22T14:50:49.040-07:00Vintageflair1vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-6097053539314907102010-03-23T12:48:00.000-07:002010-03-23T13:55:08.106-07:00Blue cupboard and blisters<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br />Hope everyone had a lovely weekend... Saturday here in Lincolnshire was raining, so it was my ideal time to finish off another cupboard that I have been painting on and off for the last couple of weeks.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6kdlG6CoCI/AAAAAAAAAa0/Qr_vwi1cTWc/s1600-h/IMG_5447.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6kdlG6CoCI/AAAAAAAAAa0/Qr_vwi1cTWc/s400/IMG_5447.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451921347255115810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I decided to paint this one a pretty blue colour, and cover the inside with Cath Kidston Chintz floral wallpaper.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6kfz_JkgTI/AAAAAAAAAa8/zWTEGDauYh0/s1600-h/IMG_5669.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6kfz_JkgTI/AAAAAAAAAa8/zWTEGDauYh0/s400/IMG_5669.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451923801894060338" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >By Saturday tea time I had ended up with two horrible blisters on my fingers for painting for so long, so I think I ought to give painting a rest for a couple of days!!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6kihLyx91I/AAAAAAAAAbE/OswkT3Un25w/s1600-h/IMG_5668.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6kihLyx91I/AAAAAAAAAbE/OswkT3Un25w/s400/IMG_5668.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451926777405503314" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >I must show you before I go... This adorable vintage children's book that I have just bought, the illustrations are so cute!!!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6kkI4scJBI/AAAAAAAAAbM/u9zdQ8he4Nk/s1600-h/IMG_5674.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6kkI4scJBI/AAAAAAAAAbM/u9zdQ8he4Nk/s400/IMG_5674.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451928558985028626" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6kkdUJRzPI/AAAAAAAAAbU/c3SHZw6WYUk/s1600-h/IMG_5677.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6kkdUJRzPI/AAAAAAAAAbU/c3SHZw6WYUk/s400/IMG_5677.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451928909951126770" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6kkwFs5icI/AAAAAAAAAbc/rJQHSzUFmm8/s1600-h/IMG_5680.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6kkwFs5icI/AAAAAAAAAbc/rJQHSzUFmm8/s400/IMG_5680.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451929232491514306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6klEYyv93I/AAAAAAAAAbk/jQVHigFcJpA/s1600-h/IMG_5684.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6klEYyv93I/AAAAAAAAAbk/jQVHigFcJpA/s400/IMG_5684.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451929581213710194" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6klVs_x6OI/AAAAAAAAAbs/uTm-rqm_kWE/s1600-h/IMG_5685.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6klVs_x6OI/AAAAAAAAAbs/uTm-rqm_kWE/s400/IMG_5685.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451929878694848738" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >"I know there are a few... but I couldn't pick out just one of my favourite ones. So I am showing you them all sorry !!!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6kmypj2DFI/AAAAAAAAAb0/1UMar_Qo9PQ/s1600-h/IMG_5687.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6kmypj2DFI/AAAAAAAAAb0/1UMar_Qo9PQ/s400/IMG_5687.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451931475500207186" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6knH7fvVLI/AAAAAAAAAb8/kdFLK0eE75I/s1600-h/IMG_5695.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6knH7fvVLI/AAAAAAAAAb8/kdFLK0eE75I/s400/IMG_5695.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451931841092080818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6kncswB7fI/AAAAAAAAAcE/2Yd2tHoGouY/s1600-h/IMG_5696.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6kncswB7fI/AAAAAAAAAcE/2Yd2tHoGouY/s400/IMG_5696.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451932197911129586" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6koHkJegSI/AAAAAAAAAcM/sOkgRg4BbIw/s1600-h/IMG_5698.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6koHkJegSI/AAAAAAAAAcM/sOkgRg4BbIw/s400/IMG_5698.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451932934336315682" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >I hope you love this little book as much as I do!!<br />xxx</span>vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-33656303258521239822010-03-17T15:30:00.000-07:002010-03-18T06:32:22.414-07:00My cosy corner<span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">My little draws have a new home, in my cosy corner in the dinning room next to the computer. "My dining room is actually were I spend most of my time, lining baskets, painting furniture and making thing's. "Well till it gets a bit warmer.. and I can go back into the conservatory. At the moment it's absolutely freezing in there, as it has all old glass windows. But it's lovely to be in there in the summer!!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Back to what I bought last Sunday at the Antiques fair...</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6FjRXgA_CI/AAAAAAAAAaM/-kmxG7A8Fug/s1600-h/IMG_5292.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6FjRXgA_CI/AAAAAAAAAaM/-kmxG7A8Fug/s400/IMG_5292.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449746174112234530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">These cute little Goebel Bunny's," they are actually a Cruet set, I just fell in love with them and they are now sitting happily on top of the draws.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6Fm1533iKI/AAAAAAAAAaU/EexJvUIkljY/s1600-h/IMG_5591.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6Fm1533iKI/AAAAAAAAAaU/EexJvUIkljY/s400/IMG_5591.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449750100349257890" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6FnfNthH_I/AAAAAAAAAac/cMwFjC3rrQE/s1600-h/IMG_5584.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6FnfNthH_I/AAAAAAAAAac/cMwFjC3rrQE/s400/IMG_5584.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449750810049191922" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> <span style="font-size:130%;">My cosy corner..</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6FoKSrwvFI/AAAAAAAAAak/2jmVfQ4T9iQ/s1600-h/IMG_5594.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6FoKSrwvFI/AAAAAAAAAak/2jmVfQ4T9iQ/s400/IMG_5594.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449751550118378578" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6FovEiyrVI/AAAAAAAAAas/Zj8TypOiL7k/s1600-h/IMG_5588.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S6FovEiyrVI/AAAAAAAAAas/Zj8TypOiL7k/s400/IMG_5588.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449752181977820498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">My patchwork curtain that covers my printer and all sorts of junk.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Hope everyone had a lovely St Patrick's Day!! xx</span></span>vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-69838849589214055412010-03-14T13:40:00.000-07:002010-03-16T17:04:23.845-07:00My week!!<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >Happy Mother's day to all you lovely Mums!.. I spent my Mother's day at a local indoor Antiques Fair which was really lovely. I did managed to come home with a few pretty thing's, which I will hopefully show you later on in the week.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S51OZhH4HjI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/GQVD1G9bjZ0/s1600-h/IMG_5498.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S51OZhH4HjI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/GQVD1G9bjZ0/s400/IMG_5498.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448597324483272242" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >Last week I spent a couple of day's cleaning a few cupboards out, and having a good clear out. That was only the bedroom, and I am still no where finished!!!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S51SQFLMdeI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/6LjYVlkgm9s/s1600-h/IMG_5281.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S51SQFLMdeI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/6LjYVlkgm9s/s400/IMG_5281.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448601560408684002" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >But I did find one of my little ornaments that I had completely forgotten that I had, so I suppose a boring job worked out well in the end...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S51U12EsUxI/AAAAAAAAAaE/HRvu_x2iFDI/s1600-h/IMG_5450.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S51U12EsUxI/AAAAAAAAAaE/HRvu_x2iFDI/s400/IMG_5450.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448604408213164818" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >And lastly my £4.00 charity shop little draws had a makeover, which had been sitting for the last couple of weeks in my workroom waiting to be done.. I decided to paint them in a pretty blue, and cover the draw fronts with some Chintz floral wallpaper from Cath Kidston. It was a bit fiddly, and the first draw bubbled up a bit. But I think it turned out better than the last one I tried to do last year in vintage fabric," every time I tried to open the draws it pulled the fabric off with it!! xx</span>vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-46875357863199194082010-03-09T11:36:00.000-08:002010-03-14T16:49:20.312-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Cirlce of Friend Award!</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5ajm0afPhI/AAAAAAAAAYc/VbFqBQWpvl8/s1600-h/circle-of-friends-award-1%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5ajm0afPhI/AAAAAAAAAYc/VbFqBQWpvl8/s400/circle-of-friends-award-1%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446720686651293202" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >Thank you so much to the lovely Ann from (VINTAGE AT THE CORNER HOUSE) for giving me this award. It was so lovely of you to think of me.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >The conditions of accepting the Award are:</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><ul style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">List five things I like doing.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Pass the Award on to five more Bloggers I would like to know a little more about.</span></li></ul><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >Here we go then...!</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><ol style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><li style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Antique Fairs...I love going to Antique Fairs, where I have met so many lovely stall holders over the years which have become very good friends. If I am not at a</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Fair, you will find me at a charity shop or an auction.</span><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Collecting...I love collecting things from the 1940's or 50's, which has got way out of hand, I am ashamed to admit, I have become a terrible hoarder! Most people have a few embroidered tablecloths; I have ended up with hundreds of items from collecting them over many years. If it's not tablecloths it's vintage scarf's, children's handkerchiefs, vintage aprons, etc... I think I could go on for ever more on this one. I have promised myself when I get a few hours spare I am going to have a major clear out.</span><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Books...I love reading before I go to sleep, especially novels from the 1940's and 50's era. Dee Williams is one of my favourite Authors.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5aql5eCUWI/AAAAAAAAAYs/F6ASLYVC0Hk/s1600-h/IMG_5659.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5aql5eCUWI/AAAAAAAAAYs/F6ASLYVC0Hk/s400/IMG_5659.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446728367409877346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Little weekends away...I love going away in my caravan for weekend's, which sadly is not very often these day's. Last year we did go away however, to a 1940's weekend at Sheringham, which I had never done before. I loved it so much we are hopefully going to go again this year. If anyone loves the 1940's, I highly recommend it!! Hubby even got arrested for not having a dog licence, which was so funny because it really was like being back in those day's when you are there.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5auRxLSS_I/AAAAAAAAAZM/OiPDc0P9GWY/s1600-h/IMG_4528.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5auRxLSS_I/AAAAAAAAAZM/OiPDc0P9GWY/s400/IMG_4528.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446732419632876530" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5auKZ9CzHI/AAAAAAAAAZE/LlaHnktBCO4/s1600-h/IMG_4549.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5auKZ9CzHI/AAAAAAAAAZE/LlaHnktBCO4/s400/IMG_4549.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446732293140040818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5auEm98DaI/AAAAAAAAAY8/MchiEEGjA-Q/s1600-h/IMG_4561.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5auEm98DaI/AAAAAAAAAY8/MchiEEGjA-Q/s400/IMG_4561.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446732193554238882" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5atz_Cv9TI/AAAAAAAAAY0/SgV0sgf4baY/s1600-h/IMG_4563.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5atz_Cv9TI/AAAAAAAAAY0/SgV0sgf4baY/s400/IMG_4563.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446731907959092530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Things that make me smile...I love having things around my house that make me smile, which is mostly cute little things that I would never part with. Like this card that was given to me by my 21 year old son Gavin (Munchkins) and his girlfriend five years ago just before he died. Which I look at every morning, as well as the little fairy that was given to him on Christmas morning the day he was born by my mum. He would always laugh at the funny things I would bring back home from a Fair or a car boot, and think his 40 something mum was going a bit mad!!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5auaOzr5DI/AAAAAAAAAZU/H8M4uchwb_s/s1600-h/IMG_5662.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5auaOzr5DI/AAAAAAAAAZU/H8M4uchwb_s/s400/IMG_5662.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446732565025907762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5aueSRb_dI/AAAAAAAAAZc/7glcDgF_-zY/s1600-h/IMG_5666.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5aueSRb_dI/AAAAAAAAAZc/7glcDgF_-zY/s400/IMG_5666.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446732634675477970" border="0" /></a></span></li></ol><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >I hope this post has given a little more about me, and the things I like doing.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >These are the 5 Bloggers I would like to give the Circle of Friends Award to;</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><ol style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://henhousehomemade.blogspot.com/">Hen House</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://mrsbobobun.blogspot.com/">BOBO BUN</a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://countrycottagechic2.blogspot.com/">Country Cottage Chic</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://facebook-melmel.blogspot.com/">At Home with Mel Mel</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://tabiboo.blogspot.com/">TABIBOO</a></span></li></ol>vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-22592367686740537792010-03-06T01:19:00.000-08:002010-03-14T17:06:50.928-07:00As promised<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5IjYalUK_I/AAAAAAAAAYM/8tAuLvO8IpM/s1600-h/IMG_5556.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5IjYalUK_I/AAAAAAAAAYM/8tAuLvO8IpM/s400/IMG_5556.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445453801804016626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >Remember me saying last week I was going to show you the old brown dressing table that I was trying to finish painting. Well hear she is all finished!!</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5IgTL4WA9I/AAAAAAAAAX8/dD7iEMXNAXs/s1600-h/IMG_5556.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5If8tEQFMI/AAAAAAAAAX0/PbcKFJaweRs/s1600-h/IMG_5573.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5If8tEQFMI/AAAAAAAAAX0/PbcKFJaweRs/s400/IMG_5573.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445450027194389698" border="0" /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ></span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >I know she is Green!! and not every ones cup of Tea.. But she will fit in very happy with all the rest of the thing's I have around house.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5If8WZWYdI/AAAAAAAAAXs/hY8DsV4xZ1Q/s1600-h/IMG_5567.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5If8WZWYdI/AAAAAAAAAXs/hY8DsV4xZ1Q/s400/IMG_5567.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445450021108867538" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >The rest of the week I have been scooting around the charity shops, and managed to find a few pretty things.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5If8BVJBHI/AAAAAAAAAXk/4DtWoe_moVQ/s1600-h/IMG_5391.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5If8BVJBHI/AAAAAAAAAXk/4DtWoe_moVQ/s400/IMG_5391.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445450015454069874" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >Like this pretty little plastic necklace, that I really love.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5If7tkuGVI/AAAAAAAAAXc/tOEHiBqtDow/s1600-h/IMG_5394.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5If7tkuGVI/AAAAAAAAAXc/tOEHiBqtDow/s400/IMG_5394.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445450010150705490" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5If7Ya4rvI/AAAAAAAAAXU/tdJE3bJK9E4/s1600-h/IMG_5387.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S5If7Ya4rvI/AAAAAAAAAXU/tdJE3bJK9E4/s400/IMG_5387.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445450004472311538" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >And these lovely 1950's curtains, that will hopefully fit my bathroom window. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" >Have a lovely weekend everyone!! x</span>vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-38494934073342871922010-03-01T14:36:00.000-08:002010-03-01T16:12:07.261-08:00Thank you<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">Thank you so much everyone, who left a message on my last post it was so very kind of you all.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">And I cannot thank you enough.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">I was looking forward to be writing this post on a more cheerful note, but today it has been a rush trip to the doctors. When I woke up this morning, my left arm was still very painful, swollen and red from where I had the Tetanus injection last week. I wasn't too worried about that, it was the uncontrollable twitching in that arm that worried me. It turns out that I am having a very bad allergic reaction to the Tetanus jab, and to be quite honest I am felling a bit low and not my usual self, "I was hopping that knock on the head would have knocked some sense into me"... "Well I think that's what my hubby was hoping for!!!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4xC1lJNGyI/AAAAAAAAAXE/sh8MmLJ-d1Q/s1600-h/IMG_5381.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4xC1lJNGyI/AAAAAAAAAXE/sh8MmLJ-d1Q/s400/IMG_5381.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443799537855306530" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">On a happier note, these are a few glimpses of some of recent finds. A lovely embroidered Tea cosy cover.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4xCWcO6hZI/AAAAAAAAAW8/Rv-205eWQtU/s1600-h/IMG_5349.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4xCWcO6hZI/AAAAAAAAAW8/Rv-205eWQtU/s400/IMG_5349.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443799002887390610" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">And I love these two hand embroidered little pictures, sadly there is no hook at the back of them.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4xCV-PWtXI/AAAAAAAAAW0/4t5Xn14d36Q/s1600-h/IMG_5336.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4xCV-PWtXI/AAAAAAAAAW0/4t5Xn14d36Q/s400/IMG_5336.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443798994836174194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4xCVq9UU8I/AAAAAAAAAWs/cJHWfBBxuTs/s1600-h/IMG_5356.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4xCVq9UU8I/AAAAAAAAAWs/cJHWfBBxuTs/s400/IMG_5356.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443798989660246978" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);"> A sweet pair of Bookends.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4xCVsW7OGI/AAAAAAAAAWk/vI_KdKarvCs/s1600-h/IMG_5312.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4xCVsW7OGI/AAAAAAAAAWk/vI_KdKarvCs/s400/IMG_5312.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443798990036088930" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">And finally this lovely old picture, that I am hoping to put up on my bedroom wall. ( definitely</span> NOT near the stairs )<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4xCVNGP0NI/AAAAAAAAAWc/9cT8q2lKjvA/s1600-h/IMG_5310.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4xCVNGP0NI/AAAAAAAAAWc/9cT8q2lKjvA/s400/IMG_5310.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443798981644636370" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">Enjoy the rest of the week everyone, hopefully fingers crossed it might be lovely and sunny !! xx</span>vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-23661324293580587092010-02-25T12:02:00.000-08:002010-02-25T14:26:48.137-08:00Pretty picture and Dirty clothes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4bYSkob7AI/AAAAAAAAAV4/nGHUDa_TzSY/s1600-h/IMG_5495.JPG"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yesterday I spent most of the day at the Hospital ...All because of this picture!!!</span></span></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4bYSkob7AI/AAAAAAAAAV4/nGHUDa_TzSY/s1600-h/IMG_5495.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4bYSkob7AI/AAAAAAAAAV4/nGHUDa_TzSY/s400/IMG_5495.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442275013306346498" border="0" /><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"></span></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">What happened was.. The other day I found at a charity shop a lovely bright yellow wooden coat stand, not all that keep on bright yellow! So I thought I would put it in the spare bedroom ( junk room) till I had time to paint it. As I was carrying it up the stairs it knocked the picture off the wall, and the picture landed on my head!!!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">It honestly felt like somebody had hit me over the head with a brick..I just sat on the stairs and burst into tears, and then saw all this blood dripping from my head. I thought I was going to pass out! as I walked into the kitchen and looked in the mirror my face and dressing gown was just covered in blood.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Should I phone an Ambulance or phone hubby... I ended up screaming down phone to hubby, "get here quick I am bleeding to death!!! ( NEUROTIC OR WHAT) </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">So I grabbed my tracksuit bottoms, " the ones I had on the night before; Well I couldn't go to the Hospital in my disgusting dressing gown!... I think hubby was shocked when he saw the state of me!!!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4bYSLwuX3I/AAAAAAAAAVw/-jALGem8Jfg/s1600-h/IMG_5473.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4bYSLwuX3I/AAAAAAAAAVw/-jALGem8Jfg/s400/IMG_5473.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442275006630223730" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">After a long wait to see a Doctor, a kind nurse gave me a Tetanus jab, and all the other things like my blood presser taken e.g. The doctor finally arrived, and started asking me all sorts of questions as I sat on the bed " like did I have blurred vision" e.g.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> "Then all of a sudden" I looked down at my navy blue tracky bottoms, and to my "HORROR"</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">I spotted grains of " DRIED SPECIAL FRIED RICE" stuck on the bottom of my trackies, from the Chinese I had the night before. All I could think about was... how ashamed I was going up the Hospital like this, with dried rice stuck to my clothes. SHOULD I FLICK IT OFF!! Before he saw it... or try and cover it with my hand?... I think I must have made thing's worse because he kept asking me if my ankle was hurting.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4bYSPV7kAI/AAAAAAAAAVo/Q0xn-B0EM0A/s1600-h/IMG_5471.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4bYSPV7kAI/AAAAAAAAAVo/Q0xn-B0EM0A/s400/IMG_5471.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442275007591583746" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Thank goodness when he went out to see one of the nurses!!!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">He couldn't make his mind up to weather to glue my head, or leave it to heal on it's own. As the cut didn't look SO bad when they had cleaned me up..." YES I FLICKED IT OFF" I am ashamed to admit!!! And worst of all, he told me I cannot wash my hair for another four or five day's, which needed washing already.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4bYR5lcqEI/AAAAAAAAAVg/W2-ELtGE2bI/s1600-h/IMG_5477.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4bYR5lcqEI/AAAAAAAAAVg/W2-ELtGE2bI/s400/IMG_5477.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442275001751087170" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">I know my Mum will be looking down on me now and laughing!! .. She always said "Make sure you always have clean knickers on, and clean clothes. You never know when you have to go somewhere in an.. EMERGENCY !!!</span>vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-51786390520409991672010-02-23T14:21:00.000-08:002010-02-23T15:26:22.977-08:00Vintage goodies<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-family:georgia;" >These last few day's I have been spending most of my time painting a lovely old dressing table, it will have it's final coat of paint tomorrow. So fingers crossed...I can show you some pictures later in the week of how it turned out!!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4RW2Eb0xEI/AAAAAAAAAVI/lFQiAn4NMgo/s1600-h/IMG_5233.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4RW2Eb0xEI/AAAAAAAAAVI/lFQiAn4NMgo/s400/IMG_5233.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441569736673772610" border="0" /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-family:times new roman;" ></span></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">In -between painting I did manage to buy a few vintage goodies to keep me happy!!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Some old fabric to add to my collection.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4RW1rPXp7I/AAAAAAAAAVA/6J3Ie2-abBY/s1600-h/IMG_5365.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4RW1rPXp7I/AAAAAAAAAVA/6J3Ie2-abBY/s400/IMG_5365.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441569729910646706" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">This cute plastic Spillers dog hook to hang my key's on.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4RW1TJ4qwI/AAAAAAAAAU4/x068NbrncEQ/s1600-h/IMG_5375.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4RW1TJ4qwI/AAAAAAAAAU4/x068NbrncEQ/s400/IMG_5375.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441569723445193474" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">And this lovely old Jacobs floral tin,... "That I love to bit's!!!</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><br /> Enjoy the rest of the week.. x<br /></span>vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-19405022843362197072010-02-21T10:45:00.000-08:002010-02-21T11:21:14.407-08:00A Rare sight these day's<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4GAuhLGj8I/AAAAAAAAAUI/WaBHRHTOU8A/s1600-h/IMG_5058.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4GAuhLGj8I/AAAAAAAAAUI/WaBHRHTOU8A/s400/IMG_5058.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440771361507545026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">These are a few Glimpses of my clean and tidy bathroom; I had forgotten what it looked like just lately to be as tidy as this. I thought I would take a few photos so</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> I can remind my son Nicky this is how it can look!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4GAuS8Gd0I/AAAAAAAAAUA/_mLo2Eg6mC8/s1600-h/IMG_5056.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4GAuS8Gd0I/AAAAAAAAAUA/_mLo2Eg6mC8/s400/IMG_5056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440771357686527810" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">I know I shouldn't moan really, he is so lucky to be working in the building trade at the moment.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">But it's like walking on Skegness beach in the house when he comes in," sand and grit dropping off his clothes everywhere".</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4GAuOopAiI/AAAAAAAAAT4/Ta8ZPVfx9_E/s1600-h/IMG_5050.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4GAuOopAiI/AAAAAAAAAT4/Ta8ZPVfx9_E/s400/IMG_5050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440771356531163682" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">But I cannot really make him strip all his clothes off outside...."CAN I" ( bless him)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4GAMxDW6NI/AAAAAAAAATw/bZ9Vty8FUK8/s1600-h/IMG_5044.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4GAMxDW6NI/AAAAAAAAATw/bZ9Vty8FUK8/s400/IMG_5044.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440770781654477010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4GAMX6rlFI/AAAAAAAAATo/gRPCtUpYnA4/s1600-h/IMG_5043.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4GAMX6rlFI/AAAAAAAAATo/gRPCtUpYnA4/s400/IMG_5043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440770774907196498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4GAL9apcDI/AAAAAAAAATg/zKw3xlxqd3Y/s1600-h/IMG_5041.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4GAL9apcDI/AAAAAAAAATg/zKw3xlxqd3Y/s400/IMG_5041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440770767793516594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4GALqSt6EI/AAAAAAAAATY/DIEQNSAMLH0/s1600-h/IMG_5036.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4GALqSt6EI/AAAAAAAAATY/DIEQNSAMLH0/s400/IMG_5036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440770762659981378" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">So I suppose it's ..."KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON" cleaning up after him!!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4GALMyDMVI/AAAAAAAAATQ/Dsxz7ksAoB8/s1600-h/IMG_5037.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S4GALMyDMVI/AAAAAAAAATQ/Dsxz7ksAoB8/s400/IMG_5037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440770754738336082" border="0" /></a>vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-63114083454645405712010-02-19T10:51:00.000-08:002010-02-19T11:55:59.120-08:00My Bargains<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S37eOuBz3rI/AAAAAAAAATI/nzE1FXdWfPQ/s1600-h/IMG_5248.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S37eOuBz3rI/AAAAAAAAATI/nzE1FXdWfPQ/s400/IMG_5248.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440029744365297330" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">As promised on my last post, I said I would show you my valentine's bargains from Primark. A friend of mine popped around a couple of weeks ago armed with gorgeous pink spotty and floral bags to show me....And bless her she knows that I cannot resist anything spotty, especially if it's a bag!! And when she said they were only £6.00 " Well there was no stopping me ......</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Primark here I come!!!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> Lovely gift bag for my sisters</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> Pink floral top for me.. £6.00</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> Long black floral scarf.. £3.00</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> Gorgeous floral bag, gift from hubby £9.00 I think? As it was a gift!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S37eOimHsLI/AAAAAAAAATA/7VeBWNXEbEQ/s1600-h/IMG_5254.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S37eOimHsLI/AAAAAAAAATA/7VeBWNXEbEQ/s400/IMG_5254.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440029741296365746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S37eOUKbZKI/AAAAAAAAAS4/td_-55LdB0A/s1600-h/IMG_5267.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S37eOUKbZKI/AAAAAAAAAS4/td_-55LdB0A/s400/IMG_5267.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440029737422120098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">"And my other Two favourite bags!!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Pink spotty bag £6.00</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Gorgeous floral bag £6.00 ? .. Another gift from hubby!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Butterfly brooch £3.00</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Pink spotty wrapping paper £1.00</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Blue spotty wrapping paper £1.00</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> "<br />They were definitely my bargains of the day!!!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> "Hope you all have a lovely weekend"xx</span>vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-36658156721473583002010-02-16T15:15:00.000-08:002010-02-16T16:14:58.985-08:00Almost there<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3soLsyCioI/AAAAAAAAASg/edVuga0IlSo/s1600-h/IMG_4950.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3soLsyCioI/AAAAAAAAASg/edVuga0IlSo/s320/IMG_4950.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438985156444719746" border="0" /></a>These are some of the other things I managed to pick up at Newark's Antique fair.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3soLKhzLkI/AAAAAAAAASY/MpYJoGAQT7w/s1600-h/IMG_5004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3soLKhzLkI/AAAAAAAAASY/MpYJoGAQT7w/s320/IMG_5004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438985147249798722" border="0" /></a>I am not quite sure what I am going to do with this lovely old sheet music, I just loved the cover.<br /> "Maybe it might look good in a frame !!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3soLIrPGpI/AAAAAAAAASQ/_LKnQAUUj-U/s1600-h/IMG_5119.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3soLIrPGpI/AAAAAAAAASQ/_LKnQAUUj-U/s320/IMG_5119.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438985146752506514" border="0" /></a> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3soKjFoKjI/AAAAAAAAASI/lzTgkSn-FQ4/s1600-h/IMG_5126.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3soKjFoKjI/AAAAAAAAASI/lzTgkSn-FQ4/s320/IMG_5126.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438985136662653490" border="0" /></a>I love this blue knitting needles case,which was full of old needles....." Why do I keep buying coloured knitting needles and pretty cases for them!!!! I haven't knitted for about twenty years.<br />Maybe one day I might have ago again, well I think I might have caught up with showing you my finds from Newark.vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-63635646575121212932010-02-15T13:06:00.000-08:002010-02-15T15:17:09.902-08:00Catching up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3m4B47oFoI/AAAAAAAAAR4/aCNxYh9yk5s/s1600-h/IMG_5116.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3m4B47oFoI/AAAAAAAAAR4/aCNxYh9yk5s/s320/IMG_5116.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438580367628441218" border="0" /></a>Hope everyone had a lovely weekend! And you all received lots of Valentines cards and flowers.<br />Hubby and I had a lovely day out in Lincoln, and went to Primark where I picked up a few cheap floral goodies which I will try and show you later on in the week. I have got myself right behind showing you some of the vintage items I bought a couple of weeks ago at Newark's Antiques fair..... Can't believe I am that far behind, looks like I am going to have to get my finger out!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3m4BhcBLVI/AAAAAAAAARw/Br36uOe5s2k/s1600-h/IMG_5114.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3m4BhcBLVI/AAAAAAAAARw/Br36uOe5s2k/s320/IMG_5114.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438580361321852242" border="0" /></a>These pictures were taken a couple of weeks ago when I had just got back from Newark, so you might notice on one of my last posts the pictures on the wall. They went up the same day I bought them," same old me" getting all excited with all my new things. I even have to start arranging them all over the house as soon as I walk in the door!!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3m4BQsED5I/AAAAAAAAARo/ZCHtrzJVFNU/s1600-h/IMG_5101.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3m4BQsED5I/AAAAAAAAARo/ZCHtrzJVFNU/s320/IMG_5101.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438580356825747346" border="0" /></a> My saying is..... " Boy's and there toys" and girls with there pretties!!!! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3m4BFL1KJI/AAAAAAAAARg/g6-3tGjJkR4/s1600-h/IMG_5099.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3m4BFL1KJI/AAAAAAAAARg/g6-3tGjJkR4/s320/IMG_5099.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438580353737762962" border="0" /></a> I keep looking at this picture, and trying to work out if her head looks too big for her body!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3m4AYXpt5I/AAAAAAAAARY/cebzt5LIKcE/s1600-h/IMG_5096.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3m4AYXpt5I/AAAAAAAAARY/cebzt5LIKcE/s320/IMG_5096.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438580341707749266" border="0" /></a> This last picture has a couple of marks at the bottom, but i still love it!!!<br />I forgot to tell you who won the bet on the splash back, my son Nicky did. I left it in the kitchen for seven days..." it's in my work room now. " WORLD RECORD " well it is for me.vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-58843459120736247142010-02-12T12:05:00.000-08:002010-02-12T14:29:48.682-08:00Four in the morning<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3W2hZNb-0I/AAAAAAAAARI/9IVxJOTHCYw/s1600-h/IMG_5204.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></a> <br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3W2VF7Eo6I/AAAAAAAAARA/8vle6RcE57Q/s1600-h/IMG_5187.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3W2VF7Eo6I/AAAAAAAAARA/8vle6RcE57Q/s320/IMG_5187.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437452598603195298" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:georgia;" >What do you do when it's four o'clock in the morning, and you can't sleep.... I end up making a cushion, well choosing the fabric and cutting it out. Waiting for daylight hour's till I can get my dusty sewing machine out, it must be month's since i made a cushion. Then I ended up unpicking the back because i forgot to hem one of ends. How easy it is to forget simple thing's when you haven't done one for a while.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3W2KE3B1YI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/SS0zSdtEK4g/s1600-h/IMG_5202.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3W2KE3B1YI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/SS0zSdtEK4g/s320/IMG_5202.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437452409339237762" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">After going back to bed for a couple of hour's, well I lasted out till about six o'clock!!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">When i got up I finished the cushion off and then started looking for a little photo frame that I bought last year and never did anything with. Found some leftover" Louise Loves" wallpaper that I did my bedroom in some years ago, then found one of my old postcards and some tiny flowers and glued them onto the frame. .....And this is how it turned out, I think it looks quite sweet for my first attempted. </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3W19Wfs11I/AAAAAAAAAQw/OVrPO9jUjOQ/s1600-h/IMG_5211.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3W19Wfs11I/AAAAAAAAAQw/OVrPO9jUjOQ/s320/IMG_5211.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437452190734931794" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:georgia;" >The rest of the day was taken up lining a basket, with this really sweet fabric. Which was an old pillowcase thatI have cut up</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> to line the basket in.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3W1HbFmsFI/AAAAAAAAAQg/vNSGFqruotk/s1600-h/IMG_5209.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3W1HbFmsFI/AAAAAAAAAQg/vNSGFqruotk/s320/IMG_5209.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437451264254718034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3W039OUo9I/AAAAAAAAAQY/g_6wimFjWSg/s1600-h/IMG_5216.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3W039OUo9I/AAAAAAAAAQY/g_6wimFjWSg/s320/IMG_5216.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437450998540182482" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">This one has ended up in my bedroom on top of a small cupboard, were I keep my gorgeous Fairy dolls that I bought last year off Niki "from Nostalgia at the stone house". Sorry Niki if you read this I would of liked to put a link to your site just then, but its a bit too technical for me. I am still learning to do basic things on my blog, so please everyone bear with me if I keep making mistakes..... WellI have got a big red clock now so everyone can see the time!!!! ( does that mean I'm getting there slowly?.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> "Have a lovely weekend everyone" x</span>vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-12011585281642277902010-02-10T14:38:00.000-08:002010-02-10T15:03:02.504-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3M2POtL6AI/AAAAAAAAANw/YqJaXQ6GpRE/s1600-h/IMG_5156.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3M2POtL6AI/AAAAAAAAANw/YqJaXQ6GpRE/s320/IMG_5156.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436748810439878658" border="0" /></a> She now proudly sits in her new home in the kitchen," hubby has a bet on with my son on how long it will stay there for"( before it gets moved) It's been a few day's now, and i am itching to move it about!!! but it's the first thing they look for when they come home from work to see who's won the bet.<br />How long can i last out!!!! I have thought of moving it in the day, then putting it back just before they come home from work.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3M1iQJZqrI/AAAAAAAAANo/HdrAtliTKUs/s1600-h/IMG_5156.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></a>vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-77542399567709720352010-02-10T14:14:00.000-08:002010-02-11T12:27:00.669-08:00New love of my life<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3MwRQR9VaI/AAAAAAAAANg/Y8PIxAOUHLk/s1600-h/IMG_5105.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3MwRQR9VaI/AAAAAAAAANg/Y8PIxAOUHLk/s320/IMG_5105.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436742248152520098" border="0" /></a>This is my new love of my life..... A gorgeous Victorian red and white enamel splash back. That I have been" wanting and searching for many months," and managed to find last week at a local Antiques fair. I came home cold wet and very muddy, but a "very happy chappie"indeed.vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034648714358844214.post-84457964925504415732010-02-08T14:13:00.000-08:002010-02-11T13:03:34.132-08:00Little green cupboard<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3CMyOVzl5I/AAAAAAAAAMg/ud9I8u8gFuA/s1600-h/IMG_5134.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3CMyOVzl5I/AAAAAAAAAMg/ud9I8u8gFuA/s320/IMG_5134.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435999544707094418" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Hope everyone had a lovely weekend" I spend mine doing a bit of painting, not reading my new books as planned.<br />This is what i have been painting, a cute little vintage cupboard that I purchased last week having it's first lick of green paint. I needed something to go on the wall of my downstairs toilet, as it was looking a little drab in there. To be quite honest it could do with the walls and paintwork doing again, but i thought i would Wait till the weather picks up a bit.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3RqeL0JnlI/AAAAAAAAAOw/uUNMPRvgENM/s1600-h/IMG_5167.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3RqeL0JnlI/AAAAAAAAAOw/uUNMPRvgENM/s320/IMG_5167.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437087716943175250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3Rq-bdM9rI/AAAAAAAAAO4/4eoiQlxMhsw/s1600-h/IMG_5170.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3Rq-bdM9rI/AAAAAAAAAO4/4eoiQlxMhsw/s320/IMG_5170.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437088270897706674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3RryEvjUwI/AAAAAAAAAPA/ErlKyvs_eS4/s1600-h/IMG_5173.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3RryEvjUwI/AAAAAAAAAPA/ErlKyvs_eS4/s320/IMG_5173.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437089158153851650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3Ru1kJElvI/AAAAAAAAAPI/FNxTDPR5-QA/s1600-h/IMG_5176.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3Ru1kJElvI/AAAAAAAAAPI/FNxTDPR5-QA/s320/IMG_5176.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437092516656879346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3RwB0-QnfI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/kYH5pi10rNc/s1600-h/IMG_5178.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PL6ZJF352fI/S3RwB0-QnfI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/kYH5pi10rNc/s320/IMG_5178.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437093826844990962" border="0" /></a>vintage flair1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05179414471208766013noreply@blogger.com1