vintage chairs, village markets & a B.B {british bestie}...

<b>our village market- the B.B {british besite} & i are taking you with us this morning...</b><br /><br /><b>we want your opinion on this seriously cool rocking vintage chair...</b><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJaE2-Vg07S4RAZIIy2vgm3km6zh8GYQc_yZbdJZK6T24I3VFwvmeoNLXUiLvCpze89cRhdOhEA4pBG9SpBboOo0ouRMkkntD_SBAIopwB_6B-Z7QNfiLWXD3HiqSgxHC_v2iIiXaEpzc/s1600/janechair1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJaE2-Vg07S4RAZIIy2vgm3km6zh8GYQc_yZbdJZK6T24I3VFwvmeoNLXUiLvCpze89cRhdOhEA4pBG9SpBboOo0ouRMkkntD_SBAIopwB_6B-Z7QNfiLWXD3HiqSgxHC_v2iIiXaEpzc/s640/janechair1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br />patch-worked by hand- <i>re-stuffed all squishy & perfectly snuggly...</i><br /><br />perfect for B.B's bay window...perfect for C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S....<br /><i> </i><br /><i><b>you hearing this Mr.B.B ?</b></i><br /><br /><i>i can assure you your christmas will be <b>full of festive cheer ;) </b>if you bobbed down & picked up this </i><br /><i><b> </b></i><br /><i>piece of patch-worked heaven for her...<b>you listening !?</b></i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJOkaOeKaXQ9ew4taiBYJU82q8vlhbS1qARDK6fTjzxrF3qYoA4XlBDAgSsylDTB6saUpiwSAqEiyoIj9toT3jTReoUgqS8nvhBwRtrUzmjxwpDw4VyQ60Rl2zbXZMVI56p-hTgmkAQnX5/s1600/janechair2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJOkaOeKaXQ9ew4taiBYJU82q8vlhbS1qARDK6fTjzxrF3qYoA4XlBDAgSsylDTB6saUpiwSAqEiyoIj9toT3jTReoUgqS8nvhBwRtrUzmjxwpDw4VyQ60Rl2zbXZMVI56p-hTgmkAQnX5/s640/janechair2.jpg" width="516" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>this is the same little stall that had the blue side board last week... <a href="http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2011/11/virtual-coffee-at-my-local-food-market.html" style="color: #a64d79;">{here}</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& i know from your emails & comments, that  a few of you would've whipped that in the back of your </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">people mover.. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it's also the same little secret spot that the B.B & i got our french potato baskets from...<a href="http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2011/08/vintage-potato-basket-love-my-thrift.html" style="color: #a64d79;">{here}</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">man do we need to get her this chair...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirnlUtQ1yDqKiFB7Nc8rq6PV3YGtcloboMlCylRWhMmI02BsGHuuQq-BTKRCX6XL_Wmu-OqxNkpEJVH9Dh-0XvHZEUu4q1uda49B3kFkjcLalDrcSPm0TuaCgDOSPaawG4KR1VU8u_LBH/s1600/janechair4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirnlUtQ1yDqKiFB7Nc8rq6PV3YGtcloboMlCylRWhMmI02BsGHuuQq-BTKRCX6XL_Wmu-OqxNkpEJVH9Dh-0XvHZEUu4q1uda49B3kFkjcLalDrcSPm0TuaCgDOSPaawG4KR1VU8u_LBH/s640/janechair4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>anyway- the seeds have been sewn with Mr.BB & all 20 of our fingers are crossed...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>maybe a quick "how are you lovely Mr.BB- did we mention it's V & A fabrics" text may nail it?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgDRWi2pO_On7ZYgvq-GsQa0hA_PKlsk0r53dKYl9va7jdJ1uXSix11KGYnikSSKsoqGJBwD-iNPdWBjfV8eL7d2tnPvR_121uaS8A7mb393JSy_YpnQ_2dBpRnN2bwxg1df5fPoi3uq0/s1600/janechair5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgDRWi2pO_On7ZYgvq-GsQa0hA_PKlsk0r53dKYl9va7jdJ1uXSix11KGYnikSSKsoqGJBwD-iNPdWBjfV8eL7d2tnPvR_121uaS8A7mb393JSy_YpnQ_2dBpRnN2bwxg1df5fPoi3uq0/s640/janechair5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-tWQB2PqmA6PHVQbdBkIDQ834jYFXQDA4UIwlL-X1vvNiKLl6MfFh60FpcMZQpUrSu5q1Qt8-OVKf0KZ5TAg5bBbTffTKB11aKEbcfLG5acHDHR3IN3g9bPJ0p0KUJQ73SNeT7zjTyfI/s1600/janechair7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>between this gorgeous chair & my big old country house there was also a *house sale* on this </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>morning...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i really just needed a wander <b>with her</b> & a look at <strike>old stuff</strike> vintage bits this morning...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">some<b> time out</b> from the list ticking & the endless <strike>at times a little overwheliming </strike>planning... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we did good....<b>real good</b>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">a great old typewriter & some wonderful old cotton reels for me...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5FC1YN3D9-6z7wk1Rvv8sueIefUsXzvhKK7ScMdvFrdHk3VipNGLcmTmZHH1zstKXnKG7mF_CCSHUEf5Kc6fMjPTgGwv6_BwwpweYAJcVH1HW8rcFDNCxvZic13G9tN5EDC7U00Q2263/s1600/janechair6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5FC1YN3D9-6z7wk1Rvv8sueIefUsXzvhKK7ScMdvFrdHk3VipNGLcmTmZHH1zstKXnKG7mF_CCSHUEf5Kc6fMjPTgGwv6_BwwpweYAJcVH1HW8rcFDNCxvZic13G9tN5EDC7U00Q2263/s640/janechair6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& a perfect vintage milk bottle that we worked out was over 50 years old and that was produced for </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the dairy farm not far from the B.B's folks house- for her...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i love that...the history & connections...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>so...another gorgeous crisp wander through my little part of ol'Blighty...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">with thoughts of both days on the beach in Australia & days snuggling up with mulled wine & the  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BB on this chair<b> </b><i>dancing around in my head...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>yooohoooo...Mr.BB this is for you...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-tWQB2PqmA6PHVQbdBkIDQ834jYFXQDA4UIwlL-X1vvNiKLl6MfFh60FpcMZQpUrSu5q1Qt8-OVKf0KZ5TAg5bBbTffTKB11aKEbcfLG5acHDHR3IN3g9bPJ0p0KUJQ73SNeT7zjTyfI/s1600/janechair7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-tWQB2PqmA6PHVQbdBkIDQ834jYFXQDA4UIwlL-X1vvNiKLl6MfFh60FpcMZQpUrSu5q1Qt8-OVKf0KZ5TAg5bBbTffTKB11aKEbcfLG5acHDHR3IN3g9bPJ0p0KUJQ73SNeT7zjTyfI/s640/janechair7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the BB & i are bringing you back here over the weekend</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>for the lighting of our village christmas tree<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a mulled wine or two</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you in?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xxx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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vintage chairs, village markets & a B.B {british bestie}...

our village market- the B.B {british besite} & i are taking you with us this morning... we want your opinion on this seriously cool rock...

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The Birds

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyF7e7C8eOm3p5f64U3iEUpr2Hl7KRdP0iqVFwztS9XHM9d5sCUVUCjAwo9Lys-GVaa9Y-ytdbB4Mldue5355CO0rbYyuSTqs9fSk_fBtm-BEDZYG4-B3pThfUzu72BSWr4jvG5NVMAal-/s1600/10.29.11+birds+a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyF7e7C8eOm3p5f64U3iEUpr2Hl7KRdP0iqVFwztS9XHM9d5sCUVUCjAwo9Lys-GVaa9Y-ytdbB4Mldue5355CO0rbYyuSTqs9fSk_fBtm-BEDZYG4-B3pThfUzu72BSWr4jvG5NVMAal-/s640/10.29.11+birds+a.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love Halloween.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-SgIvqx_Xf7UuBMjDPqNa-_Zv4npGsGH9Mj2js0ERWZuQAHyqZ1E2QLPKaFdInCiXnSZStMBXYi58G9EHOYhgCxDxPVMBqvMq4cA4Buc3dcz5RxQGw5L8pfoU8VSaSRbwv_g4tB1kduE/s1600/10.29.11+birds+b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-SgIvqx_Xf7UuBMjDPqNa-_Zv4npGsGH9Mj2js0ERWZuQAHyqZ1E2QLPKaFdInCiXnSZStMBXYi58G9EHOYhgCxDxPVMBqvMq4cA4Buc3dcz5RxQGw5L8pfoU8VSaSRbwv_g4tB1kduE/s640/10.29.11+birds+b.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love Alfred Hitchcock.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0AYFhZGCpNntPju5NJrhOJTxb9pm8PALZnu5hZU3c0U5nyoMtGD34u5DX4N4czpRPeKssY_XGhs3xPo74s_82u6n4RJBHY7mC3DmLvRaMiKKtgXPfwGui4Fd81G96dFi7Dx8CeybDyij5/s1600/10.29.11+birds+c.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0AYFhZGCpNntPju5NJrhOJTxb9pm8PALZnu5hZU3c0U5nyoMtGD34u5DX4N4czpRPeKssY_XGhs3xPo74s_82u6n4RJBHY7mC3DmLvRaMiKKtgXPfwGui4Fd81G96dFi7Dx8CeybDyij5/s640/10.29.11+birds+c.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Birds still freaks me out.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QXEu8JOmskPnQir2oblE4KWAtEo8avNQmj6zvOx9O6tOFTC8e8drmxXR-Edk-_mFDvkHf8ydoU-mzkPkmjVF5krY7dXCG3vQ53DYMOPX8ESkqzaV6soTYaMYlKdx6sLHZLkBWX5tKO0D/s1600/10.29.11+birds+d.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QXEu8JOmskPnQir2oblE4KWAtEo8avNQmj6zvOx9O6tOFTC8e8drmxXR-Edk-_mFDvkHf8ydoU-mzkPkmjVF5krY7dXCG3vQ53DYMOPX8ESkqzaV6soTYaMYlKdx6sLHZLkBWX5tKO0D/s640/10.29.11+birds+d.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was a fun and easy costume.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMFIFigGUjzH2-igCgRK7H23rwPzm4HJ7NCm_mj_ffISRGbMN4nIPJdS_GmFJh-wQy5SiiMQZaDjKDdDxZMmQmIo5_gnIOl83AgWiZK54wu5e7r-3Dg72nWA2SIC0PUiKTZEwOtxHTDWY/s1600/10.29.11+birds+e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMFIFigGUjzH2-igCgRK7H23rwPzm4HJ7NCm_mj_ffISRGbMN4nIPJdS_GmFJh-wQy5SiiMQZaDjKDdDxZMmQmIo5_gnIOl83AgWiZK54wu5e7r-3Dg72nWA2SIC0PUiKTZEwOtxHTDWY/s640/10.29.11+birds+e.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Halloween.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1sfqMad46X9eLNKzTGTBUxSFKwmVXHYl6dDn0r8dqi5Y7ONilCBTDXeDJHUkdMn5940_oj7XkL6Q5XEcBTJ7-ZV1n_ApAPMmpL6xlyQkdFI1YySxfkBwXKJa80_GS5DG6W54-vV_L9pA/s1600/10.29.11+birds+f.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1sfqMad46X9eLNKzTGTBUxSFKwmVXHYl6dDn0r8dqi5Y7ONilCBTDXeDJHUkdMn5940_oj7XkL6Q5XEcBTJ7-ZV1n_ApAPMmpL6xlyQkdFI1YySxfkBwXKJa80_GS5DG6W54-vV_L9pA/s640/10.29.11+birds+f.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shirt: Lands End (old school shirt)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Skirt: Vintage</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Necklace: Unknown</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Belt: Target</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shoes: Target</div>

The Birds

I love Halloween. I love Alfred Hitchcock. The Birds still freaks me out. This was a fun and easy costume. Happy Halloween. Shirt: Lands End...

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a giveaway - *rocking some creative inspiration*

<b><br /></b><br /><b>have you gals fallen in <i>creative lust</i> with the<i> *Mollie Makes*</i> mags?</b><br /><b><br /></b><br />i am in hook...line & craft sinker...<br /><b><br /></b><br />the <b>Autumn edition </b>is just endless inspiration, page after gorgeous page...<br /><br />it's not just the projects...the <b>layout</b> of the magazine is right up my alley...it makes me want to create...<br /><br />a totally healthy <b>drug of choice</b>...<br /><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpqcX7HHAwUNxlFANRFqk6b6OTe7InucBp5MIVhJGfXRWzMMPZrHtDye8YxgmM38zd94r1mZbD2G3vUMKWtuin09V5e032cfisfheGgZtoV1bt0nCh14FQbg6OXA4RNmmZ1bY5WpWF-oc/s1600/molliemakes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpqcX7HHAwUNxlFANRFqk6b6OTe7InucBp5MIVhJGfXRWzMMPZrHtDye8YxgmM38zd94r1mZbD2G3vUMKWtuin09V5e032cfisfheGgZtoV1bt0nCh14FQbg6OXA4RNmmZ1bY5WpWF-oc/s640/molliemakes1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><b><br /></b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>i had a moment to day to just have a quick *squizz*...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br />& inevitably this leads to a flurry of lists...<br /><br />things to make...things that inspire...<br /><br />just so much to want to do...instantly!<br /><br />if you like to have <b>a million creative pursuits</b> on the go at once...then get your hands on a copy!<br /><br />and this months edition indulges in two of my <b>fave </b><i><b>style crushes</b>...</i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><i><a href="http://thecraftyminx.com.au/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">{kelly doust- author of *The Crafty Minx*}</span></a>...who i could imagine being great friends with in the real </i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><i>world...</i><br /><i><br /></i><br />{her daughter's name is Olive<i> & i love that name- </i>we're a perfect match!}<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvWgt7WlPl6ehni3jy2wSa8Gcz2JD5ek5pctzYTXDeIfOjcdkBhn6eo3ESAlT_uPLZ5fGnYlWZU3kJmJYhgk3mwtoTRcn40xxgWh-efRGPJHfhYsaa22IzBOwjiLMyiSXaFmpYkzP1P2f/s1600/molliemakes2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvWgt7WlPl6ehni3jy2wSa8Gcz2JD5ek5pctzYTXDeIfOjcdkBhn6eo3ESAlT_uPLZ5fGnYlWZU3kJmJYhgk3mwtoTRcn40xxgWh-efRGPJHfhYsaa22IzBOwjiLMyiSXaFmpYkzP1P2f/s640/molliemakes2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>& ...the gorgeously stylish blogger <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="http://frydogdesign.blogspot.com/">{jeanette lunde}</a></span></b><br /><b><br /></b><br />she is just so feminine, simply lovely, joyful & inspiring...<br /><br />i would be very happy to sit at her table drinking endless tea & <strike>staring at her lovely life</strike> taking in a<br /><br />moment of her day...<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRX9ytTA8IRTC11rgmhfPcL6pYPvz9xvQE10MdWmW-Ladvcl8BLHhvpnf-fUreeb6w2GlCWytm8zj3pPesUWi4OjN6SRvM4FaKYLJAy6xFA1gGrr4Vlfip0ebzv_luA5d8hsytyC3kQ8WW/s1600/molliemakes3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRX9ytTA8IRTC11rgmhfPcL6pYPvz9xvQE10MdWmW-Ladvcl8BLHhvpnf-fUreeb6w2GlCWytm8zj3pPesUWi4OjN6SRvM4FaKYLJAy6xFA1gGrr4Vlfip0ebzv_luA5d8hsytyC3kQ8WW/s640/molliemakes3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><b>since falling in love with the world of blogging i'm rarely *rocked* by a creative mag in the flesh...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>there are just so many wonderful bloggers out there, that there's no need to keep an eye out for </b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>new mags </b><b>to </b><b>inspire...</b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b><br /><a href="http://molliemakes.themakingspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">{mollie makes}</span></a> is <i>soo</i> the exception to this rule...<br /><br />get your hands on a copy- a cup of tea & take a moment for yourself...<br /><br />be inspired...<br /><br />i love this autumn edition so much- that i'm picking up another copy <b>for one of you...</b><br /><br />just leave a comment on <b>*what rocks your craft boat*</b>...<br /><br />blogs? mags? books?<br /><br />be a <b>Miss Sew & So </b>follower & share your inspiration- simple...<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjeK9KfT0t6AxdaEDXOG5olGJp5LP4qqSQFPXhbcl-yJYWxOCQPlpaQFJ7CqqVzrtMECP1-ZUFgYWYdTLW1er9oSYyiArRhHSQiL51H-eGHctzreU7xpCgNCOf5Tq9eqnHfwOB4uURLgQ2/s1600/molliemakes5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjeK9KfT0t6AxdaEDXOG5olGJp5LP4qqSQFPXhbcl-yJYWxOCQPlpaQFJ7CqqVzrtMECP1-ZUFgYWYdTLW1er9oSYyiArRhHSQiL51H-eGHctzreU7xpCgNCOf5Tq9eqnHfwOB4uURLgQ2/s640/molliemakes5.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">on another autumn note</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">we had our very first open fire last night</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">gotta love that</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2zoIOKjHRTqMdj1R43oU_7LU2bKNjHaLsBwtRfuL8smDqImBRuHDdG1kBk_ahonmdLJIs-nm_KAM35CFFvZqHK6xFvZT0wJvluHlqYkk1Is0z7xjZuwxzNngcIZowoItLp0NmOtNh8Ucj/s1600/molliemakesfire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2zoIOKjHRTqMdj1R43oU_7LU2bKNjHaLsBwtRfuL8smDqImBRuHDdG1kBk_ahonmdLJIs-nm_KAM35CFFvZqHK6xFvZT0wJvluHlqYkk1Is0z7xjZuwxzNngcIZowoItLp0NmOtNh8Ucj/s640/molliemakesfire.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i'll get the kiddos to pluck a name at random </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">happy tuesday</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">melissa</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>

a giveaway - *rocking some creative inspiration*

have you gals fallen in creative lust with the *Mollie Makes* mags? i am in hook...line & craft sinker... the Autumn edition  is just...

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Twenty-Three

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQX0UjEOUu_XwLHmrEL_AhJHI_Ik9UY8O2IzmcesUqN9O3Y_60e5bxeybU-hOoEQtPQamI9zk-uT0cUrtBx7puYXcQQ5PggeavuXTPLTFftes0NSHkKL83FekLJGwVOCkzGBSpXYLJ2iW/s1600/10.23.11a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQX0UjEOUu_XwLHmrEL_AhJHI_Ik9UY8O2IzmcesUqN9O3Y_60e5bxeybU-hOoEQtPQamI9zk-uT0cUrtBx7puYXcQQ5PggeavuXTPLTFftes0NSHkKL83FekLJGwVOCkzGBSpXYLJ2iW/s640/10.23.11a.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another day at the library. A night of Dexter and Pumpkin Ale by Blue Moon. This is truly a thrown together outfit. I didn't feel like getting dressed. All I wanted was to wear yoga pants and my favorite t-shirt (don't worry, you will get a chance to see it later), but I couldn't. I had to stick to the 30 items. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ANOCaL7RrjmnU4k6-WirOCliGXJLCGrpMMd2N0nYWp-MwTUraIWrGosNY60fFfOBKyZkkQ9HdvIlrfVijrsVaRKraqSIvMedwFC3K1iOlM70To9YFonm5QqLfYxxUNEUE98XK3nDpkQS/s1600/10.23.11b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ANOCaL7RrjmnU4k6-WirOCliGXJLCGrpMMd2N0nYWp-MwTUraIWrGosNY60fFfOBKyZkkQ9HdvIlrfVijrsVaRKraqSIvMedwFC3K1iOlM70To9YFonm5QqLfYxxUNEUE98XK3nDpkQS/s640/10.23.11b.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>Shirt: Aerie<br />Dress: Target<br />Leggings: Simply Vera from Kohls<br />Scarf: Vintage<br />Watch; DKNY

Twenty-Three

Another day at the library. A night of Dexter and Pumpkin Ale by Blue Moon. This is truly a thrown together outfit. I didn't feel like g...

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ruffly autumn wreath love...-a *how to*

<b>it's a windy autumnal hello from this part of the world this morning...</b><br /><b>a life made lovely wednesday snuggled inside...</b><b>tea in hand...sharing with you a gorgeous ruffly autumn project...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br />i flipping love this....<br /><b><br /></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitKTRHCLWDw5pO2aGjmjHo-n09l_uUpFKCadGpxi3zHFHlj2f-VyEknJNFNYz6_t3WDIJmYiZ5aoqnpwC_9TSueNZi3OwpXRGYUwClOO4V9hlGmJGR6boqhSgYxp9Zasrb3eO2XR2SDl-m/s1600/wreath1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitKTRHCLWDw5pO2aGjmjHo-n09l_uUpFKCadGpxi3zHFHlj2f-VyEknJNFNYz6_t3WDIJmYiZ5aoqnpwC_9TSueNZi3OwpXRGYUwClOO4V9hlGmJGR6boqhSgYxp9Zasrb3eO2XR2SDl-m/s640/wreath1.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><b><br /></b><br /><b><br /></b><br />i have long had some serious ruffle-wreath-envy after seeing a gorgeous *how to* at one of my fave blogs:  <a href="http://jonesdesigncompany.com/decorate/ruffle-wreath-a-tutorial/">Jones design company blog</a> ...<br /><br />i wanted to make this last year- but village living does not let one wander down on a whim & throw into one's basket a styro foam wreath...nor a metre or two of burlap...!<br /><br />so...this year- i'm ready...<br /><br />i've got my burlap cut...my wreath waiting...& i've even got myself a glue gun...<br /><br />is it weird that i haven't owned a glue gun to date?<br /><br />for some reason...i've always assumed that a good wad of craft glue will do the trick...errr wrong people!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcvH0KyXhCW8pdCbZbL_88m8XHliw0jnUi8QSrlZJ3is5-F1PbYRrd86DSFdKXKAKVmQPnGHBvsPsvMeQDDYqKMbaI3ZCF69kIDS21C9RfMmPFJV7gwfo8li45Reo6lJx6_qmYM4B9K_k/s1600/wreath2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcvH0KyXhCW8pdCbZbL_88m8XHliw0jnUi8QSrlZJ3is5-F1PbYRrd86DSFdKXKAKVmQPnGHBvsPsvMeQDDYqKMbaI3ZCF69kIDS21C9RfMmPFJV7gwfo8li45Reo6lJx6_qmYM4B9K_k/s640/wreath2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>so, for this project you will need:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">burlap or hessian</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">styrofoam wreath or florists wreath</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">glue gun</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">flat tipped pins</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">scissors</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">tape measure</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">vintage pieces/ribbon/typeset etc...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMXuf_wq3PqT7kwJvJvCpJCoTFKBtXUIn_t_tzsn8KTRICiM5PEai1nmgWNBBsFmVRCDWVD64Hx8gb_p_b34fxI0I7UR28bBvIegp7cltmdC4oXGMfHQ4JLhvqcPZ2czR0yY8cNMK7C9U/s1600/wreath3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMXuf_wq3PqT7kwJvJvCpJCoTFKBtXUIn_t_tzsn8KTRICiM5PEai1nmgWNBBsFmVRCDWVD64Hx8gb_p_b34fxI0I7UR28bBvIegp7cltmdC4oXGMfHQ4JLhvqcPZ2czR0yY8cNMK7C9U/s640/wreath3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><b><br /></b><br /><b>the how to:</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>1.</b> cut three lengths of hessian/burlap into 4" x 70" strips.<br />    wrap your wreath in one of these strips & secure with flat tipped pins.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHmEfKEBoanaAHcyoI6Wqg3f-jAbLqsvSYezHxkp4ARbK2TNhtKBFhoS99Fh7imjmOvsxfOKC4JCpZJx4-mcC-F9s3qYSaqOYPxQckRRGnkoTugEckDrLyuGI3ZdNfBeA7X95bm_bH23O/s1600/wreath4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHmEfKEBoanaAHcyoI6Wqg3f-jAbLqsvSYezHxkp4ARbK2TNhtKBFhoS99Fh7imjmOvsxfOKC4JCpZJx4-mcC-F9s3qYSaqOYPxQckRRGnkoTugEckDrLyuGI3ZdNfBeA7X95bm_bH23O/s640/wreath4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>2.</b> with the remaining two strips- tie your cotton at one end (about 2 cms in from the edge) & continue to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">hand sew, a simple straight stitch in & out, the length of the piece & gently pull to gather.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>3. </b>when you have gathered the first strip to fit the circumference of your wreath , pin it securely to one flat side of your wreath- just inside the outer edge- this will become the back of your finished piece.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifV77iP4f9GlbKPIybFBMyFCUMzBqhhnuVGYQhv_vaiWKNlY8Aru7Kxh3BjbvCldLaUO6MGRYObtJSPHAa0MaD9gYM4EZLiBJ6M3nQ0JwUWIzfMLcoqz3AN4E48Bj1894beQekHbynxHFy/s1600/wreathb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifV77iP4f9GlbKPIybFBMyFCUMzBqhhnuVGYQhv_vaiWKNlY8Aru7Kxh3BjbvCldLaUO6MGRYObtJSPHAa0MaD9gYM4EZLiBJ6M3nQ0JwUWIzfMLcoqz3AN4E48Bj1894beQekHbynxHFy/s640/wreathb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>4.</b> once the hessian/burlap has been secured with pins...use your glue gun to adhere all the fabrics together...following the gathered line around the wreath.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>5. </b>allow to dry & flip over...it should now look like this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4-u5dE-R1v8FePKBu0MqwjdPVUxh4dwUmObf0EKOH6Y0VbAJBs3uiPfH3BBYvgC69UoWjqBklGthrf_GRkPJ3boBfX8CzqgGyc9RKQ-hEen0Y999xGWy_329wAQ8-va7QDazlh0gLyqh/s1600/wreath6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4-u5dE-R1v8FePKBu0MqwjdPVUxh4dwUmObf0EKOH6Y0VbAJBs3uiPfH3BBYvgC69UoWjqBklGthrf_GRkPJ3boBfX8CzqgGyc9RKQ-hEen0Y999xGWy_329wAQ8-va7QDazlh0gLyqh/s640/wreath6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>6. </b>pin the last gathered strip to the front of your wreath- on the inner edge...& secure as before, with your glue gun around the entire gathered circle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it should now look something like this....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOszOrDTpm7ODkJbaP2argC8DiT4pUg2aX2au7JA_tzrejGsKOusSz0bUMz0H4ziz0YjLZ2S6ZWqQ7bRt6oJdSEVD8RHl7zI4cecWEE3AIak9NCYFi0FgZm67rVmp9BF3lXTbgys6PMXy-/s1600/wreatha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOszOrDTpm7ODkJbaP2argC8DiT4pUg2aX2au7JA_tzrejGsKOusSz0bUMz0H4ziz0YjLZ2S6ZWqQ7bRt6oJdSEVD8RHl7zI4cecWEE3AIak9NCYFi0FgZm67rVmp9BF3lXTbgys6PMXy-/s640/wreatha.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>7.</b> using any left over fabric off cut, hot glue a hook to the back of the wreath...you can also now use any left over fabrics to make a rough flower in which to build your decoration.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>8.</b> using a length of fabric fold roughly to create a flower shape & zigzag, or hand sew, together & hot glue to your wreath.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0ebzdZeY0lCgpmOn0LqHYUNzQxstRSWaKSWYyLgUuJqpf6BzafzpROLdcdWcSlN8kFZG83RHTQYOVO21F2afpw8Li4BsbEfbjaQ5-Yypu0NFP_2OONftDoD-vI4gcy6BqyEuED_Cwn4u/s1600/wreath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0ebzdZeY0lCgpmOn0LqHYUNzQxstRSWaKSWYyLgUuJqpf6BzafzpROLdcdWcSlN8kFZG83RHTQYOVO21F2afpw8Li4BsbEfbjaQ5-Yypu0NFP_2OONftDoD-vI4gcy6BqyEuED_Cwn4u/s640/wreath.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>9. </b>allow everything to dry...have a cuppa tea & get ready for the *make-it-your-own* part. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i used a vintage measuring tape that i had been keeping for such a project...& incorporated my love of string, rope & calico into the decoration.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIUuTPehqINCndqwlZJtCcaQE2vjkjnhgcXk271p0ikUTb34KdMTBqus_AMrszfuqHQiOu8FzFd_fNT41qAkcm4bA-fmBVJrkr6_GoRx9oYUgWKkW2J7I6o-mn9litQDy4l4oyzdsh8jN/s1600/wreath10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIUuTPehqINCndqwlZJtCcaQE2vjkjnhgcXk271p0ikUTb34KdMTBqus_AMrszfuqHQiOu8FzFd_fNT41qAkcm4bA-fmBVJrkr6_GoRx9oYUgWKkW2J7I6o-mn9litQDy4l4oyzdsh8jN/s640/wreath10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>10.</b> if adding ribbon...fabric...or a tape measure, hot glue around the inner circle of your wreath once again...& secure at intervals, pressing down with your thumb, to form a ruffled effect...<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-QIzGbFN7taBR0LUKXnvcqerVFFy2ElEne_SBI8wlz_vn7XhQRUri6M94sHTDPEDEB02442yYAVFc4SiNTrZy2x8lu4nqB5rY_LeHa23Y-inAu2VAQT5QMCQBSi938un5qvcBKIYAvqo/s1600/wreath12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-QIzGbFN7taBR0LUKXnvcqerVFFy2ElEne_SBI8wlz_vn7XhQRUri6M94sHTDPEDEB02442yYAVFc4SiNTrZy2x8lu4nqB5rY_LeHa23Y-inAu2VAQT5QMCQBSi938un5qvcBKIYAvqo/s640/wreath12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>oh...all these ruffles...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">how much do i flipping love this</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">~~~~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ruffles</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a vintage tape measure</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">string</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">& </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">burlap</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">~~~~~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUO2fQJPGVtgFiMdELKq7gibj51sqKoOmSPPKfOsEm56uF2LLFt0mPGJNOsCFQaKeNrDeHTByxK69vSBVtZb2yEJxO2f-sXbxHLcbNSpVEBLcUGls7XSziFcImnbEWYtb7m2bGSDBCQOgS/s1600/wreath11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUO2fQJPGVtgFiMdELKq7gibj51sqKoOmSPPKfOsEm56uF2LLFt0mPGJNOsCFQaKeNrDeHTByxK69vSBVtZb2yEJxO2f-sXbxHLcbNSpVEBLcUGls7XSziFcImnbEWYtb7m2bGSDBCQOgS/s640/wreath11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">perfect for autumn</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">divine for christmas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">ruffle love</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">this year i've got it sorted!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">~~~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">check out more inspiration <a href="http://ourcreativespaces.blogspot.com/2011/09/our-creative-spaces_22.html">here</a>, <a href="http://micheleravendesigns.blogspot.com/2011/09/primp-your-stuff-wednesday-linky-party_20.html">here</a>, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com/2011/09/whatever-goes-wednesday-84.html">here</a>,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> <a href="http://www.abeachcottage.com/2011/09/good-life-wednesdays.html">here</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> <a href="http://www.myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/2011/09/tuesdays-treasures_19.html">here</a> ,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://decortoadore.blogspot.com/2011/09/fil-my-mustard-curtain-are-mocking-me.html">here</a> & <a href="http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/2011/09/white-wednesday-118.html">here</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>

ruffly autumn wreath love...-a *how to*

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a life made lovely in fabrics & friendships...

 <b>a life made lovely...& </b><b>going with the flow of the seasons...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>autumn has arrived...& i snuggled down over the weekend & created...</b><br /><b>i went with the season...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br />a pot of tea...& a semi-chaotic studio of fabric...music...cotton lace & cushions...<br />i'd like to paint a picture of serenity...of order...of folded fabric...of quiet creation...<br /><br />but in reality...<br />it's more noisy {lovely} kiddos constantly interrupting, the husband on the nearby laptop chatting about the sports arrangements for the weekend & tonights dinner...& the BBC Radio humming along in the background...<br /><br />& i know i wouldn't have it any other way...<br />i'm sure it's the only way i can create...<br />it's the same way i've been doing it for years...<br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96yfii5dsgV70pT0P4Bq9l7FJPKrO2pdTARZ5-r00G1dUWHORpK5gsPKRGTO7XIBF4bxoMmzC_nqrbKK-Yl9DiRLLxecZeRrNSDU-_c95kqbeXDIcY-oCeYDoPX8JaeMKwblN_FILxLME/s1600/lace3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96yfii5dsgV70pT0P4Bq9l7FJPKrO2pdTARZ5-r00G1dUWHORpK5gsPKRGTO7XIBF4bxoMmzC_nqrbKK-Yl9DiRLLxecZeRrNSDU-_c95kqbeXDIcY-oCeYDoPX8JaeMKwblN_FILxLME/s640/lace3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>&...it makes me very happy...<br /><br />i also *work* in a <s>semi-chaotic</s> <i>less than orderly</i> way...<br /><br />everything is created as i sit down to fill an order...<br />not the week before...not with drawings done in anticipation of...<br />all of this i love to do...& i love to do it as i am about to create the piece...<br /><br />if it's a gift for someone - all i want is a little jumble of thoughts about that person...<br /><i><br /></i><br />their favourite colours...their jobs...a little of their nature...<br />& i take that & create them a special cushion, or bag...made <i>just for them</i>...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQ3JXw8o6zIu3YQEQdM_l8hSMbKk3LTfFA5Pm9T_aIiq54UEi5Ramvy6o4_5VB70wdSN86S9qQSAGUdnLLwpG81nKo6et1i8-voMLGFEhJ-FIFGHTYaNKflP7gdSY673fDMKiVX_VLNLQ/s1600/life3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQ3JXw8o6zIu3YQEQdM_l8hSMbKk3LTfFA5Pm9T_aIiq54UEi5Ramvy6o4_5VB70wdSN86S9qQSAGUdnLLwpG81nKo6et1i8-voMLGFEhJ-FIFGHTYaNKflP7gdSY673fDMKiVX_VLNLQ/s640/life3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br />i love to approach each order like this, for me they're fresh...individual...& to be honest...the only way i know how to work...<br /><br />i plan so much of the <i>rest of our life</i>...<br />the daily...the monthly...the yearly...<br />i plan constantly for our busy family of five...<br />so...i thrive on this <i>instant...spontaneous creativity...</i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmmvcLBOGj4LRGYYOfRYGfQdZLmgi3dTkoGknpx8lnwwni4A0g9C3ko_Fe7yM-RTiEMjLq6zcrEAlrFxEVp21Y1zvsva6fdm36vt-k-E535hNchk3A27l0etQOJUUeu07GIc_eEEjPTJ_R/s1600/lace4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmmvcLBOGj4LRGYYOfRYGfQdZLmgi3dTkoGknpx8lnwwni4A0g9C3ko_Fe7yM-RTiEMjLq6zcrEAlrFxEVp21Y1zvsva6fdm36vt-k-E535hNchk3A27l0etQOJUUeu07GIc_eEEjPTJ_R/s640/lace4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i><br /><b>adding to the <s>constant mess</s> lovely creative chaos of my sewing room- i never throw out my offcuts...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br />i can't bare to bin anything- it's the building of a cushion from all the smaller pieces that makes it so special...<br />these pieces create the most loved & inspiring cushions...<br />my friendship cushions...<br /><b><br /></b><br />given by people who want to show their love & friendship for someone in their lives...<br />& made with so much enjoyment by me...<br />from french fabrics, british rose linens, vintage finds & cotton laces...<br /><br />made with kiddos sitting at my feet playing with mini skateboards...<br />wrapping tiny treasures in my leftover fabrics...<br />shouting at me from the kitchen whilst learning to make big hearty autumn soup outa leftovers...<br /><br />& all the while...i wouldn't have it any other way...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DJ-4wg0QhxQVs9WHsWbWjEqIWPXBA-TH2ITdWbMpKphyLRXkTtT-AFyuNupSjqIXv5ce2zRjgWNI6y_HtpJdV1_G69LPhpz9KUU1Dhz3CBV12gzkYQe1DgMze-BClih4n1bMYIpM3iLS/s1600/life4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DJ-4wg0QhxQVs9WHsWbWjEqIWPXBA-TH2ITdWbMpKphyLRXkTtT-AFyuNupSjqIXv5ce2zRjgWNI6y_HtpJdV1_G69LPhpz9KUU1Dhz3CBV12gzkYQe1DgMze-BClih4n1bMYIpM3iLS/s640/life4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>a life made lovely...</b><br /><b>with fabrics...& friendship...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br />snuggled against the autumn weather...<br />a wonderful weekend indulgence amongst the usual loved chaos of my family life...<br /><br />no organised shelves of cottons...& patterns...<br />no long modern clean surfaces of space...<br />just a group of mix-matched vintage desks...thrifted cane chairs...baskets of fabrics & time...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">&</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">creating alongside everyday life</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">~~~~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBc5hm-dS3x7XFDAvRM1cJ_6KctgCmzhxrg6oyZytXwd0Z_BiTeDvp3A3JTF0xbSRRDDM4miNjo51kVTBkxg51pyC3hL_JqDthuozA7QEnwuyEG-oWbdMJD8xqREyFEY7_eTpDkdymtFaP/s1600/life1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBc5hm-dS3x7XFDAvRM1cJ_6KctgCmzhxrg6oyZytXwd0Z_BiTeDvp3A3JTF0xbSRRDDM4miNjo51kVTBkxg51pyC3hL_JqDthuozA7QEnwuyEG-oWbdMJD8xqREyFEY7_eTpDkdymtFaP/s640/life1.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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a life made lovely in fabrics & friendships...

  a life made lovely...&  going with the flow of the seasons... autumn has arrived...& i snuggled down over the weekend & create...

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friday pretties on a saturday morning in a village...

<b>friday pretties...</b><br /><b>a gorgeously rare morning to myself...</b><br />i love school holidays...i truly do...<br />but every now & again...a day to myself is pretty heavenly...<br />i had the day, almost a <i>whole day</i>, to sew...catch up on orders...cook & pick up after my <s>divinely lazy</s> busy family...<br /><i>but before i did all of this i wandered through the village...</i><br />& drank coffee...<br />& hung out in second hand shops...<br />& just stopped for a moment on my own...yep...<i>on my own</i>...<br />i picked up this *lovely-shaped* pile of goodies from *oxfam*...<br />i wasn't looking for colour today- just shape & form...<br />& how perfect is that little muddy brown one...<br />colour- hmmmm...<br />shape- mmmm...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKlgC0o38QlV9hUNLWHDOe16s1tMivmkdJW5LZieFfmOFLKWKOnUBoBQFNjtHafA_pYJVGZhlXihTuBrbm2SRWWmTvlqmDdA60PMNK3Q0SoWzRS7v_S-xYxz-XzoKPfNPTE_IzwNJFEGK/s1600/vase2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKlgC0o38QlV9hUNLWHDOe16s1tMivmkdJW5LZieFfmOFLKWKOnUBoBQFNjtHafA_pYJVGZhlXihTuBrbm2SRWWmTvlqmDdA60PMNK3Q0SoWzRS7v_S-xYxz-XzoKPfNPTE_IzwNJFEGK/s640/vase2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>lovely shaped, <s>ugly old left on the shelf</s> *vintage* vases looking for a little colour...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i have been desperate to try the virtues of my new found spray-bestie on some ceramic ware...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.rustoleumspraypaint.com/">{go here for the details of my new obsession}</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i have a love affair that is border-line manic for all china, that started when i was in my teens on the beaches...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">where all my friends were saving for shopping spree's <i>to the mall</i>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i was working to fund a china/homewares obsession that meant when i eventually moved out, i was ready to have <i>my</i> space...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">no ikea box sets for my first house...no plastic cups...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">but we also had no furniture...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we literally covered outdoor furniture in calico slip covers that i made for our indoor dining table & did the same with moving boxes for bedside tables...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>but man...did we have great plates...& glasses...& bedspreads...we were young & very happy...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so...having<i> just </i>discovered this *spray-virtually-everything* amazing paint-i can <i>very safely say </i>it would have been my paint bestie <i>way way back then too....</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQpoUJ2sJxPCY0m2WwRLWyOl-RZooNt7cexASw9BRS7eCzX7yVrB3rROXzJmyQ6uAR-oYPKnmmQHFBp_ryCA_wpo98RkoCEo92D-PshGgvEU0F_q_HS5SQCLtAafXWiH2PMTCJ2bDgxJK/s1600/vase3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQpoUJ2sJxPCY0m2WwRLWyOl-RZooNt7cexASw9BRS7eCzX7yVrB3rROXzJmyQ6uAR-oYPKnmmQHFBp_ryCA_wpo98RkoCEo92D-PshGgvEU0F_q_HS5SQCLtAafXWiH2PMTCJ2bDgxJK/s640/vase3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>you know how much i love <i>chippy</i>...& worn & old...& dented & french...</b><br />but thrown in with all my authentically old vintage pieces, i do love me a bit of almost <i>modern</i> <i>simplicity</i>...<br />simple lines...<br />lovely shapes...<br />no patina or perfect chippy-ness taking your eye away from the *form* of a piece...<br /><b><br /></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghOuoeXd2N49eJK_fUUhuN81s9gRo9knxza-bXcG4ilwyIt1TxxlhK_hiGlEqx17oyfMnX7zlGsbiUr5HS9uJdqSYV1jQFF2y7N0e53Holgb81Vuo_CeR7TNLzTYSQfkT_HR6bGAgugMqG/s1600/vase4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghOuoeXd2N49eJK_fUUhuN81s9gRo9knxza-bXcG4ilwyIt1TxxlhK_hiGlEqx17oyfMnX7zlGsbiUr5HS9uJdqSYV1jQFF2y7N0e53Holgb81Vuo_CeR7TNLzTYSQfkT_HR6bGAgugMqG/s640/vase4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>i could <i>never</i> have done this little experiment on any of my <i>so very loved, used-every-single-day-old china...</i></b><br /><b><i>but the experiment also needed pieces of a particularly interesting shape...</i></b><br />the little squat bud vase with it's beautiful blue insides...<br />stocky almost...but sweet with a rim wide enough for a teeny <i>bunch</i> of flowers...more than just a bud or two...<br />& that beautiful fan of a vase...muddy coloured & a <i>little too sadly unaware</i> of it's beautiful lines...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;"><b>a modern, simple take on some wonderful old cast shapes...</b></div><b><br /></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeKqbF62xgJDJLTVcUU9D_KwBYXF5GmEsxCgULuOe0Fvp_PAzDL5OatWs2BHfJu5lzGc0NfaDvAonfOpvkKuWWmY2ihRG2RY4Rq82lXYLYb8lxjyg5IrYzzDfREmiZ11-0NgZlhyV1hg3/s1600/vase6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeKqbF62xgJDJLTVcUU9D_KwBYXF5GmEsxCgULuOe0Fvp_PAzDL5OatWs2BHfJu5lzGc0NfaDvAonfOpvkKuWWmY2ihRG2RY4Rq82lXYLYb8lxjyg5IrYzzDfREmiZ11-0NgZlhyV1hg3/s640/vase6.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>i can now see a very cool, very sweet looking tea-party happening in our garden before the end of summer...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">my chippy old french garden table, wine, some nibbly bits & some lovely english girlfriends...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i'll get the B.B {british bestie} onto that...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>hear that janey- my front garden in two weeks sweetie...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>start thinking about it...& where we can *put* the kids ;)</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlgsn7jvVfC-FPH4zNZynsg26RzPzJQ65i9rFalNZ3MKdHaNTulyD1WWK96h0OxrRpGLKC6utt0tShH-lj_5BHh-eIxMOs3iBRzSoc9m8mO1mwuLO44RuUyAb7179Hg84yD9F6la4_nsja/s1600/vase7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlgsn7jvVfC-FPH4zNZynsg26RzPzJQ65i9rFalNZ3MKdHaNTulyD1WWK96h0OxrRpGLKC6utt0tShH-lj_5BHh-eIxMOs3iBRzSoc9m8mO1mwuLO44RuUyAb7179Hg84yD9F6la4_nsja/s640/vase7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>when i walk the village on my own...no kiddos...no bikes or scooters or drink bottles in tow...</b><br />i walk the long way...winding up & down past the houses i <s>covert </s>love...<br />aahhhh-ing over the fences at the garden's i wish i had the patience for...<br /><i>always pinching a few bits...a few friday pretties...</i><br />hydrangeas...are everywhere at this time of year...<br />beautiful colours...<br />beautiful shapes...<br />beautiful in these vases...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWF0ZNFnYrjVvTPmWCSC5QZfxm3bVhQMlbVQ0o2VaLcDNzZhUyb4PJNsYmebe3zGVz3Qx7CyOhxoHI9SksStnnfk_-rnh9VYip-7XPMQhz3Sf2Fi91cg-6ZUGdl_VqBhiJ2ZE5Pw2sRKR/s1600/vase8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWF0ZNFnYrjVvTPmWCSC5QZfxm3bVhQMlbVQ0o2VaLcDNzZhUyb4PJNsYmebe3zGVz3Qx7CyOhxoHI9SksStnnfk_-rnh9VYip-7XPMQhz3Sf2Fi91cg-6ZUGdl_VqBhiJ2ZE5Pw2sRKR/s640/vase8.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><b>that is one seriously shapely little vase....L.O.V.E  I.T!</b><br />& love my chippy chair ;)<br /><b><br /></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL55tbnPvrrmPpXQmNQRFJJntaZZHm_YDCRUNubE1kd_z4wIrCarn7gWkO-8iNkeMJJhibyMq3EnKe4VlxZ1uGwOgYbavbX2JRhLi97OZyA6uiu_qfdE4Ozj6FM7-07pf2rCAibnIaJJ-k/s1600/vase9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL55tbnPvrrmPpXQmNQRFJJntaZZHm_YDCRUNubE1kd_z4wIrCarn7gWkO-8iNkeMJJhibyMq3EnKe4VlxZ1uGwOgYbavbX2JRhLi97OZyA6uiu_qfdE4Ozj6FM7-07pf2rCAibnIaJJ-k/s640/vase9.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">friday pretties</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><i>shared on a saturday morning</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">because when the storm of kids came home last night</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">there were endless stories of muddy stomping through the english countryside</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">&</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">pizza's to make!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">have a bloomin' great weekend gals</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">love me in spray paint heaven</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">xox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">melissa </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><br />

friday pretties on a saturday morning in a village...

friday pretties... a gorgeously rare morning to myself... i love school holidays...i truly do... but every now & again...a day to myself...

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chippy old boxes & plimsolls...

<b>so...the lovely miss.audrey got the plimsolls & i got the old box...</b><br /><b>if the rosey sandshoes had fit me, i have to admit gals...i would have got both ;)</b><br />that's the beauty of being six & seeing nothing odd about your mummy loving an old box the same way you love flowery rosey new shoes...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij88GuNNNhHII_xJO2Kss2zLGufJmB51p8B24h1nT3C_PPwCNf1bhbMRmWdIYOZVZWIBHtroMfQi7ncE6_O7kv_imfkjxNHQI8FqVCATBN0p5Ry8P5EYGe80B-qFx8Ka_1tRRQ8MxUe3NH/s1600/ashoes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij88GuNNNhHII_xJO2Kss2zLGufJmB51p8B24h1nT3C_PPwCNf1bhbMRmWdIYOZVZWIBHtroMfQi7ncE6_O7kv_imfkjxNHQI8FqVCATBN0p5Ry8P5EYGe80B-qFx8Ka_1tRRQ8MxUe3NH/s640/ashoes1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><b>so...over our weekend at the <i>seaside, </i>a little welsh loveliness was thrown into the back of the car...</b><br />the locals giggled at me...<br />in fact, our dear, <i>unknowing</i> ;) welsh friends ribbed me quite a bit...<br />but i <i>knew</i> that this little box was a <i>hidden gem</i>...<br />actually they'll probably still giggle at it...& definately at me...<br />but i'm ok with that...<br /><i>cause i got the box...</i><br /><i>& my kid got the shoes...!</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgb5bjVq-mWYOAwZiHGqDkIqrlMnuj_j2JCom1MlckcXmjEg6m0aOewlBX6MYmnqu7EUOvNBEsMIqLrblPMK1AHdGPM9J2fBJZK4laZ_Hjc7I2upnvixcx4i3VEps-9RsGK1MrYFaPs8x/s1600/ashoes2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgb5bjVq-mWYOAwZiHGqDkIqrlMnuj_j2JCom1MlckcXmjEg6m0aOewlBX6MYmnqu7EUOvNBEsMIqLrblPMK1AHdGPM9J2fBJZK4laZ_Hjc7I2upnvixcx4i3VEps-9RsGK1MrYFaPs8x/s640/ashoes2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>remember my chippy ol' painted ladder with numbered steps that i {& quite a gang of you!} loved <a href="http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2011/06/virtual-coffee-atop-chippy-vintage.html">*here*</a>...?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">well i haven't had much use for the gorgeous swirly-curly french number *five* in the stencil set i used for this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">but i figured...there are five of us...& since we drag out stuff to the front garden in various boxes & milk crates most days...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i thought i'd add this as a <i>very *make-me-happy-alternative* to an ugly plastic serving tray...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">full of napkins, tea towels, <s>crappy kids plastic ikea cups</s>...& french kid cups ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqQYeqlfDStSV5mBpUC0ywpi6Nfr5nXVKREu323Yqz1XGktvK1YCJyDEiNvsLGa_Jx33KMyDbtAJG5fVwp3eG2WzCvt3bHzOnGnvZXqaBJlujs1UyCitxPFrFwWzuD8jiLsNR7olZbFRS/s1600/ashoes3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqQYeqlfDStSV5mBpUC0ywpi6Nfr5nXVKREu323Yqz1XGktvK1YCJyDEiNvsLGa_Jx33KMyDbtAJG5fVwp3eG2WzCvt3bHzOnGnvZXqaBJlujs1UyCitxPFrFwWzuD8jiLsNR7olZbFRS/s640/ashoes3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>i used the same french stencil patterns that i used on the step ladder & various other <s>battered</s> vintage french tins that i've managed to sneak into this old house...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">they are super simple to use & rinse off in warm water...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i bought them on etsy <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/79759546/french-script-3-inch-numbers-reusable">*here*</a>...& use them pretty regularly round here...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxttwr5b-nUxB8zld6gv7HrEZBnie9HibXHRx3KFgObjDJualoNlqlA9YRkCViBZhLEWp0kxNzaXScQRxYP2mUWZ4CnH4i5W9bm_aV9x-XnRCt3WZ5-VR8wTKmHscFDa394wBuJPHrhjS/s1600/ashoes5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxttwr5b-nUxB8zld6gv7HrEZBnie9HibXHRx3KFgObjDJualoNlqlA9YRkCViBZhLEWp0kxNzaXScQRxYP2mUWZ4CnH4i5W9bm_aV9x-XnRCt3WZ5-VR8wTKmHscFDa394wBuJPHrhjS/s640/ashoes5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNcO34RS7YENqHB6u1ol5T-EchelLzU8bgUOUmtxmWcZYQMe7WQiYM104CdAihTQSptry51eixX4Mewx9fFNYdmcWOjB7IrdTUBTpYKC1bXsucsuQt32jJdtrRgPhX6zCs6clM6xwEoea/s1600/ashoes6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNcO34RS7YENqHB6u1ol5T-EchelLzU8bgUOUmtxmWcZYQMe7WQiYM104CdAihTQSptry51eixX4Mewx9fFNYdmcWOjB7IrdTUBTpYKC1bXsucsuQt32jJdtrRgPhX6zCs6clM6xwEoea/s640/ashoes6.jpg" width="610" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>so...sweet bloggy friends...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>my oh so humble words of wisdom are: if you see an old box for a fiver & your welsh friends start giggling...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">nab it...chuck it in the back of the car, under the kids feet with the sunscreen & that mountain of sand the kids felt a need to share...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& then smugly come home & stencil it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">then invite them round for a corona & lime served from <i>that box</i>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">they'll still giggle...but they won't say no to the beer...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& they may even try to smuggle home the box...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtThQhuaLQ3tHHg_vOxyeUIvxGhSQ0wuEQJuKu0yAtIB2x6ZKeLd94qyQJ_mSEX-W90AyaHwqWoSXp64w789S8PKRdVpos5PMsLe2DnOr4gFkWn4-iDI47UpQfRq6jPk8DRunocWxYzhyphenhyphena/s1600/ashoes7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtThQhuaLQ3tHHg_vOxyeUIvxGhSQ0wuEQJuKu0yAtIB2x6ZKeLd94qyQJ_mSEX-W90AyaHwqWoSXp64w789S8PKRdVpos5PMsLe2DnOr4gFkWn4-iDI47UpQfRq6jPk8DRunocWxYzhyphenhyphena/s640/ashoes7.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">& </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">maybe even the kids plimsolls</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">the ones that were really meant to be mine anyway</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">do you ever do that?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">buy it for your babies <i>only</i> 'cause it doesn't fit you?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">i've been doing it for 13 years</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">&</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">i still haven't tired of it!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">go buy some frenchy stencils on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/79759546/french-script-3-inch-numbers-reusable">*etsy*</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">they are soo addictive</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">...enjoy...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">xox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">melissa </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div>

chippy old boxes & plimsolls...

so...the lovely miss.audrey got the plimsolls & i got the old box... if the rosey sandshoes had fit me, i have to admit gals...i would h...

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