Little artists:)

Moving house is one of the most stressful things in life. Just moved several boxes to the new flat and finished painting the upstairs om my old place. I am totally exhausted! And got so much more to do. I miss the girls and it's all rather sad at the moment. I was browsing through my photos on the computer and found those:

These were made by Elli and Lilli after we got back form Norman's Bay in June. We stayed in the tent, it was blowing, raining, sunny and blowing...:) But the girls thought the trailer tent was awesome and wanted to live in it forever:) Bless them!

 Lilli on her scooter outside the tent, daddy in the tent, me and Elli watching!

Shhhh.... Everyone is asleep! According to Elli I have long hair:)

   Lovely. I love you girls.

Craft obssesion!

Bored with this rain I ended up making a new quilt which is cute and everything pretty. I love it! As you can guess I learned how to do blanket stitch:) So easy and yet so effective! Wish I could learn how to insert my photos properly:) Hahaha! Well, how do I turn it I ask you!?

 And found new crafty hobby: turning old picture frames into new ones! This collection is simply called Trash to Treasure and all 4 frames are for sale! Simply phone me!

All about the boy

Here is a card I made for Rob's friend. So hard to find bloke type things on the market! Yet again, the Graphics Fairy has saved my life!

Plus I discovered you can actually glue buttons to a card as well and it looks cool!

Lavender heaven

Everyone of us, girls, love pretty things. Well, if you ever visit Isle of Wight you you must see The Lavender Farm. Wonderful place. Apart from the shop there are: a cafe and a filed where you can see all the varieties of lavender. Did you know there are about 200 varieties of lavender??? I didn't. It came quite as a shock. And you could smell it in the air. And of course I just HAD to buy few things. So I am very happy to announce that I am in possesion of Lavender hand cream, lavender, rose, geranium and sandalwood handmade soaps, lavender room spray, lavender seed bag and..... strawberry and lavender jam!!!! Oh yes!!!! It ACTUALLY smells with lavender. As you can see, half gone already! Yummy, yummy in my tummy!

What I found on Isle of Wight, part II

Here are few things I picked in charity shops. Can't believe there are people who want to get rid of those treasures! Here is my favourite:

 An authentic 1915 postcard with some one's writing at the back and a stamp! Isn't that gorgeous? I wonder who she was (cos no doubt the postcard was re-done from a photo) and what happened to her. What was her name? It's sooooo interesting! She is so pretty...
And those are the grape images from early 40's.

This was found between old vinyl and papers. An image of an old inn, wish I could have been there at the time when the photo was taken... Sometimes I really think I should have been born in 19th century!!!

And that is my little stash of real gems! 1897 edition of Little Lord Fauntleroy, roll of really old wall paper (I hear you ask: what's she's gonna do with it?), really cute make up bag and two heart - shaped hungers found in a small shop of no consequence to anyone apart form those lucky enough to find it! Hidden from the main street at 5 Watchbell Lane there is a shop called "My house" which is a real heaven! I couldn't take my eyes of their products and Rob had to drag me out form there! If you happen to be in Newport you MUST visit this shop!

What I found on Isle of Wight, part I

Just got back form a week's holiday on Isle of Wight. Yet again the British summer turned out disappointing and the best day we had on Friday which was our last day on the I.O.W. But even in the worst weather me and my husband can find weird things to do. We spent few days practising our best past time activity: going round charity shops and antiques shops. You wouldn't believe what we found! Rob of course was in the vinyl section, me by the books and old photos. I found some treasures there: 1904 Little Lord Fauntleroy, 1914 Mini Bible and Psalm book, old postcards and stamps, really nice fabrics and embroidered tablecloth! This sparked of course two day crafting session. Here are the results of it:

This is a birthday card for my mum-in-law. Yet again I used an image found on the Graphics Fairy website. Added few paper flowers and lace (Jan is a famous lacemaker).

vintage, vintage

With so many beautiful papers available I just couldn't help myself... It's all about vintage nowadays and great thing is, you can use almost anything. I particularly like the mulberry paper flowers available from wild orchid crafts. Just add some leaves, raffia ribbon and done! For the cards I made here I searched the net and found lovely old photos, frames and labels. Each card is individual and has got that personal touch. I recommend you visit http://www.thegraphicsfairy.com/. Amazing place!!! Enjoy!

Playing with crayons:)

This little wall hanging was made using..... crayons! Yes, all you do is draw your chosen picture on a piece of linen, put it between two pieces of greaseproof paper and iron! And done! Decorate it with beads and metallic thread. For a great choise of therads go to http://www.lacewingdesigns.co.uk/

Just few cards

These are cards I made a while ago and for the first time ever! I discovered crafting when I was making my own wedding invitations, it was a task I took on without any previous experience and didn't realise it would lead to many other great things! I discovered patchwork, bobbin lace, crochet, card and papercrafts, knitting and the crafting magazines are so full of wonderful ideas and constant inspiration that I want to try all of it:)

These cards were made using felt, beads and threads. Felt is such a wonderful material to work with. All you need is to put few decorative stiches through it and done!