Playing hooky..........

I should be in the snow jumping down a hill on a tea tray or some such craziness but instead I had to deal with the terrible orange lampshade that was haunting me (not that I have anything against orange- it was the mold spots that I couldn't bear!

As I told you before I have been after a crochet lampshade for a while and since this shade had rusted on the lampbase a proper refurb was out of the question (It was only £15 from Ebay!) and I'm a bit short of wall space for any of those lovely ribbons with pegs etc everyone else has festooning their sewing rooms and offices I thought since I am a lampshade lady I ought to have a shade notice board...........

and while I was playing hooky the postman rang the doorbell a little too long and woke the baby and I dreaded the next 2 hours of free time completely down the drain but these little darlings have kept Jojo sat next to me faithfully (without him stealing scissors, drawing on anything, demanding Thomas on my computer, etc)

the view from the back door-too cold!

I even got time to sew together some hexagons I had crocheted- not sure what they will be in the end though.....

but the noisy wet red faced children have come home so I'm back to work, but playing hooky has been really relaxing and here's a little peak at the other jobs I started........ see you soon xxxxxx




(I have just reread this post and noticed I hardly ever put a full stop in anywhere, so top marks to anyone who can read it in one breath- I'll give you a call if I lose the pump to the paddling pool!)

giveaway results in

My son has impartially picked Tess at driftwood as the lampshade winner, sorry honey, I've been so slow to get it sorted -the workroom has been a real time sapper!

There's still all those shelves to paint white and a cornice to put along the top to makes them look like they are all one item on furniture the problem is I still haven't decided on the flooring which should really be done before I make it impossible to move the furniture, silly me!

Oh if only there was a time machine in my washing up bowl!

There's not a minute to spare in my day at the mo (so why am I blogging? because no bloggs= brain fog!) I have been building shelves and unpacking and repacking the boxes, junking it, recycling it and charity shopping it till my mind goes blank. Then when I finished that I started making a few lampshades (christmas rush!) so that added even more boxes (dear customer please forgive me if I post my junk and keep my lampshades as there really is so many boxes everywhere) I am refurbing my sewing/dining room on a budget mostly because my husband was making hints about getting a skip for all my stuff! But still in my head I am wishing that I either had some pennies or a time machine so that I could do this job really beautifully for example my floor will have to stay a dull lino grey until I can find time and money for a week of moving everything out again to make space to put something lovely down............ if I had all the time in the world this is how my floor would look............

the design files


ohdeeoh

paisley wallpaper
of course if money were no object I should like my fabric as stored in one of these....


Graham & Green


Miss kris studio

Pottery barn
But as it is the colour and pattern will have to wait until the new year when Hubbie goes snow boarding and I have bundles of evenings to paint in I hope to have made enough progress by monday to give you a sneaky peak!

Don't forget my giveaway is still open for a few more days...........

2 years gone by................& .Give away

I have just discovered that yesterday was exactly 2 years since I started blogging........... which was such a coincidence as I was just looking to see when my hundredth post was-which will probably be in 2012 If I don't get moving!
I wanted to say a huuuuuuuge thank you very much to all the inspiration I have recieved over the last 2 years, I haven't always been a big commenter on many blogs but I have added up that there are at least 160 blogs that I read from each day. They fill me with so many ideas, Beautiful things to crochet (which I would never have started without coverting Attic 24"s lovely blankets and Dottie Angels funky style)..........

Tasty things to cook, Lovely photos to uplift (Lobster and Swan)below

Fantastic things to craft or buy (Sea Angels, A small bite of Mondo Cherry,) fresh and funky ideas about the world that's going on in amazing places I will never see (planes are sooooooooo unnatural!) Ideas for my house and what not to wear. I have enjoyed every baby photo, envied every holiday, cried a few times over your triumphs and disasters and received much support when things went so badly wrong last year with the fire.
I open your posts like supprise parcels and and am so disappointed when I run out of things to read, and I am beginning to bore non-bloggers with things I have seen and heard so here's to you girls (and maybe guys too) and as a little sign of my appreciation I have a treat for you. I will send an E-voucher to one winner for my free bespoke lampshade service. You send me the fabric and trimming and I send (open to anywhere in the world) a drum lampshade 8", 10"or 12" in the depth of your choice. Just leave me a little word or two about what in inspires you in your favourite blog, and hopefully I'll end up with plenty more new things to read!