Being creative

One activity that I find relaxes me is being creative. This can involve sewing, card making, cooking and sometimes even producing resources for school.
Here are some cards I made recently:

And a note pad board I made for having in the caravan:

Sainsburys brighten up my cleaning

I found these cleaning cloths in Sainsburys and they do seem to make cleaning a  little less of a chore.

Aren’t they smashing?

I’m back again

I have been working really hard lately so have had little time for blogging. But today, however, I’m at home with a really bad cold and throat so thought I’d spend some time catching up.
Have found this brilliant site  http://www.oldandinteresting.com/default.aspx
which is fascinating. Here are some previews:
Rag rugs, mats & carpets
Covering floors with woven, hooked, braided, [...]

Our weekend away

This weekend we went away in the new caravan. We had a great time and I certainly didn’t want to return home.
The camp site viewed from the caravan.
Harry having his morning coffee!

February Shabbychic swap

I know it’s rather late but here are some photos of the goodies that Yvonne [Bliss] set me. By the way the heart shape chocs and lovehearts were eaten before I took the photos.

My favourite is the crochet bookmark which as you can see, I use daily.

Leed’s Market photos

When Harry and I went to Leeds recently the taxi driver dropped us outside the indoor market and this is what we saw when we entered:

We were so amazed by it all, that we didn’t look much at the actual stalls but spent the time looking at the roof!
From the outside it looked like this:

I’m still here!!

Have just realised it is over a month since I last posted.  Life has been really hectic and we were away for a lot of half term. We went to Manchester to see father in law and then to Leeds to do some family history in the library. Made some useful break throughs and discovered [...]