Sunday 18 November 2012

Sunday snippets

Really?  Sunday again already?  One minute, I'm arguing with the alarm clock that it can't possibly be Monday morning again already and then here we are on Sunday night at the start of another week to come!  Madness, I tell you!  Ah well, it's been a lovely seven days and here are some snippets.... 

Crafting supplies for some Christmas goodies I'm working on... 


A trip to a wonderful Christmas barn...

... where I made a new friend!

Sorting and tidying of my writing desk


The best railings ever!  Cats!  Oh my.  
 

The little project my Dad was working on for me is now finished.  Aren't they beautiful?  I'm so pleased with how they turned out! 

Have a great week everyone and I'll try not to leave it seven days before I see you all again!  
Jo x

Sunday 11 November 2012

Sunday snippets

Hi all,
I hope you've had a good week?  Mine has been pretty busy but here's a little insight into my world this week...

I can't get enough of this time of year.  Crisp autumn days and the most perfect colours...



My first attempt at machine sewing some cushions.  They're not perfect by any means but I'm pretty chuffed!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....!


 And speaking of Christmas, I'm preparing some little felt decorations for sewing together later this week... with only six weeks to Christmas now, I'm in full on festive crafting mode! 



Have a good week, Jo x

Monday 5 November 2012

"Perhaps it has been buried for ten years," she said in a whisper. "Perhaps it is the key to the garden!"

She looked at the key quite a long time. She turned it over and over, and thought about it. As I have said before, she was not a child who had been trained to ask permission or consult her elders about things. All she thought about the key was that if it was the key to the closed garden, and she could find out where the door was, she could perhaps open it and see what was inside the walls, and what had happened to the old rose-trees. It was because it had been shut up so long that she wanted to see it. It seemed as if it must be different from other places and that something strange must have happened to it during ten years. Besides that, if she liked it she could go into it every day and shut the door behind her, and she could make up some play of her own and play it quite alone, because nobody would ever know where she was, but would think the door was still locked and the key buried in the earth. The thought of that pleased her very much.

Ever since reading 'The Secret Garden' as a child, I have held a fascination with keys and the possibilities they offer.  A rusty old trunk containing memories, a door to a secret hideaway, the unsurpassed excitement of owning your very own house; a key can offer so much to a dreamer like me!  


Now available in my Etsy shop

Jo x

Sunday 4 November 2012

Sunday snippets

As much as I love photography and try to use my 'proper' camera as much as possible, nothing quite captures the moment like an iphone!  Here are some little snippets from my week... 

A lovely tranquil walk by the river with my little furry friend .  She looks like butter wouldn't melt but two minutes after this photo was taken, she chased a moorhen into the river and then rolled in fox poo... delightful!    



Tea and cake at one of my favourite hangouts


Sweet flowers from my neighbour for puppy sitting


Nice lighting in a shop


My Dad working on a little woodturning project for me - ooh, I'm very excited about this!  


Inspiration for an upcoming papercut


The Christmas edition of Ideal Home plopping onto my mat!


Eeek, only 51 sleeps until Christmas!  

Jo xx