£2 Dress

Ok everyone this dress cost me the grand some of £2 form Petticoat lane in London.

Since buying the dress I have also managed to get a Cardigan to match the green

Sassy Seahorse

Here is the Seahorse Cut out sewn up and ready to send out

Goodbye Nan

Sorry I haven't "blogged" anything for a couple of days but my Grandmother

Mary Olive Darke died at 10:15pm on Monday the 22nd of October.

She had been ill for a little while but basically she died of a broken heart she missed my Grandad who died back in February. Then had know each other for 73 years and had been married for 66.

Through trials and tribulation, Sickness and health they stuck together. They only had one child my mum Joan Darke.

Life is slowly getting back to normal but it will take a while as I feel a bit strange not have any Grandparents left in this world.

I think I shall take the tortoises' approach "slow and steady wins the race"

Busy Weekend

Well as today draws to a close I thought I had better update everybody on what I have been doing.

Yesterday (the 20th) DH and I went for a visit to Ripon College Cuddesdon Oxford. This is one of the Vicar Factories that He is looking to attend if he gets through the selection process. It is a beautiful college set in about 90 acres of fields. It is a very peaceful place but equally very close to Oxford so that you are not completely removed from society. All in all it was a VERY good day.
This beautiful, peaceful place has now gone to the top of the list.

This morning after a very sleepy start We all went of to Church. Although have way through the service I suddenly came over all dizzy and faint. Well I did manage to stay till the end fo the service. After lunch I went to sleep for 2 hours cause all my limbs and my head were hurting.

Tonight I have worked more on my seahorse swap for Swap-Bot.




I will post a picture later when I have taken it. I have cut him out of the handmade felt I made on Thursday.



Tomorrow I will start on the Red and white ornament I have to make.

Bad Day on the Craft Front

Well I haven't done much on the craft front today due to the fact that I had a bad nights sleep and woke up this morning and couldn't move.

So after getting the kids to school I went back to bed for a short while. Then I pottered round the house not doing much But I did manage to get some unit done on my Open University course.

Dh then decided that we would go out for lunch and after driving around for a while we decided to go to TGI Fridays.

Well after a lunch consisting of Nachos as a starter and Chicken fajitas and dh's steak we came home in time to get the kids from school.

I then had to go to bed for an hour because I had developed a fibro headache and I just couldn't concentrate on anything.

Can't see much crafting going on tomorrow as we are of to visit Ripon College, Cuddesdon, Oxford to see whether it is the right college for Dh to go next October

Red sky at night Shepherds delight

This is the sunset I can see from my back garden tonight at 18:20

Well hopefully this means tomorrow will be a good day.

Red sky at night Shepherds delight

First Post

This morning I have started this new blog by creating some felt.

I bought the merino tops from Ebay in a beautiful multi green colour. I have rubbed and rolled put washing liquid on them. Plunged in and out of hot water and finally rinsed it in cold water to remove the soap. Now the felt is drying and when it is finished drying I will take it and cut out a seahorse for a swap I am doing on swap-bot.

I will upload a photo of the felt later when it has dried