Blimey what a weekend it has been so far!
Elizabeth came home from school on Friday with very knackered shoes (typical as it's nearly the end of the year) so we promptly put them in the bin and said we'd get a new pair. Well off Elizabeth and I went on Saturday morning to our favourite discount shoe store (Clarks and Start Rite seconds so much much cheaper) only to have no new shoes after an hour of trying many on. She did get some new slippers though and we joked that she may have to wear them to school on Tuesday!! After spending Saturday afternoon searching local towns for shoes with three tired children in tow, (Simon was in bed with a very fat face as he had visited the dentist on Friday as he had a 'bit of a tooth ache' and they had yanked out one of his wisdom teeth. The mad man that he is went back to work and although the tooth ache has gone he now has face/headache instead. Poor baby!!) and trying to distract their attention from an old man masturbating on a bench, not pleasant but I think it was only me that saw, ugh! We still had no school shoes, Francesca did have some nice pink sandals but that wasn't quite the plan!!
So this morning we set off to Deepdale in Preston to the big huge Brantano but still no shoes! So in desperation we went to Clarks and paid full price for shoes (haven't done that since their first shoes)! While we were there it seemed bad manners not to visit Borders and Hobbycraft, so we now have lots of new books, mostly for the children and Simon, and I have some beautiful yarn and some amazing brads that were really cheap and kind of leaped into my arms and begged to be bought and some rubber stamps that were too cheap not to buy!!
The plan tomorrow is to visit Lancaster Castle as we didn't manage it last time as Elizabeth was ill. Lets see if we make it this time.....
Daisie xxx
Sunday, 4 May 2008
Thursday, 1 May 2008
Sea Breeze
More bracelets have been created.....
Here at the top is another Knit-Wit creation, four flowers in baby blue and lemon yarn with baby/icy blue button centres mounted on a woven wristband with a button closure that matches the button centres. Ideas for a name would be welcome (was thinking 'Sherbert Lemon' but the blue doesn't make you think of sweeties)!
Next down is a single flower on a smaller plaited wristband with a pink flower that has a pearly purple button centre. Can you guess who I made this for? Yep, you guessed it, it belongs to Francesca!
At the bottom of this picture is a bracelet I made last night. It has a navy woven wristband with button closure and I have filled it with glass beads in shades of blue and green. I have called it 'Sea Breeze' and I was going to say it will soon be available to buy in my etsy shop but I have just sold it, hurrah! :-)
You will have noticed Nathaniel trying to muscle in on the action above and here he is preparing my goods for their photo;
As 'Sea Breeze' has sold and I've had so much good feedback about it I have gathered together some more coordinated beads and this will be turned into 'Fired Earth' and will be on etsy tomorrow, unless it sells sooner!!
Daisie xxx
Here at the top is another Knit-Wit creation, four flowers in baby blue and lemon yarn with baby/icy blue button centres mounted on a woven wristband with a button closure that matches the button centres. Ideas for a name would be welcome (was thinking 'Sherbert Lemon' but the blue doesn't make you think of sweeties)!
Next down is a single flower on a smaller plaited wristband with a pink flower that has a pearly purple button centre. Can you guess who I made this for? Yep, you guessed it, it belongs to Francesca!
At the bottom of this picture is a bracelet I made last night. It has a navy woven wristband with button closure and I have filled it with glass beads in shades of blue and green. I have called it 'Sea Breeze' and I was going to say it will soon be available to buy in my etsy shop but I have just sold it, hurrah! :-)
You will have noticed Nathaniel trying to muscle in on the action above and here he is preparing my goods for their photo;
As 'Sea Breeze' has sold and I've had so much good feedback about it I have gathered together some more coordinated beads and this will be turned into 'Fired Earth' and will be on etsy tomorrow, unless it sells sooner!!
Daisie xxx
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Lovely Things....
Two thank yous, one for Jenny for sending me a lovely parcel and one for Royal Mail for not losing it!! Inside was this brilliant card which is actually very funny for those that know me in real life (not just in blog-land);
There was this beautiful little bundle;
Inside which was some lovely little chocolates;
There was also an amazing ATC, titled 'Summer Daisies';
Three wonderful button rings, mine is red and black, Francesca wanted the pink sparkles and Elizabeth wanted the purple one;
After a morning opening lovely goodies Francesca, Nathaniel and I went to lunch at Lynsey's and after lots of lovely food Lynsey and I sat and crafted while the children played contentedly. I took along my Knit-Wit and created this rather fancy bracelet. I have layered orange and yellow flowers with a vintage button centre onto a braided wristband with button closure. Not sure about the colour but quite impressed, expect to see more soon;
Daisie xxx
There was this beautiful little bundle;
Inside which was some lovely little chocolates;
There was also an amazing ATC, titled 'Summer Daisies';
A beautiful blue dangly thing for my bedroom;
Three wonderful button rings, mine is red and black, Francesca wanted the pink sparkles and Elizabeth wanted the purple one;
After a morning opening lovely goodies Francesca, Nathaniel and I went to lunch at Lynsey's and after lots of lovely food Lynsey and I sat and crafted while the children played contentedly. I took along my Knit-Wit and created this rather fancy bracelet. I have layered orange and yellow flowers with a vintage button centre onto a braided wristband with button closure. Not sure about the colour but quite impressed, expect to see more soon;
Daisie xxx
Decorative Poo.
Could have kissed the post man yesterday as he delivered my Knit-Wit, yes I know it's cheating but it is such a wonderful thing. I love working with yarn and am quite a good knitter (to say I've only been doing it since Christmas) but my crochet work is not what it should be. I saw a Knit-Wit online while looking for something else but it was far too expensive . And what do we do when something is too many pennies? We put it into eBay and see what turns up. I won it for just £1 and 4 pence :-) It is two amazing plastic devises with sharp pop out prongs (sounds scary I know, not for the children to play with me thinks) that you can twist yarn round and sew together and you can make lots and lots of these, in circles;
and squares;
I made lots last night and have sewn them all together to make a blanket for Bo. Francesca very pleased indeed. Have made some round ones with no border on (just flowers) and Elizabeth wants me to turn them into hair clips for her.
The possibilities are endless, sew them into a blanket, use fine cotton yarn and make doilies, scarves, belts, bags, cardigans......
Whilst getting some jobs done this morning after the school drop, Nathaniel was sitting quite happily playing on the carpet while I bussled about him with a vacuum cleaner but then began to cry. On closer inspection I found he had a pencil of Francesca's (bad sister for leaving it on the floor) that has strings of seed beads on the end to waggle while you write. Three of the strings now have no beads! Social services are bound to take him away now, I put him in the washing up, leave his hands behind at playgroup and now have let him eat beads, I am a bad bad mother indeed! Getting back to the title of my post though, we are such a crafty family that we even have decorative poo (or at least Nathaniel will have in a day or two)!
Daisie xxx
and squares;
I made lots last night and have sewn them all together to make a blanket for Bo. Francesca very pleased indeed. Have made some round ones with no border on (just flowers) and Elizabeth wants me to turn them into hair clips for her.
The possibilities are endless, sew them into a blanket, use fine cotton yarn and make doilies, scarves, belts, bags, cardigans......
Whilst getting some jobs done this morning after the school drop, Nathaniel was sitting quite happily playing on the carpet while I bussled about him with a vacuum cleaner but then began to cry. On closer inspection I found he had a pencil of Francesca's (bad sister for leaving it on the floor) that has strings of seed beads on the end to waggle while you write. Three of the strings now have no beads! Social services are bound to take him away now, I put him in the washing up, leave his hands behind at playgroup and now have let him eat beads, I am a bad bad mother indeed! Getting back to the title of my post though, we are such a crafty family that we even have decorative poo (or at least Nathaniel will have in a day or two)!
Daisie xxx
Monday, 28 April 2008
Happy Birthday Heather!
We need to say a very big happy birthday to my friend Heather who is thirty years old today (she won't mind me telling you)! Heather is my oldest friend, we were at school together from the age of 11, we have very different lives but stay in touch even after all this time. I am so glad that my name then came after hers alphabetically otherwise we'd never have sat next to each other in French when we were sweet Year 7 pupils. We had a lovely teacher Mme. Reese (can't remember how she spelled it, bet Heather knows) who had the biggest 'bingo wings' in the world which filled us with mirth every time she wrote something on the blackboard! She always used to wear the most amazing crocheted vest tops which we made fun of at the time but personally I would go for a crocheted vest top now (how we change)! I posted her present by special delivery on Saturday so it was guaranteed to arrive today (cost a bloody fortune) and I will have very harsh words for Royal Mail if it hasn't arrived!! This is what was in the parcel;
Her maiden name was Salthouse and nearly six years ago when taking Elizabeth on her first seaside holiday in Norfolk I drove through a small village called Salthouse. I took a photo of the sign as you entered the village, it had the speed limit above it and when the photos came back from the developers (blimey, it was a long time ago) I thought it would be good to save for her 30th birthday. I have mounted the photo onto a copy of a map of the area and have put the whole lot onto a wooden frame so she can hang it (probably in the downstairs loo but I don't mind) and think of me whenever she sees it!! The bag was also in the parcel with the kilt pin brooch and a scarf to match;
Goodies from yesterday were fab, have been having a play with them today. I bought some amazing pens for drawing on acetate, expect some more sparkly window cards coming this way. Have made a lovely flying dragon one for Rohana but realised as I dropped it into the post box that I hadn't taken any pics, der! I got some amazing brads and lots of fancy embossed cards. Two lovely tubs of mixed glass beads, am going to make some more beaded bracelets, Mum came and got hers today and was really impressed. Have told her that if anyone asks where it comes from to point them in my direction! Will stick some on etsy soon, still waiting for my first sale. Lots of people have visited me and after only ten days sixty one people heart me (sorry for confusing non-etsy people, go have a look at me and all will be revealed)! Am getting quite obsessed, I check at least three or four times a day how many people love me, Elizabeth asks me how many people love me when I collect her from school, we really should get out more!
And finally a big thank you to my lovely husband who is washing the dishes while I lay in bed with my poorly teething son and the computer on my lap, I love you Simon!!
Daisie xxx
Her maiden name was Salthouse and nearly six years ago when taking Elizabeth on her first seaside holiday in Norfolk I drove through a small village called Salthouse. I took a photo of the sign as you entered the village, it had the speed limit above it and when the photos came back from the developers (blimey, it was a long time ago) I thought it would be good to save for her 30th birthday. I have mounted the photo onto a copy of a map of the area and have put the whole lot onto a wooden frame so she can hang it (probably in the downstairs loo but I don't mind) and think of me whenever she sees it!! The bag was also in the parcel with the kilt pin brooch and a scarf to match;
This photo doesn't really do this yarn justice, it's two or three shades of brown with a bronze thread running through it, I have finished it off with long chocolate brown tassels.
Goodies from yesterday were fab, have been having a play with them today. I bought some amazing pens for drawing on acetate, expect some more sparkly window cards coming this way. Have made a lovely flying dragon one for Rohana but realised as I dropped it into the post box that I hadn't taken any pics, der! I got some amazing brads and lots of fancy embossed cards. Two lovely tubs of mixed glass beads, am going to make some more beaded bracelets, Mum came and got hers today and was really impressed. Have told her that if anyone asks where it comes from to point them in my direction! Will stick some on etsy soon, still waiting for my first sale. Lots of people have visited me and after only ten days sixty one people heart me (sorry for confusing non-etsy people, go have a look at me and all will be revealed)! Am getting quite obsessed, I check at least three or four times a day how many people love me, Elizabeth asks me how many people love me when I collect her from school, we really should get out more!
And finally a big thank you to my lovely husband who is washing the dishes while I lay in bed with my poorly teething son and the computer on my lap, I love you Simon!!
Daisie xxx
Sunday, 27 April 2008
A Good Day!
A big thank you to my Mum who brought me back a big bag of buttons from her last visit to her house in France;
And another thank you for taking me to a huge craft fair at Aintree Racecourse today. Her friend Rohana makes silver clay jewellery and got us complimentary passes (saved us £6 each). Rohana's work is beautiful and I have spent alot of today trying to convince her that she needs to open an etsy shop! Hope she takes my advice and then you can all see her work too!
Mum saw a lovely beaded bracelet but sadly it wasn't for sale so I made her one this evening, not quite sure it's as good as the one at the fair but I am quite pleased with it (excuse the scary 'reaching arm' photo);
Off to bed now, will tell you about all the money I spent on lots of lovely crafty goodies tomorrow!
Daisie xxx
And another thank you for taking me to a huge craft fair at Aintree Racecourse today. Her friend Rohana makes silver clay jewellery and got us complimentary passes (saved us £6 each). Rohana's work is beautiful and I have spent alot of today trying to convince her that she needs to open an etsy shop! Hope she takes my advice and then you can all see her work too!
Mum saw a lovely beaded bracelet but sadly it wasn't for sale so I made her one this evening, not quite sure it's as good as the one at the fair but I am quite pleased with it (excuse the scary 'reaching arm' photo);
Off to bed now, will tell you about all the money I spent on lots of lovely crafty goodies tomorrow!
Daisie xxx
Saturday, 26 April 2008
A Two Cat Family
Firstly, a fond farewell to Mr. Hercule Davies;
The terrible wet (smelly) poo was a sad symptom of the feline leukaemia that Hercule had, he has been unwell for a while and was a very old man at nearly 13. I took him to the vet on Thursday afternoon only to be told that he had a huge mass in his abdomen and that there really was no treatment available for him. I brought him home so that we could explain to the children and let them say goodbye. He had lots and lots of cuddles.
While the girls were at school yesterday I fed him a tin of tuna and some chocolate buttons, both favourites that usually upset his tummy. Figured it didn't matter much. Nathaniel and I took him to the vet and he came out of his box and sat on the table for a cuddle and died while I held him and whispered in his ear. Very sad indeed but less so than having to watch him become more and more ill.
We will miss him very much. His brother and sister (Vincent and Josephine) have had a look for him but don't seem overly bothered. Such is feline love!
Now, lets get to blog business; I received this award from the lovely Twiggy she passed it on to five people but being a fairly new blogger I don't have that many favourites to pass it on to. Swirly said she didn't want one as she already has this one, fine says I! Have to wait for a different one to pass to her (hint, hint)!
So I would like to give this award to;
The terrible wet (smelly) poo was a sad symptom of the feline leukaemia that Hercule had, he has been unwell for a while and was a very old man at nearly 13. I took him to the vet on Thursday afternoon only to be told that he had a huge mass in his abdomen and that there really was no treatment available for him. I brought him home so that we could explain to the children and let them say goodbye. He had lots and lots of cuddles.
While the girls were at school yesterday I fed him a tin of tuna and some chocolate buttons, both favourites that usually upset his tummy. Figured it didn't matter much. Nathaniel and I took him to the vet and he came out of his box and sat on the table for a cuddle and died while I held him and whispered in his ear. Very sad indeed but less so than having to watch him become more and more ill.
We will miss him very much. His brother and sister (Vincent and Josephine) have had a look for him but don't seem overly bothered. Such is feline love!
Now, lets get to blog business; I received this award from the lovely Twiggy she passed it on to five people but being a fairly new blogger I don't have that many favourites to pass it on to. Swirly said she didn't want one as she already has this one, fine says I! Have to wait for a different one to pass to her (hint, hint)!
So I would like to give this award to;
Thanks for all the rantings and support and inspiration ladies!!
Daisie xxx
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