Treats......

Well I've waited 2 weeks to get to the Cath Kidston shop in Winchester and today my sister in law and I did a little bit of shopping. I spent a while in there ogling all the eye candy, I just couldn't decide which bag to get. There were also lots of other lovley's calling for me to take them home, but I was good and just got myself this gorgeous messenger in the stunning new blue candy flowers print.

Even the lining is scrumdidlyumpscious don't you think?

We popped into the cook shop, which is one of the places you must visit in Winchester. I got myself this lovely pack of CK serviettes in the new Provence rose pattern. I plan to do a little bit of decoupage with these.

This very pretty fabric came in the post this week, It's from the new Tilda range. I'm loving the rose print especially in blue. I had ordered these with the new Tilda pattern booklet but that hasn't yet been dispatched :o(, I really wanted to get stitching from it too. Roll on half term. I'm going to get some serious crafting done.

I also bought these fabrics from C&H fabrics today. I needed some plain and more neutral shades. A girl can never have enough fabric.

I even got hubby's Valentines day card and pressie today too. Now that's far too organised for me. I think it was the influence of my very organised SIL.

Thank's to all you lovely ladies for the kind comments you all left on my last blogpost, they really did cheer me up no end. Thankfully Beau is now on the mend. In fact he's almost back to his normal springy self and eating well, so the weight is starting to go back on.

Have a lovely weekend folks.

TTFN

Pixie xxxxxx

A Day at Home........

Well after a month of waiting my Laura Ashley fabric that I ordered in the sale a month ago finally arrived yesterday morning. But no crafting was done yesterday, as I went out to lunch with my parents and brother as its little brothers 25th Today. We had a lovely time. We must have been tiny tots the last time we went out as a family with just the four of us. Today I wanted a nice day pottering around at home. I still got up at 6 am as usual, and did a bit of blogging. I had a nice hot bath and didn't put a scrap of makeup on. My next door neighbour knocked the door this morning and gave me a bunch of daffodils which was very sweet, and I'm looking forward to them flowering. I did some washing and few household chores, then made a pattern for some bunting and cut that out, and made myself comfy on the sofa and started to stitch it up whilst watching 'Tales from the Green Valley' which I've rented from amazon.
And then, I thought I'd have a bash at making iced buns. I've never made any before, and was pretty pleased how they turned out, although they are bigger than I thought they'd be, so next time I'll make them smaller, also the batch on the top shelf were in a tad too long and got too brown but they taste scrummy, hubby loved them too.
I'm hoping to finish stitching the bunting tonight so will post a pic tomorrow. xx

Pretty Fabric & an Idea......

The FQ's of fabric I ordered from e-bay came today. I'd never got fabric from this seller on e-bay before, but they were so reasonably priced and I'm very happy with them. My favourite is the cream with the polka dots and flowers on, and I'm also loving the pink polka dot one. Also this yankee strawberry melt arrived, which smells scrummy. It made all my post smell nice, I expect even the Postman smelt nice! (not that I go around sniffing postman).

I had a brainwave yesterday! I know its dangerous and doesn't happen very often. :o) I was looking at the hooge cork notice board in our kitchen which just seems to gather crap, and thought "I really hate that". So I decided after consulting hubby, that I'm gonna take it down and chop it in half. Then I'm going to cover it in the prettiest fabric I can find, and relocate it to the hallway. Anything I can use to cover the hideous artex in the hallway is fantastic in my book. So that leaves a big space on the kitchen wall. So inspired by Mel Mels peg rail, I've decided I want one too, so I'm on the lookout for a cheap one I can makeover, or hubbys gonna make me one. I intend to paint it either cream or pink. I had a lovely apron from my SIL a couple of years ago as a birthday present which is just too pretty to be hidden in the cupboard, so that will hang on the rail as well as some CK tea towels. I might put some pretty tins or china on top too. I'm itching to get it done now, will post pics when its finished.