Sunday

First of all, thank you for your sweet comments on my yo-yoing ways, yo are all so lovely!
This morning I was up at 5.45 to go to the boot, in fact 2 boots and a village of garage sales!

Here are some of my favourite finds.The spools of machine yarn in the above photo were only 50p each!

Can't wait to use this pretty fabric!

I love this little tin, but it will go on my stall.

Whoops, the tray is upside down!

A girl can never have enough vintage buttons!

In the afternoon we made a picnic and went to the lovely Old Minster, a village a couple of miles away, we ate our lunch by the river

We spent a few hours reading, lazing, and chatting.It was lovely to be in the sunshine!

This gorgeous house was opposite us on the river. It's a beautiful house with a HUGE garden, I love the thatched roof!

Now we are back home and the Hubster is cooking Steak in peppercorn sauce and chips for tea, followed by homemade chocolate mousse! Naughty but very nice!

I shall have to do my gardening tomorrow as I ran out of time!

I shall be back tomorrow with tales of my Challenge of the Utmost Kind!

Rachel x

Yesterday I went to Cirencester with lovely friends and on the way back we popped to Lechlade antiques centre. I wanted to see Lucy Blooms unit.I also had been pondering about having a unit myself but after a lot of thought I've decided to stick with my stall and my online shops for now!However Lucys unit is lovely.It's laid out beautifully with lots to look at Lucy has made very good use of her space and has a good range of items to peruse!





Beautiful goodies!

Look what she's done with the little spice jars! So sweet!

I did buy a little parcel of Laura Ashley remnants to make items for my stall!(Thrifting is allowed in my challenge)

Aren't they pretty!I shall really enjoy using these!

Also this week I have been working on these.

These will be padded hearts made from teeny tiny scraps of fabric that iIcan't bare to throw away. I've just got to zigzag between the patches next!

I shall do my draw for the giveaway on Monday so feel free to leave a comment on this post or the last and I will pop you in the draw!

Wishing you a Happy Mothers Day for tomorrow too!

I'm just hoping for a relaxing day and a cuppa in bed! We'll see what happens!

Enjoy your wekend whatever you may be doing!

Rachel x

Surprise gift, Brighton and pincushions!

I was having a bit of a feeling down kind of a day, when a parcel arrived tthrough my letterbox. I assumed it was for Hubby, as he had ordered some stuff online.But I was wrong, as I turned it over I realised it had been sent all the way from Italy! Well I was so excited, inside was the most thoughtful and special gft from the lovely Michela at Little Secrets From My Garden

Isn't it gorgeous! A sweet little purse in red leather! I love it Michela I really do!

What a sweet lady you are!

Michela sent a lovely little note saying that the purse was a thank you for the brooches I had sent when she won a giveaway of mine!

Really,there was no need to send me a gift Michela, but it was a very kind thought and I REALLY appreciate it!

It takes pride of place in the bag I had from Hubby from my birthday!

In other news, we had a lovely weekend in Brighton, visiting my daughter at uni .We had a little trip out to Devils Dyke in the South Downs.We Watched the handgliders and people doing this sport, although I don't know what it's called.It was a beautiful clear day butVERY cold.We had a very cozy pub lunch there too!

My daughter and I had a fit of the giggles watching one poor chap trying to take off.He kept trying to run off the edge of the hill but got knocked down by the wind The poor chap must've been knackered by the time he took off! Luckily he was out of earshot so he didn't hear our giggles!

This week I have been working on some new patchwork pincushions . Quite big ones too!

They are made from Hexy patchwork on both sides and I shall be popping them into my Tiny Shop later today!

I just love Hexy patchwork, so relaxing! I love picking the colours and fabrics too!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Rachel x

Blue skies at last!

I'm feeling in such a good mood today and it must be because of the weather!It's beautiful out there, although it may only last for a while!.I had a lovely day out yesterday with Hubby, ON OUR OWN.Much as I love my children it was so relaxing and we only had ourselves to think about!We went to Cirencester for the day, as we haven't been before.The Abbey is wonderful and the grounds are lovely for a picnic, but no picnic for us, oh no,we had a leisurely lunch with a glass of wine.It was heaven!I enjoyed the shopping, hubby didn't .He prefered waiting outside, while I whizzed around the charity shops.He's very patient bless him!He bought me a lovely bagmaking book from Waterstones for my birthday, but I've got to wait another whole month before I get it.He's going to hide it, so I don't take a sneaky peek, he knows me too well.Well thats what happens when you've been married for 20 years!Yes I was a baby when I got married, this year will be our 21st anniversary and I'm not 40 yet! And I still love him to bits!I'm posting some piccies of my buys,but I really must tear myself away from the computer as I have lots of orders to catch up with, a pair of blue baby bootees,a special Get Well Soon card and 8 mug and coaster sets!Have a lovely day everyone!