A bit of Painting and Decoupage and Pinterest

A bit of Painting and Decoupage, a photo by RubyRed06 on Flickr.

Really enjoying painting and decopage at the mo! Loving Pinterest too! It's so addictive and I spent waaay to long on it yesterday!

So much inspiration, prettiness and many gorgeous ideas!
Now the complicated bit for me, was that I had to join Facebook to connect to Pinterest.

I may have mentioned before that I am not good at technical things but my son assured me it is easy to join Facebook! It wasn't, well not if I wanted to do it as RubyRed. First I had to register in my own name, then I could open a page as RubyRed.

Apparantly I can only be known by my username when I have 25 followers, but how will I find 25 followers if they don't know where I am on Facebook!

I am totally confuzzled!I don't get 'following' or a 'fan' either!! Grr!! I think it will take me some time to get to grips with FB, but I will probably be onhttp://pinterest.com/rubyred/ much more than I should be!

Now I must be away, I have orders to post and a mountain of Heart Garlands to make!

Have a Sweet week everyone, and thank you for the lovely comments and emails on my patchwork garland, I really appreciate them!

Still can't post from Blogger, just don't know whats wrong with it!

Rachel x

Flower Patchwork Garland

Flower Patchwork Garland, a photo by RubyRed06 on Flickr.

Wrote a long post on Blogger today but it just won't upload, even from draft! Thought I'd just try from Flickr instead! Made this Patchwork Flower Garland yesterday using all my tiny fabric pieces !Bit fiddly and time consuming, but I do love a bit of handstitching! Hopefully I will catch up with you all soon!
Rachel x

This is a keeper

This is a keeper, a photo by RubyRed06 on Flickr.

Freshly found today, in fact I'm still on a bit of a high about this sweet little print of a Blue Tit on Cherryblossom, but I didn't just find 1, no no no, there were a few, so I thought of my bloggy chums and bought them all! I have popped a few over here if you'd like to take a peek!

Wonderful thrifted fabrics too! My lovely friend Karen found them for me!

Have a sweet day!

Rachel x

New Note Tags

New Note Tags, a photo by RubyRed06 on Flickr.

Made these today, as I ran out of notecards for my Etsy orders! Just a simple card tag and a rose motif cut from a paper napkin. And of course, you can't beat a bit of bakers twine!

Rachel x

The hedgerow

The hedgerow, a photo by RubyRed06 on Flickr.

I really want to improve my photography this year. I took our camera on a country walk today, this was the hedgerow

Hope you are having a lovely Sunday!

Rachel x

Vintage curtains to bags

Every now and again I buy curtains from the charity shop or car boot if I like the print. I've had these 2 sets of curtains hanging around and generally taking up too much space! So on Wednesday I decided to have a bit of a bag making session!

I haven't lined them as the fabric is quite thick, but I have finished the seams with zigzag stitch.

I was going to add corsages to finish but then I remembered the cute bobble trim.

I followed this tutorial which was quick and easy!

I have made 2 for myself and a few for my stall.

My son is making Brownies and they are nearly done, must away to pop the kettle on!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Rachel x

just a few things ....

I wanted to share with you!

A pretty brooch found on one of my little jaunts,

The fat quarters I took to Oxford sold really well last week, so I have been cutting lots more! This pretty vintage candystripe sheet goes on forever!

I love this 1950's fabric too, in fact anything with roses on I seem to be attracted to!

I have popped a few of these Here too!

I love this pretty Colclough china I found at the CS, but I am torn as whether to keep it for myself or pop it on my stall

The cute Westie dog is a little gift for my niece!

These little Scottie brooches have sold well at Oxford too, I love to stitch them, so relaxing.

I hope you are all having a lovely Easter holidays and are making the most of the sunshine, tis gorgeous here!

TTFN

Rachel x