Umbrella print girl

In keeping with my last stitches post, here is my entry for the annual umbrella prints competition...
A little parcel of fabric scraps arrives and you create something.. anything !...   she was supposed to have a handsome partner to act coy with.. but time as usual..
Anyhows in true blogger spirit, I am doing a giveaway, so please leave a comment and she can be yours !
I'll select winner after the jubilee : )
Oh also !  if you repin from the umbrella pinterest board and my lady wins, I get prizes... so you know you scratch my back etc etc... ; )

recycled spots and stripes

a little lady I made...
my friend loved her daughter wearing this little leggings outfit when she was little but realised it was a bit sentimental just keeping it in a drawer so she asked me to create the material into something...


Ive been meaning to 'set up shop' doing this as Ive been asked to do this a few times now.. what do you think, feedback or ideas gratefully received !

A bit of colour under your feet

How lovely are these ?...



I came across them via pinterest, hand hooked rugs from America. Theres other designs but I loved the handmade feel to these... unfortunately only available in the states... from dash and albert

mini message

Great graphics AND message ....and soundtrack  : )

mooses in bonnets

Went to the collect show at the saatchi gallery this weekend...
www.craftscouncil.org.uk/collect/
quite a mind blowing selection of talent, I only had my phone so apologies for the quality of these photos...  but these were just some of things that caught my eye...
I fell in love with a red enamelled tray,  at the reasonable price of £32. 50, it was coming home with me... just before I made a total ass of myself, i realised it was £3250..  there were some hefty price tags but also huge amounts of talent..

(Apologies again for not naming the artists but there were so many separate stands from different galleries it was hard to keep references )

killer pirates

7 a.m  this morning... "come on mummy, lets play bad, killer pirates "........
I suppose I should be glad ... he usually wants to play mummies and hamsters and beginning to worry about his attachment to pink.....

things id like to make... number 659

Another one to add to the 'crafts to do' list... spied this on a norwegian blog -
norskeinteriorblogger.blogspot.co.uk
Always liked a bit of pimped up ikea...  Ive even got some decoupage paper as was going to jazz an old chair up... but guess what, its been sitting there for a good 6 months now.... watch this space...
but don't hold your breath .....

clouds

Just been blogging and found this and had to share... if there was a rainbow it would be just perfect www.berndnaut.nl

london, lego and boogie eye glasses

Visited the wonderful London town this weekend... always enjoy it...always have the same conversations about what property you could buy at home for the same price, how many people can live and travel in one place etc. etc.  ; )       (more of these city prints from www.etsy.com/shop/blancucha )

 Legoland... a day of two halves... started by paying a ruddy fortune to get in, we were cold, it was rainy...kids wouldn't go on any of the rides... it was grim.. Then the pirate show seemed to book us up and after an all you can eat pizza buffet the day slowly improved...

Also got to the V & A where the best bit for Ruby was the 'magic' glasses she had in her kids backpack thing...see below... (she's really quite beautiful... )  lunch in the rather nice cafe where the lights and ceiling impressed me at least.  Then the Science museum where there was a fab thing which was like putting your hands in water and fish swam over.. only it was just a mat... wanted one.. you know for the downstairs loo extravaganza...

things aren't good in fish land...

not sure whats going on with the fish.. but one seems to spend his time at the top and the other just lies on the bottom.... maybe they've had words... and I've changed the water, cleaned the pump, been really careful with the chemical drops... but the glass still has a greeny hue the next morning... hope they are not on the way out already..