Heart making and pondering...

♥ Pondering...
over yarn choices amongst several other things.....

I decided to do some sewing over the last couple of days
pressing the foot control and revving up my machine 
never fails to clear my head at such times!
~♥~

I've had a metre of  Cath Kidston 'Boat' fabric
stored away for quite a while now and all this warm sunny weather has made me 
dream of visiting the coast....hopefully, very soon....but until then
 a few seasidey makes to scatter around the house seems like a very good idea.
So lovely to be sewing again too!
Out came my perfectly behaved sewing machine and even my overlocker 
(aka 'Scary Mary'...Oh my, I never quite feel comfortable with this lady!)
 I made the scatter cushions above first and added some handmade buttons
with some of the 'waves' leftovers from the fabric.
The photo is showing the back of the cushion.....but as I quite like it. .. 
luckily, having had enough fabric to match everything up......
it may possibly become the front instead!
I  love making cover buttons and even find it quite therapeutic
...always another opportunity to quietly ponder too....
I seem to have been doing quite a bit of this lately ....
particularly in regard to solving the eternal problem of
how to slow down and simplify my days ...
which seem to be flying by with the blink of an eye!
~♥~

Into my sewing zone...

I also decided to make a few lavender hearts using a few fabric oddments,
and gingham ribbon  (from my ever-growing stash) 
plus a few more handmade buttons.
 I love to pop these hearts over coat hangers in the wardrobes as the 
dried lavender fragrance is just so beautiful and long lasting.
~♥~

I'm loving all the red, white and blue which is around at the moment.
It has always been a favourite colour combination of mine
(especially through the Summer months) 
and the alpaca yarn here is beautifully soft and vibrant.....
I have had a young man in my head for quite a while now
who just may like some of these colours....
along with an extra, vital addition......we shall see...

~♥~

Oh yes!.....I'm now the happy owner of some of Fee's lovely blocks
Thank you Fee... 
I love them  x

(pondering too about future purchases here!)

You can find the link to Fee's shop and her lovely blog here

'Chipper nelly'

I've been busy filling my new cupboard with lots of crafty treasures

(I can't believe how many things have migrated to my new place!)

Favourite craft books...magazines...fabric,

yarn...ribbon... buttons...beads...pencils...

brushes...yarn samples...embroidery threads....

postcards

...the list is never ending...

you will definitely see more of my very large 

and lovely cupboard in the future...

If you are a knitter...are you an Alice Starmore fan?

I now have several of her wonderful books in my cupboard

...which I became completely distracted by once again.... 

(After searching, I managed to find an old copy of 

'The Celtic Collection' on Amazon 

for just a couple of pounds a while ago and it's a real gem)

Alice really is such an inspiration

~♥~

A pretty new china cup for my endless cups of tea also went into my cupboard...
(As everyone around here knows....I just can't survive without my tea)
There is a lovely pull down desk table for me to work from
so lots of tea-drinking will be going on here for sure!

.....and a new mug in which to store my brushes, stuffing sticks and chopsticks
(all vital apparatus in my world!)
Now, I'm looking for a floral swivel desk chair but can't find one anywhere
....Would you let me know if you see one?...
It would definitely make my day!

~♥~

Yes, everything goes into my new (magical) cupboard....

along with my now quite old  CK radio that can be spotted hiding there....

There's a hole in the back of the cupboard for the electricity supply....

Oh yes....everything is catered for here!

♥ Thank you Mr.H for all your hard work building my new cupboard

...I hope I was a worthy assistant  x

(secretly I think he was quite impressed with my strength)

Wardrobes are next on the list!

~♥~

And a bit of a dilemma...

A couple of weeks ago I received a request for The Tearoom Mice,

Candy and Oscar to travel all the way to Italy to take part in a baby fashion 
photoshoot for a very well known and beautiful glossy magazine...

alas they would have had to go into the post immediately 
as the shoot was to take place over the following week and I only had the 

originals available which I had knitted for my pattern pics creating a major
 dilemma...I hadn't ever thought about this kind of a request 
(and I have had a few surprises especially over the last couple of years!)
Although they would have been returned,
 there was always a real possibility of them getting lost in the post
and I have always planned to keep hold of the originals for many reasons....
and so, after lots more pondering, the invitation very sadly had to be declined
with much disappointment around here... ...
but with a firm decision to make stand-ins at some point in the near future!
On the positive side, it really was such a compliment to have been asked....
and for the little people to be deemed so worthy....
Thank you Stella x

~♥~

Well, its time to leave you now lovelies
Thank you so much as always for calling by today...
It's always so good to see you
and I shall be visiting you very soon  x
~♥~
Wishing you a wonderful 

'Diamond Jubilee'

Weekend
Fingers crossed for some sunshine
which seems to have deserted our little corner today !