LETS HAVE SOME NICE PICCIES, JUST BECAUSE!!!

JUST BECAUSE IT'S SPRING!!! Finally

just because i like him............

This is Hermann the mighty bunny!!!!!!! look at those paws!!!

and this one is just sooooo cute!!!

YES! My name is Jane and I have a thing about bunnies!!! just want to hug 'em and kiss 'em.

Books

Can't you tell it's been payday. I'm so bad,

Havn't started them yet , but they both look great. ' Things to make ............etc http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0571230601

is of interest, as I've not seen many novels with a theme of needlework, A passion of mine!!! so should be intesting.

and 'The Garden spells' http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garden-Spells-Sarah-Addison-Allen/dp/0340935723/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206819279&sr=1-1 sounds wonderful.

AGE!!!!

Why is it nobody tells you that life doesn't stop changing at 21. It seems that they forget to tell you that once you get to that magical age of 'grown up' ( when -ever that maybe, I've certainly not reached it yet!!!) but we'll say 21 for argument's sake , that you don't stay the same, but continue to change .

I have a theory , well it's not mine, probably a Buddhist thing or something, but anyway, I think that your personality goes in 7 year cycles, and by the time you have reached the end of a 7 yr thing you have evolved into someone different.

I'm 42 this year and am certainly feeling very different, even different from 2007. Granted we had major life changes happen

1. moved from Sussex to Dorset

2. changed jobs

3. I got really ill and has surgery to remove my thyroid, but now feel better than i have in the last 2yrs.

But it's not just the big things. I 've never really been a fan of 'yellow', nothing really against it, but i definitely wouldn't paint it on my walls.

Well, I would now!!! I really want a yellow bedroom! it just seem to make me smile. so I'm not going to resist. it's just such a cheery colour.

the amazing top photo comes from this blog http://awesomephotos.wordpress.com/category/flower/ take a look at some truly magical photos.

life cycles..............

We have an agreement in our house , I do the cleaning and the scotsman does the cooking and food shopping. I can't abide the supermarkets and always end up with two weeks worth of picnic food and nothing for dinner. But today was different. for a start I wanted to go to the wonderful Lush http://www.lush.co.uk/

I've been using there products for years, 20+ yrs to be precise and they have a shop in Poole. now I really don't like Poole for shopping, but I will make the sacrifice for Lush!!! so off I went after a short, but wonderful time, sniffing and purchasing goodies, the scotsman picked me up , but then we had to go to the dreaded TESCO!!!! BUT HERE'S A BIG CONCELATION , STRAWBERRY BEER!!!!!!!

about 4 yrs ago we went to the dartmouth regatta, my parents live there, so we had been a few times, anyway they always have a large craft tent, and a very good one at that, with local beers, wines, food etc. and that is where i first tasted the delight that is Strawberry beer, now I have been searching for the stuff ever since, found lots of other belguim beers, but the strawberry was elusive.

But now I have a perfect night lined up, Strawberry Beer, Tesco's own Cappacino coffee chocolate and 'Rosmary & Tymne ' on the telly. Sad I know, but I'm easily pleased!!!

BEUTIFUL LADY..........

I have a bit of a thing about chickens...... I don't collect things with chickens on, I just have a longing for some chickens, I just think they are soooo pretty and there must be something quite magical having your own fresh laid eggs. I was hunting around for some pictures of the lovely feathered ladies when i popped into this ladies blog http://snapdragongarden.typepad.com/snapdragons_garden/ and look who i found , isn't she lovely 'This is Treela - who wants to be a house chicken.'

good!!!

spring is peeking around the corner

my blankie

my first atempt at a crochet blankie, very cosy

and the start of a new granny square blankie only about another 120 squares to go!!!

I just love all the pretty colours
one tired out pooch , it's a hard life for Levi!!!

new obession

My first crochet book, and it is marvelous, i would recommend it

It all started with this

and a collection of this

and this is the progress so far

I can see a long and happy friendship, although i have always had a bit of a thing for knitted/crocheted blankets

more feet

these lovelies where bought at the end of last summer, so the're still waiting to be broken in

and some old favourites

these are classics, pink suede creepers love em'

can't walk in these, but look at them!!!!

just what every woman needs, pink cat boots

ah a basket of flip-flops, roll on summer

shoes

I love colour and shoes, so no surpeise that i fell for the crocs.

the first love was clogs!!, I'm still looking for an orange suede and a lime green suede pair!!!

just a small selection of my lovelies

the perfect pair, wedge, bright colour and comfy, you can dance all night in these babies

hard to walk in , but beautiful just the same

I'm still Hibernating.........

I'm not coming out from under the duvet yet, and my heating is broken, just when there is a gale blowing outside!!!!! POOP.

Books that inspire..............

I bought this when it first came out but it only came to the top of the 'to read' pile at Christmas. It is marvelous, I'm loving it and trying not to read it too quickly as it will be over too quickly, LOVE IT!!!! Jane Brocket is a true inspiration. I worked for 16 yrs as a professional costume maker, but recently with illness and having to do the 9 to 5 , I've lost my 'Creative mojo' I knew I NEED to sew/knit/paint, but wasn't sure what direction to go in, Jane Brocket had the answer.............. do what pleases you!!! Simple but so true.
I've always done the 'domestic' creative things, but never thought of them as the main thing. now I'm buzzing with so many ideas, and I'm teaching myself to crochet, because of this ladies ripple blanket. and she has such a love of colour, the book is packed with wonderful photos.
My husband does the cooking in our place, I will do the odd meal and love baking, but I can't get to grips with the day to day cooking stuff, but I do so love to read a good cook book, not the practical looking ones, but the ones with the pretty pictures, there is definitely a pattern forming here.............Pretty pictures............. I have actually tried some of these recipe's and they are great.

A NEW YEAR!!!

Iwas going to just keep this blog to show what I make, but maybe I should make it a little more personal. So I'm going to include things that inspire me, amaze me and make me smile!

So this is my workroom!

costumes I've made over the years....

Here's a bit of festive sparkle

These where all costumes I made while working for a company doing alot of Ice shows, so lots of sparkle.