A Big Catch Up

No, I haven't left the country - well, only briefly.  This might be a longish post so you might want to get yourself a cuppa and see what I have been up to.  First of all, we had a long weekend in Brussels in March (it's now the end of May!) and though we left unusually hot, sunny weather in the UK, Brussels was cold and grey.  Here are a few photos from our trip:-

We then had another break down in the lovely rural Essex countryside to see family and attend a funeral and although it rained most of the time, it was nevertheless a peaceful few days.  Here are a few more photos of different jaunts out and about including:-  Waterperry Gardens, Rousham House and St Osyth.

And lastly, photos from last week's visit to William Morris' beautiful Oxfordshire home, Kelmscott Manor:-

Creativity-wise, Nada, I'm afraid.  I have been having a very muse-less time just lately and although I have tried to pick up various projects to work on, I have had to give up on them due to lack of enthusiasm and inspiration.    However, I did stick at one project for a short while and did a little more work on my Spirit Cloth.  To see how it started click HERE.  It still isn't completely finished but is getting there very slowly.

 

I feel bad as  I know several ladies have made a few different cloths in the time it has taken me to do mine!
I even got as far as piecing together another one, which is going to be more unstructured and not so pretty- here's a sneak peak:-

Watch this space ........

Holiday Memories

There's just enough time to post a few holiday piccies of our recent break in Devon, which was absolutely lovely, before we dash off to Brussels on the Eurostar on Thursday for a last minute long weekend.

This collage features images taken at Teignmouth, Dartington Hall and Agatha Christie's home, Greenway all near Teignmouth/Kingswear, Devon.

Back next week!

Google Friend Connect Followers Gadget

Can anyone let me know if there is a simple way that I can get my Followers gadget back again?  I understand that Google have changed this from 1st March but although on my Dashboard I still have all my Followers listed, on my blog page there is only text saying that the gadget is configured incorrectly.  I am hopeless with anything technical like this and I know that other bloggers still have their followers showing under Google Friend Connect.

I would really appreciate any help you can give!  Thanks so much.

Taking A Little Break

No posts for weeks and then 3 in one day - what's going on?!  Well, we are going away for a few days on a little break and I thought I better post a few things before I go.

See you soon!

Thank you Laurie!

My sweet cyber friend Laurie from Indulge Your Shelf sent me this lovely collection of goodies:-

Sweet tiny tart tins, tickets, vintage label and other little art trinkets. Thank you so much Laurie, you are very kind and I will look forward to using them.

Tag Tuesday - Birds

A lovely subject this week, I think, and so nice with spring around the corner hopefully.  Here's my little birdie on a nest with eggs.  The heart shaped tag is covered with scraps of text and sheet music, then painted with light blue acrylic paint.  The edges were distress inked and then the images affixed, together with a couple of lovely spotted feathers, a little paper flower, scrap of old lace and raffia tie.

Pop along and see all the other beautiful tags on the Tag Tuesday blog.

Tag Tuesday - Hearts

I love hearts as any regular readers of my blog will know and with the month in mind, my theme this week is romantic.  I made my tag in the shape of a heart, backed with card for strength and with a patchwork paper background.  Onto this I added scraps of trim and a lovely vintage glass button.  I cut out a scrapbook paper flower which appealed to me and added some scrap lace and fabric "streamers" to the side of the tag.  It is finished with a velvet and lace ribbon.

Close up of lower part of the tag.

The tag without any background "noise".

Pop over to the Tag Tuesday blog to see other gorgeous heart tags.