Lovely Gifts and Arty Farty

 I got home from work today to find I had received the most gorgeous heart from my SCC friend Beki

I saw one similar it in her shop and on FB and loved the material but it was not suprisingly sold ....very folk arty which I love so I was thrilled to find she had sent me one as a thank you for a tiny bit of help I gave her

Beki hunny thank you so very much it means alot to me :)

And if that wasn't enough she also included some really pretty CK tissues which I am actually going to try some decoupage with...wish me luck

On Sunday my DD dragged me screaming to Fosse Park shopping centre ...she does this occasionally as I'm the only one who will give her my honest opinion on whatever she trys on and I tend to get her to try things on she wouldn't normally and she usually ends up buying them so anyway she bought me this lurvely purse/wallet  20x11cms and I love it....don't really like UJ stuff but I think its the subdued colours I love on this ...so I have really been spoilt ...thank you girls xxxxx

Now who do you think would buy this coaster with a daisy on....hmmmm sorry but no prizes for a
 correct answer.  I added the name and a pretty pink hanging ribbon with bow.

Well I think this has become a very strange post ...nothing is where I wanted it and the text is all over the place, I think it will take me a while to get my head round this new format.

I am really enjoying my painting and drawing at the moment and have so many ideas I want to try but sometimes not the energy to attempt them.

I really have to leave the arty farty stuff until the weekends as after work am just too knackered after making teas and pack-ups ......... the mojo just aint havin' none of it!

My life is full of stuff..stuff..stuff

I must make a dozen lists a week about various subjects

Lists of stuff to do next day at work, stuff to do when I get home from work, stuff to start on that I've sold, stuff to buy from next door for tea,  general stuff that needs doing in the house, stuff that needs doing in the garden

So much stuff to do....

My best friend and I often think we'd be happy in a convent ...I room, 1 bed, 1 chair, 1 table, 1 sink, 1 toilet, 2 changes of clothes....what more do you need....nothing to remember but then again nothing to forget...

no worries...no stress...no pressures

life of bliss or life of boredom?

I just wish you could buy bits of memory in tablet form so that I would never have to write another list that I more often than not forget where I've put anyway.

Oh to be a teenager that knows it all and can't be told anything and probably has never had to compile a list !!!

Starting to top up my shop

Over on the SCC forum we are having an auction for Angels charity KIN (Kids in need) ...we donate something to be auctioned and the buyer sends the payment to Angel, anyway Maypole won a gilt/Limoges trinket box that I donated and can I find the chuffin thing nooooooooooooooooooo!!

I really don't know where else to look. I've looked in all the normal places a menopausal woman would put something safe,,freezer..cooker...tumbledryer but its nowhere to be found, so I think its sniffer dog time!

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Today I thought I had better start topping up my shop, so I painted some circular coasters, not to be used as coasters but I may hang 3 of them on one wide length of ribbon and sell as a set, and the other 3 will, I think, be sold singulally .

I hope a little girl would like these hanging in her room, my daughter loved them and shes 25 :)

These flowers will probably have a ribbon loop added for hanging, so could be hung as a set or separately

Having seen these my daughter wants me to paint her some coasters for her work colleagues for Xmas, along with a pretty china mug each with a selectinof Thorntons delux chocs in cellophane.....shes sorted lol.  I thought it was a lovely idea, just got to see how she wants each one personalised :)

I will be painting more tomorrow and Sunday ...can't wait as it feels like I haven't painted in such a very long time xx

And the winner.....

.............of my Pencil Portrait giveaway is I'm delighted to say the gorgeous  Melmel

This will be a very special portrait and I only hope I can do her brother justice.

So Mel if you could email me some photos I promise I will do my very best for you hun xxxx

My Giveaway!!!!!

Following on from my previous post where I found the posters for my Pencil Portraits after cleaning out our sheds on Saturday....

I thought maybe that would be good giveaway, no not the drawings of my son but a portrait of your choice......I think its a good idea ..I've not really thought it through but as long as you have a good clear photo to email to me I can't see a problem ...and the only proviso would be

to allow me to use it for promotion.

The size of the finished drawing would be A4 or smaller if preferred so if you can just leave your comments of why you'd like to win a portrait ......I'll leave it open untill...hmmm not sure really probably a couple of weeks ....if you could spread the word of the giveaway it would be much appreciated.

Hope you like the Giveaway

Thanks so much xxxx

Just found these in our shed

Over the weekend DH and I have been clearing out our 2 sheds, 1 brick and 1 wooden. We literally emptied EVERYTHING onto the lawn and found stuff we had forgotten about and stuff we wish we could forget about , but alot of it was great to find.I did these pencil portraits about 14/15 yrs ago, they are of my youngest DS who is now 19 and would probably be totally embarrassed by them now , but I used to put them in the windows of local shops and that was how I earned my pennies in those days before FT work.

These 2 photos of DS2 always make me smile I love them and him so much esp the top one with the missing tooth. I used to do fairly well charging £15 for an A4 size drawing. I occasionally do them now but usually only for family and friends.  ….this morning he woke with a hangover.... awww how time flies lol

I am also trying this Window live writer for the first time for blogging and it is soooo much easier to use and great for adding photos…I didn’t realise it was on my PC and will definitely be using it from now on.

EDIT !! When I previewed this post it had overwritten my last post about the corner cabinet but left the comments as if they were for this post and took away some photos I had just put in the side bar ...grrr not such a sinch as I thought :)

Ooooops I've done it again!!

I won a lovely little pine cupboard this evening....I have been wanting a corner cupboard for a while now for the bathroom to hold the toothbrushes , shaving stuff etc.

I just don't like seeing it all on show and I'm not a fan of bathroom cabinets either so when I saw this I was really pleased...bid on it and won and said goodbye to another tenner lol

I was initially thinking of painting it but will wait to see if the wood is as nice a colour as it seems,if so I will leave well alone, as I think it looks lovely

I keep saying I'm not buying anything else and then I just take a peek and I'm snuckered!!

Ha I have just reread this post and had to laugh where I've written that I don't like to see toothbrushes, shaving kit etc lol makes me sound quite anal but I am soooooo not....and don't have a houseproud bone in my body ...as my MIL always said
''A blind man would be glad to see it''
but I think my home would be the exception to the rule...I kid you not ha!

...and another win....

Just a quickie...

I have just won 12 doors plus drawer fronts in pine for £10....so pleased as the doors we have at present are beech laminate with those long handles which I hate with a passion and being laminate I was reluctant to paint.

These are just what I wanted as I can paint them and change the handles and they are a fairly classic design.

Just got to decide what colour now Cream?....Duck egg blue?....Eau de nil?

Not bad though a kitchen makeover for a tenner :)

Think I am going to get an electric paint sprayer as its so much quicker.

Now I really must keep away from Ebay until I paint and sell some things lol

Latest Ebay wins

These are my latest wins on Ebay.

Now the black iron veg rack was far nicer than described or photographed, she really didn't do it justice at all.....its about 25cm wide at the top and 40cm at the base whereas the photo to me makes it look the same width all the way down and its almost 3' tall.

I was originally going to paint it cream and put it in the bathroom for DDs toiletries/cosmetics but it really does seem a shame to paint it. DH likes it so it may well go in the Kitchen and be used for what it was made for 99p not bad :)

From the same lady I bought, again for 99p this plate rack with 6 hooks for cups.....this is definitely going to be painted, undercoat done, and be put back on Ebay. Will probably have chooks of some description on each side.

This oval coffee table will be painted cream and distressed with a centre motif or something around the edge, not sure yet, but that is also destined for Ebay again.

Lastly From the same seller as the coffee table is this small side table/bookcase which again will be painted like the table ...this I may keep to replace a cupboard I have and in turn repaint the cupboard unit and put that on Ebay and they were £10 for the 2.




I'm still painting the chairs I bought.....Jeeez its a horrible job, the sanding, undercoating and topcoating is what takes the time the decorative painting nothing in comparison.

Well I've just won this table, I was going to bid on one before which I put a photo of in my last but one post but I forgot to Duh!

Well I've been watching this as I really wanted one to go with the 4 chairs I am painting, and really the other one was a bit small, I contacted the seller as the top looked slanted but she assured me its because she forgot to take a photo when she dismantled it so balanced the top on just for the photos.

I asked her if she would take a BIN price , she asked me to make her an offer, but I changed my mind thinking my offer of a tenner would be laughed at, saw tonight no offers had been made so with 3 mins to go I put in an offer of 99p and won...YAAAAAAY

Must admit I will feel abit guilty handing over my pound coin and waiting for change...joke

Hoping to sand and wax top and like I mentioned before, in a previous post, may paint a faded motif in the centre but will paint pedestal cream and distress.

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I think I m suffering from Ebayitis as I am watching 56 items EEEEEEEEK actually not all of them are for buying , some are just out of curiosity like the most horrendous so called shabby chic desk that I or those at SSC have seen ....seeing is believing...enjoy :)....Gawd I hope the seller isn't one of my followers :(


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Help!! advice on chairs needed please, plus Mitmots tray makeover.

Sneaked these photos in as Mitmot finally received her tray today.

When she heard I painted Mitty very generously sent me some lovely French trays and a breadboard (Pin up Girl), but would not take any payment for them.

She asked if I would paint this tray for her like I did a mirror in one of the SCC swaps

The result.....

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Ok Ladies I need your advice on these 4 chairs I won on Ebay about a month ago.

What to do with them?....

I am undecided whether to go the same way as the Rocker in my previous post ...or to paint and distress or whether to just sand and clean up and apply a floral motif to the plain wood on the back and seat

To do them each different but coordinating?

To sell in pairs or singulally?

So your advice would be reeeeeeally appreciated please.

Also...........




I can get this table for £10 ...should I? its a BIN on Ebay ...was on before and noone bought but I thought if I bought and either painted and added a centre motif.....or painted just the base and sanded the top and added a motif to the bare wood?

So if I did get the table should I sell with 2 chairs ...or sell all 5 items separate and link to each....ARRRGGGGGHHHH I'm useless at this :)

Rocking chair makeover

Well I've finished painting the Rocker....to see the before picture go to last post....I really enjoyed doing this and am really pleased with it.

My one dilema is whether to put it on Ebay starting price 99p or £4.99 which is the price I paid for it

Not really alot to say about this really , basically what you see is what you get...I'll let the pictures do the talking.

I've never sold anything on Ebay before so any tips gratefully received wish me luck xx

Ebay win,lovely hearts oh and a yucky cabinet

This is my latest win on Ebay I was over the moon as about 5 yrs ago I begrudgingly threw an almost identical one out as I had nowhere for it to go, as rockers take up above average floor space especially if you want to rock in them :)

My last one was unpainted and I made a seat and full length back cushion but this one will definitely be painted, with maybe a floral design on the seat, and be outside the back door with the table and chairs which are under a sort of covered pergoda, which I love as we can sit outside even when its hammering down.

I got it for £4.99 not bad eh? ......she had 2 but I thought a pair would look naff lol...picking it up Friday yaaaaaay.

Now this delightful? bathroom metal cabinet that was in our bathroom when we moved in about 20 yrs ago, its abit worse for wear and is rusty, I'm not sure if it is infact worth saving ...what do you think I've no experience of rust what do I do? and is it worth saving mmmmmmm not sure at all

Not sure why I took the photos of it upside down lol ooooh and you can see the sofa we're dumping ...its been in the garden all so called summer and has been great for just slumping down on and vegitating:)

Now for the lovely bit, if you saw my last post about my dresser you would have seen the lovely heart hanging from the cupboard which the gorgeous Mary Poppins sent to me.

This was my very first heart and after not being overly keen on them, this one heart singulally changed my mind...well then 2 of my lovely blogging buddies didn't like to think I only possessed one heart so the oh so talented Little Gem and the beautiful Mel from Country in the town who incidently has an absolutely fantastic giveaway on her blog,
each sent me a beautiful hanging heart, Mel also sent a mini heart with 2 lavender candles and Gemma sent me one of her amazing handmade brooches.

I was so overcome at these wonderful acts of kindness and thoughtfulness and will be returning their kindness in the future , thank you bothe so much xxxx

Here you can see my gifts all together ......

Mary Poppins sent me the Green floral one, LG the pink and Mel the embroidered one :)

This is the smaller of the 2 hearts Mel sent me and also the lovely handmade brooch from Litte Gem

Close up of Mels heart:)

Little Gems gorgeous brooch and then the lovely card she sent which was made by our own Bloomin Myrtle How lovely is that ?

And there they are all looking stunning and they have really made me happy ..thank you so much girls you are so so lovely mwah xx