A day out....

On Tuesday we took many steps....we saw birds.......and flowers......and a few sights.......

Snow, snow, quick, slip snow!

This morning I was supposed to be taking part in a walk  - 10,000 steps finishing with a "cream tea"at the Co op store in the centre of town. However due to the sudden change in weather it was postponed till a later date.
After finishing the walk/ cream tea, my colleague and I were to have "hot footed up to the Arboretum Park for a meeting, but guess what....... it was cancelled.
So instead I can show you some pretty things on my windowsills and a "peep" in a box I made for a family activity this Saturday.

After making it I remembered the outside should have been White rabbit and Wonderland inspired!!!!

"A little bundle of joy"

On Wednesday night sometime around 10pm in Prague...........................
born 3 weeks early, caught my brother out of the country, but he's there now.
Now all I have to do is send a card and all those baby clothes I've been collecting.
Have a joyous weekend :)

I do hope it's a girl!!

We (sis and I ) are expecting the arrival of a little niece in a few weeks time, Hope the scans are right - there is always a chance of error. I wonder if a little boy would look good in any of these outfits I have collected!! All have been charity shop purchases.

Mothering Sunday

I have had these lovely flowers and gifts for Mother's Day.....and the sun looks like it is coming out now after the rain so we are thinking of going out for a walk. We might even find a nice coffee stop. PS I have been eyeing up the cute little bag for some time with the thought of using it at my friends wedding next month.

It feels like Spring :)

Some flowers are brightening up my home.
There has been warm sun in the last few days.......look what it was like a few weeks ago!

  

Best Wishes for 2011

Hope 2011 is as sweet as these flowers smell. I was expecting them to be white, but no matter, their scent is wafting throughout the house and reminding us that Spring is not very far away:)

I made these 9 little boxes to fit into this storage unit that sits on my desk. I am undecided how to decorate them to finish off. I might just paint them white. What would you do I wonder?

Still flowering

Went to a visit a garden the other week and these flowers were still adding colour to the spectacular border.

Well dressing design approved....

I finally finished the design for the well dressing I am doing in a couple of weeks at the Honey bee Festival. I don't do so much illustration anymore and find it a bit of a struggle to "get my hand in" The design had to reflect the theme of the festival and I was going to offer 2 designs to choose from, but in the end I only had time to do one , which luckily was well recieved. I scanned it into Photoshop so I can start playing around with different colours. See my earlier posts 31st March and 1st April if you want to know a bit more about welldressing and what it involves

Glorious gardens - Hidcote

The weather was just right at the beginning of the week for a trip out to see these lovely gardens.

....and Kiftsgate

welldressing workshop

Preparation of the welldressing

We made the welldressing today with 56 children from Year 5. It was a very busy day and we all had to work very hard to finish it by the end of the school day. The children did an excellent job as you can see.