Little Fabric Scraps

Afternoon all.  I'm starting to get a little excited about the upcoming fabric swap ~ many thanks to you who have already entered together we will make little packages of happiness to send to each other's doors. 

If you are still thinking of entering you have still got time, I'll leave it open until Wednesday and I'll pair us all up then, just sign up here

My recent makes have been a bit sporadic.  The hexie kits I popped in my Folksy shop have been going well,  there are lots of creative ladies out there who want to get into, or back into making little hexies. 

I've been making more hexies for my own stash too, I have a 'mainly pinks' idea for a cushion for my girly bedroom ~ don't tell the hubby!  I love being surrounded by little fabric scraps.

I finally got a new blade for my rotary cutter so I was trimming and cutting like mad on Saturday, so much so that my wrist is hurting like mad today.

I've made some larger squares 10cm x 10cm these will fit the larger hexies I have but I will more than likely make them into a patchwork cushion.

I've been making more candles and melts.  I had my first major fail with a batch of tea lights this week, I added too much scent and they were just not right.  They smell amazing but burn up really fast, I'll have to keep these ones for myself ;0) 

I did manage not to botch up the Bubblegum Melts I made, so they made it into my shop.

On a totally different tack, I make myself a 'Sewing Necklace' ~ I've had these charms for ages and thought I would make use of them, quite sweet and 'Sew' me.

Told you my makes were sporadic...

In other news, I've got lots of 'Family Issues' going on at the minute, so I'm a little pre-occupied. 

My blogging has been much less frequent as has my commenting. 

To be fair the commenting is not easy with blogger playing up at the minute but I mainly use my iPhone to read all of your blogs and leaving comments is not always possible on there, depending on Blogger's mood.  I do read each and every post though and I will be back to commenting and posting more often as soon as things settle down.

Love you all lots, and get your thinking caps ready for the swap x

p.s. Can't let today go by without sending a 'Happy Fathers Day' to all the wonderful Fathers out there, especially my wonderful husband, the best Dad and Step Dad any kid could wish for xXx

~ ♥ Back Soon ♥ ~

Bargains and Little Green Surprises

Bank Holiday Monday involved a car boot sale where I bagged a couple of lovely bargains.  This was £2.

Isn't that a lovely sentiment ~ We cannot all do great things for the world but we can do small things with great love.  I need to take it to bits and repair a few of the stitches; even though it's rather shabby I like it!

I am another collector of Ladybird Books.  I grabbed these few at the boot sale, the guy selling them was charging 20p each a few weeks ago but he has cottoned on and now they are £1 each.  I was still happy to pay that though and I had to reign in my excitement when I saw the Cinderella Book.

I have been after this for ages, I had this as a girl and used to pour over and over the beautiful frocks, I remember this vividly from being tiny and I wanted that Blue frock soooo badly.

On the way home I popped into the supermarket and bagged me this bouquet for 75p! (the purple ribbon is from a box of chocolates; i'm such a hoarder)

On to the surprises ~ I know I should not be amazed but I am; I grew stuff!

Little butterfly flowers just peeking through the soil:

Just look at the sweet peas on the right, they sprang out of nowhere in a couple of days - they are now in their own little pots. 

Thanks again Gill for getting me inspired to grow x

I have had lots of lovely comments and a few emails about my little hexie cushion.  It's so simple to do and such a good use of the odd scraps of fabric you have lying about that I thought I would do a simple tutorial to show you how it's done.  I'll be back with that one later in the week.

~ ♥ TTFN ♥ ~