Homespun and Vintage Fair

Just a quick post to show you some lovely pictures of the Homespun and Vintage Fair today.It was a great success and we all had a really lovely day. I met some fellow bloggers too so I am looking forward to going and having a look over at their blogs.

There were lots of lovely cakes that we all made, they all went down a treat!

Everyone made their stands look really vintage and were certainly very full!!

A beautiful Vintage black lace dress which we all longingly wished we could have, If only we could fit into it!

Vintage Rudolph!!

Lots of lovely handmade brooches and tray cloths.

Vintage floral creations.

                                                      Handmade crochet corsages.

It really was a lovely day! One thing I did not do was take a photograph of my own stand!!!! I will have to wait to show you that when I can get an image off someone else!!!! I have to get making again now as I don't have much of anything else left!! It really was worth the late nights! Am now looking forward to a couple of early nights and catching up on my reading, and it's Downton Abbey tomorrow, so can watch it guilt free!!!
Have a lovely restful Sunday everyone

Look what arrived in the post today!!!!

I had to show you what arrived for me today! I arrived home from my morning outing with Fin and Gabs to see a lovely little parcel on the dining room table for me.It was my Pay It Forward package from Jenevieve at Buttons, Ribbons and other things. Gabs was desperate to get her hands on it and open it but I had to stop her as I needed to photo them first to show you!

A lovely little bag of buttons, love the little tea pots! Gabs has claimed the little bag!! for her precious Hello Kitty necklace!!!

A gorgeous button key ring which is now attached to my keys!

And this really lovely handmade felt butterfly mobile which Gabs also wants in her room! I said no though! It will go above my making table.

I am really pleased with my things and want to say a really big thankyou to Jenevieve.
You will not believe the difference in the weather today it has been a glorious day, I stuck to my plan though and had the morning out and had a very productive afternoon, will show you some things I made next time. We are doing the tourist things tomorrow! going down to the beach and going on the little steam train and no doubt chips and ice-cream will be involved if Fin has anything to do with it! Oh! and no doubt football and scooter will be joining us!!!!!
Have a great evening everyone.

Wey Hey its half term!

Well, it is half term and not only are Fin and Gabs off but so am I!!!! I am going to have a crafty week as I really have quite a few things to do!! So have come to an arrangement with the two little ones, fun things out and about each morning and at home for the afternoons! as it happens have been home most of the day today as the weather is awful as usual for a half term!!! Fin and Gabs had a good play at one of our local indoor play centres and then had a treat for lunch, but it is just  so cold we had to come home!!



Fin and Gabs are very glad to have a week off school, I love the above image of a day in the classroom!



Even though school is on a break, I fully intend to keep my eye on both Fin and Gabs reading! We have been to the Library and got some lovely books out for all of us so we have no excuses!



I also need to get some work done for my Homespun and Vintage Fair on Saturday!! It has come around quickly and even though I have been making a few things each night I am having my usual panic that I have not made enough!!! The above card is one of my new designs and I just thought it fitted in with the theme of the fair to have things all handmade, I have a few more designs along the same lines which I have not taken pics of yet.



My "I love Buttons" image is now a card and I am so pleased with it! There will be a set of these soon and a Christmas version of the above is nearly ready too! You can buy the button card from www.bespoke country.co.uk and it is in the new Winter Brochure.

The fire is glowing nicely and we are all just about warmed through! We are going to sit with a nice hot cup of tea and watch The Railway Children, no matter how many times we have seen that film we just love it!!!
Have a lovely day everyone.



Gabs has a Special Evening and my very first give away!!!!

Gabs had a lovely evening last night as I am sure many girls from the Rainbows, Brownies and Guides all over the country did!! It was the special finale of the centenary celebrations and to celebrate all the girls received a badge and a special promise pin badge, she was very excited when she arrived home! It was a late night, on a school day too! Hence it did not take long to drop off to sleep!
Tonight, the fun continues as she has been to a party, not just any party I add but a hair and nails party!!! at 6 years old I tell you!!! Still she had another great time, thank goodness it is the end of term tomorrow and we have a week off, me included!!!

I have been trying to some work to cover my week off and thought I would give you a peek.

I have been trying to do some work to cover whilst I am off and have created some new Christmas cards and some vintage ones too, thought I would give you a peek!
I love doing the vintage ones, I have quite a collection of vintage postcards and just glittered and mounted them, the ornament cards are really fun to do too, this means that people can have an ornament for their tree as well as a Christmas card, I have a few people in mind for these! I have two sets of the Ornament cards to give away, simply leave me a comment and details of how I can get them to you and I will pick winners, well Gabs will!!! She wants to pick the numbers!!!!
We didn't wake up to snow but it really is cold!!! We have had sleet amongst the wind and rain but it is in the air I can feel it!!
Have a good evening everyone.

New Brochure out at Bespoke Country

It is all hands on deck at the minute at work! our new brochure is out and will be sent out to everyone in the next few days, so we are all getting ready for it!! We are clearing the decks, painting plaques, labelling stock to make it as easy as possible when the orders come flooding in! If you would like to have a look the full brochure is also on line at www.bespokecountry.co.uk, you can also request your own brochure online, you will need to make yourself a brew and sit a while to look at all the lovely products. The two Vintage Doves above are on the cover and really are beautiful.

                                            
                                               Gabs is looking forward to her Harvest Festival.

Both Fin and Gabs have come home from school loaded with homework! Fin is doing work on author, Francesca Simon, famous for her Horrid Henry books. Fin has the full set and he loves to read them, as long as he does not get any ideas from them!! Gabs is practicing her spellings, reading her book and singing away in practice for Harvest Festival on Friday morning! She is multi tasking a she is trying to do all three at once!! (A girl after my own heart!)
I am now going off to create a few more things for my Vintage Fair that I am doing, it is approaching fast!
Have a lovely evening and I wonder if we will wake up to snow and frost! It is hail stoning here at the moment!!!

Update from Fin!!!

Well, even though they did not win, the score was Manchester United 2 West Brom Albion 2.
Fin is on cloud 9!!! I do not know when he will come down, he didn't even moan as much as he normally does when he had to dry the pots!! He literally floated out of the door to his footy match this morning.
Fin had a fantastic time and insisted that this pic was put on my blog! he set it up especially!

It is so lovely to see your little ones happy! Have a lovely Sunday everyone.

Doodles for my blog....well nearly!!!

I have been doodling! I am now just trying to figure out how to get the Fin and Gabs one transformed into a header!! Each time I try it is just too big! does anyone have any ideas? The other two are just rough and I am going to watercolour them, you can grab the button as it is if you would like as it may take me a while to figure a few things out!! I think I need a bit of help!! am not very technical really!

Fin as we speak is on his way back from Old Trafford!! I have had many excited texts throughout the day and not only from Fin!! Think Will has enjoyed it too!!! I will post some pics when I have them!!! Boring to us but very important to Fin!!! I am sure he will want to share his day.

So it has been just myself and Gabs, we have had a lovely day with Grandma and her friend Eileen, have had a real Coffee Culture day, Gabs adores Costa Coffee!! mainly for the cakes I think!!!
I got to check out all the Christmas goodies coming into the shops, I love it!!

So until next time with Fins pics, everyone have  a lovely, lovely weekend.