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Monday 20 December 2010

christmas

Photography conditions are never great in our house even on the brightest of days but we love this scrappy garland so much that I had to show it


old decorations have come out


for some reason we do have a pink giraffe on top of our tree rather than the more traditional angel or star, blame it on father and daughter doing the tree decorating!


 a feathery home made angel


still writing christmas cards, crocheting snowflakes and a little bit of amigurumi which will hopefully become a snowman


We're going back past the wicker man for christmas so my blog space will be quiet for a week or so. 
I hope you have a wonderful christmas, (I'm hoping for a white one but I understand that not everyone feels the same way!!) See you in the New Year
Kate x


Friday 17 December 2010

thrifting

We have a plan for next year, well ok it's my plan (thanks to Dottie Angel) but I have agreement from two children and one partner, the third child is too much the teenager but he may join in eventually.  We are planning to attempt the Dottie Angel challenge to only buy hand crafted or second hand for our home and ourselves for the coming year.


and it has begun quite wonderfully with a typewriter from one of our many local charity shops.  this has been a resounding success, with two children who previously would not put pen to paper without many threats sitting together all day typing a joint story.


and we also found some appropriately orange and yellow fabric that Annis and I intend to turn into a Dottie Angel style garland in the new year once the decorations come down. 

I am really quite excited by the idea and will blog our progress on a relatively regular basis.

Wednesday 15 December 2010

Kate Rusby - Sweet Bells - 02 - Sweet Bells



We are just loving this cd as a change from the usual christmas carols!

Friday 10 December 2010

Button, button who's got the button

I realised this morning that I had run out of my favourite wooden heart buttons so I am going to have to take a trip to Truro tomorrow.  But this gave me the idea for a folksy friday theme, and what a lot of gorgeous buttons there are out there.  Here is just a selection of the loveliness of buttons
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Blondesbackyard
Shopstitchmelane
Amandasattic
Lilley
CWTCH
Thedotterypottery

Monday 6 December 2010

winter surfing

It seems strange to me that just when it's cold enough to wear all our clothes, scarves,hats,gloves...


all some people want to do is get in the sea


and so the magical moment of father and son body boarding together

Sunday 5 December 2010

December elves

This is a little post for the folksy December elves, still listing one a day.  I have been very poor at blogging recently but will try to remedy that this week.  Here are a few of my listings this week

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and here's some lovely elvish stuff







SHOP NAME 1 SHOP NAME 2
SHOP NAME 3 SHOP NAME 4
SHOP NAME 5 SHOP NAME 6
 
Gaia Noir
Steam Punk Storm
Dawitchi
Alicia's Stones
Diddybear
Just K Jewellery
 
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