Folksy Friday

Just a quick post today, after my french dictionary post and before my first french session today my theme this week is Paris


Just click on the items and they should take you to the folksy shops they come from

AND THE WINNER IS!

Dawn Till Dusk, Kelly Eklund

congratulations

please could you get in touch with your address

Thankyou for all the lovely comments and piles and piles of blogs to read

I'll never need to be bored again

A little bit of crazy french

I am about to run a french session at our home education group so I searched out some old french books and found this crazy(well used and grubby) book that I actually learned a lot of french from, I think it's doctor seuss

I have always remembered this particular phrase, after all who knows when you might need to speak to a cat, Alice needed to!

I do wonder what kind of a travelling child this book was meant for

and although I have never been trapped in a freezer I am safe in the knowledge that I can tell people how cold it is if I ever do get stuck in one, but my favourite is this...

another phrase I always remember but sadly I don't have a sailboat to sink.

Do you know of more fun language books because I'm sure my love of languages all started with this book. 

a most beautiful and lovely blog

this is one of the blogs that was recommended more than once and it is simply gorgeous
dottie angel It is so whimsical and I am utterly envious of her thrift finds.  There are many many more to look at and I thoroughly recommend going through all the comments to find new exciting things to read. 

wonderful giveaways and some folksy updates

I can't believe how many responses I have had to my little giveaway, I was worried that I might not get any but now I wish I could make as many purses to give away as I have had responses. I have started looking through the lovely blogs but as there are quite a few there and I have got lost in many of them it's taking a little time. I will post on the best ones soon.
I have also had a little time to make and upload a few things onto my folksy shop, this sweet little pixie is on a little padded coin purse, although my daughter's mp3 player fits into it too

and another patchwork phone cosy or maybe glasses case for reading glasses, I love doing log cabin patches, messing with colours and patterns and (hmm I may have mentioned this before) I love wild thyme fabric. I've also uploaded a first aid pouch like the one I made for myself and blogged about a week or so ago.

Well, back to my reading now and thankyou for all your lovely comments on the giveaway.

Sew mama sew giveaway

This is my first ever give away and it's part of the Sew Mama Sew May Giveaway Day http://sewmamasew.com/index.php
It's a zip purse, about 7'' wide with patches of wild thyme flowers fabric on the front and back. I love all the wild thyme fabrics.

Please leave a comment recommending a new blog for me to read, it can be yours or someonelse's that you enjoy and I will pick the winner randomly. I'm open to anything new to read. The giveaway is open until 9pm UK time May the 20th. I can ship internationally. Could you please leave email contact information for me.

time to get the barbecue out

A cruiser in Penzance harbour (or almost, I don't think it's actually deep enough)
flowers in our rather damp yard

and a patch of blue sky peeping through washing actually drying on the line outside

summer's here and we're off to the beach for a barbecue