If you love Pincushions ...

...then you just HAVE to look at this. I am sure I could feel my heart fluttering with excitement when I was viewing this page. At last an attractive way to recycle bottle tops ( See there was a reason for keeping a bag with 3000 of the things under the stairs ( joking )... There is a book, yippee!



I have my own little squadron of ladybugs in production on the table as I type. Look out ! There is going to be an invasion...if you know me and you sew it is quite likely you now know what you are getting for Christmas LOL.



Doxie who is enjoying the quiet pace of hand sewing

I made a bag

Ooooh I love it. I made it as part of my personal gifting drive. I found a pattern to work from on Weekend Designer. If you haven't had a look there be sure to, it is so inspiring...if you see it, want it but can't afford it, Weekend Designer really puts across the fact that you CAN make it. This is just the concept I have been trying to put across to one keen little girl B I am teaching to sew, but more in the way of toys, hair bands etc. at the moment..somehow I don't usually think to "copy" clothes for myself, but why not? That said I haven't tried any of the clothes on WD yet, but I sure would like to.

Dox









It's funny really, thinking of the little girl I mentioned...I think the message has got through as her Mum told me that when they were on holiday recently, she ( B ), took lots of pictures of things she liked but couldn't afford to buy so she could show me and when she got back I could show her how to make them...I haven't seen the pics yet, I am both excited to see what she has in mind but feel slight trepidation...which of course I will do my best not to show...after all you can do anything you set your mind to, right? Oh boy oh boy I hope her mentor does not fail her. :o/









Doxie :o)

Hello Mr Bluetit

I found this so amusing, When Ds came back from a walk this morning he said " Nothing to report I'm afraid." I usually quiz him to see who was out and about etc.

Later when we were sat down together for a cuppa he told me a Bluetit had landed on him when he was out!!!!! Nothing to report???? How often does that happen?

He was crouching down to tie up his shoe lace, felt something hit his shoulder and turned his head to see what it was...there was said Bluetit perched on his shoulder, he looked him in the eye, went cheep cheep and flew off! How odd!

Lovely Bank Holiday Weekend

I'm writing this belated post to remind myself next year that the weather indeed can get warm en0ugh for Bar-B-Qs early in the year...Then I may be prepared in advance by having stuff in the freezer... rather than hacking it down to the local butchers at the first ray of sunshine in a mad rush to make sure he hasn't sold out of the good stuff. We spent the weekend in the company of some lovely people. Mr Doxie got the barbie out and cooked for us,yum! I got sunburnt arghhhh! Note to self to make a light weight bolero for the Summer proper.

I hope you all managed to get out in the sun for some R 'n' R wherever you are.

Doxie

Woodpigeons are not stupid.

Woody has now realised that even though he can't get his head through the new feeder he can cling on the side and swing wildly until the contents empty onto the flower bed below. He then has a lovely time tramping all over the bedding plants and having a good peck around.

Let the battle commence. I guess the next step is finding somewhere too confined for him to feel comfortable swinging but where the little birdies will still find it.

Doxie in need of a cunning plan.

slugs

I hadn't found that many slugs this year but didn't want anyone to eat my freshly planted cornflowers so I put pellets down as insurance anyway...boy oh boy am I glad I did!... after a night of rain the flower bed was littered with dead slugs. It was quite a shock to know that many had been hiding where I couldn't see them...a few had got to the odd cornflower but I have no doubt that the whole flowerbed would have disappeared over night if I hadn't taken precautions. They have been picked up ( YUK ) and put in the bin so the birds don't get them, although I do use wildlife safe pellets. ( obviously not safe to slimy wildlife though! )

Doxie the relieved.

One UFO down

Yesterday I finished an embroidery I had been doing since September ( okay I don't like to rush things lol ) for a friend...but it will be going to a different friend. I had started it for a surprise for "X" but sadly her circumstances have changed and I know the subject matter will make her sad now if she looked at it, and she certainly wouldn't want that reminder in her home ...BUT it was out on the side the other day when another friend came in who absolutely fell in love with it, infact she went nuts over it LOL. So my UFO which thought it had no destination is going to a new home this week!

Doxie with one UFO less in the fleet!