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Thanks for your lovely comments.I am always so thrilled to think that anybody is particularly interested in my musings and mutterings. On the subject of subscriptions, yes, you can save money but in doing so you are indirectly taking the sale away from your local newsagent.It's so easy to put newspaper and favourite mag in the supermarket trolley, again a lost sale for the newsagent.I am lucky

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I have been buying Mollie Makes since it started and although it is a bit pricey at £4.99 it is a lovely source of inspiration and gorgeousness.This month I particularly love these crocheted wristlets made out of fine cotton.The pattern actually looks reasonably easy to follow. However I do think my children will think I've gone a bit 'mad Miss Havisham' if I start wearing these to school.....

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I bought a poster like this from Wild and Wolf and am now searching for a suitable frame.I love the sentiments and they are definitely words to live by.........Have a great weekendAnne x

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NewYear resolution.

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Where did December go? I have to confess that I am not really in a festive frame of mind.I have to start so early with the shop and school etc.I managed to miss the carol service,School Christmas lunch and the school party due to a nasty bug.I have also been in a Strictly Come dancing bubble which I have loved I have become a cougar and love to watch Harrry Judd dance  with a passion.I haven't

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  I love these knitted beauties from http://tinyowlknits.wordpress.com/How lovely they are.I really want some rosy wristlettes..........and a tutu....Love this slightly demented looking rabbit from http://www.etsy.com/shop/adatineAlso loving the simple idea of a granny stocking from the Royal sisters and the rosy rings....Some great ideas as to how you can recycle those granny doilies.....Love

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 In Flanders Fields by John McCrae, May 1915 In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with

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Well, girls. Hope you are all feeling tickety boo.I cannot believe that it is actually Friday tomorrow and that I have been back at the chalk face for a week....I have been late in posting about the fabulous Homespun & Vintage fair which was a huge success in it's larger venue at Hallgarth.It took a lot of styling to make the Hall look vintagey and gorgeous and we worked into the small hours the

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Can't wait until next Saturday.Cheryl and Linda are holding their annual Homespun and Vintage Christmas fair.I am lucky enough to be able to have a stall there and have been  making bits and pieces and sourcing lovely vintagey stuff.Hope you can make it as it promises to be a lovely experience and it's now at Hallgarth which is much closer to the town and those handy cash machines!!!! Hope you

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Just wanted to share some more photos with you.I just loved all the clothes that people were wearing.During the weekend you actually feelout of place if you don't dress up....here are some candid shots which I took on Sunday I had to be quick as everyone was on the move.There are some headless ladies but I was focusing on the clothes honestly!Although I do find the abundance of dead animals

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My darling girls,thank you so much for your encouragement and words of comfort.I would reply to you all but blogger is buggering about and won't let me so I will keep trying but in the meantime,still not feeling anything but exhausted so am going to potter tomorrow and take refuge in housework and hope to feel a little less overwhelmed.Decluttering is supposed to clear the chakras.... This week

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Cripes,has it really been a whole month since I last posted? Well just coming up for air after a gruelling start to the school year.I honestly don't think I can go on.I am sooooo tired all of the time and energy levels are non existent.All good intentions:'I will eat a proper breakfast instead of standing in the staffroom shovelling mueller light yogurt into my mouth two  minutes before the

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The night before a new school term, I always go to bed too late in the hope of putting off the inevitable,(that's not to say that I don't love teaching) it's just that I am increasingly reluctant to get back on the hamster wheel which is my life, during term time,the travelling every day, the stresses and mental fatigue akin to being pecked to death by hens and the fact that I have to do a

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Dan and I went for a walk and all the signs heralding the autumn were very evident and very early... Sloes,sorry Im just getting used to my new camera....We found a lovely crop of blackberries.......Throw in a couple of Bramleys and a good eater...A spoonful or two of brown sugar Line a 20cm loose bottomed tin with half of crumble mixture ( 250g plain flour,125g ground almonds,125g caster sugar ,

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Love the zingy colours of this gorgeous throw and cushions,courtesy of Silly Old suitcase....... Such pretty  fabrics that make your heart skip.... Look at this fabulous bunting with crocheted edging.Such patience and such lovely fabric...Sighing again... All very inspirational.............  

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Once upon a time two middle aged but beautiful sisters set off on an adventure....They left the brooding foothills of the Moors in the land of the North early in the morning and ventured down the length of the country in search of the Middle lands wherein there was treasure to be discovered and claimed.....ceramic treasures.....from the house of Burleigh and Bridgewater............Their journey

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Start creating...... Have a good weekend...

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Jane Booth makes colourful earthenware tableware. Each piece is hand thrown and individually decorated. Her pottery designs are inspired by traditional ceramics and textiles and a soft ice cream coloured palette. These are definitely going on my wish list....Have a fab weekend.Hoping the sun shines in your corner of the world.Anne x

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Just wanted to share these paintings and drawings which my infant classes (5-7yrs) produced after the wedding.I love them all..... Love the detail on the bodice and the bouquet... Kate looks a bit crazy in this one (finally gotcha!!!!)cutting the cake....Have a great week Anne x

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For a long time I have been a lover of Virginia Graham  a  brilliant ceramicist who fashions amongst other things,these enchanting teacups and teapots out of nostalgic designs such as cornishware and victorian inspired fabric and old  brass taps, keys and handles.Beautiful but not too precious to use. I love them for their eccentricity , humour and  quirkiness and because it is essentially

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You know how you keep looking for the things you really know are right but you don't know until you see them.I am fairly patient in this way and am willing to wait-I have become used to waiting as I live with three people who live by the mantra-why do today what you can easily put off 'til next year.....Anyway I have been looking at tiles for ages and apart from metro tiles which I love I couldnt

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As many of you know I have an extremely talented younger sister who always makes me beautiful presents http://julessewpretty.blogspot.com/ so not to be out done I made Jules a bag for her birthday similar to the one I made for Linda for  our secret Santa.I used lots of buttons amd badges and  vintage and new fabric. I made one side a bit bohemian and rosy and..the other side cool and ethereal...

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Wishing you all a Happy Easter full of sunshine and chocolate.My poor feet are throbbing as we've had another busy day in the shop and I have another early start tomorrow.So its feet up with a G&T and maybe a curry later if I can force myself to an upright position and point myself towards the kitchen.These pretty tin eggs are the  only eggs I am having this Easter.These are so sweet and our best

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I had a lovely surprise...the other day.You know I love cushions and Russian dolls well  put those two together and my very thoughtful sister made me this fabulous cushion which looks lovely with the duck egg blue theme in my dining room.Thanks ,Jules you are the best and I am the luckiest.Anne xx

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We spent a lovely morning at the fair,Cheryl,Linda,Naomi, and supporting cast did a wonderful job and everything looked so lovelyI forgot to take any inside photos but I took one of the garden where we enjoyed a wonderful cup of tea and carrot cake sitting under the apple tree..  It was a really glorious morning and it was more like a day at the height of summer rather than a Spring April

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The Spring Homespun and Vintage fair is happening this Saturday at the Quaker meeting House (near the castle) in Pickering.Doors open at ten o clock.Cheryl and Linda have been busy since their last fair before Christmas.If you are not too far away, it is a wonderful experience and in such a beautiful setting.Tea and cakes are also served if you want to linger awhile. I have been saving my pennies

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When the world weighs heavy and I need to escape my classroom,I slip out at lunch time and only have to walk a little way to my favourite bench on Sea Cliff Road.This is the view.......Then, lungs full of sea air and ten minutes of this view and I am restored........it's the little things....

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As promised in an earlier post, I managed to pop out for some vintage therapy at lunchtime and took some photos of Rosie's boudoir which is so pretty.The sun was shining and the window looks so inviting. Step inside and there is so much that I would love to buy,many of the clothes though would only fit a stick insect...Gorgeous silk scarves.....I love these nude colours and  faded pinks...very of

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We had a lovely afternoon on Sunday when Jules and I  held our first crochet workshop.Yes you can use a book or watch a video on U-tube but how much nicer to sit around a table with lots of lovely people and share ideas and learn new skills with help and support and have a lovely afternoon tea.Here you can see,Sally,Helen,Rose,Hilary,Sue and Lindsey learning to crochet.They went away very

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Although my IT problems aren't totally resolved yet,I just thought I'd show you that my hands  haven't been completely idle.|I really enjoyed making this tea cosy which I think is rather gorgeous even if I say so myself and I crocheted another cushion for the shop which I sold yesterday.My sister Jules has also crocheted these rather lovely cushions for the shop.Can't decide which one I like best

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Thank you to all of you who have mentioned the vile discovery that my lovely website had been hacked by some horrid,horrid people.What motivates them is beyond me and I feeling really violated.Hopefully it won't happen again now that the security on the main server has been upgraded.....I'm really sorry if any of you have been exposed to it when trying to visit my website.To then cap it all my

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Spring flowers are my favourite.....Snowdrops in the garden....Pretty primroses also in the garden....I also love pretty china...... I was looking for vintage things for my Easter display in the shop and found this prettyteacup which I bought last year at a boot sale.Spring is just around the corner....there is hope in the air.....new life...changes...new directions...Have a great weekendAnne x 

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My eldest has just been talking to me about the possibility of him moving back into my sewing room and me having the small room where he currently slobs out instead.He then said our house is very nice but 'it really is cluttered,Mum.You have stuff all over the place' Bearing mind that we have very little storage space anywhere,it isn't that bad.The clutter seems to consist of the seventy five

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What a lovely surprise. The lovely Emma of Sylvie's garden has passed on the Stylish blogger award  and I now have to reveal seven things you didn't know about me.So thank you Emma and I am now racking my brains...... I have a french degree and spent a year living in France near Nantes, teaching English.My mentor Gurlois used to ride to school on his horse... My eyesight is terrible but I do

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Just popping in to say hello and hoping all is well with you lovely girls out there.So happy that January is finally over- am snowed under with work and the shop etc and wish the light was better for taking photographs-not long now though....I really enjoy reading about all your news and your amazing creations..such a tonic.. Have a great week.Much Love Anne x

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This was last Sunday at Heidi's.There were eight of us, me. Heidi, Liv, Laura,Linda,Jules,Jilly and Rosella. We ate Mexican drank bubbly and had a perfectly lovely evening.It was our Secret Santa night.Before Christmas at the Open House we pulled names from a hat and in the spirit of present financial restraint, the idea was to buy something for a pound,something from a charity shop and make

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As part of our commitment at school we have to offer after-school activities or lunchtime clubs to all our pupils.Over the years I have done many things,ornithology,calligraphy,art & craft,model making,knitting,nature club and gardening.However,I like to have a change and far better to do something that I enjoy rather than just filling in time.So last term I started a Junior chef club,which has

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As some of you will know I have one elderly dog and two tabby cats,Tom is nearly fifteen and Billy is nine.Over the course of twenty six years tigether John and I have had many cats- twelve in total all of whom have been waifs and strays or who have just wandered into our lives,Chalky our white cat, much beloved by both sons and nephews just appeared in our living room one morning and never

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Well, as I had a five am start to the day yesterday, it was a case of very early to bed and for the first time in years I did not welcome in the new year and I missed Jules Holland.Yesterday was not a day for resolutions as I spent the day lozzicking on the sofa watching Harry Potter and Twilight in between cooking a aroast dinner and dying the grey out of my sad  middle aged locks.With all the

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Well, where did December go? After a very nasty bout of 'flu which really took its toll and desperate travelling conditions every day for a month.Just walking the dog was a major undertaking.... Lots of things happening at the shop and the fact I broke my camera then lost the connecting cable to the lap topnI have been a bit quiet.... It was then time for carol services, nativity plays,

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Well the elements were well and truly against us.It has snowed a little bit (12" at least) in these parts just lately and travelling has been quite stressful.I have been late for school just about every day.Heidi held her annual Open House on Sunday and Monday but the footfall was not so great due to the bad weather which is a shame as it was so lovely.My photos really don't do it justice at

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Definitely one to add to the wish list,girls.Love bakery,cupcakes from the heart!Just look at these inspirational photos... Really must have a go at these pretty Christmas cakes with the children at school These mood boards are great idea....

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It has been a bit chilly in these parts with ice and freezing fog but I love this time of year.I like to come home light the woodburner and the cinnamon candles( so you can't see the squalor that is engulfing my house now I'm back at school and still living with three men and writing school reports!!!!!!!) However,girls we must cosy up and what better way to do it than turning off the central

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Just wanted to share some drawings done by some of the six year old girls in my class...I love the attention to detail and the colours....                                               Have a great weekend Anne x

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I had a lovely day on Saturday, yes I know it's now Thursday but it's been another hectic week...I went with Mum and Jules to the first Homespun and Vintage fair which was hosted by Cheryl and Linda and was held in the Friends Meetings House which is such a great   venue   .It was very well attended and there was a lot of really lovely things to buy,from Vintage items for the home to  handmade 

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Morning,girls.Have had a jolly hard time uploading photos so in desperation I turned everything off and now it's working so I thought I would post this litle photo and hope you will all do as you are told at least for today.We spend so much time doing stuff we dont want to do and stuff we do want to do foe other people that the stuff we do need to do for ourselves gets continually squeezed.So,

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Well it was a wet Sunday.What's to do?Cosy up in the sewing room..Take an old, felted woolly jumper, an faded tea towel, a pair of curtains(car boot bargain) a selection of needlecord dresses also from car boot collection,ribbon,buttons and a little bit of crochet and you have some really cheap and cheerful  not to mention unique Christmas presents.Jules and I had a lot of fun making these bags

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One of the most rewarding things about teaching infants is their total lack of inhibition when it comes to being creative.They don't faf around or agonise over colours or wonder about the end result..they just do it and I am always amazed by their ingenuity.I treach both year one and two (aged 5-7yrs) and as art is one of my huge loves we do a lot of it and I always try to incorporate a creative

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This is the calm before the storm.Jan and Jen watching the parade from thr tea room. My Mum's famous tea cosy available in the shop...love those colours or perhaps you prefer.... this one... Me and Jules looking like Hinge and Brackett feeling  very chilled...Jules on standby ready with the cakes.I think she suits the 1940's look.SOme of the outfits worn by the ladies are stunning.You really need

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Pickering at War: The Best Cuppa in Pickering Award 1943

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Thank you so much or all your loving wishes and concern about little Kanga.I know Vera is especially comforted by all your comments.She kept saying "I know it's daft to be so upset about a kitten thats so young". However we know, girls, that our fur babies, big and small are simply heartbreak on legs.........On a brighter note ,yesterday by holding a cuddly toy sale and selling cakes we raised 

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Well, we are all totally devestated as our little Kanga died in the early hours of yesterday morning.Vera had taken her to the vets as she had stopped eating and her stomach was quite swollen.The vet was very optomistic and we all breathed a sigh of relief.Vera had everything crossed and I was praying all night to the god of small animals but it was not to be.We are all so sad, as she had become

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This little kitten is only three weeks old and was found by my friend Vera in the hedge near to where she keeps her horse.The mother had abandoned her as she was the second litter in only a few months.Vera is going to try and catch the mother and take her to be spayed.Anyway this little sweetie is presently living in the staff room during the day and Vera has been bottle feeding her during the

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It certainly has been a day for sitting in front of this....It has absolutely poured down all day here in N.Yorks. I am really hoping that next week is a better week as every Monday seems to bring along another catastophe or ailment.Two weeks ago my crown fell out and I looked like Nanny McPhee for several days...last Monday I bent down to retrieve my planner from my school bag and out popped

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Only three weeks to go and it's war weekend in Pickering again and we are busy planning our Whistle Stop tea room. Hen has booked her cottage.Jen, Jules and I have been sifting through recipes and I've been buying china,chairs and memorabilia to decorate the room.It's such a brilliant weekend.Hope to see you there.....Anne,Jen &Jules

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Maybe it's the season but I love the whole russian doll trend.This cushion is in the shop and has been very popular....

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These pretty little tape measures are newly arrived in the shop £6.99 each.I really like the whole baboushka thing.Ive just bought a set of vintage Semyenov Russian nesting dolls just because I love them.

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First day back at school today.I will take this piece of advice and nail it to my heart....

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Its getting  quite difficult to find  really nice 'old lady stuff' at the car boot sales.However, this Sunday was a good day.Two balls of wool 50p each.A rather nice scarf in autumnal colours, a pretty teacup and saucer and an old measuring rule. Some pretty embroidery and another tea cupSome pretty handkerchiefs and check out the Andy Pandy and Looby Loo plate..I couldn't resist.It made me think

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My youngest son Harry has a love of wood and carpentry.Even as a small boy he was always nailing bits of wood together.In fact he made me some shelves for my wardrobe at the age of eight!He saw this in Country Homes and Interiors and has had a go at making his own version.He is planning to make some small pieces of furniture to sell in the shop so he can earn some extra money for his next trip

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Feeling in a state of deep melancholy....the new term is about to start and I don't feel ready...summer is over and it is feeling decidedly 'backendish' as they say in these parts. However, on the upside, new school term equals new school bag and books.Just couldn't resist this Joules bag in the sale and my jaunty jotter/planning file from Smiths, also half price.maybe I'm not quite as

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Just arrived from Sweden my favourite Maileg rabbits.I really love these so much.They make such great presents.I bought my first one At the Country Living Fair about ten years ago.

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My sister Jules (pictured)and I had a lovely day shopping and mooching in York this week.We splashed out and bought lots of car parking hours so we weren't in a hot sweat after a last minute dash back to avoid a ticket which is what usually happens.We were so long we had time for lunvh at Little Betty's and then morning tea at this gorgeous little vintage tea room and vintage shop which is close

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Hello there.Hope you are all well and happy.I had a fantastic holiday and spent the week sunbathing and swimming in the Med.I did a few cultural things,cathedral ,monastry where Chopin wrote his most famous pieces,train through the mountains,ate too much and slept too much.I won't bore you with my photos.Much!This is my view from the sea. and this is as much of my bikini body as I am willing to

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Well girls,Im just off on holiday for a week so will not be posting or reading any of your lovely blogs,but hopefully will return with batteries fully charged and full of inspiration.Didn't have time to take a photo of my hoilday reading (only six books this year plus my crochet) but thought I'd leave you with this thought. above.Available in the shop (£8.99) See you soon  and take good care of

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I'm flying the flag in the shop.Loving all things Union Jack..........

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For many years I have felt an affinity with the lady.Partly because back in the seventies when I had a yearning not to go to university but maybe be an au pair or maybe work for some member of the aristocracy.I used to read through the small ads and dream of escape to foreign climes.....(I did eventually go to Uni and spent a year in France teaching English in a lovely school near Nantes) but the

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My dearest husband says I really need to find something more exciting to do than covering coathangers and maybe he has a point as noone actually sees the hanger when it has clothes on it but it is a bit like underwear for clothes.These two are my first of I think many.Its very therapeutic and you can see my latest creation is pink.My coat hangers are lamguishing on a very pretty mat given to me

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As the owner of a gift/homeware shop I am lucky to meet lots of very nice people.One of these is David who is the rep for Woodmansterne greetings.He used to be a rep for Sirdar wool and very kindly listens to my ramblings about knitting and crochet and vintage makes etc.Anyway a while ago he turned up with four bin bags stuffed with samples of sublime wool  one of each of every colour and kind

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I managed to get away from the shop earlier this morning and went to two boot sales.I spied this beauty amidst a sea of china dogs and gnomes.It's Midwinter and very' of the moment.'Another bargain £1  buy.It has a chip on the back but perfect for big floppy  flower arrangementsThis was only 50p and will be great to use at school as I am in charge of hymn practice and this has many traditional

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A little thrifty happiness.I have been looking for a little table for the garden and happened upon this little lloyd loom lookalike  for the princely sum of fivepounds.Such  delight when I discovered that the top is hinged and inside it is a sewing box, full of chintz material and lace........joy.....oh joy......School is out and I'm finally coming to the surface.I feel so tired and a bit out of

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Tis not to be ...not this time........my blind faith has been shattered..Having been connected to a lover of all things football for the past twenty eight years (He only hung up his boots lat the end of last season at the tender age of fiftyone)and also having two sons who have both played for many years.I know football.I can talk football and I love the beautiful game.(Spain v Germany to

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Well, this was the view over most of the area on Sunday.Rain sodden...Two car boots abandoned(gnashing of teeth) and a pile of reports waiting to be tackled....What to do?I know.A trip to Whitby is just what's needed ...... And a comforting browse in the best bookshop ever.Where I discovered this treasure and had another epiphany.... I am not normally bowled over by quilts that are so

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I have been a Janet Bolton groupie for many years.I love the serenity and simplicity of her work which is actually on closer inspection very intricate.She has the ability to breath mood and movement into her work with the slightest change of angle. Anyway about a year ago, my good friend Heidi  of Old Homestead fame told me she had booked Janet for this weekend.(Yes, Janet is that popular. She is

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I have been reading Donna's (Fabric of my life)blog and she was talking about how yellow is the colour that seems to be creeping into her life and I know what she means.I think yellow can be very uplifting and we subconsciously chose it as its sunshine to the soul.I too have noticed yellow gradually seeping into my life.... I bought this little vase at a car boot a few weeks ago (50p)Ardley salt

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This sight always makes my heart sing...York Minster in the sunlight ....such an inspirational place...So on Friday Jules(Sister) went for a mooch in York.Among the many shops worth visiting, we had to pop into Cath Kidston for a litle bit of fabric acquisition....       Look at all that gorgeousness!I have to say though I go into CK quite often but hardly ever buy anything (apart from bags)

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I collect and hoard many things..... I have on reflection rather a lot of cushions.... I love buying cushions or buying fabric to make cushions....Why? because I know they will always fit me and I never have to try them on....... ..because you can changre the whole look of a room by changing the cushions so its an inexpensive way of changing the mood or

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Bathroom,sewing room kitchen.....I would show you more but that would involve serious housework and decluttering..One day .... Anne x

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It cannot be true.It really is June!Where did May go?Anyway Phew!It's now half term and I can take a moment and post something...anything...So I thought I'd show you some things that are tickling my fancy at the moment. My new school bag courtesy of Easy Living magazine and Cath K.I love the cheerful colours.I have finally made a new curtain for under my belfast sink.When I was having yet another

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Today has been, apart from the weather, a very good day.First there was not one but three car boot sales!But it was a case of slim pickings and I managed to stay fairly attached to my money.I managed to find a few bargains. A pretty salt and pepper pot(£1)(A gorgeous length of fabric,(£2.50)lots of doylies,(£2.00)some lovely vintage books,(£1)a rather strange family(£1) and a bargain bunch of

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Just had to show you the Mere which is a well kept secret in Scarborough.This is where Jan and I head on our way home after a school day.Its so peaceful and serene and all the trees with their Spring coats look frothy and lacey at this time of year. It is the most beautiful walk around the perimeter and usually teeming with birdlife.I was hoping to catch the swans but they havent made an

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Have been reading Lucy's recent post Attic 24 and am smitten by'My cool caravan'which I have ordered from Amazon.It is full of gorgeous caravans and campers and is full of heavenly crochet inspiration.My heart is singing and my head is now full of projects and I now have an excuse to buy more wool.......I remember my only caravan holiday was with my brother John aged 4 and I would be about

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Car boot bargains.. 50p £1I have a few oversize soak your feet type bowls and I love them but they are rather difficult to store. 50p £1.50Well another disappointing bank holiday weekend weatherwise and sooo cold.I am beginning to think that I will have to surgically remove my coat.We have been best friends for the last eight cold,long months and I am tired of being cold.Sundays always seem to

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My gorgeous purse from Ness that Harry bought me last Christmas.It's too nice to keep money in it,so I use it for storing my lipsticks.Are you jealous? Do love the lining?How jealous are you? Lovely!Lovely! King cups in the pond and purple tulipsThis month's Period Living and this wonderful picture of notionsMy new blanket that is going to be an epic work.I'm loving the colours,choosing the

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I love this sign.So simple and to the point and so easy to do.Anne x

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What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon?Crochet,cake,lemon cake.carrot cake,chocolate cake and strawberry tarts and did I mention cake?Today my little sister is still a mere slip of a girl and is 46 years young.The sisterhood had a meeting and ate a lot of cake and did some knitting and some crochet and Lottie our youngest regaled us with tales about her love life and her night out in York

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The car boot season is upon us and its been a chilly start up here in N.Yorkshire.However, the bargains are still to be had.One of the best things is the plant stalls.I have bought some amazing plants over the years for as little as £1 .The same size plants would be nearer £6 at a garden centre.I have spent the afternoon rejigging my herbacious border and am now praying that Country File is

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I have been a fan of Rob Ryan's work for a long time now.I first came across him when I stocked his cards through Roger la Borde and he did a huge advertising campaign for John Lewis at Christmas as well as recently exhibiting at the Yorkshire Sculpture park.Yesterday he blogged about the cover of the Independent magazine and here it is.I am really keen to have a go at paper cutting as the

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Here are the Pip studio towels which have arrived in the shop.I love,love them and don't know which one I love the most-probably the blue one.They come two sizes hand towel and bath towel and are available in the shop or online.Click on the link to visit my on-line shop made-and-found.co.uk

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This is a picture of Logan my friend Christine's eight month old grandson.We were at post natal classes together nearly twenty four years ago and its incredible to realise that she is now a grandmother.Talk about how to feel ancient in a heart beat! I just had to photograph his gorgeous vintage(the lady that she bought it from has seven, yes seven children and she used it with all of them)Silver

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Still on an Easter theme this fabulous A5 notebook made from 100% wool with some equisite free machine embroidery made by Jan in Scotland now available from the shop £17.99 +p&p

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My latest preoccupation.Royal or at least Queenie stuff.This is from 1986 (HRH's 60th Birthday)and has flowers inside it which makes it all the more special. Yes,car boot season has begun. I love this little teapot- just right for Julia's Earl grey.I also bought a cauliflower and some lovely chutney.As far as boot loot goes it was fairly slim pickings.However, I have promised myself to be a

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A slightly twee but sweet Easter discovery from the local Hospice shop A little Easter tree Chocolate!

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Oh the barnyard is busyIn a regular tizzyAnd the obvious reasonis because of the seasonMother Nature's lyricalWith her yearly miracleSpring,Spring,SpringI really love that song.However I am not loving the weather at the moment.I am spring cleaning and sorting,gardening and generally decluttering and all of this is made much more difficult when it's pouring with rain and the threat of snow.However

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Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging comments.I'm feeling better today and Im learning to love my new laptop.I prefer my old one though. It was more friendly and huggy. This one is a bit disdainful and it seems to look down its nose at me because I'm rubbish at techie stuff.So I shall sit here being pathetic until my sister comes to my aid with the breakdown blanket in hand!!Normal

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It's been a long time since my lost post and I am in despair.We had a burglary two weeks ago and my laptop and card reader were stolen.So I have lost my entire address book all my bookmarks and all my customer email addresses.Some were backed up but the whole process of uploading photos for my online shop is now beyond me.I have a new laptop which is very sophisticated but I loved my old plodding

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This gorgeous cake or display stand.Its such a great colour.Now in the online shop.These pretty pictures of snowdrops printed by two of my six year olds.Also the fact that it has been sunny and the sky has been deep blue all day.

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I recently went to the Spring Fair at the NEC to do my main buying for the shop and I stumbled upon the most amazing stand called Pip Studio who are doing a major launch in the UK.They are fairly well known in Europe.They were the loveliest people and served tea and cup cakes which was most welcome and they were so helpful.Their products are just divine.The tea towels are just too beautiful to

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My wonderful 2010 diary from Papaya Art.It is sooo beautiful and full of lots of little sayings and encouragement.It also has a very useful concertina file at the front for keeping bits and pieces together.I love the idea of following your bliss.

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