Happy Birthday Dad...

Today would have been my dad's 81st birthday and also it's father's day so we cycled over to the cemetery this morning to take him some flowers.

My dad is nearer the back of the cemetery with my nan and my sister is at the front  and in the middle there's a  rose garden with  benches round the edge to sit on, so we took a flask of tea and had a cuppa while we "people watched", I love to see all the graves filled with fresh flowers and some had "father's day" balloons  on them.

"Happy birthday dad and a happy father's day"

Lucey xxx



Ice cream...

Good morning girls

Well where has this last week gone??

After Alexa having a bad dose of chickenpox Dylan managed to catch it too then Alexa got conjunctivitus in both eyes so grandma has been babysitting "two poorly little sausages"and when the children are here they claim my laptop!!!

 

Feast your eyes on this gorgeous fabric!!!!

A while ago I did a swap with the lovely Betty from Mrs Yappy Dog and she made me some bunting out of this yummy ice cream fabric and I told Betty how much I loved it and so, Betty, the lovely lady that she, is sent me this huge piece of fabric.

I snipped off the edge piece to make a tray cloth and I put two little snippets in this lovely cream frame

and the rest made a lovely cloth for the table, thanks Betty.

Mr Lucey was busy painting the kitchen last weekend and we had a bit of a change around, the fridge freezer was opposite the door before and it seemed to cut the room in half and block out a bit of the light so we moved it into the corner

and brought the table and chairs up a bit and moved the clock

it gives us a lot more space and is much lighter

this is where the fridge was before, and the rest of the kitchen

the two end walls are painted in a silvery grey and the other two are white.

The past few weekends Mr Lucey has painted the en-suite and the cloakroom and the bathroom and changed the taps and fitted a new bath panel and toilet seats (I like to keep him busy!!)

So that's a few more jobs ticked off the "to do" list but it doesn't seem to be getting any shorter as I keep thinking of things to add on!!

Ooooohhhhh yesterday I had a lovely day out, and my button swap parcel arrived,

I'll have to keep you guessing what was inside for a little while longer as I have to work today with having yesterday off, but as you'll see it was soooo worth it!!

Love Lucey xx

Button swap parcel ...

Morning girls,

I was up bright and early this morning as I had a very important parcel waiting for me at the post office,

my button swap parcel from Wendy, of  little crafting bird,

I couldn't wait to tear off the tissue to see what was inside

I could smell the candle straightaway it will look lovely on the stove, there was a lovely pin cushion,  a sweet little owl key ring, a brooch with the tiniest buttons I've ever seen and it's now on my jumper,  just look at this gorgeous posy of flowers,

they're all on individual stems and wrapped in tissue paper and tied with a ribbon, isn't it lovely???

My buttons and fudge were wrapped in cotton doilies and tied with ribbons, there were also cards of pretty buttons and some chocolate buttons (sssssh don't tell Mr Lucey or I'll have to share them!!!) and a lovely cup cake card.

Thanks so much Wendy you've made me a very happy bunny today and as I was partnered with two lovely girls I still have a parcel to come.....lucky me.

Love Lucey x

Vases of cow parsley...

Last weekend we went for a bike ride up the country lanes and they were full of cow parsley, it looked so lovely swaying in the wind so, we popped back later on in the car  and cut some.

I had a plan you see!!

I had three empty "bottle green" bottles (they're far too nice to throw away) so I filled them with water and put the flowers in, I also put some new postcards into this frame  and it fills an empty corner of the lounge.

The room is still painted in the "bog standard magnolia" that new houses are painted in but today I've finally found some wallpaper, so after we've been on holiday I shall have to  sweet talk Mr Lucey into decorating it!!

I'm going to the cemetery now with my basket to pick some elderberry flowers and have a go at making some home made cordial, it  probrably won't taste as nice as the bought one but I'll give it a go.

Bye Lucey xx

May's Monthly Makes...

My needles have been well and truly busy this month as I was delighted to have two partners in the button swap, so what did I make for Mandy and Wendy???

 

They both got a covered notebook

brooches with flowery buttons on,

 a lavender bag each,

and some hand made "buttony" gift tags to go on their parcels.

(I'll show you what else I sent to the girls in another post)

 

When I saw this sindy pram in Alexa's bedroom I sneaked it home to make some bedding for it as it was looking rather sorry for itself.

 

I made a matress out of some wadding and a cotton hankie,

and a sheet that I edged with little heart shaped buttons,

 then I made  pillow and quilt from some  pretty CK paisley fabric and, as dolly had no clothes on  I croched her a pink dress and hat. I thought the fabric suited the blue pram but Alexa is a "pink" girl and said "I wanted it pink spotty grandma"!!

  Anyone know where I can get pink spotty fabric???

I've also been making "granny squares" to make into a picnic blanket, I have loads of balls of wool so I thought I'd  use them up and make it colourful!!

And that's it for this month, did you make anything nice??

Love Lucey xx

 

Post man called three times...

 The post man called three times this week and each time he brought me a lovely parcel that I'm going to share with you, well to be precise some photos!!

First to arrive were these ever so cute saucer crackers from the lovely Helen  at wwwtalkingtables.co.uk

they'll make your tea party go with a snap!!

Next was a canvas of my gorgeous grandaughter Alexa, (who now is covered from head to toe in chicken pox, bless her)

sent to me by the lovely people at www.bagsoflove.co.uk, what a little poser she is!!

And on Saturday I received a parcel of goodies from Annie at httl//THE FELT FAIRY blog  all beautifully wrapped in yellow tissue paper

look at that mouse isn't he gorgeous, he's filled with lavender and is going straight in my knicker drawer!!

There's a lovely notebook with a mini on, some cat stamps, a mirror, a tea towel, some sandwich flags and stickers for Alexa, thank you Annie I love my parcel.

Thanks to everyone for all the advice on the issues I've had, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that's had problems with leaving comments etc, but, fingers crossed, everything seems to be back to normal now thank goodness.

Love Lucey xx

Problems...

Just testing as I'm having problems!!!

My followers have dissapeared and I can't leave comments on some of your blogs, also blogger won't let me sign in sometimes, anyone else having the same problems as me???

Lucey x