Hello dear friends & readers,
I have decided to close my Cottage for a couple of weeks (perhaps the rest of July)
There are several reasons I decided to do this ... the main one being that I was just feeling a weeny bit tired ...
- tired of always keeping it looking presentable
- tired of keeping the grounds looking presentable (failing miserably at that one Julie!!!)
- tired of always looking presentable myself (well umm actually THAT is debatable Julie ....
we notice that some days you havent even combed your hair !!!!)
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| Slooowwwly the Doves are getting the hang of their new feeder |
So I figured a rest was in order & a bit of catch up time :-)
Plus I had some orders I had been procrastinating about for way too long...
When Megan saw Leeanne's pinkeep that she posted about here she contacted me & asked me to make her one
I thought I had another mini "ring tin" left but found I didn't & must've imagined I had
(this happens often inside my head I might add!!!)
(this happens often inside my head I might add!!!)
As she specifically wanted a ring tin one, I improvised & found the small size Watties Tomato Paste tin to be the exact size I needed
Some sawing, some drilling & they were ready for painting
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| Resene Testpot "Persian Red" |
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| I like to line & pad the inside of the ring tins really well |
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| Megans is the left hand one, the other is stock for the Cottage |
It has been a bit of a "painting-by-the-fire kind of week" . . .
Some Op Shop purchases were unearthed in my Sleep Out ... its all very well buying all these things Julie ... but you kind of have to actually do something with them too !!!
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| Some Works in progress . . . |
The table in the foreground is a piece a friend commissioned me to "distress" for her ... the little table in the background is a $5 Hospice Shop purchase ... I had always fancied a small table in the corner of my bedroom ... kind of a reading corner as this area of my room gets lovely afternoon sun . . .
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| Well no sun today Julie .... it IS mid winter after all!!! |
This sweet little Op Shop cane basket & these 2 wooden dishes got treated to a lick of paint & a pretty lining also
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| The cane basket lining is fabric/lace & the wooden dishes have scrapbooking paper |
This lovely little tray/dish also got a wax/paint treatment & then embellished with some pretty paper & buttons . . .
I Won a Give Away !!!
Yes thats right - I won a draw in the most beautiful Spring Giveaway that Vicki hosted over at her blog here
This stunning nest necklace arrived in my post this week
This amazing handcrafted nest necklace is from the beautiful jewellery range of Vicki's friend Sidney Hanner ... you can find more of Sidney's work over at her webpage here
The workmanship & detail in the necklace is just amazing & it came presented in its own gorgeous little gift bag
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| Image borrowed from Vicki's blog |
Thank You SO VERY much to Vicki & Sidney for the chance to enter this amazing & generous Giveaway.
Little Sickie (& I) had a trip to the Vets this week. After receiving antibiotics & handing over $94.50 in payment, she promptly disappeared (along with the others) for over 48 hours !!!
Not good when you are supposed to be giving her antibiotics twice daily!!
So we have decided we needed to practise Tough Love with them & Little Sickie & Blackie are now kept inside permanently (for the time being that is)
(Squawker has now gone to its new Owner at last)
This is now day 2 ... as you can see from the picture, they are none too traumatised from this decision ...
Sickie has adjusted really well & seems to be enjoying the warmth of being inside ... Blackie has not & continually howls & cries at the french doors to be let out ... this goes on all night I might add ... so as you can imagine, the most traumatised of the lot of us . . . is actually ME!!! The Mr can sleep through anything!!!
You can see that when Blackie does decide to stop howling & have a rest, he sleeps like a flattened road-runner !!!
Oh the joys of it all . . .
Heres hoping you have a lovely weekend out there folks & thanks so very much for your visit today & listening to my ramblings,
with much love & friendship to you all,
Julie x0x0
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