Ending the week on a high

I love it when I get things finished at the end of a working week - makes me enjoy the weekend sooooo much more; no guilty feelings or dread of having to face the same piece of artwork for another day - can start the new week with fresh eyes and new ideas; yippeeee!! Here's a little set I've just completed (well; a glimpse at least!)

It's promising to be another fun weekend too; filled with lots more family time and a bucketful of vintage loveliness - I cannot wait!! Enjoy yours, whatever you may up to x x x

Hooray for the weekend!!!

Well, I'm officially frazzled......but smiling inside like the happy little flower shown below as I've had a super-productive week and can now take a well earned weekend off, completely guilt-free - HOORAY!

*****Have a great weekend everyone!!*****

Lots of lovely things to inspire...

Hello! I hope you all had a lovely weekend - I had quite a jam-packed one; visiting family and friends, but also getting a little bit inspired too. On Friday I headed up to Manchester for the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair which was fab! It was also extra nice because I got to meet up with an old friend from my college days who I've not seen for about 3 years! We just picked it up where we left off; it was as if we'd only seen each other a week ago...not years. :) Don't you just love it when that happens? Ahhhh....good times! :)

Here's a few of my favourites from the show.......

- a wonderful wire artist who created intricate scenes and tea-party themed pieces. Especially impressive was a scene of an ornate building which apparently took 5 weeks to complete; now that's dedication for you! :)

- I loved, loved, loved these quirky characters - the piece on the left - 'I spy' was my favourite. :)

- some pretty  wall art that I was very nearly tempted to treat myself to...the 'Sing' artwork shown on the bottom left being my favourite....hmmmm - I wonder if Santa's listening?! :D

- yep; another bird-related item...these were really fun and bright.

- and these unusual rings really caught my eye too; simply beautiful!

- and last but not least, some pretty, pretty lights.

Spiders

I hope you all had a lovely weekend....mine was spent lifting, carrying and sorting (in preparation for  the big study makeover :D) along the with many encounters with spiders...eeeek! 

*image taken from a design sold in the US for all paper products, worldwide

Most of them were in the shed, as I was sorting through boxes, and I'm not usually bothered by the little guys, but there was one biiiiig mama who made an appearance in our living room last night...and he moved sooo fast too; it was too much! Screams ahoy - think I even scared the spider itself! Matt thought it was hilarious though...

Earth & Fire

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend; wasn't it gorgeous?  - the sun was shining and the temperature soaring, so we made the most of it and headed out and about. 

On Sunday we went to the National Ceramics fair - Earth & Fire, at Rufford Park - it was FAB! So many beautiful and original pieces to look at...here were some of my favourites:

- a beautiful stall with lots of blue - pure eye candy! :) See her site here

- these were so delicate and pretty; she had some gorgeous little brooches on sale too. To see more click here.

- I seem to have developed a new love for jugs and teapots at the moment; I fell in love with these as soon as I saw them - lots of gorgeous lace detail and pattern; so pretty! 

To see more click here.

- thought these were stunning; so unusual and fragile. See more about Eryl here.

- and last, but not least, these quirky teapots and jugs really caught my eye - wish I could have taken one home! :) There were some lovely textiles available too. See more here.

A cheery little ladybird

 - out enjoying the summer sun; which is exactly what I intend to do this weekend! It's set to stay boooooo-ti-ful!! BIG YAY!! :)

Enjoy yourselves; whatever you're up to!

Clowns, wolves(!?) and romance...

Hellooo...I trust you all had a fun-filled weekend; hope you all got spoilt by your loved ones yesterday! :) 

I headed off to see the Moscow State Circus on Friday night, which was lots of fun - even the clowns weren't scary (as they usually are); they were actually rather funny! There were some amazing acrobats and contortionists, as well as lots of other jaw-dropping acts...

On Saturday I was dragged to see possibly one of the worst films EVER....The Wolfman. If it was meant to be scary, then I'm sorry, but I don't consider something that resembles a cross between Chewbacca and Teenwolf to be scary AT ALL; I'm so shocked that it was a newly-created film...the effects were awful! I just sat there and laughed (not quite the effect they were after, I'm sure!)!!!

And on Sunday, it was Valentines Day of course...me and the hubby went for a nice walk and then he  prepared a lovely 3 course meal, complete with wine. We then cosied up on the sofa with a good ol' romcom....ahhhh, perfect! :)  

.....I think he's forgiven now for the 'Wolfman' blip... ;)