continuation from my rose ramblings ..........

Hi again

Sorry my link to my ebay where the crochet magazines didnt seem to have worked on my earlier post  so I will try again my ebay link here
If still having problems - advanced search - seller - Stirfry148

I have lots more still to list so if you dont do Ebay just let me know

Thanks
Sue x

Covered in roses - Cath Kidson ones !

 Hello again

Hope you have all had a good week. It has flown by here, probably because it was no school on Monday.

Anyway last weekend Mr V and I had a child free weekend so off we went to Bristol
First we went to a antiques and vintage fair at the West of England University just outside Bristol at their Frenchay campus
I bought an apron to sell on and Mr V bought a coin for his collection. It was quite good and reasonable prices, a lovely location in a new spacious conference centre, a huge cafe area and no crowds. Would go again even though quite a long way from here.

The main reason for heading 'up north' was to spend my Cath Kidston voucher I had for my birthday back in March

We found a nearby car park  (thank goodness for sat nav!) and the shop stood there in all its glory and I could have almost anything I wanted  yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 Look at my rosy stash ! a rucksack, purse,ironing board cover, face flannel, tape measure, shoe bag, beaded food covers and some tissues
What a lot I got !

 My ironing board must be small because the cover is huge and covers the grey flat bit at the end as well ?
A lovely day out we had.
On the Sunday I went to a local car boot sale and then to Tesco for breakfast (we know how to live!)  then across the moors to Yelverton to Buckland Abbey
we stumbled on another car boot sale on the way - perfect !
Yelverton is a fairly posh plcae and it was one of those lovely boot sales with people who dont do them very often selling nice things instead of plastic toys (car boot snob I am)
I bought loads of table cloths and things and have been very busy washing and ironing it all....

 We finally arrived at Buckland Abbey (a National Trust house where Sir Francis Drake lived)
It was a Jaguar and Aston Martin owners club day and there were some lovely cars there -
one day ey !!??

 We had a look around and drooled over the cars and the gardens. Lots more roses to look at and one of my favourites - Love -in-a-mist. I had this in my wedding bouquet and saved the seed and have it in my garden every year from those original wedding flowers

 Also I managed to squeeze in a bit of sewing, making some   Thank You Teacher gifts to sell and for Miss V's teachers

Last but not least I have huge pile of Crochet Monthly magazines which I am selling for just 90p start price on

I'm off too ...........

Hi again

Well its June already and half term is almost over already. As I work in a school it has been a week off work for me too - lovely
I have still been getting up to make Mr V's packed lunch and seeing him off to work but its nice not to have to watch the clock all the time

Anyway, Miss V has gone off on her first ever visit to London, my Mum and sister have taken her and one of my nieces for a couple of days, so we have a child free weekend coming up.

On Saturday we hope to head up to Bristol to Antiques and Vintage fair at the West of England University
I dont know much about the event or the location, we just found it on the internet

While we are up in that area I still have my Cath Kidston vouchers that I luckily got for my birthday in March. The nearest shop to here is St Ives and its tiny so I'm hoping the Bristol one will be bigger.

I'm not sure what lovelies to choose yet but I am hoping for a purse and an ironing board cover

mmm - which one to choose though ................

Hoping there is a bench outside to park Mr V on while I savour the time in there

I saw this notice outside a pub recently - great ey ?

So I will be back soon to show you what I came home with

Sue x

This week I have mostly been buying .......

 Another crochet necklace from girlybunches I love these and this is my third one. Specially ordered colours to go with my new top

 Some pretty floral gift tags and needle case from Gill at the Vintage Gardener

 Some more parcel wrapping tape from Dots and Spots I cant go back to using brown tape now I'm hooked on this !

 

 A crochet pattern booklet now listed on my Ebay along with more unusual crochet patterns and lots of Nintendo DS games I am selling to raise some money for Miss V to spend when she goes on a trip to London soon

 Todays charity shop finds - A white tunic thing made from a sheet to put away for school dressing up days Christmas plays etc. I made one when Miss V needed an angel costume years ago and she has just outgrown it. So a very useful find for 50p

A pair of unused blackout curtain linings. We take these when we go to caravans as the curtains are always so thin. No - I am not so sad as to fit them properly, we just sort of pin them up with clothes pegs

A brand new duvet cover from Debenhams with £35 price label on the packet. I paid £1.50
Miss V may like it or it will be destined for Ebay

And last but certainly not least - I won the giveaway from Mary Poppins

Sorry the picture is sideways again ! A lovely Rosie Flo fashion show play set and one of her pretty hearts
Thank you Mary

Well I had better go and do some bits, Miss V has her school disco tonight and I am helping with the PTA
(must be mad, as if I dont see enough of them all at lunch times!!)

Enjoy the sunshine

Sue x

Didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to .........

 Sorry the pictures are sideways, not a good start ! They were rotated before I uploaded them ?
Have a lie down and they will look ok

Mr V and Miss V were booked in to have a surfing lesson at a lovely beach near here in the South Hams called Bigbury

 You may of heard of Burgh Island where there is a famous art deco hotel

 Off they went for a two hour lesson. I was very very windy but they got on well. I watched for a bit and occupied myself on the beach quite happily with this selection

 I quite fancy getting one of these flats (mmm where is that lottery ticket)

After that we went home rather wind battered for roast chicken and a bottle of wine of course

Back soon with another post

Sue x

Morning has broken, blackbird has spoken..........

 Well Hello at last
Where have the last few weeks gone (again) I thought it was a couple of weeks since I posted but it looks like almost a month!

We had a weekend in Liverpool with some friends who live there which was very nice. Got a good deal at a Premier Inn , did a ferry across the Mersey etc

Then it was Easter weekend - didn't feel very Eastery this year as it was so late and all the daffodils and even the tulips were long gone and the weather was more like July ! Anyway very nice.
Then of course it was the wedding weekend - I watched every bit from 8am and loved it all.
Mr V went off for a walk on Dartmoor to escape

 Anyway back to the subject, our neighbours had already told us there was a blackbirds nest in the honeysuckle bush on our dividing fence but yesterday morning I was woken up very early to tiny cheeping sounds. Then all day the Daddy blackbird was back and foward with worms and things so I think the eggs must have hatched. You ought to have heard all the noise ! You can see him on the decking in the top photo.

 While I had the camera out I thought I would show you a few photos of my kitchen windowsill !
(If any of my 'normal' friends are reading - look away now or you think I am mad !)
This windowsill started as a bit of a little display area for bits as I havn't got a dresser and when Miss V was little it was the only place she couldn't reach. It has carried on from there and changes week by week depending on what I find

A lovely alium flower from my garden, I have lots of these, they look so nice against the green of the garden plants but also looks good in the old blue bottle I think. It was in the lounge but Mr V kept saying it had a strange smell so it been banished to my space !

My herb pots I had for my birthday - doing well so far but the pots dont have drainage holes so not sure if they will be very long term

Well its good to back, I have been reading everyone's posts but now I have gor round to writing one thank goodness.

I have lots of cross stitch and tapestry kits on my Ebay here if you are interested including a lovely Ehrman one

Back soon

Sue x