I'm Famous! erm well not really....

Well as some of you know i entered my little Summerhouse shed in the Readers Shed of the year, there were thousands upon thousands of entries, and i was wittled down to a winner of my catergory,WOWZERS!!! How on earth i did that i never know, The overall winner is picked in July and there are some very worthy winners there, But i was so happy to hear that there was a article in the Sun Newspaper today about the sheds, nothing written about me, but a wee small pic of my shed.. Oh my i'm in print. haha....So buy the paper or see it online,yes i know it's a not a favorite paper for all but i'm so happy to be in there, i will have to frame it!!!

Right off to work, it's another hot one today!

Blimey it's a hot one!

It's a hot roasting day, and all i have done is go from room to room trying to tidy up,you know how it is ,you start one thing,then go in another room to put something down,then you find your doing something else,befor you know it,you forget what you were doing to start with!

Selling my old dresser and purchased a new one on Ebay, I sat sweating! nearly having a nervous breakdown trying to make sure i won it, i kept getting pipped to the post all the time, how frustrating ebay can be sometimes,Well i'm so glad that's over now,and have my pretty dresser already. Also been out and cut down some lovely flowers and bits from the garden, flowers always cheer me up no end,Hubby used to bring them home as a surprise, these days he can just about bring himself home, as he works so hard in our shop,aww bless him...

Last week popped in  a lovely shop thats been open a few weeks, the lady there weaves baskets and repairs chairs, and has loads of old furniture and nic naks for sale, i bought some lovely material and a small cupboard,i'm gonna give it a lick of paint and remove the door, as hubby says it looks like a dart board,what doe's he know anyway, also bought a great chair from the charity shop gonna cover the cushion and have somewhere comfy to sit and lounge in the garden,thats when i ever get out there,bet you one of the cats gets on it befor me!

New material

The dart board,cough.....

The Wicker chair

New dresser

Lovely!!!!

Scrummy Pics

Havn't got much time to post and take pics of my new finds, so i will post some pretty pics,that i love drooling over..

Laura Ashley Chair

A Vintage Laura Ashley kitchen..Ohhh Yesss..

Ooops my Froggy how he get in here???

Night Night x

Nelly The Keeper

My gosh this week has been busy,My Daughter Emily was 12 this week,So inbetween rushing around getting prezzie's and working it's been a mad one, I was told by Emily how dare the world cup start on her birthday,It's over riding her special day, I swear sometimes she acts like a 25 year old,but she had a good evening after school, birthday cake was something i picked up in marks & Sparks And i put a candle that opened up into a flower and played happy birthday on the top,A friend gave 2 of them to me, it was fab! Although stupid me who jumps in first, realised i was meant to submerge the bottom bit in the cake..

Also yes i been at it again buying a tv unit for 50p in a charity shop, It's the kinda thing you had in the 60's but i love it, and a friend who is doing up there kitchen was chucking out the quaint dresser, of course i was there to say i would have that,And i think i'm weighing up wether to paint it white or not.It's lovely with real nice carvings on it.

I bought this sweet mini drawers, there so cute

These are my beauties, candle t-light holders i bought last Christmas, i just think there so pretty!

And On to the garden my lupins are doing oh so well ,yes i am suprised as i never used to be able to keep anything alive for more than a week a few years back..

Oh have i ever mentioned Nelly to you, She is the keeper of the garden ,She watches over all my plants,cats, kids, etc.. She is my owl and sits proudly in the middle of the garden keeping foxes and nasty slugish things away!

Have a great weekend! Hubby is yelling at tv USA have scored..ooops

The Deflated Paddling Pool

Kids do love a paddling pool even my two who are a bit big to fit in it, Filled up with lovely freezing water, and in they go, 20 minutes into the fun and 6 holes later repaired with a cycling puncture kit, it started going down! i guess thats it then,it's ready for the bin,Well fun was had by all ,I even managed to finish my chairs off, in the heat in the garden, They don't match the table but i'm planning on painting that when i get round to painting the living room soon.

Oh dear the remains of the day!

At least my chairs don't look so sorry for themselves now,much better i think!

Befor....

And After.....

Oh Happy Days!!!

A Little Painting,Another Project!

Sun was out full force today,oh what a change from the miserable rain again, so i went forth and decided to paint some chairs i picked up in a charity shop for £14 pounds,they were rather neglected to say the least,burns on the cushions 2 were painted black and the other 2 light brown with weird marks all over them, but they are a nice shape, so i thought yes siree i will have them and give them a new lease of life, So far they have had 2 coats of paint all but one, and i will start to recover the seat pads tomorrow if i have time.

Sad looking chairs,all worn out!

After 2 coats looking better..

Also was happy to see my Yukka plant that is growing on the edge of my lawn is going to flower again, i was so excited last year as it was the first time it had ever done this,little white pods formed and turned it to these beautiful poddish like flowers, So it looks like its happening again,see the buds are forming.

Oh yes and my feeble attempt at growing Runner beans in a pot, well they are winding up the canes, So i guess thats a good thing..

And here is my little tin jug so pretty that i bought at Lavender farm.