Prayer Flags And Other Things

I wanted to make a small gift for my wonderful friend Trine http://www.timeouttravel.dk/tot/forsiden.html
who was relocating from Denmark to the isle of Lismore for three months,
The cottage was going to be very small so I thought I would create something she could hang up ,outside if necessary.




I used a thin cotton onto which I printed words that I thought might relate to Trines Venture in Scotland.  The flags ended up travelling around Scotland  as Trine had to relocate to Pittenweem, in Fife, and they are now flying in a beautiful part of the British Isles.
Please take the time to look at Trines website,and the walks she organizes.
As I have mentioned before I am taking part in a journal swap with seven other woman ,Lynn from Cambridge wanted us to participate in a collaborative painting
this is how it started out.

we all had to fill in squares,as we wished.

And this is how it looks after travelling to Italy,Denmark,Sweden,Norway and the UK.
Lynn is very Happy with how it has turned out.


I am now working on the last journal which belongs to Palma, and then I should be getting mine back within the next few weeks.
I  may have mentioned that my youngest Son is getting married in August,and it is going to be a registry office ceremony followed by a reception in a local village hall. Cream tea and handmade cakes in the afternoon,followed by a live band and buffet in the evening,
I decided eventually to wear  white linen trousers with a linen blouse in a very pale shell colour. Here in the UK shops stock winter clothes in July  and everything summery has been in the sales,so I had difficulty buying a hair ornament in the right colour.
So I made my own

I cut several layers of cotton with  three different Sizzix dies.

This was the colour ink on a scrap piece of cotton before being diluted




I was so pleased with how the colour turned out.

And this is the finished item ,to which I have added a vintage watch face.,

I was so pleased with it I made two more.
And I have plenty of vintage faces to make even more.

Poppies And Other Things

We have had three months of almost non stop rain,and although it has done very little for tourism, and farmers it has helped our earth bunding blend in.
You may remember back in March /April we formed a earth mound around our fields.We were having problems with Gypsies dumping sick  and pregnant horses on our land.

this was the damage they were doing to access the fields

and this was our response  March
and now


April

What a difference
I am so pleased with how this turned out,I sprinkled a few boxes of wildflower seeds, and the result is wonderful.












We also planted 1000 willow stems which are all doing well.
My Son also fell  victim to the poor weather,he had his Stag do on a very wet weekend,but luckily  he was able to get some use from the giant inflatable bungee .



And Wilson tried his very best to join in.
I have done a few creative things,
Pages for the European journal swap I am part of.





My monthly pages for the milliande swap

Solstice

Texture

My Father was 85 yesterday and  we met up with my  brothers and  their wives by the River Avon for a meal.




This is a small village just outside the Roman city of Bath where I grew up.

On our way home we called into a dealer to view what we call motor homes ,but I believe in the USA they are called RVs,this one was larger than my parents cottage.

I have received some goodies in the post
A twinchie from the talented  Sonja who also hosted the swap.

and another from Beth containing the most delightful birds.





And journal pages from Lucine

Solstice

Texture.
I have fifteen months off from my weekly child-minding  duties, but I know Little Miss X will be visiting often.

we have had fun.