Home Sweet Home

I just love these Scandinavian homes, painted all white with their prominent slate grey roofs. To my delight there is one in July's issue of  Country Homes and Interiors magazine, and it is the home of Greengate owners, Mona and Jesper Bjorn Christiansen. What a gorgeous home it is too, filled with their iconic colourful fabrics and china against a neutral background.  I particularly love their sitting/dining room which is a more subdued blue-grey which sets off the dark wood furniture and old leather suitcases beautifully. See for yourself......

I am still busy creating things, a little slower than I would like. I will let you have a look at what I've been doing at the weekend or on Monday. Have a wonderful weekend, love Linda x

creative juices

Oh dear, I have been having so much fun, being at home playing on the computer. You are all going to be so bored with me.Not only is Pinterest lighting up my days, but now I've found Picnik. I'm sorry, but before I started blogging I was afraid of technology, I had not long learned how to text! For those of you who don't know, Picnik is a  site where you can upload your photos and mess about with them, making collages and overprinting with words, it is tremendous fun, but does zap your time. Hey ho I am making hay while the sun shines, once back to full health I have a TON of work to do, so I won't be able to play! See what you think of my messing.......

I do feel now, after I have had my play that I need to go and create something physically, I am not sure what, I might bake or sew or paint. Anyway I will be taking a little break from the computer for a couple of days so that I can concentrate. I wish you all a very happy and productive rest of the week. Much love Linda x

Flowers in the home

Aren't these roses just gorgeous? My sister Lesley brought them from her garden, she inherited them when she bought her house, not only do they look lovely, the scent is heavenly. Of all the types of flowers you can have, and all the differing arrangements, I love flowers from the garden best, stuffed into jugs, over-spilling with their generosity and beauty. Today I am linking up with the lovely  Jane from Small but Charming for her Flowers in the House feature. She is a very talented Florist, Gardener and Caterer and her blog is full of fun and friendly banter and well woth a visit if you haven't been before.

Some other lovely flowers soon to be in my home.........yay, I am so excited! I have won another giveaway, yes me, who NEVER wins anything! It was on my first visit to Mary Poppins, a lovely blog dedicated to crafty things and Shabby Chic living. Mary also makes and sells lovely bags, lavender hearts etc. on Etsy. So thankyou so much Mary, I am thrilled to have won your gorgeous giveaway and shall wear it with pride!

Some lovely yellow roses from my garden and fabulous Peonies brought to me by my other sister Tracey. I am a very lucky girl today!

I would also like to share with you some lovely bunting made by the very clever Wendy fom 15 Coast Road she made it from old tea-towels and backed it with vintage fabric. As usual with everything that Wendy does it is beautifully made. She sent me a gorgeous little card of a sailing boat that she had made, which so reminds me of her blog and where she lives and 2 beautiful little tags that I need to find a special home for. Thankyou Wendy I am delighted!

words above from tumblr

I would like to welcome my new followers, thankyou so much for joining me, and to thank all my other followers and readers, I love to have you visit and appreciate all your comments and conversations. Have a productive and satisfying week, with love Linda x

Zippity Doo Dah!

image from here.

My oh my it's a wonderful day. Hello kids and kittens, I am feeling very happy today, not only because it is the most beautiful sunshiney day, but because I have had  keyhole surgery to remove my gallbladder and I am so relieved that its all over! Hurrah! I was operated on on Wednesday afternoon and got home yesterday afternoon. It is wonderful that it can all be done so quickly these days. So a big thankyou to Miss Minford the surgeon and all the other doctors and nurses who took such good care of me.

But now I am going to pour myself a lovely pink drink, non-alcoholic of course and sit out in the sunshine and enjoy the garden and birdsong, and thank my lucky stars!

image from here.

Above images from here. Myself, house and garden don't look like this but I am working on it!

I hope you are all having a lovely day wherever you are in this "wonderful world",love Linda x.

The photos above are from my garden.

A grateful heart

All these incredible images are from Pinterest, the words too! There is so much beauty all around us, do we really see it? That's all, love Linda x

Tulips from Amsterdam

 Isn't this such a cute picture, it's an exquisite piece of patchwork, I just love it. Anyway back to my topic, tulips...do you remember thse little fellows? Well here is what happened to them......

I was doing the flowers for a wedding today and the buckets were needed to decorate the pews in the church and the altar. The bride had chosen invitations that were a minty green with tiny white polka dots, so I painted the buckets the same way.....

The buckets were drilled and pink cord threaded through and attached to the pews, then a little posy of tulips and peonies was popped into each one. The buckets will then be taken to the reception and used as table decorations (nifty eh?). The 2 larger buckets had a topiary type arrangement like so...

Sadly my camera decided not to work and so you can't see the finished article, with the bun moss around the bottom, but the above photograph is showing a miniature version.

The brides bouquet is mostly white tulips with a few pink and the bridesmaids were all pink. Sorry I have no pictures of the bride.

Poor girl there were bomb scares near the church, and all the guests were ringing up in a state of panic. The weather was not too wonderful either, but at least it didn't rain. I am sure that she will have a wonderful day come what may, but I am just adding this little sentiment from Pinterest, as I think it's good to remember. Have a lovely weekend everyone, and thankyou very much for all your comments on Pinterest, love Linda x