A quick round-up of things I like

I'm getting to the stage now where blogging everyday is becoming a bit of a chore. Particularly this week when all I am doing is getting stock ready to take into a shop on Friday - it's not finished enough to show it off yet I don't want to bore you with yet another picture of half finished chickens or gift tags! So I decided (for the sake of you all and my sanity!) to browse some blogs and show off some of the things I like. Enjoy!

Pip from Meet Me At Mikes will be posting a how to for this fabulous Arcade blanket soon so if you crochet then head over there. However if you don't crochet but have a very talented little sister then you need to smile and wave. Hi Sarah! *waves* :D :D

I will certainly be trying out this tutorial from A Beautiful Mess for these fabulous floral suitcases! I'm thinking some Liberty fabric would work very well here. And it gives me a chance to use my rotary cutter!

Also from A Beautiful Mess is this rather fabulous idea for elbow patches. Makes me think of a geeky but very cool librarian (which is my other dream job!)

And how cool is this book headboard????? I want, I want, I want! I spotted it over at Recycle This who are having a book week this week. Head over if you fancy finding out some cool things to make using damaged books.

Be back tomorrow hopefully with some finished things to show off. If not, it's half made chickens for you :)

My Creative Space - daydreaming

I won't actually be in my Creative Space today due to picking up a new car this morning, visiting a potential stockist this afternoon and attending a zine meeting this evening - busy day! So whilst driving to all these places I will be daydreaming (whilst paying close attention to the road of course!) about my front garden.

This is my front garden - there isn't much space as we live in a traditional Victorian house but I am determined to try and grow some things in there to eat. Eventually I would like a raised bed against the little wall on the left but that will be a long term goal. First I have to figure out what I want to plant, what we will eat and what will grow in our clay soil. Tomatoes don't grow well here and we have the worlds largest slug population in Burnley I think!

There are quite a few established plants that I don't really want to get rid of but we will see how that goes.

I have quite a bit of wasted space where pots could go so I will be researching what will grow well in pots. It's good to daydream!

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