Season Seeking

I'm sorry I've been absent,

I should have left a note.

I've been to look for autumn

On a Wightlink boat.

I checked around the edges,

I searched across the sky.

I felt the seasons shifting

and then I saw time fly!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/battle-of-britain/11865562/Watch-live-Battle-of-Britain-flypast-as-Prince-Harry-joins-veterans-in-Spitfire.html

Crafty ways make holidays.

EE xx

I'm a Happy Bunny!

I was delighted to receive some fab post this morning...

I won a prize!

What a treat...sending a special thank you to 

feeling stitchy 

for the giveaway and

Jessie Chorley

for her generosity and inspiration. 

The Story of a Maker...

a charming book full of treasure, creativity and bows

(I love bows)...

and hearts...

and posh sticky tape!

When I'm happy I like to rhyme (sorry!)

so here's a poem inspired by Jessie's book...

It's called

Mending

When you feel a bit low

Or your mo-jo's gone slow

Try a needle and thread

To pick up your head.

Tiny stitches will grow

 From the rhythm and flow,

A mending creation

Of self-preservation.

Crafty ways make lucky days

EE xx

I've been in stitches...

I seem to have caught the embroidery bug...

I think I picked it up from this unfinished project I found at a boot fair.

   

All the silks are numbered but there's no plan

 so I shall be brave and improvise.

I'm hoping it will make a lovely cushion or bag

(I like making cushions and bags).

I have been practicing with little woolly badges.

How hard can it be?

It just takes time, love...

and restless fingers, of which I have eight.

I also bought some sunshine fabric at this boot fair

  (where I was supposed to be selling my clutter)

and I solved the bag/cushion dilemma.

My de-cluttering mission is going well...

I found a use for all those receptacles

that didn't pass the pin cushion audition.

The hairless troll was saved from land fill...

and I have a back up plan...

I find it so hard to throw stuff out...

do you?

Crafty ways make hoarding days.

EE xx

Lazing on a sunny afternoon...

I had to get a wiggle on for yesterday's monthly market

so I made some teeny tiny badges from vintage linen

and some 'extra strong' blooming brooches.

Not my stitches... just propagated from cuttings,
 (you can just see them, top left).

Rubbish photos, poor lighting and a stressed photographer...

yesterday at the Vintage and Very Nice market in Chichester.

but this lady knows how to ...

 http://www.theowlandtheaccordion.com/2015/07/vintage-chichester.html

Thank you for the thumbs up Vicky.

Crafty ways make happy customers.

EE xx

Today's Badge

My hip said 'ouch'

Now stuck on couch.

Taking time out,

Back soon, no doubt!

Which badge suits your day?

I may have over stretched myself on holiday...

hoping to get back in shape soon.

Crafty ways make resting days.

EE xx

The Mysterious Case of the Crafty Traveller

I love this idea... a sewing kit for crafting on the go...

made from a glasses case... thank you Pinterest.

 I'm planning some alfresco sewing

and bird watching...

as I'm going on a little jaunt next week.

I expect there will also be a lot of perching,

sleeping bunnies...

and a bit of shopping as well.

Crafty ways make happy holidays.

EE xx

Hello...

is it me you're looking for?

I can see it in your eyes...

I can see it in your smile...

You're all I've ever wanted

and my arms are open wide,

'cause you know just what to say

and you know just what to do...

and I want to tell you so much

I love you.

Crafty ways make Lionel days.

EE xx