This one doesn't need a title.....It's my beloved Cornwall!

Everybody loves Cornwall...hang on a minute I said that about cushions!?!....well nobody has disagreed with me, so I shall also make that sweeping statement about Cornwall as well!

....but how can you not love it...its beautiful....

These believe it or not are NOT sunsets, don't choke on your cuppa, they are in fact sunrises....yes that's right, sunrises! Astonishing on two counts - 1. I have never seen a sunrise like that in Surrey before & 2. I was up early enough in the morning to see a sunrise!

Pretending I was a millionaire on beautiful boat for the day....

Although I did see several seals in the sea, these seals/sea-lions were at the Gweek Seal Sanctuary...

- who knew they had toenails

This is a before & after of one getting angry with me cos I blocked his sunlight!

The astounding St. Michaels Mount, which gets completely cut off from the mainland at high tide. As you can see from my pic the causeway is about to be flooded by the tide and anyone who didn't manage to get off the island on time will need to catch the local ferry.

- you'll think I'm mad but I swear there is a heart shape on my Cornish Pasty....

Bye Cornwall x

Can't afford it...so I make it!

Any time I visit a furniture store, craft fair, or look through magazines, etc I see the most beautiful rugs. 

I particularly like them textured, with a 'I must feel this' look about them, in any grey hue.

But alas my bank account doesn't allow for such luxury items, 

that was until I saw Ingrid Wagner, Rug & Art Creation. 

Cinderella will have that rug, she'll just have to make it!

So I bought my 600mm Big Knit Needles - yes, you did read that correctly, they are HUGE needles! 

Chose my yarn in my dream grey hues and set about, with Ingrid Wagners pattern, knitting and purling.




Their yarn is also 100% recycled and 100% wool. It's the selvedge of industrial weaving which would otherwise be discarded as waste. So I'm helping the environment at the same time!

I am about half way through and loving it...

It will be positioned in my new lounge (that is also still in progress!!) laid over the top of the oak floorboards. My coffee table will sit in the middle of it and I'm still toying with the idea to shabby chic the table, but I'll wait till the room in finished to decide. 

Only 35 more rows to do, which is the great thing about 

Big Knitting, if you are quite good at knitting you can create one of these rugs or throws in just 5hrs! 

Hope you like it as much as me, let me know if you have any comments!

Bex x

My Camera Goes Camping...

What just happened? One minute it was June and all sunny....

I was sat in the garden, taking pics of new buds appearing, suddenly its cold and windy, and I'm cutting all the dead stems off those flowers and its nearly Christmas!! 

We did however manage to get in a camping trip before the snow sets in and I had a chance to have fun with my photos...

This is probably my favourite...hee...hee...

I loved being able to walk through the fields...no roads...no traffic...just peace and quiet!

...seeing the dew on the grass first thing in the morning....

....berries in the hedgerow....

...amazing things you wouldn't normally see in your day to day life...

....and the cute things....

If you only do one thing today - go outside and experience the beauty.

Bex

Everybody Loves Cushions!

Don't they?? Well I definitely do.....throughout most of my life 

my favourite saying has been 

"that fabric would look great as a cushion!"

That's what happened here....this fabric was originally a tea towel! 

Nice as a tea towel I suppose, but great as a cushion....

The ribbon was found in my local craft store and matches almost exactly...

I shall explain my cushion addiction a little more....while visiting a fabric store recently (and where I purchased the mother of pearl button below) I got chatting to one of the owners. I was asking her advice on projects I was planning and enquired about some fabric that had caught my eye, when asked what I would be using the fabric for...I answered "for a cushion". Another fabric was laid out for inspection and she asked me once again what I would be using it for....my reply "a cushion". A sample of trimming made of pretty fabric flowers on netting was offered up to another material and I asked how best to secure it in place....unfortunately she asked the question again - what would I be using it for....sheepishly I had to answer..."cushion".....see what I mean! But I just can't resist...

Bex x