October Scavenger Hunt

Happy Halloween, if that's the right sentiment,

Maybe I should say Scary Halloween.

Anyway it's time for my pictures

for Octobers Scavenger Hunt organised

by Green Thumb at Made with Love.

This months list was

Orange
2
Flower
Rubbish
Emotion
Flight
Home Made
black and White
Coffee Time
Ballon
Weather Cock
Fridge Magnet 

1.  2

Coffee mugs looking over Cromer Beach.

2. Flight

Seagull over the surf.

3. Coffee time

My special treat.

  

4. Rubbish

Recycle bins

5. Emotion

A happy mug in a charity shop

6. Balloon

I couldn't find a balloon anywhere so I 

went for a nice bright  banner display instead.

7. Fridge Magnet

My family are great travellers so I have quite a

collection of fridge magnets as they are easy to bring back.

8. Flower

The last of this years dahlias in my garden

although they  have all gone now after the storm at the 

beginning of the week.

9. Weather Cock

On my neighbours garage.

10. Orange

Not sure what it is but it looked great amongst

the brown leaves.

11. Black and White

My bathroom.

12.Homemade

My latest project is a new case for my laptop to 

keep it safe and warm when it leaves the house.

I'm thrilled with it.

So that is my selection for this month,

Bring on next months.

See you soon.

Gill xx

You Can't Help Acting on Impulse

I wonder how many of you out there remember those adverts

where the beautiful girl was presented with

flowers from the incredibly handsome stranger.

Of course the reality of the cheap body spray

never quite lived up to the fantasy did it.

How many times has that happened to you when you have 

bought something on the spur of the moment

only to get home and found you have made a mistake

or it wasn't quite as perfect as you thought it was going to be.

I'm always doing it with clothes.

Anyway Mr T and I were in Norwich a few weeks ago

when it suddenly occurred to us that we had all 3 children 

coming home for Christmas and only one spare bed. So, 

on impulse,we bought a new sofa bed then and there from John Lewis.

The idea being it could go into my workroom(my son's old bedroom)

turning it into an occasional bedroom.

When my son moved out I had moved my sewing machine in and 

not really done much else with it.

So before our new purchase arrived I decided I needed to decorate 

and reorganise my room. I also needed more storage.

After plain white emulsion on the walls.

I started with an old ottoman foot stool for the bedding.

Which I covered with some heavy grey linen I had stored

away in my stash. A bargain buy which I couldn't resist

knowing it would come in handy for something.

Then went to the local auction and bought an old

cupboard. 

 Painted Manor house Grey from Farrow and Ball

Filled with my fabric stash.

And

Decoupaged with some old french magazines

on the inside.

Then the sofa arrived. 

 It was bigger than 

I remembered  and we had a real panic 

that it wasn't going to fit up the stairs

as we hadn't checked the measurements.

We have a narrow and twisted staircase

and it was a close run thing but other than a 

small scratch to the on the wall it has been put in place.

With a cupboard stolen from another room for

my books  and magazines I have a new room.

My new organised and tidy (for now)

workroom/occasional bedroom is finished

and I love it.

Maybe I should act on impulse more often.

Gillx

Ally Pally Day Out

So who else has been down to Londons Alexandra Palace

 for the "Knitting and Stitching show?"

My friend and I went on a coach trip

yesterday and had a fantastic time.

Both of us were broke when we left

with all the bits and pieces we bought

but I have to say for me the best part

was the fabulous exhibitions by the textile graduates

and  artists.

Here are some of my photos.

I went to have a word with long time bloggy

friend Sue from @home who had a stall selling her 

badges and pocket mirrors. It was lovely to 

meet her after chatting on line and sharing each others lives 

for so long. It was a very quick chat as 

thankfully for her she was very busy.

Hope it carried on in the same vain honey and it was worth

all the hard work. Can't wait to read her post about the hotel

which apparently left a lot to be desired.

This was one of my favourites booths 

Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn

and came away with one of their books.

I'm totally inspired to do more embroidery and really wish

I could have afforded to buy one of their pieces.

There was artist from all over the world

Sorry about the glare on this one but I love the picture 

which was so different from the ones above.

  

Then as we left I saw this which has been knitted

 by a whole host of people based on the characters from

a new childrens book due out called"Save snarky spuddle and ramfeezled", 

unfortunately for them they were parked outside 

and not allowed a  gazebo. 

It was pouring when 

we left and I felt so sorry for them.

We hit dreadful traffic on the way home so it was

a very long day but very enjoyable.

I haven't taken a photo of the things I got so will do that this week

so see you soon and let me know what you thought of the show if you went.

Gillxx

September Scavenger Hunt

I'm a couple of days late this month but here are 

my photos for Septembers hunt run by Green Thumbs

at made with love.

So we start with

Disney

This is my little nieces drinking cup from the Disney Store

White

A single white Cosmos from the garden.

Tree

Also in my garden is my beautiful

Sweet Chestnut Tree.

Life on the beach

The beach huts at Wells-next-the Sea in Norfolk.

Repetition

Little boats all in a line at Morston Quay.

New

Saw this lovely old Pub sign for the Old New Inn

in Broughton on the Water while we were travelling

through the Cotswolds 

last week

Graffiti

This was in Frome in Somerset.

Really weird and wonderful

One

My brothers favourite shop, the model shop.  

Door Handle

These are on the cupboard in my lounge.

Ears

I've had this little chap since I was a child and 

I still love him and his long ears.

Lace

 My little piece of Honiton lace 

which my Granny told me was a family heirloom

I am researching my family history and found out

recently that my Grans Gran was a lace maker 

in Honiton so I hope this was one of her pieces.

I absolutely love it.

Tattoo

I really struggled with this one as no one in

my family has a tattoo and I so wasn't sure how to go about it.

Then decided to photograph the decal on my computer

which is like it's tattoo isn't it--sort of.

I can't seem to turn the picture the right way around either

so a bit of a di- ast- er all round really.

So time to find out this months list and start again.

See you soon

Gillxx

A busy Week

I have been all over the place this week

literally.

The week began in Kent with a close friend

who has just lost his beautiful wife to that

awful disease that seems to be taking so

many of our friends at the moment.

48 is no age to die.

Wednesday was spent with my cousin who was in Norfolk

on holiday from the Peak District.

It was a lovely day which was just what was needed.

We both talk for England when we are together

so we sat on Wells -Next -Sea beach for hours

just chatting and eating our picnic.

Wells has the most fantastic beach huts which 

cost a fortune but look amazing. 

Most definitely on my wish list.

The tide was out and it is very low at the moment

so it was just miles and miles of sand  

and very few people at this end.

At the back of the beach is the dunes

and the pine forrest behind them. 

On a hot day this was the best place to sit for our picnic.

Thursday Mr T and I went to West Norfolk for a couple of days.

We had a lovely relaxing couple of days

and a good ole poke about the shops in Hunstanton

which we usually call Sunny ~Hunny but was anything 

but sunny.

 We saw some interesting things though the sign above 

I love and neither of us had ever seen a car like this

before.

Then tuck in the back of the shops I found

K&K who do wonderful things with quilts.

They also hire out long arm quilting machines.

This quilt was hung on the wall and really caught my eye.

 The machine embroidery acts as the quilting

and is really different.

The colours suit the figures brilliantly and these 

are on the back as well as the front.

A real work of art.

These two ladies were there to use the machine

on their quilts.

One day I will make a quilt like this.

I then went to the fabric shop around the corner

which is jammed packed with loads of 

fabrics for quilting and crafting but not much

for dressmaking which is what I was looking for.

I still came away with some bits and pieces though of course.

Saturday was a trip to Morston Quay for coffee and a walk with the dogs.

This is where the seal boats go from.

These take you out to Blakeney Point

where the seal colonies live and it's a lovely trip

although a little chilly at times.

It's also a sailing magnet which a lot of the North Norfolk

 coast is , so there is lines of little boats everywhere.

Although this is the one Mr T fancied.

Having worn the dogs out and

 had our ice cream it was time to go home.

Today my cousin from Oz is coming to stay for a couple of days 

which I'm really excited about.

So another busy week ahead.

Hope you have a good week.

Gillxx