A whole new project.. Gardening!

Another non crafty post today.. I will post something crafty soon enough. I do have plenty to blog about when I get the time. Still no luck on finding a time machine, unfortunately.

So, after being in the mood to watch "Just Like Heaven" and thinking about the lovely garden scenes in it.. I looked outside the window and saw the state of our yard/garden.
It used to be all tree sort of things, all leafy and green.. but then a new neighbour (that has thankfully moved out now! Long annoying story..) cut them down so they could walk their cat.
Since then, it has just shown how much rubbish is actually out there, and what a state it really is.


The before photos..

Not very nice is it? But, that's soon going to change... :)

I decided that it would look so much better if the rubbish was picked up, the dead branches cut down and some tubs outside with some lovely plants/flowers in.


And I finally want a washing line, having a clothes hanger in the living room is making our wall really really damp.


My wonderful boyfriend decided he would be great enough to help me on his day off, aww.
We were not too happy to find these among all the rubbish and leaves..

We called the council, and they are coming to collect them. I'm just so glad we didn't get pricked or something. I really don't like where we live. But, I hope to have our own little bit of heaven when we are finished.

This is how far we had got before our lunch break, which I think will turn into a rest of the day break. My feet are still absolutely killing from work, and now my boyfriend is sat down, he looks rather comfy..and I don't think I can pry him from his seat, haha.

The during photos..

And, hopefully, sometime soon.. there will be the "after" photos. I shall keep you posted!

Askrigg Village Kitchen

Oooh, I almost forgot!


My favourite deli/gift shop in the Yorkshire Dales has finally got themselves a Facebook page!
Their Millionaires Shortbread is the best I have ever tasted.
If you would like to have a look at their page, you can find it here.


They very kindly agreed to stock some of my makes just before Christmas, and I am thrilled to say that they have now all sold. 


Now I just need to find a time machine so that I have time to make some more.. Anyone know where I can get one? :)

Beverley, Birthday, Valentines and the start of an Emma Bridgewater collection :)

I fully intended to post again before now, but with working 10 days in a row..and my day off seeming like a million miles away I haven't actually gotten round to doing anything I intended to do!

So, here is a post I've been pretty excited to post for a while now.. I finally own something from Emma Bridgewater!! Yayyy!

It was my birthday on the 12th, and my wonderful boyfriend bought me this..

Emma Bridgewater Lovely-ness!

The Tea holder was for my Birthday (I'm a whopping quarter of a century old now! Eek!), and although the Dancing Mice beaker is aimed at children.. I absolutely adore the design, so I thought, why not? That was my gift for Valentines Day :)

I do feel for my poor Boyfriend, with my Birthday and Valentines only being one day apart..but he always makes those couple of days rather special bless him.

This year we decided to go and have a look around Beverley, because for quite a while now, heading into the town centre has become rather dull. There are not many shops to look around that we are interested in, and every time we go in HMV..the prices of the DVDs are usually double that of online, so we rarely buy in the store, which is a shame. I love coming home with a new film to watch after a nice day out.

I'm so glad we decided to go there, as we had a lovely day. And it was really great to just walk around and explore somewhere new and somewhere so pretty too!

Here are a couple of photos from the day out..

Arriving in the lovely Beverley

Beverley Train Station

A lovely church that we passed, we didn't actually go near the minster this time, but  plan to next time.

We saw this frozen beer on a bench on the street, and thought it was a good picture to hint at how cold it was!

 We ended up looking in this florist shop, I was drawn in by the window display (though I forgot to take a photo, d'oh!) and downstairs we were greeted by this lovely scene..

They had it all set up for a private tea party for the next day.. how gorgeous does it look?! I really wanted to sit down and enjoy a good cup of tea and some cake. And I also wanted to take the lovely tea cups home with me, alas, it wasn't possible. I'm going to keep it in mind for the future though, I'd love to have a vintage tea party one day.

Even though I wanted to buy the tea cups that weren't for sale, I did come away with these little lovelies..

I know, February and buying Christmas tags.. but I couldn't resist :) Hopefully I'll remember where I have put them, as I have a habit of buying things in advance and then losing them.


These gorgeous cupcakes were a perfect addition to my Birthday day out, they were very scrumptious! Chocolate and Lemon flavours from Lucy Beal Cakery. I kept thinking of Eastenders when I saw the name.. haven't watched that show for a good few years now.
Am I really missing anything?

The following baked goodies were absolutely yummy! A white chocolate and raspberry Blondie which was still warm when we got it outside of the shop, so it didn't quite survive the journey home for the photos.. apologies for that, but it was so worth it! Yum. The brownie is a chocolate orange cheesecake brownie, I hadn't had that flavour before, but it was amazing! We got those from a lovely little sandwich/cake shop called Brownies & Blondies. We will certainly go back again next time we go.
I'd written down a few foodie places to try and find on our visit, for if we got peckish, and we almost gave up trying to find this one as it was so cold. I'm just glad that we actually found it, as all of it was really delicious.

 I was also delighted to find a Laura Ashley store there too, and I bought this sample pack of Laura Ashley oilcloth. I'm not sure what to do with them yet really. They were just really pretty and for £1 I couldn't resist. The outside of sewing needle cases maybe? Any ideas would be welcomed!

 We also found an old fashioned sweet shop, which my boyfriend dragged me in (I needed SO much persuading! Haha) and he bought some american sweets. The Peanut Butter Twix also didn't last the train journey home.. it was really nice, but..£1.75 for a twix! I know its imported from America, but £1.75.. I'm not a scrooge or anything, but I would have definitely thought twice about it if I had been the one to go and get it. I did really enjoy my Toffee Crumble though, I haven't had any since school..so it was nice to reminisce. So, not a great day for my healthier eating..but it was my birthday.. so I'm trying not to feel too bad.

 And finally, the last two of my purchases from Beverley. 
As soon as I saw these Soup bowl/mugs in a charity shop, I knew I had to have them. I used to use them when I lived with Dad, and when I lost him, I didn't have anything to do with clearing his place, as it was just too hard.


There is so much I wish I had kept now, and I regret not helping as I'd love to have more things around for memories. So I was so so pleased to buy these. He always used to make me Tomato Soup in these when I was ill, so next time I don't feel so well, I'm going to get these out and make myself some soup. And I think it will taste so much better.

Oooh, and I got this gorgeous Laura Ashley pillowcase from the same charity shop. It's such a big pillowcase, I don't know if I just have small pillows.. or if it's a giant pillowcase. But I think I'm planning to turn it into a cushion cover, as there was just the one. And I think it would look lovely as a cushion cover.

Sorry for all the pictures, and if you have reached the end of this long post..well done! I hope I didn't bore you too much.

x

Updates coming soon!

Just a quick post to let anyone who actually reads this that I have a massive post coming up in the next couple of days.. Hopefully I'll finally have some time!

A visit to Beverley, Valentines and Birthday presents and some lovely recent purchases.

Oohh, and a couple of makes too :)

Friday The 13th

So, is Friday the 13th an unlucky day for you? Or do you just think it's a load of old phooey? I've had some Friday 13th with bad luck, but nothing really major. And then, probably just a coincidence. I wasn't too positive about having a job interview on today of all days though! But, fingers crossed.


I think quite a lot of it is if it's playing on your mind all day. But, one VERY good thing about today being Friday 13th, is that Film4 are showing the remake of the first Jason film with the very very handsome Jared Padalecki...

Mmmm!

Anyway, onto some crafty business! I got it into my head, after singing the Rosie & Jim theme tune for about a week in my head (not quite sure how it got there!) that I wanted to make a Rag Doll. So, off to Hobbycraft I went in search of a suitable material and some fabric paints. 


It's going quite well so far. I hope to upload a photograph of it tomorrow when I get it finished. And then upload it to my Facebook page and keep my fingers crossed that I sell more things this year.


It would be a total dream to be able to make a proper living from selling my crafty creations, but isn't that every crafty persons dream really?
I mean, how many people can work all day at home, and possibly even in PJs if they choose to? Then to spend all day watching detective dramas whilst sewing and thinking of themselves as a rather good sleuth that would give Poirot a run for his money.. haha. 


I hope today has been a day of good luck to all of you and that nothing too bad has happened :)
x

First ever blog post.

So, after lurking around many other blogs, I decided to take the plunge and finally get around to creating one of my own.

It was after all one of my new years plans, not resolutions..because I tend to break those. But I created a list of things I'd like to achieve or do this year, and starting a blog was one of them. 

So, one down..many more to go!

Hopefully this blog will be a place that I can share the things that I create, make and discover.

I'm not too sure what to write, with this being my first entry and all. 

A little bit about myself maybe? Hmm..

Okay, so my name is Hannah. Hello!

- I'm 25 in just over a month. (A quarter century old! A quarter of a century. I cannot quite get my head around this. I was talking to my lovely friend from school the other day about this..and, boy, do I feel old.)

- I live in Yorkshire (sadly not the wonderful countryside part.. One day though, a girl can dream!) with my wonderful boyfriend and our 9 lovely ratties. Not everyone's pet of choice, I know, but they really are truly amazing and adorable pets.

- I am absolutely in love with vintage things, lovely fabrics, buttons (Button, button, who's got the button? My money's on the witch.. <3 Buffy!), watching films (rather partial to comic book, sci fi and fantasy films, but I have a list of chick flick favourites about as long as my arm) and music. I think my iPod is one of my most treasured items. 

- I have been crafty ever since I was a little child, and spent every weekend making something new with my Dad. There were many weekends of failed papier mache that didn't ever dry, and trying every Art Attack project that I could. I never got around to making a giant picture made from salt on the floor though.. does anyone remember those?

- I decided to start up a Facebook page to try and sell some of my creations a month or two before Christmas. Hopefully this year I will be able to add more things to that, and get a few more sales.

I'd love nothing more than to spend all my days playing around with gorgeous fabrics, and creating things. 

Anyway, I've probably gone on far too long already. So here are some of my creations from last year..

Hello to anyone that is actually reading this.. if you are, leave a comment and say Bonjour (been watching too much Only Fools and Horses lately, if that's possible. Such a classic show.)

And, that's all folks.

Until next time.. x