Better Late Than Never :)

Oh where does the time go!

I feel its running away with me.

About 2 months after the wedding I can finally show you some photos from our big day.

 

 

Our beautiful cake and on the sides of the photo you can just about see the bridesmaid's sweet pea bouquets.

Getting ready my hairdresser really treated my daughter making her feel like a princess having her nails done too.

My shoes and accessories.

My daughters shoes and petticoat on her swing at the bottom of the garden.

My Great Nanas earrings (my something blue)

My dress, vintage find.

 

Standing in front of the beloved camper, that I wanted to keep forever.

Tying the knot!

 Party paper pompoms.

and my husband and I (still feels weird say that!)

 

Will be back soon with some crochet makes and updates until then thank you for bearing with me.

 

Off to catch up with some blog reading.

 

Have a lovely week.

 

xx



Wedding highlights

Hello to you!

I'm back refreshed and back to normal.

I wanted to share with you some of my wedding photos.

Only a few for now as the photographer is still editing the professional ones.

 

I thought you might like to see the décor.

Inside of the marquee the day before the wedding. We finished at 6pm on the evening before the wedding. I got there with a lot of help from a special friend and family.

Our wedding rings.

Plas Newydd where we were married and my lovely transportation.

The yummy cakes.

Scrabble letters on my Grannie's 100 year old table cloth.

Hand knitted bunting made by the ladies at the centre where my partner works. The honey comb balls are now at my house waiting to find a home.

Very sad waving goodbye to the camper wanted to keep it.

 

We had a wonderful day. It seemed to go well without and major mishaps.

It was everything we hoped it would be and more.

 

Will share some more photos soon when the professional photos come through.

 

I have been crocheting wash cloths this week (starting to make Christmas presents)

I cant show you them yet because the people I am making them for my spy them!

 

Thank you so much for all your lovely messages wishing luck and kindness.

xx

 

 

 



Birds and Dolls

Hello.

How has your week been so far? Good I hope.

It's been a busy week here.

The usual working and visiting my Grandad in north east Yorkshire.

It's about 4 hours away from where we live in north wales luckily my daughter has always been good on long journeys.

Always nice to get away for a few days.

 

This week crochet wise I have jumped on the Attic 24 band wagon and hooked up five bower birds.

You can find the pattern here

They hook up a treat with clear and well written instructions.

 

I really enjoyed the stitching parts where I could personalise each birdie and give it, it's own character.

 

I wanted to show you my mantel piece because its made me smile this week having not one but two vases of flowers and my new dolls.

The nesting dolls were a bit of an extravagance for me, especially when I'm supposed to be paying for a wedding.

But...

I do love them.

So you may have just seen that I mentioned the wedding eek its getting close now!

Just over 2 weeks.

So if I do go quiet you will know what I'm doing. I'm hoping to keep up with things.

I will leave you with these chirpers!

Have a lovely weekend.

xx

 

 

 

Crochet Granny Square Arm Caps and Summer Garden Lovin

Hello to you.

Well I'm back again.

It's very exciting having a new toy to type on.

I've been busy sewing up simple bunting (will show another time) for the wedding and organising my collection of vintage table cloths and mats ready for decorating the marquee. The wedding is getting scarily close now, I think we have about a month to go.

I have my crochet arm caps to show you...

I wanted something to protect the sofa from scratching kitties and my daughters habit of getting chocolate everywhere.

I was really pleased how they stood out on the red sofa.

 



 

I have also had a little trial run of making up garden flower arrangements in recycled jars, this is what I'd like at our wedding. I was pleased with the out come. Keeping my fingers crossed that the flowers will stay out for me!

 

Below a quick peep at what's about in my garden this week...

1, Pink rose (not sure of name)

2, Verbena

3, White old rose

4, Hydrangea

5, Nasturtiums

6, That pink rose again!

7, Magenta  Lychnis coronaria

8, Feverfew

9, Hydrangea Annabelle

 We've had a little bit of rain this week not too much, just enough to get the garden flourishing.

 

In my kitchen table tea cup this week I have...

 

 

It was supposed to be just the hydrangea but I broke a lily head off my bunch while trying to get it out of the packaging so it's found a home there too.

 

Just a quick thank you to my new followers lovely to have you here with me.

A massive thank you too to the lovely bloggy ladies who went over to visit my lovely friend and neighbour at her crochet cottage

Off to get the school uniform ready, have a lovely week.

xx

 

 

 

Post 100 gone but not forgotten

Hello 

This week we have been remembering the brave people who fought for us at the D day landings. 

My computer is still playing up and would have loved to have made more of an effort for my 100th post but unfortunately it's just a quick phone one again. 

Thank you so much to my followers and readers who've been no end of support and inspiration to me. 

This week I have been hooking up some flower bunting for my wedding. Less than 2 months to go now. 

I love how quickly they fly off my hook. 

Hoping you've all had a lovely weekend so far. 

FB xx

Crochet Roses and a Walk Around the Garden

Hello and happy Tuesday.

Hope that I find you all well?

 First things to show you are my wedding shoes!I used one of my favourite patterns from one of my favourite books, cute and easy crochet with flowers.

I really love hooking up these lovely roses.

Being tall I always knew my shoes would have to be flat, so I picked up these white pumps and thought they could do with some crochet related jazzing up!

I used drops cotton light it was a dream to crochet with.

I'm really pleased with the look of them and think they will fit our vintage wedding theme well.

I cant believe we only have 3 months left before the big day.

Here are some photos from our garden.

1, Clematis started flowering this week.

2, Ladybirds appearing.

3,Calendular that has made it through the winter.

4, Wild garlic growing up through the bench.

5, My new bird box.

6, Allium peeping.

7, Strawberry.

8, Drying washing outside hooray!

1, Perenial cornflower.

2, Tulips outside the house.

3, View down the garden.

4, Tulips Angelic

5, Gnome home.

6, Tulip Barcelona.

7, Lilac and a bumble bee.

8, Tulips.

9, Rhubarb.

Finally I will leave you with some photographs from our local woods...

1, My daughter running wild.

2, Stone farm building.

3, Blue Bell woods.

4, Conker Tree.

5, Another one of my little girl.

6, More Blue Bells.

7, Lambs! eek how cute.

8, Fresh leaves.

9, A carpet of Blue Bells.

I hope you've enjoyed my photos. It's always lovely to see the sun and signs that summer is on its way.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend, thank you for sticking with me and leaving me such lovely comments.

xx

Keeping Cosy

Hello to you.

Hope everyone is well and wonderful?

The weather here in North Wales has been increasingly getting worse, my heart goes out to all the people who have been flooded or effected by the high winds.

So as a broken branch in the garden waves about in the wind threating to fall I will write to you about some of the things that have happened so far this week.

 

Getting back to normal is always a strain after Christmas but its always nice to get the house sorted so that's what I've been doing, going room by room organising (the best I can) in-between school runs and working. I said goodbye to my daughter at the school gates this morning, for her first day back and watched her hug her friends excitedly swapping tales of Christmas presents, I will miss her. 

 

I had a lovely surprise in the post today, I've been waiting for what seems like forever! but here it is in all its loveliness.

Never at the age of 18 did  think I'd get so excited over an oil burner.

My friend bought me some melts before Christmas (a very thoughtful gift) so I thought I better get a burner.

It is great and smells amazing, you can even make up your own scents with different melts or use the menu card to make the ones already tired and tested.

I'm really pleased with mine it's much better than the candles I've been using.

bomb cosmetics

Also this week my first simply crochet arrived through the door (Thank you Mum) a great Christmas present that keeps giving. For those of you who love Attic24 - like me, there is a lovely interview with Lucy among other great items.

I've been making a start on organising our wedding, my lovely friend bought me this wedding organiser which she said really helped her when organising her wedding, so lets hope it helps me too!

I've picked up my hexagon blanket again, which I started early last year. It's still very much a work in progress! but I quite enjoy picking it up and putting it down when the mood takes me.

 

Hope your all enjoying a lovely week.

Thank you for your lovely comments I so enjoy reading them.

xx

 



CAL week 8 and Keeping Warm

Hello to you.

Hope you're all well and dandy.

Our house was hit by a lurgy earlier in the week causing a few days off school and a few plans changed.

My partner and I received our wedding pack this week, we now have to chose what vows to say and what will be said during the ceremony. All exciting stuff!

On Tuesday we saw our first flutter of snow that was short lived but caused a lot of excitement in our house. It is, however, still frrrreeezzzinnng! Brrrr! Snow or no snow!

I received the latest copy of simply crochet this week.
Full of great Christmassy makes!



I'm still crocheting away on my partner's chair runner. I must admit I'm getting itchy fingers...I may give it rest for a while and have a break. Hmm, we'll see...

This week I've also been crafting away making the finishing touches to my crafty makes for the Christmas sale on the 30th.

1, A beautiful brooch I bought from a local art exhibition, love it!

2, A spotty cushion I made ready for the craft sale.

3, Mr gingerbread.

4, A naughty present for me, bought by me! hehe it was silly how excited I was when it arrived.

I thought I'd leave you with some lovely simple pleasures of the week.

1, A freshly made bed all neat and clean.

2, My flowers I received nearly a month ago for my birthday, amazing how long they've lasted.

 

Thank you so much for your lovely comments on the last post, they always mean so much.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend.

xx