Tuesday, March 30, 2010

scenes from a fortnight

as usual, I must apologise for my extended absence. We've been busy, spending lots of time in the garden, making new friends.
enjoying yummies from jasmine greens. Gabby's grapes are the best.
wallpapering! Yes, my first attempt at wallpapering. We have this funny little "wall" which we built in our living room, which houses cd's on the other side and kind of creates a little corner for the telly, and it just needed "something" on the plain side. The other day it just came to me (I have my moments) that wallpaper would be just the thing. I bought this very nice piece from the lovley grevillea vintage (picked up a sweet piece of fabric while I was there too!). I knew nothing about wallpapering, but google's good for that. Let me just say, if this wall had been any bigger than 1m x 1m, we would not be talking about this right now. All's well that ends well, though, and I'm very happy with my new little flowery wall.
rippling. Ok, so it's still a little hot for crochet, but it is autumn, right? Loving this project.
and making lovelies for my new shop! I'm having lots of fun with these sweet little dresses, and aren't self-cover buttons just the funnest thing? If I had a little girl, this is just the sort of thing she would be wearing. (sigh).

6 comments:

ada sunday said...

The wallpaper looks great.Job well done. Good luck with the new shop! If I had a little girl I wold be buying one of those sweet dresses.

Scented Sweetpeas said...

It looks like you have had a fab time! That dress is Oh so cute!

Jodi said...

everything looks amazing. i have crocheted before but i've forgotten. can you re-teach me because i love what you've made and i want to make one myself. thanku! x

helen macnair said...

Love the wallpaper! You are such a clever bean. x Hmmm...I have a little girl you can borrow anytime you feel the urge! xxx

Melody said...

Oh, I love harvest time! I'm looking forward to our spring, which is slow in arriving, but autumn has a special place in my heart.

sean the prawn said...

Emma total loveliness all round... Love your garden... Love the photo of Jasper's hand with snail on it.... Wallpaper great..well done..... Crochet oohhh i need to learn how to do that..... & those dresses are sweet sweet sweet!