Birthday Celebration

We have just had a really wonderful weekend in celebration of my husband's 60th birthday.  A little disappointing in that our youngest daughter and her little family were unable to attend due to ill health.   My sweet parents were also not able to attend the party, so we took the party to them for a short while which they enjoyed.  We certainly packed in a lot of activities as well as food and lots of special moments with each of the Grandchildren creating lots of special memories.  I intend to make a scrapbook of the weekend for my husband so he can reflect on each special moment.

 

I managed to get some lovely snuggles with the babies.

 

 

They really seemed to enjoy each others company.

 

 

We had a pyjama party dancing and stamping our feet in the craft room to some of Granny favourite tunes.

 

 

Crafting, pictures and banners were made.

 

 

Cards and gifts were given.

 

 

There were mountains of food made and consumed.

 

 

A trip to the beach to fly kites.

 

 

Collecting shells and pebbles.

 

 

Making pizza in the sand.

 

 

Watching the horse been trained and chatting to the fishermen.

 

 

A trip to the soft play.

 

 

A puppet show especially for the Birthday boy.

 

 

Crafting with the amazing finds from the beach.

 

A lot crammed into a weekend, a weekend filled with love and cake and more cake!!!

 

 

 

All good things come to an end and we are back to reality.  I now have a mountain of laundry and cleaning to do to put the house back to some sort of normality.  It was a wonderful weekend, one that I hope my husband will treasure for ever, I know I will.

 

See you soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Five on Friday - Button Love

A busy week in the craft room catching up with a few jobs and designing a few bits and pieces for the children.  I will share these on another post.  The weird and wonderful weather continues, I have started to wear layers so that I can take off and add as needed.  Friday has come around a lot quicker than I would have liked, the time is flying by.  Consequently I am heading over to catch up with Amy over at lovemademyhome.blogspot.co.uk/ for the Five on Friday get together.  Using a book I was given for my Birthday for inspiration I have based my Five on Friday around makes using buttons.

 

One

 

First up is a pomander using two of my favourite things Harris Tweed and buttons.

 

 

Buttons were layered and threaded together using a pipe cleaner and then pressed into a frayed edge piece of Harris Tweed into a polystyrene ball.  A wide selection of buttons were used including, old new, used and vintage and looks quite striking hanging in a window.  Unfortunately due to the light and lack of photography skills I found it quite hard to photograph.

 

 

Two

 

I then went onto make a headband using a plastic base, wadding and an oddment of fabric.

 

 

I then simply stitched on a bow...

 

 

...embellished with two silver buttons.

 

 

Three

 

Once again inspired by the book, but adapting the idea slightly I made a little cluster of flowers.

 

 

These were crochet flowers that were used for my daughters wedding.  I made wreaths for the reception venue.  So now I always have a beautiful reminder of a lovely day sitting on my table.

 

 

Four

 

Using plastic combs, ribbon and buttons a rather delightful hair comb was made.

 

 

Ribbon was wrapped around the comb and then a hot glue gun used to adhere the buttons.  It was a quick and easy project to do but took me such a long time as I was playing with the buttons It was a joy to sort through them, remembering where they were bought or who gifted them to me.

 

 

Five

 

My final choice was a brooch,  one that I have made many times before and gifted to a lot of friends and family.  Once again using Harris Tweed and buttons as an embellishment.

 

 

They are looking a little flat at the moment but they fluff up well over time and fray a little giving them depth and character.

 

I  anticipate being busy all day as I intend to be in the kitchen baking and cooking preparing for our daughters and their little families to visit.  It was out eldest daughters birthday yesterday, she was 32 years old.  The time has flown by it certainly doesn't seem that long since she was a babe in arms.  My husband is also celebrating his birthday on Monday, like me he will be 21.  Take care and have a wonderful weekend.

 

See you soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With Silver Bells and Cockle Shells...

I cannot believe the change in the weather.  From a sunny and beautiful weekend we have a new weather system going through so the temperatures have dropped and we are once again back to rain, rain and more rain.  From having the windows opened as far as they would go we are now back to having them firmly shut.  Although the heating system is still off for the time been, we have resorted to lighting the stove.

 

The dancing flames, dazzling us with their beauty and warming our hearts.

 

 

From light salad lunches we are now back to hearty soup.

 

 

Leek and potato soup with cheese and tomato flatbread, a winter favourite.

 

Who would have thought we are half way through May!

 

The few days of decent weather gave us a taste of Spring and tantalized us with hopes of Summer and a bountiful garden crop.  In truth we now regret planting out the cauliflower and calabrese , the rain has given them quite a battering.

 

 

This little plant certainly looks a tad jaded.

 

The broad beans are growing steadily and have just started to flower.

 

 

The peas are just starting their journey and are showing great signs of growth.

 

 

The spring onions have gone from strength to strength and once again we are looking forward to enjoying the fruits of our labour.

 

 

We have tomato plants scattered all over in pots and hanging baskets co planted with French marigolds to keep the bugs away.

 

 

The lolla rossa lettuce is doing well for now, hopefully this adverse weather will not affect their growth.

 

 

Finally the rhubarb, ready for cutting again crumble is its destiny for the weekend.  We have the family coming.

 

 

 

 

 

How does your garden grow?  Thank you as always for your comments and visits, they really are appreciated and a very warm welcome to a new follower I hope you enjoy my little adventures through life.

 

See you soon.