Time For A Change

A little hint of Spring arrived yesterday.

What an effect that can have on our mood.

Just a bit of blue sky, fluffy white clouds and Sun !

sent me off into one of my tidy away, clean and display 

mornings.

 

The latest home accessories to arrive stirred in me as

much anticipation and excitement as Christmas morning !

 I love this big wood mirror with bead detailing

 around the inner edge of the frame.

I love mirrors, full stop.

And it is always hard not to want to buy things.

 Do you really need this...

This is the sentence my husband says every time, yawn...

when he hears me say,

'I want this'...

Then I remember the words that my Mum would say when we

went shopping together.

She would say,

I don't smoke, drink...much...

I don't play golf. 
Dad did of course !

So I can spend my money on this for Me...

So this rule has now become Law in my

home.

Well according to me it has anyway.

You only live once.

The thing is, this mirror does give a great reflection

as it is long.

The mirror I had in my bedroom before was squat.

That sounds terrible, but that is how I feel about it now that

this beautifully aged mirror has paid a visit.

January has been awful, really depressing for me.

I have thought a lot about my Mum.

As I write this Blog, tears swell with just the mention of her name.

It has been two years now.

And I really do feel the hole she has left in my life.

I have her image everywhere.

Below the first picture is Mum, Helen as a baby.

The nest one as a sixteen year old.

 Didn't they look so mature and elegant in those days.

This old frame which I got from a junk shop had a 

pretty pale pink mount.

It was just a couple of pounds.

I had a very old image of Mums family

when they were on their only holiday.

We're Down Hoppin'

As they called.

I believe this image is of a 

Hop Farm in Paddock Wood Kent.

I need to check with Dad !

It is a lovely picture, if you can zoom in on the the girl 

in the pram, you will see a hint of Jude.

My Grand Dad with his cap, was a very quiet man.

My Grand Mother next to him on his right.

Uncle Danny next to the pram with sad face is now 94 years old.
 He said he hated going down hoppin.

The others all my aunties, once.
A quiet little family of eleven, who lived in a two up two down terrence
in London very happily.

 Her old suitcases on my wardrobe filled with

the huge collection of scarves, hats and gloves I have.

As I potter, cleaning and playing.

Fin also potters about the house.

Such a good boy today.

What happened !

Little Houses for tea lights that I bought for Christmas

were allowed to stay longer and moved into the dining area.

A change of display on my little table.

A pretty hook, still waiting to be put up.

A jar full of napkin rings.

And a new fern, one of my favourite plants.

 With a bit of housework competed,

 I am off for a nice cup of tea with a

neighbour and good friend.

We will put the world to rights.

Moan a bit.

And talk about dinner.

Have a good day.

Lots of love.

C

X

A House Party & Our Christmas Goodies

 We thought you might like to see some of our Christmas Goodies

that will going into the web shop soon.

We took some of them along to a House Party.

These are a few of the photos.

The House Parties are a nice way to spend an evening or as in

the case of this one an all day open event.

We find it hard to get everything into the car, but we have a 

good attempt at it !

 It is nice hearing what the guests like and how they are going to use them

It is at times like these that we really wish we could have a real shop.

What fun we would have decorating it and displaying our wears.

Maybe one day in the future.

We would like a shop with a little Tea Room on the side.

But I think this will happen with a move to the country.

When our Christmas Stock arrives they is great excitement in our house.

You can easily forget what is coming as the order was placed many months ago.

But we love everything so it is a true labour

of love.

 

In a world of our own we play at displaying.

 These mirrored display trays make a lovely gift for Christmas.

The mirrored bottom reflects the twinkles from the votives.

They bring a pretty glow to a dark corner.

 The large zinc crowns which we thought would be great for the garden table look

just as interesting in the house with a little plant or a candle inside.

An oasis in the tray with a little Holly and Ivy and you could make a lovely centre piece for the Christmas table.

 And these medium sized metal hearts in three designs are

sweet.

 Cute little zinc buckets for a tea light.

Part of our Christmas stock we also think that they would be nice to use in

the summer too.

  

These zinc votive buckets have handles on them so they can be hung from

trees in the summer.

This jug was so popular in the summer we have ordered more

but this time we have the mugs to match.

 Pixie Hats !

 A Back Metal Pendent Light really.

They are quite big.

We think they look good singly or lined up above a large work station.

They have an sort of hammered finish and throw out a direct light.

 And something to hang in the window.

A very beautiful window votive.

 Encrusted with twinkling jewels  it looks so pretty in the evening as it

shines through your window.

 The tea light sits in the middle of the two snowflakes.

The jewels are on both sides.

And by request a little bit of gold this year.

A large mercury votive with a little handle to hang it.

A small gold votive with a lovely design.

We call it an aged gold as it is not the usual bright yellow gold.

 And a biggish pumpkin votive in again a nice aged gold.

We love these little wooden Christmas Trees.

They are nice and chunky and have

a lovely finish.

 Well that was just a few of the Christmas Goodies

we have going onto the Website.