Saturday, 29 September 2007

*Somerset Travels*



Well we are off on our travels again tomorrow but this time to spend a week in Somerset!
(Not travelling in this bus but wouldn't that be fab! *Toot Toot*)
Hoping to visit lots of lovely places, it's been 2 years since we last visited, and will obviously be making a very important & urgent trip to Cath Kidston in Bath whilst we are there too! *Yay*
Have a good week everyone, and see you when I get back!
Toodle-oo!

Friday, 28 September 2007

*Autumn Display*

Well Autumn is well and truly underway now isn't it, and as it was the Autumn Equinox last weekend and we were having guests over I decorated the house with lots of lovely Autumnal lovelies, so I thought I would share some pictures with you all!

Below is a candle display on my dining room table.
The glass candle holder is stuffed with cinnamon sticks, dried bay leaves nuts and cloves.


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This is at the fireside, although I have now moved this blue jug into the dining room now, things don't stay put in one place for long in this house!!!
The candle holder is stuffed with the same as the other one, these candles are well and truly burned down now since these photos were taken!
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Below is the top of the fire ~ I decorated a small willow wreath with some of the lovely fabric leaves I brought back from Germany with me! Although this was only for the weekend and now the leaves have been taken off and it now sits on a bookcase!
The little stars I have just made the other day, I made them for Christmas but they looked so good with all the other Autumnal things that they got placed here for a while! (They have now been moved to a book case though ~ see I told you things don't stay put for long!)
They are made with fabric that I coffee stained and rubbed with cinnamon and then baked for a lovely primitive grubby look! The star on the right has a stick of cinnamon tied to it too. I scented them with some delicious smelling Cinnamon Roll fragrance, which is yummy and bakery smelling!
I tend to go all 'Primitive' when it gets to Autumn/Winter time, I just love the cosy look and then when Spring arrives I tend to go all Shabby Cath Kidston-y!!!

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Here is a bowl of mini pumpkins that I bought to have around Halloween time, but they are just too cute that I have put them out now and they are on my coffee table and are still there now, one or two are dotted around in different places too!

Ooohhhh they are just *sooooo* cute!

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Well I hope you are all enjoying our early Autumn days and keeping cosy and warm.

Saturday, 22 September 2007

*eek ~ I'm here!*

*Waves*
Well I am back from my hols, and I'm so sorry for not popping in sooner, I'm just a bit blog shy at the mo! *shy giggle*
We had an ok time, I wouldn't say great, but hey ho it was a holiday and we enjoyed not doing anything and relaxing (eventually as this took us a while to get into the swing of *bizarre*)!!!
So hope you are all well and enjoying our early Autumn days!
Toodle-pip for now ~ I promise to come back soon when I'm feeling not so shy!

Saturday, 1 September 2007

*Last Days of Summer*



Well its the first of September today, I just can't believe it!
How quickly this year seems to have flown by and especially the Summer, and now here we are in the final days of Summer.
This will be my last post for a couple of weeks as we are off to Pomorie in Bulgaria on Monday for 2 weeks.
When I get back Autumn should have arrived.
I love the Autumn, it is my favourite season.
I love September as the sun starts to gets weaker but is still warm.
I love seeing the leaves turn golden, red and orange and then start to fall to the ground.
I love getting wrapped up that little bit warmer as there is starting to be a nip in the air.
I love opening the windows first thing as the mornings seem to have that wonderful chill that seems to breeze through the house cleansing as it flows.
Ooohhh it feels so good to be having a holiday and then coming back and it being Autumn, it feels just right, a good way to say goodbye to the summer months.

The picture above is of some wonderful fabric leaves I bought in Germany, I got a big pack for 1.50 Euro, and there are lots of different style leaves and so many of them for the price!
I love all the Autumn-y things Germany always seems to sell, I wish I could have bought lots more things but I just couldn't get them all back in our bags!!!

Anyhoo, I shall bid you all farewell for a while.
Enjoy the last days of summer everyone.
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