Dolly gets the blues.......

OK so I told myself I wouldn't get much chance for blogging in the school holidays....but when theres not much chance of getting anything done and you end up making jelly baby heads for Lego figures and over explaining what the words 'personal space' mean (sound familiar?) then I guess no-ones going to mind if I sneak off and indulge for a while :)

 

So off I go to take pics of my pride and joy Dolly #2

this time in blue (at the boys request.....quote "Mum why do you always paint everything white??) 

 the trays are covered in the beloved vintage wallpapers and then varnished :)

I could happily fill the house with these trolleys and I'm thinking... quit selling fabrics as I get so stressed hunting for them and turn littleteawgon into a ..........well an up cycled teatrolly shop...

Dolly #2 will be moving into her new home soon, along with me and my fabric pile......it's not looking too pretty at the moment but I'm thinking a cross between Calamity Janes cabin and a Cuckoo clock and you get an idea...Yay.... I can't wait, I've always wanted my own shed....

Have a lovely weekend :)

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Time flies...................................

when you're having fun.......

that is when you stick me in a room alone with a box,some papers and some wallpaper paste

made in the same way as the bird box ( see sidebar ) except no little birdy hole this time..... then as soon as you have finished..you then have to force everyone in the car...drive to a big park....and bribe everyone with the prize of an ice cream to find the most perfect pine cones....(make sure there are pine trees where you go or this can get VERY frustrating :)

...another 'Dolly Trolley' found it's way home with me the other day,  Dolly #1 has been so useful and was a joy to transform that I couldn't resist, the latest one is just as brown and brassy ....but not for long :)

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this week I have been mostly......

making teacher's gifts........both are easy(with a bit of help) for kids and can be hand sewn.....

as my baking is a bit hit and miss we went down the handmade option.....

sock monster tutorial here

fabby how to make this bird tutorial here

It may be a while before I post again now as its the whirlwind end of term frenzy :)
see you soon

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Finally.......

........I have some bags in the shop again :)

Pink ones, blue ones, yellow ones, flowery ones and retro ones ...

Only 2 and a bit weeks left till the end of term, so I am stocking up the shop and tidying the house,ordering caterpillars!! and making teacher gifts...could it be this year I will actually get organised and be ready for 5 weeks of mayhem ????..I'm feeling a bit wistful this year as I think this is probably the last summer where me and the lads will do things together...I'm aware that with having boys there comes a point where they may shift themselves away from their mum
....but that's ok...I'm grateful they humoured me for this long :)

Have a happy week :) ...(I'm not sure why this is in italics)...naughty blogger again I guess
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7 reasons to be cheerful.......

Thank you to lovely cuckoo and lovely sarah for the blog awards :)
so as I've already done 7 facts about myself here I thought I would do
7 things that are making me smile today :) :) :)


#1 Deerdre the deer head patiently awaiting her makeover :)

#2 busyness.... lots of sewing going on :)

#3 cute glasses from the charity shop :)

#4 managing to stick this lady's head back on :)

#5 newly painted front door :)

#6 much loved little friends on the washing line :)

#7 home town rock :)

#8 knowing that I can't count and that we found this for £3 :)

I would like to pass this award onto a shiny new blog which I have just discovered
and with the bestest name...pollywallydoodle

whats making you smile today?? happy Monday *4th July*

note added.....as lovely koralee has pointed out 'deerdre' is in fact a he!! oooops any new boy names gratefully received :)

teawagon gets a teawagon.....

I was almost refused a lift home due to the hideousness of my buys at the car boot on Sunday...

I can understand why though as they weren't a pretty sight. I can only imagine what people thought as they saw me staggering back to the car half asleep with a mounted plastic deer head and a fake teak and brass tea trolley!!!!


but I have ALWAYS wanted a tea trolley and then I saw the blue one in this months Mollie Makes and I was on a mission :)......so after a lick of paint, some vintage decals and some oilcloth here she is..... and in true blog fashion we decided to give her a name
* DOLLY*

as much as I would love to use her as a teawagon and wheel her around the house loaded with tea and cakes..Dolly is a working girl and will be a mobile craft/work trolley......
.....as for the deer well she's not ready to face her public yet,I think she has been giving #2 nightmares!!!!

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Just as the UK gets a heatwave........

I make more blankets :)

It all started with some little squares left over from here and before I knew it I was back in my fabric chopping trance again and there were enough squares for another blanket......well it would have been rude not to just get on with it.......

So another vintage patchwork blanket appeared....... a little paler and more washed out than the first and with a little wincyette (yes I did shamelessly say wincyette) sheeting on the reverse.

and as I have no girly bedrooms to bestow this one upon...I snuck into #2's bedroom while he was at school and turned his bed into what can only be described as a homage to grannies airing cupboard circa 1970!...... (he humoured me..)
so.. I must focus on making bags this week..only a month left before summer break ...oh but then I did find something at the car boot this weekend which could prove to be another distraction :)
....if it turns out well I will show and tell ..
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