Friday Treat Time!

After a week or so of 'Friday Treat Time' deprivation, here's one that I think is soooo clever - you have all probably seen these clips already, but I haven't seen them before and think they're ace!

ANIMATOR VS ANIMATION

There are lots more to watch on You Tube if you want to see more fun!

If anyone has a Friday Treat they'd like me to share next week, then let me know!

Happy Friday!

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Meet Berta!

Made out of some old PJ bottoms, presenting the wonderful, the charming...

* BERTA *

'Hewoo!' says Berta.

There's lots of things Berta wants to share with you all, but for now, all you need to know is that she loves ice-cream (being born in the summer), strawberries (for obvious reasons)...

...and Bert is a great friend - they like singing together on the house tree stump:

(Bert is singing full baritone - you can see this by the waving of his arms).

(And Berta is singing soprano here - note how her chest is all puffed out).

More on Berta to come...hope you are all having a fun week!

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Mulberry Jam and Fun Things

...Another thing I did this weekend was to pick more mulberries in my neighbour's garden and made some 'Rosi Bee Mulberry Jam' - yumm!




Other fun things I did:

I brought this fun lunch box...
...in London!

Picked some little carrots...

...and started on my new water feature :)

Will keep you posted on this one!

I'm also making a new 'Bert' character - Berta - can't wait to finish her and show you!
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Lavender Cupcakes

As mentioned in my previous summer garden goodness post, I made some yummy lavender cupcakes yesterday, using lavender from my garden...





...whilst listening to the fabulous Puppini Sisters (check out their link below on their image)!


Jon and I ended the weekend sipping white tea and nibbling lavender cupcakes on a dusky evening.


Find out how to make cupcakes like this at the Hummingbird Bakery!

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Three Pretty Things

Here are three things that I think are pretty:

Peonies in my teapot

Bird fabric in an embroidery hoop on my wall (the hoop was from Charlotte - thank you!)

...and my new MacBook Pro!

So pretty...

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Summer Garden Goodness

I just want to celebrate a dreamy summer's day:

A happy, chilled cat...
Cherry picking in our neighbour's garden...







Watching the busy bees on the lavender - I want to make lavender cupcakes soon...

Picking salad for a summer lunch...


Home-made flan, with salad and herbs from the garden and home-made plum chutney from friends at Christmas...yummm...

A BBQ with beautiful friends, jumping like mad on a giant trampoline and seeing the moon glimmer in the summer dusky sky...
A great end to a great day!

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Boules Anyone?

For a while I have been wanting to get a Boules Set - an old one, from a dusty second hand shop/stall of course!


How charming to spend summer dusky evenings playing boules - Jon and I want to take a set away with us to all our holiday places to play with friends too (and wear a straw hat)...

If anyone sees a lovely set on their travels to their favourite charity shop haunts- can you let me know?

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Friday Treat Time!

Firstly, an apology for neglecting my blog - I have been poorly since I last posted and haven't been able to do much crafting or making :(

But this little vid should cheer us up - the latest OK GO! music video - as always - brilliant!
(Check out the little goose friend that keeps appearing!)



Happy Friday - and here's to being healthy and happy this summer!

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