Up, Up and Away (to Oscar glory)!

This week I won an Oscar (with my team mates), thanks to some crafting! This is the nearest I'll ever get to co- winning one, so I thought I'd better put it down in writing. Here's the story in full...


So it's Christmas office party time - and Comic Relief's theme was the MOVIES! I was very keen for our team to go as characters Pixar - my suggestion got through the vigrous voting in a team meeting (phew!). The next step was to choose our characters.

My idea was to go as the house from UP (one of my favoruite films of all time). I had to get myself looking like this:


From this:



And here is the result:


And here is my lovely team in all our Pixar glory (with Father Christmas):


...And we won an Oscar for best costume! Hurrah!


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* Christmas Wishes *

Ok, I have made the mistake of looking on Etsy and I'm now in love with a number of items on 'Feed your Soul's' shop:






I love looking at people's art stuff - it's so inspiring! One day, I'd love to be able to make ALL my Christmas presents!

Check out more lovely, beautiful items here...

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I'm a Brave Girl!

Reading the 'Feed your Soul Art' blog today, I came across * The Brave Girls Club * - I have now joined and think you'd love it too! Here's what they say about themselves:

"The Brave Girl's club is a worldwide community of women who want to live the best, happiest, most productive and fabulously brave life they can possibly live…and that means something different to every single one of us. Brave Girls Club is an online community, a portal for amazing connections, a news source for everyday heroes, a resource for great ideas, amazing endeavors, everyday problem solving, realistic recipes and unforgettable get-togethers. Brave Girls Club is a place to feel free, to feel peace, and to feel brave. Brave Girls Club is not an exclusive club…every woman is invited. Brave Girls Club is life-changing fun, life-changing truths, and life-changing friendships…"

Click on the birdie below for one of their daily truths - enjoy!

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* Some Cornish Inspiration *

What wonderful teashops and crafty shops they have here in Cornwall - I'm getting lots of inspiration (and cake) on our jaunt to the fair land!

Here is what I've learnt so far:

* Teashop Essentials *

A sign

Lovely old rooms

Scrumptious cakes

Pretty tea things

Loose leaf teas

Frame teacups you don't want smashed

A full menu

A duck friend by your door

Bright colours and old squashy furniture

...and this crafty shop window wins the prize for making autumn look very exciting & magical...

Photo credits: Jon & Ros Bilbrough
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*Inspiring Collage Art!*

I was browsing through some blogs today, and found this lovely artist's work - her name is Harmony and you can find out more about her at her blog here.






Lovely and inspiring!

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*An important message about the Arts!*

Thought this was a great (and fun) animation by artist David Shrigley about saving the arts from government cuts:



If you want to save the Arts, check out the blogspot and sign the petition.

Hurrah for the Arts!

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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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