Plant pot sponging......x

Firstly thank you so much for all your lovely words of wisdom r.e big bumblebee's trip. Update....she's on her way home, and I might just pop with excitement!

Secondly today, what does one do on a rainy day? WHY Get the paint brushes out and change a plant pot, that's what, tis obvious non?

You Need:

One faded plant pot.

Two paint colours. ( I used some old Annie Sloan and Farrow and Ball )

Brushes.

An old sponge.

Scissors. 

Paint pot in desired background colour. I used my Annie Sloan white, as no prep needed....

Two good coats will do it. Meanwhile cut out a circle ( I used a prit stik lid as a template ) from an old sponge...try to make it as neat as possible. 

Using your next paint colour dip your circle of sponge, and add in a random fashion to your pot.....easy?

Peasy?..............................

One cheerful plant pot, especially on rainy days like these.xxxxx

Here and now.......x

Are my blog posts becoming too sporadic? I really don't mean for them to, I mean I had the little blip with the camera battery thingy last week ( don't ask, that thing has a wicked spiteful criminal mind....I swear it plots against me.).......I hope I'm back on track. I.AM.BACK.ON.TRACK..........cross my heart.

To be honest with you I'm feeling a bit weird. The big bumblebee has gone off for a school residential, first one ever, EVER....and I feel lost without my little pal to chat with. But that's nothing compared to what little bumblebee is feeling. She's really feeling it. I understand what great friends those two are. Really and truly.

So anyway lets push that to back back of my mind...........and focus on some great material I've had stashed away for....errr...years. I got round to making little bumblebee a music bag all of her own. It's so easy for the young ones in a family get given hand me downs ( WHICH B.T.W I have no problem with at all ) but now and then, they want things of their own.

She was delighted, and took to stuffing it with moshi monsters and littlest pet shop stuffs. ( we're not quite at the music lesson stage yet, soon, but not yet .)

Job done, the girl was happy.

Ok........can't stop thinking about....
1. If she's happy.
2. Has she even got there safely ( of course the school would have notified us had anything gone wrong...move on ).
3.Did that coach journey make her feel sick? There's nothing worse than travel sickness is there? Urghhh then that would put a dampener on the arrival....
4. Q still hasn't done the washing up from dinner, how long do I leave it before I nag/ask him to get on with it.
5.Did I pack enough clothes, I'm not sure I did ( you see the teachers made it clear the children HAD to carry their own luggage, so parents must be sensible.....arghhh should have put an extra pair of skinnies in..but seriously the size of some of those suitcases - they were bigger than the kids!  At least I try to hide my "helicopter parenting" !!)
6. What if she has a nightmare and forgets where she is, or just gets scared, she will NEED me.
7.Must exercise, I ate about 5 cheese straws today 5 I said 5.........feeling really guilty, and bloated. Bloomin cheese.
8. What if she gets lost? Falls down a hole, or well, or looses her way in the woods ( not sure there are woods there )...........and I never see her again?


And breath.......she's fine, happy, having fun, not even thinking about you.......go cuddle that little tinker sleeping upstairs...ok I will.

xxx

Lost......not found................x

One battery charger for the camera missing. If found, please pass it on, I have so much to show you, but somehow somewhere.....the charger for my camera is missing..........Do you think I may have put it in a "safe" place? 

So instead of showing you my plant pot makeover, or my little bumblebee's purdy little music bag I made.......I give you a rabbit.

A rabbit and some egg decorations. That's all I have. Sorry.......................xxxx

P.S welcome new followers!!! It's lovely to have you all, and I'm ever so sorry if I have not replied to any messages lately....must.do.better.

But I am thrilled you are all still here, and I so love you little comments, they cheer my day!!x

So far....just lately......x

OOh I just have to tell you that as I type, I can smell cheese muffins baking on the oven....( you can find the recipe for them below the blog header.....in "recipes"! )....such a lovely waft.....I thought I'd be super mummy....and bake them for the lunch boxes this week........pat on the back for me.......though by the end of the week, normal bedraggled mummy will resume, clothes might be worn inside out, and hair definitely won't be brushed . ( Me not the children .)

So I'm not quite ready to let go of the hanging Easter decorations, how do we feel about this? I think I probably need to go shopping for something less Eastery to hang on my branches still????  Things have been quite busy, and there's not been much time for any making or doing....which I feel quite sad about, hence perhaps why I want to keep the decorations up! You see I've been doing bits of work, which I hope to continue and up the hours on it too.....but how do we do the balance thing, can someone please tell me the secret?????

I feel like I still need to have a few projects on the go, but by the evening I am shattered.......though to keep mildly sane, making and doing is a must....hummmmmm..... shall I always be pondering this??!!!!

Anyway I am happy to announce that this morning I have had time to faff, change about, bake and stuffs and tings........Including taking pictures of our ( the ladies of the house ) new obsession....paper chains....

We love them..........notice they're all in the bumblebee's room because Q would be a bear with a sore head if they invaded the rest of the house....and I'm sure they keep making little baby paper chains and multiply over night.

And would you look at that!!!!! The produce sign has been out about 20 minutes and some eggs have sold already! ( there were lots in there I assure you.......).......money made goes to the bumblebee's piggy banks ( Q thinks it's to pay for the chicken food, pah.......no way,not with my girls around hehe)......

So happy Monday, happy back to school week, and happy ooooh there's blossom still on the tree's day...

xxx

Spring days..........................................x

I love this time of year.........blooms, sunshine, even boardering on picnicing ( albeit in snuggly jumpers, clutching a hot cup of something )......

As I write today, I have the two bumblebee's upstairs playing with two other children.......I can hear muffled voices, the occasional squeal, but more than that......I can hear birdsong. Windows thrown open, back door wide open.......fresh air through the house, bringing with it the promise of warmer days, garden days, lazy sunshiney days, reading books in the garden days.....under the dappled shade of the crab apple tree.

Ahhhhhhhhh I love our English springtime, we've even played wizards chess on the grounds of a local Estate......( ok, perhaps NOT wizards chess, but - is it wrong I wished it was? And maybe even pretended a little bit it was????? )

In other news..............it's all pinkin pink at the mo here. Starting with a little jobbie I was wanting to get on with errrrrrr since the day we moved in the cottage some three years ago..... the coal bunker. Right firstly, I didnt want to get rid of it, too much hassle, mess, and it's quite a good storage thingy....so you know the drill round these parts by now....It had to be painted right? Out came the Annie Sloan, bita red, bita white, and oooooh a nice pink evolved ( Q still raises his eyebrows at it as he walks past it )....I like it......ever so.......

I'm not sure there's even such a thing as too much pink....is there?

I hope not, have just bought some more PINK paint......yippeeeeeeee I squeal leaping up and down like a frog on a lilypad.......

( actually the kitchen just needs refreshing, tis already pink don't you know.......but this time it's called HOT PANTS........these companies know me so well " right bigwigs, lets name our paints funny names like top banana and hot pants....that Nattie down in zummerzet will lap it up.........this is what we must do"....and they did didn't they?

Must go and lay down, think I've drunk too much tea today...

xxx

Happy Easter Y'all......................x

I must admit to having had quite a lovely week so far. And now what is that you say? Eastertime?CHOCOLATE? ......Here's the thing.........I LOVE chocolate, it's quite possible I have a problem actually. So I will be eating vast amounts of the stuff, and no apologising about it either. Lifes to short don't you think, to not allow yourself some naughties every now and then?

I also made some hot cross buns today too. My first shot at these...ever. Though I usually like my baking to be quite quick because I either. 1. forget about things in the oven etc and 2. get bored. With these ( recipe on bbc good food website ) I literally breadcrumbed up the flour and butter then whacked everything into my bread maker to proove.......no cursing the flipping room temperature ( or people opening and closing doors )....no cursing the dogs for jumping up and eating the dough ( they do this alot, any food, even cake cases, nothings safe........little tinkers actaully they usually get called something else, not fit for here ) easypeasy..........

....Or you could just go down to the supermarket and grab 2 for

£2....ahhhhh but then, you wouldnt have wonky crosses, or perfectly warm buns drizzled with golden syrup ( putting on my best Marks and Spencers advert voice) sliced and spread with butter...oooooh I say!!!!

Will the Easter bunny be hopping about your garden, leaving chocolate eggs for lucky finders keepers.........

Will you, like me, have chocolate smeared around your chops now until you see sense, or at least until will power kicks in? ( WHAT is that by the way....will power, I'm not sure I've even heard of it before...)

Here the Q's will be spending Easter Sunday gobbling chocolate, drinking tea, depending on weather playing board games/dog walking/bike riding, eating yorkshire puds...........and feeling full.

Wishing you all a wonderful day...Happy Easter.....enjoy, be happy, eat chocolate........over and out.

xxx

It's time......................................x

It's been a while, and truth be told, I've missed blogging this last week or more. A busy few weeks took over, and I'm afraid to say it, but I seem to be the only female on the planet that can't juggle very well..............

So, sigh, I'm going to take the Easter holidays to re group my thoughts,  direct my attention to the bumblebees,  discover some new inspirations, and take a break....stop.......and be.

I think this must be how most of us feel from time to time. But it's good. It's good to take time away from the normal things to you, and come back fresh, new, happy and inspired.

I will pop in ( I know I can't stay away too long....I'd miss you all terribly! ) and share soon though.

Ho hummmmmmm..........there is one thing on my mind. Windows. THE bedroom window. Stripped, sanded, undercoated, painted, puttied, pheeeeeeew it's tiring ( for Q at least ha!  )......7 more to go.  But once I spy the Vert de terre (paint ) going on....................oooooh I do get excited, I really do. I love green. I heart you green, greeny green, you are my most bestest, most favourite colour in the whole entire universe..........you are, you know it.

Enjoy your Easter hols lovelies.......I hope the sun shines, and the chocolate lasts.

xxx