tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238008099099314712024-03-14T00:11:08.115-07:00Fun times in the Wendy Roomwendyroomcreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582529225858678320noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623800809909931471.post-69736052343536119262014-03-28T05:02:00.002-07:002014-03-28T05:02:45.847-07:00Lost treasure refound...Whilst packing up the garage prior to moving the Best Beloved came across this lost treasure...<br />
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It's a crochet blanket his late grandmother made many years ago and had been put in a bag in the garage loft, tucked away safe and sound..... or so we thought..... When I opened it up I discovered the mice had made a lovely nest in it all cosy and warm. And mice being mice they had done this..<br />
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Lots of mouse house renovations I think or maybe mouse restaurant. Either way it stank! The Best Beloved thought that the best thing might be just to throw it away! I know, I know but that's men for you.<br />
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So I washed it and it regained a little of its sparkle again. As you can see it is double bed size and must have taken his grandmother ages.<br />
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But now the question is how do I repair it? Obviously I am never going to be able to get wool to match and I would have to work out how she did each square. I did wonder whether I make new squares to replace those that have been chewed or do I take off a whole strip of 4 squares from one side and use those to replace damaged ones? <br />
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And then of course there is the problem with the border. I think with that I shall undo the whole thing to be able to re-use the wool and perhaps add a new inner border before reworking the green one. Or have the green as an inner border and then add a new outer one in another colour to maintain the proportions.<br />
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Any suggestions?<br />
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The move to Cumbria is progressing slowly and Ill tell you more another time. Have a great weekend.<br />
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Philippa xxwendyroomcreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582529225858678320noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623800809909931471.post-13904173532353305092014-02-02T13:58:00.000-08:002014-02-02T13:58:13.598-08:00Travelling at breakneck speed.........or trying to tame the whirlwind. That's how it has been this last fortnight. First our buyers wanted to bring completion forward to the end of January instead of end February or middle of March. Then I had to find us somewhere else to live/rent for the next 6 months and finding somewhere that will take 5 pets was challenging but thankfully after much prayer I was successful (thank you Lord). We will pick the keys up on Friday and now I am praying that the Best Beloved will approve.<br />
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This is St Barnabas Church that I attend and it is where the Best Beloved and I got married 6 years ago. It is such a lovely little church and I shall really miss it when we move Oop Noarth. I particularly like this view from the path, through the gate and across the field.<br />
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Last weekend we went back up to Cumbria for my sister-in-law's 60th birthday dinner and needless to say we viewed a few houses, 7 in fact. Before we got there though we stopped at a service station and were amazed to see this.<br />
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A work in progress for someone. A little project.<br />
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Anyway, one of the houses we saw was everything we were hoping it would be and more so Monday morning the Best Beloved was straight on the phone to the estate agent to make an offer.....which was accepted. We are so pleased and can't wait for the summer when we will move in. It's a really lovely house in a little village with a self-contained flat which we may rent out....and a 3 acre field so I will be able to keep bees. I'm really thrilled.<br />
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So I've been fervently packing but still seem to be making little headway. Some of the packing has been more enjoyable than other bits. <br />
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This was my grandmother's china cabinet and I remember when I was a child that it was full of her precious tea sets: one covered in roses and another with Japanese designs. I used to spend ages looking through the glass at everything but I was never allowed to touch anything. It also had all the little weather vanes we bought her when we went on holiday. They were little alpine houses where the man came out if it was wet and the lady if it was dry. My sister and I loved them but Nanny got a little fed up with them and begged my parents not to buy her any more. Instead we bought her tea towels from wherever we went. When she passed away we found all the tea towels in the bottom of her chest of drawers unused. Maybe she was saving them for a special occasion.</div>
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Now I have the cabinet and it is filled with all my precious things; some from when I was a child, some from when my children were little.</div>
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I bought these glass perfume bottles whenever I visited my sister out in Egypt. We went so often to the shop the owner began to recognise us. I remember him charging another tourist an awful lot more money for a bottle than he was charging me.</div>
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The cabinet is locked with a tiny little key that has tendency to fall out and I lost it once so now it has an obvious fob bought in France:</div>
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Back to the packing...and in the spirit of my New Year's intentions for simplicity and thrift I saved the box from the cat food:</div>
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and using the paper from the shredder I had the perfect strong and safe box for my precious bottles.<br />
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Now where am I going to put these little chappies?<br />
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wendyroomcreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582529225858678320noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623800809909931471.post-10729929900069276762014-01-18T08:04:00.000-08:002014-01-18T08:04:42.156-08:00So........ .. I was at work on Thursday with just quarter of an hour to go and feeling very stressed with our new wonderful, fantastic we-can-do-anything-except-print-out-your-document printer when the estate agent phoned to say because our buyers are expecting a baby soon is there any possibility that instead of completing end-February or beginning of March could we actually bring that forward to end-January?!!!! As a woman I am well versed in the art of compromise but to bring the end date forward 6 weeks is rather pushing it a little don't you think? I felt my blood pressure rocket way up high.<br />
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After discussing it with the Best Beloved we have said the earliest we can do it is mid-February which sounds fine until you work out just how little time we will have to sort out alternative accommodation. We have made the decision to sell but then move into rented accommodation for six months in this area before moving up Cumbria thereby giving No 3 Son time to finish his first year on this course at college.<br />
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So yesterday said son and I started to pack. I've been saving the boxes that paper comes in from work as they make ideal small packing cases for all my decorative china plates and jugs, and we took all the pictures off the walls. Everywhere looks so bare now but I am pleased we have made a start.<br />
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Today we started ringing around all the local estate agents trying to find rented properties. I admit this is an area I do not have much experience of but it was a considerably harder than I thought. Yes there seem to be lots of places available but when you try and get one that will be in the right area for us to get to work or college the number reduces drastically. Even harder is finding one that will accept pets. The conversation tends to go like this:<br />
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Me: Hello, we have sold our house and are due to complete in mid-February and wish to rent for 6 months.<br />
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Me: Well actually I have been looking online and seen this particular property of yours. Is it still available?<br />
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Me: I would love to come and see it but can I just check a point that I could not see mentioned in the details. Are pets allowed?<br />
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Agent: <em>hesitatingly</em> Perhaps. How many and what pets do you have?<br />
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Me: Two dogs and three cats but they are all house trained.<br />
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Agent: No. I'm sorry madam - one might be acceptable but not five.<br />
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Me: Even if we pay for professional cleaners to come in at the end of the term?<br />
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Agent: We would expect that but not even then.<br />
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So there you go, the choice narrows even further. I can see the next few weeks are going to be very, very stressful. <br />
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On a brighter note, did you see the moon last night? I took my new camera (courtesy of the Best Beloved) up to the upper bedroom to try and get a clear view. My eye could see a tree silhouetted but I don't know how to get that in a photo yet. I could have done with <a href="http://www.foxglovelane.com/">Catherine Drea</a> instructing me.<br />
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I love looking at the moon although stars tend to frighten me a bit. It stems back to when I was a child and imagined the stars all being a box, ie the universe, but then worried what was outside the box. It's all a bit too big for my mind.<br />
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Some years ago I walked past a gallery in Bath and hanging on the back wall was a painting by <a href="http://helengarrett.org/index.html">Helen Garrett</a>. I stood outside looking through the window for ages and that night I saw the picture in my dreams, and the next morning I could still see it. At lunch time I went back to the gallery all the while repeating in my head "£150 or £200, £150 or £200" as the price I could afford to pay. I looked at the other paintings being exhibited but kept going back to this one. After a sensitive wait the gallery assistant approached and I tried to quietly enquire as to the price.......and then tried to keep my face relaxed when she told me it was 5 times what I had said myself...but by that stage mentally the picture was already mine. So I bought it and since that day it has hung on the wall above my bed and I still absolutely love it. It's called "At a small hour of the night" and I apologise for the slight blurriness - I was trying to balance on the bed!<br />
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I imagine myself having been on a long walk in the countryside and now I am heading up the path back home to light the candles, have hot buttered crumpets and a cup of tea in front of an open fire. The moon is casting just enough light to show me the way...<br />
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These are taken in the Melksham area of Wiltshire where the River Avon has burst its banks:<br />
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These fields are right by one of the busiest roads in Wiltshire and are allowed to flood in the hope of saving Bath which is a few miles further down the river - it didn't work this year. We have had so much rain the fields were already sodden and could not cope with any more.<br />
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Beyond Bath is Bristol and because of the high winds and high tides pushing water up the River Severn when these waters met the River Avon even Bristol flooded.<br />
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Philippa xxwendyroomcreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582529225858678320noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623800809909931471.post-68021520300851216082014-01-06T03:32:00.001-08:002014-01-06T03:32:42.154-08:00Simplifying and Thrifting...........are two of my intentions for this year. In common with many others Christmas saw me spend far too much money and put a lot of that spend on my credit card. There was a time when I refused to have such a piece of plastic and indeed my father who was my bank manager (yes seriously he was a bank manager) brought me up to only spend the money that was in my bank account. When I did get such a card I deliberately chose one that had a picture of a pig on it to make me question my reasons for using it, however, when that one expired I didn't get to choose a similar picture and only got sent a plain one.<br />
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When I was a lot younger and money was very much in short supply I used to keep a notebook/ledger of every penny I spent and budgeted for every bill. I may not have had much left over at the end of each week but I never went hungry, failed to pay a bill or even was at risk of losing my home...and I always had all the money I needed for Christmas. How is it that I have got so lazy and lax just because money is not quite so tight? I think it is about time I gave myself a good talking to and got back into line. As part of my thrifting intention I am going to rein in my frivolous spending and buy more in line with what I need rather than what I would like.<br />
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Christmas is over now, the tree is undecorated and packed away, and the mantelpiece is dusted. I spent a very happy hour or so cutting up the Christmas cards and making them into next Christmas gift tags. I've thought about doing this for years but never seem to get around to it and end up just throwing away the cards. But I decided this would be a good thrifting exercise and a great way to use yet more of the red and white string I bought last spring.<br />
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A day or so ago there was an overnight frost and the ground was all sparkly. I couldn't wait to go out and have a look.</div>
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Thank you also to everyone who reads my little blog. Thank you for all your best wishes. I hope 2014 brings you all lots of joy.....and I raise my glass to toast you all. Slante!</div>
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and in no time we had a little collection.<br />
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My thanks go to Cindy (<a href="http://thebeeladyfromhilltopfarm.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2013-10-10T17:16:00-07:00&max-results=3&start=9&by-date=false">Cindy the bee lady from hilltop farm)</a> for her very speedy pom-pom method. It was perfect for these hats although I found our dinner forks too big and the dessert forks more appropriate.<br />
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This one was meant to be an orange with leaves but the leaves look more like ears so perhaps I should have put a face on it.<br />
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Both Becky and I followed the instructions on the Innocent website but our hats came up very differently sizes and as neither of us had had the sense to buy a bottle to check we're not sure which of us was right. Nonetheless we carried on regardless. As you might imagine I was using the tapestry wool I bought at the vintage fair a few weeks back. (All being well I'll post soon about the other things I'm making with it.)<br />
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A couple of weeks ago I did a fair at Devizes and my Mama and Papa Noo-Noos made their debut.<br />
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As you can see they look after the baby Sleepy Noo-Noos. <br />
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As you can see I have really got the crochet bug.<br />
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I'll be back at Devizes on Saturday, at Marlborough on 16 Nov, and Hungerford 7th Dec...and that will be it for this year. I haven't booked any fairs for next year yet and am in two minds whether to do so. On the one hand I really enjoy making things and I love the face-to-face interactions but business is slow a little too often for comfort which is very demoralising. I don't think I am unique in feeling this way but in the same way that blogs are always sunny and upbeat when I read about other craftseller businesses it seems everyone else is raking it in. Am I the only one who isn't? What do you think? Should I continue or take a break?<br />
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On the house sale side, we actually had a viewing yesterday and I met a lovely couple from Spain - cash buyers at that. They had other properties to see so we have competition. The lady very much liked my Wendy Room and said she used to do cross stitch. Hopefully she could imagine doing it again in our house. Another couple are coming tomorrow and maybe they will like it. Two viewings in one week! The wonderful thing is that No 3 Son is away this week so the house has been cleaned and tidied to within an inch of its life and remained that way. Let's hope it has a positive result.<br />
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Have fun!<br />
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wendyroomcreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582529225858678320noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623800809909931471.post-926748826109094042013-11-02T02:19:00.001-07:002013-11-02T02:24:21.549-07:00Wonderful spectacular eveningLast night I took the family out to celebrate 2 birthdays - No 1 Son's 24th and my father's 84th. Our trip was to the Bristol Hippodrome to see <a href="http://www.slavasnowshow.co.uk/">Slava Snow Show</a> and what a great night we had. If ever you have seen any of the Cirque du Soleil acts with their larger than life spectacles then you would enjoy Slava's Snow Show and for the greatest enjoyment book seats in the stalls. We were engulfed in mist, shrouded in cobweb, sprayed with water, climbed over by the clowns (my father had his "wide parting" mopped) and covered with paper snow in a full blown blizzard....and at the end played with ENORMOUS coloured balloons. I felt sorry for all those people up in the Circles because they only got to watch rather than play... a bit like being the only sober person at a party or the only one without a dance partner. Have I mentioned I'm still only 6? I was still finding paper snow in my clothes this morning.<br />
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I first took No 1 and No 3 Sons to see this show about 7 or 8 years ago when they were 16 and 9 respectively, and the memories of that occasion were deeply imprinted on them to the degree that it was No 1 Son who wanted to take his new wife (I should just add he doesn't have an old wife, it's just they only got married a few months ago!) to see it. No 3 Son has always told me he would like to see it again so I made the booking for us all to go it being the birthdays month.<br />
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It really was a great evening full of laughter and applause.........and not a single word was spoken on stage because the whole show was mimed. BRILLIANT. I cannot recommend it highly enough and it lost none of its magic at being seen for a second time.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by.<br />
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PS I've got some more photos to show you of last week's fair so I'll be back soon. xwendyroomcreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582529225858678320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623800809909931471.post-79360976041339701002013-10-19T07:16:00.003-07:002013-10-19T07:16:34.247-07:00Back from the Beyond!Yes I'm back after an embarrassingly long break from blogging. I was thinking about that expression "from the back of beyond" and it made me wonder where "Beyond" may be? And what about other expressions relating to distance: "far and away" (not home and away as in the Australian tv series), and "over the hill" (please say that one doesn't refer to me) or "somewhere in the distance". Sorry I'm rambling already.<br />
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You may wonder whether I have done anything constructive over the summer. Well I was busy for a few weeks fulfilling a commission for some buttons.<br />
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And also some more bags, toys, patchwork blocks, crochet squares although not everything got finished! Don't you just love WIPs (works in progress). I think it may be what long winter nights are for.<br />
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This week these did get finished:<br />
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The tablecloth behind the birds came from a vintage sale at Box last week and was an absolute bargain at £2! I've recently taught myself to crochet hearts (as you will see above) but have been horrified at the price of tapestry wool so you can imagine how my heart leapt into my mouth when at said vintage sale I spotted a box of Anchor tapestry yarn. I tried to look slightly sceptical when the stall holder said it was £10 but I just had to have it. I also had to have a carrier bag similarly full for the same price at another stall. And this is why we just love those sales so much because when I got home and was able to count up all the skeins I discovered I had got over 200. How amazing is that? I've got lots of thoughts on what I am going to do with it all.<br />
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I've also started embroidering towel sets (hand towel and flannel). There's something so lovely about fresh white towels. So you see I have been a little bit busy, and that is on top of decorating and packing the house up in preparation for relocating up north. Sadly the house hasn't sold yet but hopefully the perfect viewer will come along any time now.<br />
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I hope you can forgive me for taking so long to update this blog. I think sometimes it is good to step back and contemplate one's navel as they say. I'm still not sure whether blogging is really my sort of thing although all through the last few months I have daily logged on to read other people's blogs. I can't help feeling their lives are far more interesting to read about than mine is. Until next time.....look after yourselves........and thank you for dropping by. Philippa xx<br />
wendyroomcreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582529225858678320noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623800809909931471.post-85949776310616024252013-05-09T05:33:00.001-07:002013-05-09T05:33:14.285-07:00Normal service shortly to be resumedHi Everyone <br />
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I am so sorry for the distinct lack of chat/info/creations/etc recently. Too many plates spinning at the moment but hopefully I'll get my camera out and show you what I have been up to soon. Well maybe not everything because I am sure you don't want to see a freshly painted wall or three.<br />
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They're the handwarmers I make. I gave some to my father at Christmas time because he had to keep working out in his garage and it was very, very cold out there. Well it was the least I could do seeing that he was making me shelf units for my stall!<br />
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Talking of stalls, on Saturday Libby wanted three of my little shopping bags for her granddaughters and I only had two left on the stall. Those bags were green with spots and blue with spots and it was important that each bag should be different. She also needed the bag by the end of the week. Thankfully I had an hour free on Monday and this was what I came up with:<br />
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Libby thinks she will have to put names into a hat to decide who gets this one. <br />
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Philippa xxwendyroomcreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582529225858678320noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623800809909931471.post-33690559227541101542013-02-24T09:30:00.002-08:002013-02-24T09:30:49.626-08:00A weekend of contrastsThe fair at the Cheese and Grain in Frome yesterday was great fun. Despite the bitterly cold weather people did venture out. I think many of them only came into the fair to get a brief respite from the icey wind. Whenever I enquired about the weather I was frequently informed that it was snowing. Luckily there was no snow when it came to returning home.<br />
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My own little parliament of owls made its first appearance too. I know owls are all the rage at the moment but I couldn't resist making a few in my Scandinavian fabrics. I think they looked really cute although they are not entirely suitable for children under the age of 3 because some of them have button eyes.</div>
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This week we are improving the look of our kitchen. It's funny how your tastes change. When we bought this house 5 years ago I thought how lovely the kitchen was with its blue tiles and dark work surfaces but very quickly I changed my mind. New kitchens are expensive so we are instead just changing the doors and already it looks a lot lighter.<br />
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The Best Beloved and I have just compiled a list of To Do's because we're also likely to be moving in the next year. Don't you just hate having to write down all the jobs that have to be done before you sell a house? Isn't it one of the most depressing things? Prior to actually putting it on paper life can seem blissful and relaxed. In my world of sticking my head in the sand I thought the house was almost finished. Now I have no idea how we are going to get everything done in such a short time........and work.............and supply WendyRoomCreations.......and go to the fairs I have already booked. Maybe its a good thing I have only paid up to end June and reserved dates thereafter.<br />
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So yes, WendyRoomCreations will be moving but not overseas!<br />
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Talking about creations, I belong to the Broughton Gifford Piecemakers which is a quilting group and we have our Bi-annual exhibition in May. I've been so busy with everything that I am sorry to say I haven't got anything to exhibit other than the advent calendar made last year. However, everyone in the group made a couple of blocks each and these have been made into a quilt and other raffle items. <br />
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Happy crafting weekend. Let me know if you have seen any flowers too.<br />
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Philippa xxwendyroomcreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582529225858678320noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623800809909931471.post-38404644071136276682013-01-18T03:20:00.000-08:002013-01-18T04:05:57.398-08:00Happy alternatives............When I awoke this morning there was an inch of snow everywhere. An hour later there was two inches. Nevertheless I set off on the drive to work.<br />
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Well to start with the dogs and I crunched and slid our way down to the park. Treacle carried her usual bone but whenever she dropped it she didn't like the mouthful of snow that came with it. I decided to take it off her once we got to the park as I just knew it would be lost in the snow.<br />
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Now back at home and with the dogs asleep I'm going to sit and sew. I'm making some heartshaped padded boxes at the moment using red Scandinavian fabric in time for Valentine's Day.<br />
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<br />wendyroomcreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582529225858678320noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623800809909931471.post-43165679990780429652012-12-23T03:47:00.002-08:002012-12-23T03:47:25.594-08:00Running downhill at breakneck speed.........Desperately chasing my tail to get things ready for Christmas...................<br />
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After two days of standing bare-branch naked the Christmas tree is finally decorated thanks to the efforts of No 3 Son. He was bored and looking for something to do. Shame he never feels that way when it comes to doing any housework or tidying his room.</div>
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Did I tell you that Phoebe recently cut her leg very badly whilst playing down the park? A "helpful" person had left their broken Jack Daniels bottle sticking up in the grass. This was the third time she has cut her leg at the park in 18 months. A costly operation and several check ups at the vets ensued. </div>
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Philippa xxwendyroomcreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582529225858678320noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623800809909931471.post-22583147846860322932012-12-02T09:42:00.001-08:002012-12-02T09:42:24.903-08:00Upclose and personalBusybusybeejay asked if it would be possible to see my stall a little closer and I will try to show you all (please be patient with this computer dinosaur, it may take me a few minutes). Umm now let me see which button do I need to press?<br />
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As you can see they are not all quite the same size. I have actually made 4 of each design but these are the best of them. The very first week's ones which were the traditional Granny Square were actually so bad at the first attempt, all buckled and tight, that I undid them and tried again. The 2nd time they came out flatter and much looser but are now too big. Rather than lose time and fall even further behind (I am on week 6 now but Michelle is 3 weeks ahead of me in giving out the patterns) I think I will wait a while before redoing the worse ones.<br />
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I am really enjoying learning to crochet and it makes it seem a lot more fun to be doing a limited number of a different square each week. <br />
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Mind you I was really tearing my hair out last night when I tried to understand this week's challenge. I could not understand the photo instructions when it came to doing the corner, however, drawing on the experience of corners previously done I got there in the end. It did my confidence no end of good to manage this as the pattern gives the skill level as intermediate. <br />
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As you can see it is not quite finished yet............. and then I have 3 more to make.<br />
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Thank you Michelle for the challenge and for finding such lovely patterns for us. <br />
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PS You've probably seen on the news about all the rain and flooding that has happened here in the South West of England. I know the River Avon has burst it banks locally so it will be very interesting to see whether I can drive to Bath as the river passes alongside the main road for some of the way. Hopefully the high pressure that is coming in off the Atlantic will give us a few dry days and a chance for the fields to drain. My heartfelt sympathies go out to anyone who has been flooded out in the last few weeks, and for some on more than one occasion.<br />
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wendyroomcreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582529225858678320noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623800809909931471.post-32963935676731001672012-11-16T04:06:00.002-08:002012-11-16T04:06:37.246-08:00Computer frustrations and general busy-nessI am so sorry for not posting for a little while. The Best Beloved has changed computers for me and being a real technophobe I have been shying away from learning where to plug things in on this new one. I know it's silly but computers are a necessary evil in my mind so the less time I spend on one the better.<br />
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It's also been really difficult for me to drag myself to work when the weather has been so wonderfully sunny even if there has been a decided chill in the air. I am lucky enough to work in the World Heritage Site of Bath, and one day I looked behind me and saw the leaves were all falling off the trees.<br />
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I really wanted to be out there kicking my feet through them as I have done since I was a child. <br />
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It seemed as if one minute the leaves were on the trees and the next they were just a carpet on the ground.<br />
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Queen Square doesn't look like this now because the tractor arrived together with men with big blowers and all the leaves were sucked up. That's the trouble I suppose with Bath being so beautiful, it has to be kept that way. <br />
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Yesterday was a good day at work though because after 2 very late nights I finally finished the advent calendar comission. I hung it above our stairs and it greeted me in the morning. It looked really quite at home but I know it will be enjoyed in its new home too. Still I was sad to see it go.<br />
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Onwards and upwards. Tomorrow I am at Spirals Christmas Craft Fair in the Town Hall, Marlborough and no doubt will have a lovely time playing shops again. If you are there do come and say hello.<br />
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It being a bright October day yesterday the Best Beloved and I decided to take a walk with the dogs over at Bradford on Avon. For those of you that may not be familiar with this "working historic town" as the town sign describes it, it is a very picturesque town that straddles the River Avon. It can be a nightmare to drive through however as so many of the roads that approach the town centre come down steep narrow hills. That aside, it is a lovely town and does have some good small shops and places to eat. (Sorry I digressed into my tourist guide mode.) <br />
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As I was saying, we took the dogs through the park down to the river. Running parallel to a stretch of the river is the Kennet and Avon Canal (which also goes through part of the town).<br />
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Seeing the canal boats gave me a small twinge of regret that I haven't managed to get out on our canal boat this year. The Best Beloved is more fortunate (!) because he flies out on Tuesday to go and do some DIY jobs on the boat whilst it is at it winter moorings.<br />
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Happy Sunday<br />
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