Coming to a supermarket near you

Cath 'Kidspiration' seems to be catching on now away from her shops. The mugs are from Sainsburys (UK) and the t-towels are part of a set from Wilkinsons (UK). I do have to say - I am NOT a massive 'Cath' fan but her colours and pattern style match my mood since the New Year. I am enjoying pink, bright, floral and crisp. So little pieces like those above are perfect for lifting my spirit. Now let's see what I can do with the ugly stainless cannisters! Keep reading.

more stuff

These little patches are cut from my fabric stash and are going to be used for this project. I wanted it to look random and not be colour or pattern specific - but you can tell that by looking at it!


I thrifted this apron just after Christmas for a bargain 50p. I call it a bargain because the material is beautiful, in vintage, colour and ammount, I'm thinking 'cushion cover'.



I enjoy making hearts to decorate little corners and this is going to hang on my ironwork bedstead.

Catch up post

Time seems to be in precious supply in the Neet house at present so this is just a quick catch up. I will get back with more soon. Promise.


I love the colours (and the frangrance!) of these Yankee Candles tarts. So much better than the plug-ins IMO.



Cath is most definately the inspiration for this Granny Squares blanket destined for Little Neet's bedroom.



These little feet belong to some of my bunnies that have been a long....long time in the making but now completed.




This is Dot Bunny she is safely on her way to Norma in USA thanks to the wonders of Etsy.com.

Pretty

This is a lovely Gisella Graham chair that I bought with my pennies from Christmas. It is going to be my crafting chair just outside my kitchen door for the Summer (weather permitting?). Last year I used one of those folding canvas thingies, nice and comfy as it was, I think the Gisella one will add a certain elegance to the affair. I am thinking a nice comfy cushion (with bobble fringing)and a caddy to put over the arm for holding my crafty bits and bobs.



On the chair is a pretty board suitcase that I picked up in TK Maxx. Ideal for keeping my WIP tiddly bits in place. But............I already have another 4 of these sorts of cases.

Too many WIPs perhaps??

Heck!

How often do you have those days when you take oodles and oodles of photos only to find that none of them quite come up to the mark? I seem to have a really good knack for doing this (plus winter daylight does not help with the process!!) and so I am pretty slow at showing my projects and WIP's at present.

I brought the little bunch of flowers to cheer myself up and to try to inject a bit of life in my kitchen in the depths of winter. So Sainsburys came up trumps with these.

My 'flu' has turned out to be a viral infection which lasts for about 3 weeks (which I suspect quite a few of you will know about!) so according to that news from my Doctor I have still got a week to go of feeling lousy and out-of-sorts. Bum!

Now back to trying to sort out my photographic skills (or lack of).

Happy Flu Year 2009!

Sympathy to all my fellow lurgy sufferers.

Back soon.

Peace on Earth

Merry Christmas from Neet Designs.

Normal service will be resumed after the Holidays. See you soon.

Christmas is coming!!

Santa is on his way...........


I have got the tree..............


all the food from my "bible"..................



and a lovely little gift from my Little Neet!

Not much blogging but still busy

I haven't felt I have had the time to sit down and blog for a while, concious of the time it takes to do it properly (for me anyway) But today I have found the time to show off some things I have been doing. Halleluha.


A beautiful symbol of this season bathed in glorious winter sunshine


A bowl of hyacinths, planted up by myself, starting to poke their noses out and give up their gorgeous flowers in a little while.


I spend far too much time gazing out the window at these cheeky things (far TOO much time!)


I have been furiously busy making a whole pile of these cute little slippers for a project I have in mind



My first attempt at crafting some Christmassy decorations. These are made from a vintage, felted piece of blanket. They are 9cm tall


This little fella for is a present for some friends to welcome their much longed for little baby boy. I knitted it from some vintage, thrifted, unnamed yarn. He stands 29cms tall and also has a little bell in his belly so he jingles gently. I also made the card from scratch with a pretty little piece of decoupage topper (which was quite challenging to cut! but very pleasing to make.)

Embroidery

This week I have got my little sewing needles and floss out and have been doing some very relaxing (and sometimes challenging) embroidery. I have done a couple of other pictures also but what with winter light and a lack of any sunshine I took this to post on here.(It is probably with better detail if you click on it to see the close up - I don't know how that happens?). I will try to dig out my daylight lamp and have a serious attempt at taking some decent photos for this blog - promise!