RACE FOR LIFE

I'm taking part in the RACE FOR LIFE tomorrow.

This year I will be wearing three names

on my back.

All blogland friends.

All fighting the same battle.

For Robert, Alice and Jane.

With love

Daisy xxx

July treasure

Hi lovelies. 

Here are a few pieces of prettiness

to share for July.

A pink cup and saucer that

I'm using to keep my bits of fabric

jewellery in.

Recent finds from a car boot sale.

A needle case which has the original label

and tags inside.

This has to be one of my all time favourite

car boot finds.

It was full of cigarette cards and the seller

wanted £10.00 for the lot.

"But I only want the box" I said :(

He looked at me in a rather ' you're nuts' way

and sold it to me (well Steve bought it me actually!)

for 50p.  Happy doesn't even cover it!

It made my day. :)

I have a friend on facebook who I shall call Jayne, 

as that is her name!

She has been 'encouraging' me to purchase pink china. 

A lot!

  She kept sending me links about the pink pieces

of china on this post and, well, 

I could have looked the other way or ignored

her messages but I didn't and so          

here they are looking pretty on my shelf 

and taking care of my jewellery.

Thanks Jayne. xxx

Two more great finds.

A floral bowl and ...

this china mosaic tray.

My final photo of the day is of my new pink satchel by Zatchels.

Beautifully crafted.

Yum-mi!

Have a fab evening.

Love 

Daisy xxx

Cornwall and meeting Poppy Treffry

On my rather brief trip to Cornwall last month...

we did manage to find a bit of sunshine,

a cream tea,

a very lovely sky blue and white beach hut,

and Poppy Treffry's shop of gorgeousness.

By lucky chance on my part Poppy was working in 

the shop...

and yes she is as lovely as the things she makes.

One thing that impressed me very much was that

even her printed tea towels were made in England.

I picked up this card for inspiration.

I'm doing a workshop with Jennifer Collier later

on in the year and we are making paper shoes.

Arty shot of the sea!

A view of the beach.

This little fishing boat reminded me of Poppy's work.

I'm off in search of  shelving in garage

which looks a bit like a junk yard!

Wish me luck!

Have a great day!

Hugs Daisy xxx

Daisy's been making

These are a few of this months makes.

My first attempt at crocheting and it had

to be a daisy of course.

Finished off with a little lemon button it is now

ready to hang on a cardigan or bag perhaps?

The following few photos are of some buttons I've made

using vintage fabrics.

Rosy rose buds...

pink posies...

faded posies on white...

flower sprigs...

soft eiderdown fabric...

and a single rose.

I'm in the process of setting up a

little online shop to put these up for sale in.

Finally after much debate about the pelmet frill needed

in my little dinning area and which fabric to choose

I ended up using an old tablecloth!

Very pleased with the results though.

My nieces came round recently for a sewing day and

Lydia decided that she wanted to make the

chicken on the front of one of her old t-shirts

into a toy and it must have a skirt!

Not the easiest of tasks when you look at the size

of said chickens legs and the size of said

chickens FEET!

A turning nightmare ensued but I'm happy

to say we got there in the end, skirt and all!

These are a few buttons I made for myself...

to go on a beautiful pink aran cardigan that I bought

on holiday in Cornwall.

The buttons on the cardigan were dark blue 

and looked like they might run in the wash

so I replaced them with these vintage ones.

I was then able to happily wash my gorgeous

pink cardi as it did have rather a sheepy smell to it!

Enjoy the rest of your Tuesday.

Love Daisy xxx

Dottie Angel Package

A lovely package recently arrived in my post box

from Dottie Angel

Beautifully wrapped.

With this postcard attached...

and a list of Dottie Angel do's on the back.

I had ordered three little note books...

and two tea towels.

The tag had these words on the reverse
which made me smile.

I am planning to hang the tea towel up in the kitchen...

as they are far too precious to just wipe
the dishes with.

Each peachy perfect notebook...

has a different cover...

with this message on the inside cover.

How very yummy don't you think?

Have a wonderfully creative day whatever you're doing.

Love Daisy xxx

My Birthday

I've uploaded lots of recent photos today to share

with you all.  Here are a some of my birthday pressies.

While I went to Cornwall Steve went to London for a weekend

with his daughter Hayley.  Look what came back with him!

All my presents were not only wrapped in fabric but

hand sewn at each end and then tied with pink rafia!

VINTAGE BUTTONS!!!

from Liberty

These are french mother of pearl buttons from the 1950's

These are plastic ones from the 1970's

These are 1920's cut glass.

SQUEAL OUT LOUD!

These red spotty buttons are

hand painted and from West Germany late 1940's

But it didn't end there.  I also got a

metre of Liberty fabric and

this gorgeous duck egg blue scarf.

What a man!

My friends bought me a  beautiful red Liberty scarf.

My girly whirlys got me a super set of CK tins...

and a fab french notebook.

This lantern came from my mate Kate.

Amy and Rosie also got me this floral jug.

(They spoil their Marmah rotten.)

Rosie made Lemon Meringue cup cakes to sit

on a pink cake stand from my Mum. (They didn't last long!)

So light and dreamy. Yum!

I was truly touched to receive this.

Steve doesn't buy cards (don't go there!)

So instead he made me one.

Big Smile. :)

Have a lovely day whatever you're up to.

Hugs 

Daisy xxx