Daisy and the little old suitcase makeover

On a recent trip out to a new vintage shop in Southwell

I happened upon this little fella.

On closer inspection he appeared to have had a spot

of trouble in his past.

Yes he has clearly been mistaken for a fire bucket

poor soul.

So I took him home and found some
best wrapping paper and set to work.

First I cut two pieces for each end and 

used pva to glue them down.

(he was already starting to feel much better)

I then measured a piece for the back, base and front panels.

Here he is all finished.

I have managed to save the original paper covering

in the lid as it wasn't damaged...

and now he can be used again.

I've named him Stanley and he

is now full of fabric.

What have you been up to this week?

I would love to hear about it.

Have a relaxing evening.

Love

Daisy xxx

Happy Mothers Day and the result of the Daisy Moon giveaway

Good morning all and a very Happy Mother's Day.

Thank you to all who entered the giveaway.

All the names were placed in a hat as promised.

Drum roll.....

Oh wait!  The girls have just given me my Mother's

Day pressie...

You don't mind if I open it first do you?

Oh my!  Jessie Chorley ribbon!!!!

A beautiful journal entitled 

'follow your heart'

with a pink envelope pocket!

I'll have to show you inside ...

a page of screen printing...

more envelopes to keep treasure in ...

the last page...

all about Jessie. 

Thank you girlies for this very special gift.

You know I will treasure it.

I love you both very much.

Right! Back to the draw!

I asked Rosie to choose the lucky winner for me.

Good luck everyone!

Here we go...

the winner is Debs from Two Bones & a Bagel.

Well done Debs!

Please email me at catherinemandyjames@yahoo.co.uk

with your details and I will get them straight off in the post to you.

Once again, thank you to everyone who entered and I hope you

all have a wonderful day.

Lots of love

Daisy xxx

Daisy's give away

As a 'thank you' to all my readers and a 'hello'

to all my newbies and a 'sorry I've been missing'

to all I thought I would have a little give away.

It includes the flower brooch handmade by me, 4 cards

of cute little buttons and the 'handmade' letters.

All you need to do to be included in this little give away is

follow my blog and leave me a comment with

this post to let me know you want to join in.

I will pick a random number on Sunday morning.

Good luck

Love Daisy 

xxx

Daisy's day of making

One afternoon last week I found a bag of cushion pads and

decided they deserved new jackets.

I dipped into my fabric stash and for a change I used

some of my best bits.

I decided that rather than have them sitting on a shelf

upstairs they could sit on the sofa where I could see

them everyday.

This is the first one hot off the press...

followed by No. 2...

and before I knew it there were another four!

Next thing to get a jacket was this plain cream charity

shop light shade.

Then I found this fabric and thought that a jacket would be quite

nice for me too!

As I can't make jackets I decided to make

a dress instead!

By the time I had finished that lot I felt like this...

Quite an afternoon/evening but I loved every minute!

Move over Dan!

What have you been making?

Hugs

Daisy xxx

Daisy gets to play in the shop

There have been a lot of changes in the shop that I work and teach in lately.

Exciting changes.

  A breath of fresh air has blown in and stirred up the creativity in us all.

My boss is a great boss.

He has always encouraged our crafty ways and so when he asked me to

turn this wall into a mood board I was thrilled!

I have always collected inspirational pieces from magazines.

From tiny snippets to whole articles of 'beautifulness'.

And so it began. 

 A history of things I love.

It was an interesting journey looking through it all.

Lots of it had been hidden away for quite a while.

It has been arranged as though it has been there for months with

fabric pieces, buttons on cards,  paint colour charts, postcards and

wallpaper samples all mingled together.

I hope it will be ever changing as more things are added over time.

At last I have found a use for some of my collection

 and it's now where it can be seen and shared.

To hopefully inspire shop visitors as well as ourselves.

This magazine advert was from 1953!

Laura Ashley paint chart sitting next to a pair of dolls bloomers.

The view from the cutting table.

A map of the U.S.A. where the inspiration for

Heaths original shop came from.

The exquisite colour palate of Farrow & Ball.

Buttons and bobbins...

linens and lace...

pegged up with a touch of  Arkell-ness.

Heath has been playing too.

Hanging washing lines of fabric swatches

mingled with old photos and tags.

I've been using my new pompom maker too!

For now it's been finished off with a mini lampshade

covered in strips of fabric a la dottie angel

I now have a bucket of buttons and another wall!

Watch this space!!!

Hugs

Daisy xxx