Exciting times.

It's all been go, go, go around here this past fortnight. First I was asked if I would be willing to sell some of my handmade things at Carruan farm & restaurant Polzeath. This is situated on the hill going down into Polzeath and has recently been taken over by Jackie. There's a shop and a

cosy restaurant selling reasonably priced homemade food. Outside there's more seating and a children's play area.

I made a new batch of feather filled cushions and took some pieces from my stock.

And the other exciting news! My 17 yr old was interviewed and subsequently offered a place to study English & creative writing at Falmouth University. 800 applicants for 90 places, this was her first choice & she desperately wanted to go there so smiley faces all round!

Then on Friday my 21 yr old applied for a job as commis chef with Paul Ainsworth at No 6 in Padstow. She was asked to go for a trial last night and he offered her the position of trainee pastry chef starting next week. We're delighted for her & she's very fortunate to have this chance to work at one of the best restaurants in Cornwall. Happy Days :)

What a fab wedding that was!

What can I say ......... the dress & veil were stunning, elegant and perfect for Catherine.

I loved the Lily of the valley bouquet and the bridesmaids dresses too, a perfect day!

Photos Daily Mail online.

As our village had no celebrations we had our own. We hung out the bunting, had the TV on all day and had a buffet lunch.

With a few Union Jacks scattered around.

This was my ultra slim 21 yr old's brunch!

Spring in Cornwall

A friend of ours has 4 Jacob sheep ewes & they all had triplets, 1 died but the others are thriving. This one was only a few hours old when we met her.

A thrush munching on a snail.

A walk through the woods & meadow, where everything is springing into life.

A fern about to unfurl.

A Beech nut growing through the dead leaves.

Violets.

Primroses.

Bluebells.

Trees coming to life.

I disturbed this little fella from his sleep in my garden.

Swans & Canadian geese enjoying the sunshine.

Maude & Delilah trying to hide from the sun & cooling down with a dust bath.

L's Easter bonnet & Spring picture made for the school Easter fayre.

Hope you are all enjoying the Spring sunshine & have a happy Easter.

Spring branch with crochet leaves

Take one twig, a crochet hook, some brightly coloured wool and a tutorial from lady crochet

and hook yourself a little piece of Spring colour to brighten your home.

A February catch up.

Well February disappeared and we're in the middle of March already! I've never been away from my blog for this long before but have been very busy with school stuff, decorating, making & life in general. So must get back on track with a quick February catch up.

L was off school ill when it was Chinese new year so we made a Chinese dragon and some lanterns.

We also had a bit of fun for valentines day, heart family finger puppets and

tissue paper hearts. We attempted a tutorial to make hearts from wax crayon shavings, it took forever to sharpen the crayons, which were then placed between wax paper & ironed. I don't know what went wrong but as soon as I tried to cut them into hearts they just fell apart. So I just ripped pieces of tissue paper, spread watered down PVA onto cling film, covered the glue with pieces of tissue, when dry cut into hearts.

We also baked using silicone heart cases to make heart cupcakes

and rose silicone cases to make milk jelly roses, rather strange ones but they tasted good. And some chilli chocolates just so we could play with the edible glitter!

During half term the Eden project had a dinosaur quest culminating in a dinosaur arriving in the tropical biome. He was very loud & made of rubber so quite lifelike. There were quite a few screaming toddlers but we stood back out of the way even though L said she wasn't scared.

I also finally got around to make some wrist warmers for myself using Julia Crossland's tutorial.