It's British

Whilst I'm in a very British mood, I thought I'd share a pic of my new cupcake case and topper set bought from Lakeland.



The small print on the back made me smile - Designed in England. Handcrafted & made in China. It's British?

~A

Union Jack Bunting

Inspired by a recent visit to a craft exhibition and some new purchases, I've been busy making some bunting in preparation for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in June. (I can't believe I'm so organised!!)



I used a Bunting Pack of ready cut cardboard triangles



Cut strips of paper and laid them on the triangles



Then whilst holding down the strips I carefully inked over them, covering the whole triangle. A low tack adhesive tape would probably have been easier than the strips as I had to do gymnastics with my fingers to hold them all in place while inking!



I stamped randomly with my new Portobello Road stamps (Docrafts).




I ♥ these stamps! (Seen here with some of my new buttons!)



I removed the strips



Added ribbons



And even some of my new washi tape (from here)



Finally I stitched (with invisible thread - my latest discovery!) all the triangles onto ribbon



And strung them up



In the conservatory! I need to get some lovely red cushions to put on the sofa but for now I will use the cushion that my son made in school a few years ago.



Are you going to be making any bunting?

~A

Sunny Saturday Stroll

We made the most of the lovely sunshine yesterday with a walk along the Thames (near Tilehurst). The view up river



down river



and opposite bank (complete with 3 geese/ducks).



We saw this Red Kite and I was delighted with my pic as it is always so hard to photograph birds in flight.



I'd love to own one of these huts/sheds/boathouse? Not sure what you call them.



This one had a family sitting outside enjoying the sunshine



Here's a few more random pics from the day









~A