A show and tell Ta-Da...

Finally...a break in the clouds and a chance to snap a couple of photo's

Sadly this is what Im most excited about

my rescued bike/shopping basket...

I LOVE the colour

Simple things and simple minds 

This is the first time I've put the lampshade onto a base and Im surprised by how much I like it!

I'll explain...I thought it would be too high up on the stand, but although it is high with a 2" trim at the bottom I think it will work

I mentioned before that I had sprayed a couple of other bits...

Im planning a turquoise, red and white Christmas next year and sprayed the hearts to fit

And I have plans afoot for these...

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The tutorial that I vaguely followed for the lampshade recover can be found over at Shingle Cottage Blog, as can lots of inspiring photos of very pretty pink things!

Fundraising...

Ian Rennie at Home

This year 50% of sales of the

Felt Hearts

and

Decorated Jam Jar Tea-light Holders

is to be donated to Ian Rennie at Home

There are I know many, many deserving charities.

I personally support Age UK {formerly Help the Aged} and Diabetes UK all year through as they are both causes very close to my heart.

However; this year sadly a wonderful mama left her boys and husband far too early...Ian Rennie were there to make her final days as peaceful as possible.

I'll be taking these into her place of work, the November Vintage Fair and anything left will be taken to the florist where my eldest works

Wish me luck, I've set up a Just Giving Page to keep a track on things.

Crafting by...

Candle-light

Oh how pretty!

I found this in the back of a cupboard, bought as a prop for Priddy Priddy Vintage but stuffed to the back of a cupboard when it didn't work as I wanted it to...

It gives of a lovely glow and even heats the room up!

Inspired by my sister I have been re-purposing a few spare jam jars...I have a LOT of jam jars and a hefty number of Vintage Kilner jars.

The Bonne Maman jam jars house my buttons, sorted into colours they are a wonderful rainbow of yumminess...the more jam we eat the more refined the rainbow becomes, tonal colours *sigh*  

Other Bonne Maman jars have been put to good use this year to keep the home-made preserves/relish more managably sized {less waste}

The Vintage Kilner jars are another matter though...I 'like' them too much to actually use them and they are pretty large too; so a bit big for my jams etc!

So back to spare jam/pickle jars...

after spending a couple nights enjoying the candles I am running low on supplies of this size candle!

They come from Ikea {where else} and as 

A) I don't plan a trip this side of Christmas {unless I nip in whilst at the Milton Keynes Vintage Fair?}

and B) no other candle seems to fit...

I want to try to save them.  

All very good but I still want candle light, so I've been stash busting

Leftover linen, a snip of ribbon, the odd button and hey presto...

the buttons are my favourites

Lovely decorated jam jars to house dinky {and found by the hundreds everywhere} tea lights