No Sign of Slowing Down

I have had an extremely busy couple of weeks and there is no sign of it slowing down. My Life so far has been a round of meeting, organising events, writing reports and essays. My house looks like, well I can't even describe what it looks like, my vacuum cleaner is broken yet again, and I don't even have time to shop, so its on my knees with a little hand held vacuum cleaner.

Cares Week was brilliant, I will tell you more about it another time.

I have finished and posted off my first custom made item from Etsy, I will post is on my blog once the buyer has received it, I don't think its fair that you get to see it before her.

I have had not time to sew but I hope to start making some summer dresses to put in my Etsy Shop hopefully before the summer ends.

Love to all and thank you for stopping by and saying hello. xxxxx

First Custom Made Order

Another week and I am shattered, its not even the end of the week.
Highlights, no lets start with the low spot, only one, and its pretty low, no pretty is not the best word to describe this. A close friend of the family son only 25 years was murdered. Its kind of hard to accept when it hits so close to home. The family is comping remarkably well considering the circumstances

Now the highlights.
Its Carers week. and one of the project I manage support Carer who care for people who are experiencing mental health, these carers are unpaid carers, such as family members, neighbours or friends, and to celebrate the dedication and hard work of these Carers, I will be hosting a very ambitious event, which I am pleased to say is already booked, plus I will be attending several exhibition and conferences during the week hosted by other organisation, you know the drill, loads of preparations, presentation, leaflets printing, packing displays yah di yah di yah.

Secondly I have submitted a proposal for a new project this morning, fingers crossed it is accepted, it was accepted last year and I am hoping they will see the value of this new proposal, last year it regular massage and anxiety management session to carers and this proposal will be to provide musical entertainment to carers who never or very rarely get an opportunity to enjoy live music.

AND,AND
Always save the best till last

I have my first custom order on Etsy. Ooooh I AM SO EXCITED. Its for the GREEN APPLIQUE SKIRT, but the buyer has chosen different colours and has trusted me to choose them. This is the best bit about custom made, I get to indulge in what I like best, buying fabric. You know if fabric was was edible like chocolate, I would be in heaven, and I am pretty close to it now. Its an all wool skirt, Yeh I know its summer where you are, but I tend to forget that some of us are just starting our winter. I will be posting the completed skirt once I have finished it so watch this. Here is a sneak preview of the colour.

Why Do I Blog - Spreading the Love

Well that’s simple, it’s to brag about my passion and to share it with like minded people. In my journey in the blogging world I have found an amazing community and it has been a privilege to share a bit of myself and read the thought, feelings and experiences of other bloggers.

When I follow a blog I try to connect with people who are also passionate about their blog are authentic and interesting.

debbie loves living in the carolinas is one of those interesting bloggers who is definitely passionate about what she does, She inspires others to get out there and do, and to take pride in what what they have achieved. I connected to her blog because I loved looking at the post of her beautiful home and now I am hooked. Take a look at debbie loves living in the carolinas I will be very surprised if you are not impressed.

What A Week

The next couple of months are going to be very hectic. I have 4 months left to complete my management course. Oh and is it just boring, but I keep telling my self it will be worth it in the end. Sad thing is it leaves me very little time to sew or to blog

I have been asked to make 6 linen shirts for a plus size man, and he not half bad looking too. last time I made shirts was for over 15 years ago for my brother for his wedding.

My youngest niece was one year old, she's a doll.

My auntie, and two cousins died in a tragic accident, her house was engulfed by a landslide. Three generations, that really hit the family hard.

My workmate is being accused of tampering with emails - this one set to run and the consequences will not be good. I don't think it her, as I feel she is being set up.

Oh and slmost forgot, I received a beautiful package of goodies from .bigbeautifulmess it was such a nice surprize. Loads of love .bigbeautifulmess

Wonder what this week is going to bring.

Rich Mix Fashion is featured in The Fatgirl's Closet

Maureen or Mo invited me to write a lens in fatgirlscloset I am not the most prolific of writers, but I have given it a go and here is the result

New Addition to Collection

I love checks and without fail every year I make one item of clothing in a check fabric. This cute check is just lovely and is available in my Etsy Shop




And this one I made to wear for a presentation event. This dress is only available for custom order only.




Love to hear what you think

From Garage to Fine Dining

My dining room is decorated with various bits of furniture that I have collected along the way.
This beautiful dresser is my pride and joy. I found it in an old friend’s garage (one day I will tell you the story about this friend). Her husband was a car mechanic and he was using the dresser as a work surface and as a store cupboard for his tools and car bits and pieces. It was black, imbedded in dirt grease and grime. The lovely insert on the door could not be seen because of the dirt and grease embedded into it. I loved it instantly and fortunately for me they were about to burn it as they said it was taking up space and it was ugly, can you imagine that, sacrilege. I got the husband to deliver the dresser to my home and set to work cleaning the dresser to bring it back to life.
To remove the dirt grease and old wax, I cleaned with an antique cleaner restorer, you can imagine the sludgy mess that developed, once all the old wax and grease was removed I cleaned the surface with white spirit and to bring back the colour I then rubbed it down with burnishing cream and applied wood reviver, which I made using a mixture of malt vinegar, methylated spirit and linseed. How did I know all of this, I bought a book on restoring old furniture? The inside of the dresser I cleaned with bleach and mild soapy water. I placed new handles, shame as the old ones were long gone and there you see the finished result
The chair to the right is a part of a three piece carved bergere cane chairs I bought from the local auction, after cleaning and applying wood reviver, I recovered the seat and cushions. The tiffany lamp is part of a pair again bought from auction and my dining table which can’t be seen is from a local second hand shop or thrift shop as it is now in USA. I love this room.

I am linking up with a party at debbiedoos livin in the carolinas:/> take a look at all the wonderful projects from other bloggers and add your own