I could handle living here, could you?
You can almost smell the sea air and hear the waves lapping...
A washing line made from rusty tacks gives another excuse for polka dots - and a splash of colour...
...and set in a open white-washed frame. Guaranteed to brighten any room!
I've managed to make a few things this week, despite it being half-term!
This wall-hung cottage has a driftwood door and windowsills to match!
I forgot to post about these last week: I've discovered this fab lightweight polka dot linen in red and navy - perfect for more lavender fish! I think they compliment the ticking ones nicely....don't you?
A piece I've made this afternoon. I found the striped bit of wood ages ago, and knew it would make the perfect lighthouse, it's just taken me a while to get other bits together!
I've used a washer to represent the lightbeam.
The cottage was a lovely bit of ply with flaky white paint on one side: I've scratched the paint off at the top to make the 'roof' - and added my trademark nail 'chimneys'! The piece of driftwood along the bottom had paint along one edge, so I've turned that into a sea wall - the paint then becomes the sea!
There wasn't much wood to be found this weekend - seems alot of it has been used for beach barbeques/fires lately (one drawback to the beautiful weather we've had) but I did find this cute piece (above). Isn't the shape perfect? And in the prettiest shade of blue!
This one is for sale in my Folksy shop!
....to my mum (this is her card)
....to my mother-in-law (her card)
...and to mummies everywhere! (This is a very rare shot of me and my monsters!)
I've been putting the decorative touches to some of the boats we started last weekend....
I've also been experimenting with placing some of my pieces in box frames...
The cottages are sold, but the boat is available in my Folksy shop...
My latest batch of Moo postcards arrived a couple of days ago...
...this one is my favourite!
and I picked up 2 of my collages from the framers...
He made me a little desk caddy from a chunky piece of driftwood...
...and this cool composter (also from wood found on the beach!)
Speaking of which - I didn't show you a photo of what we came across on the beach a couple of weeks ago - the back end of a boat! We're going to transform it into a garden bench - I'll keep you posted on that one!
Another fab acquisiton which we've been storing for about 12 months - a huge cable reel!
And finally, all this crafting seems to be rubbing off on the kids! How do you like this rather primitive dog that Buddy knocked together yesterday?!
The 'sea' has real movement I think - partly to do with the uneven shape of the blue paint, and because of the layers and different colours, it suggests seaspray - to me, anyway!
I had a few nice small pieces of wood like this one below - I love the shape of it, with that little natural hole in the corner. Because of their size, I was able to use long nails instead of sticks as the masts. These tie in nicely with the rusty washers I think.
It's been a while since I did any of these sculptures with the bunting above, but I couldn't resist! It would brighten up any room and is available in my Folksy shop.
Finally, I must say a HUGE 'Thank You' to everyone who bought from my shop for Comic Relief, and also to those of you who helped to spread the word about it. To be honest, I was worried that I wouldn't make any sales at all, but we raised £348! How fantastic is that? Thank you SO much - you are brilliant! x
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