Driftwood and slate (cont)

Well, wouldn't you know it, it's Monday again! Had a lovely fruitful trip to the beach on Saturday, then spent some of yesterday in the shed creating with my finds!
I've decided to do some more cottages with slate roofs (the one from the last post is sold). Hope you're not getting bored with these by now!

The blue piece of driftwood was found at the weekend, the lovely red bit has been waiting in my shed for 'the right moment!'

The Cornish cottage below is made from two pieces of wood: I painted the main part white, then layered the grey driftwood piece on top. These slate-hung buildings are common around here - our house is quite similar in fact! The chimneys are rusty nails, as before.

Both are for sale on my website and on Folksy.
Last week I finally got around to creating an Etsy shop! For now I've only listed my lighter-weight items, we'll see how it goes - I had my first sale last night!
All that remains for me to say is Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope you all remembered!

I do like to be beside the seaside!

The weather on Saturday was beautiful, unfortunately we had lots of necessary chores to do, but headed to the beach for an hour just before the sun went down.

I loved the shadows cast on this boat...

I was delighted to discover that after weeks and weeks of just seaweed, the tide had brought in some driftwood - and lots of it!

So I've been busy!

I usually make quite chunky boats, but the above piece of ply was found with those holes and paint just as pictured - it was crying out to be transformed! I put a little hook on the back so it can be hung on the wall. (This item has sold).

The weather obviously put me in a nautical mood! The above cushions are made from lovely thick cotton from Deckchair Stripes - a favourite of mine!


I even managed to find time to make a driftwood heart. I would have made a few of these earlier in plenty of time for you know what on 14th Feb but Neptune has been keeping the sticks for himself up to now! Still if anyone wants it, there are a few more days to go!

All of the above items are available on Folksy.