A find, inspirations and some 'makes'.

I want to tell you about my 'find of the week'. My local supermarket has a charity shop next door, so whilst popping in for milk and bread, the supermarket that is, I just have to nip into the charity shop, it would be a crime not to? Yes? You agree, good! I noticed the table pictured below for sale in said charity shop and thought what a great height it was, and carried on my merry way. Got home and into my work room and thought about the table.......Telephone's dear husband, who kindly obliged and went and fetched the table for me, complaining that not only did he fetch it, he had to pay for it too;-) (Owls are tooting again)! Anyway, the reason I'm prattling on about this is because I can't tell you what a godsend it has been, mainly because of it's height....it is 6" higher than my work tables and boy does it save the back. It is so good to stand and work at!!!
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I had the most wonderful surprise the other day, Postman bought me a package from USA. Dear Amy of rosesradishesandrubbish sent me all manner of beautiful items. Paper, lace, buttons, a stunning handmade paper heart with my name on it, so many lovely things, but also a piece of her art work. I adore her subtle, quirky, beautiful art, photographs do not capture the fine colour and pencil work and the intricacies of her special style. Thank you so much Amy! I implore you to go and read her lovely blog and visit her Etsy site, you will not be disappointed.


Above, some of the treasures sent to me and below Amy's art work, presented in a papier mache box. I love it so much.I have such kind and generous friends, I am so fortunate.~0~
After a bit of a 'O so sorry for me' start to last week, I did finally manage to kick myself into some action!
Needlecase.....

After reading a post about a shop window in New York which featured cut paper pigeons on a wire, posted by Sue of mousenotebook whose blog by the way is an absolute delight, a feast for the eyes and so beautifully written!!! You must, must make a visit. I was so inspired, it got me thinking and here is the result! You may have seen my images on Flickr but I wanted to tell you where the inspiration came from.

Thank you all so much my lovelies, for all your ongoing kindness and support.

I hope you all have a great week and thank you for stopping by.x