tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35737228332743699882024-03-13T12:34:05.846+00:00.Homemakers Tales.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-8971838544890208272017-11-19T02:23:00.000+00:002017-11-19T02:23:50.658+00:00New Beginnings !Its been a long time and have missed blogging but sometimes it's good to sit back and concentrate on other things.<br />
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<br />.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-35681923680679205212014-02-08T23:16:00.000+00:002014-02-08T23:18:12.183+00:00" AT HOME DAY "<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lots of winding i always wind my wool into balls i think its because when my Grannie came to stay with us she always had a lot of skeins and we had to hold our arms up whilst she did the winding we so loved having Grannie to stay.................Familys</span> <br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">A good friend and me toddled off to our local auction held in a barn... we won a few items and what fun we had and how we thought we were going to get it all in the back of her Volkswagen umm.. well we did !.. its a case of technique a bit like a puzzle the auction hench man came to help he makes sure when folk remove there wares that they actually bought them hes very sweet and always has a tale to tell and generally help fair maidens who overestimate the size of ones boot ..! it would seem we may be know as the Shabby Chicers ...!!but he was in demand and deserted us!..so another auction man not a hence man he has something to do with organizing the auction... we asked have you got a Phillips screw driver he not only had one but it was a fancy battery one he had the legs off Nics table in a jiff phew all in ish as he had no binder twine in his pocket ..this is the heart of the country i might add .. we drove the ten miles home with the boot lid tied down with my belt ! off my jeans .its fun we laughed a lot i will post a pic of what i bought when i have some decent light .</span></div>
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The idea being me shuffling the furniture around in the Sitting room to create my very own corner for me to create in.be it using the sewing machine the laptop or making cards ...Its a * Work in progress *.<br />
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.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-39541538287369661282014-01-26T23:19:00.001+00:002014-01-26T23:19:52.299+00:00What a day rain and thunder so a lovely homey day and a lotta hooky action xx<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Yeen4w9Xs4/UuWXAzy_r6I/AAAAAAAAAuQ/PjUIoMqSBoA/s1600/safe_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Yeen4w9Xs4/UuWXAzy_r6I/AAAAAAAAAuQ/PjUIoMqSBoA/s1600/safe_image.jpg" /></a>.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-51064129974138207512014-01-25T00:36:00.000+00:002014-01-25T00:36:42.498+00:00Its been a while ...BUT I,M BACK ..so watch this space for plenty of Homemakers Tales i have been a busy Gal and lost count of how many ..Blankies ..i have made in a variety of sizes. for Babies in several different Counties and more this picture below is from Cath Kidstons collection and how cheery it looks too pop back and see me soon xx<div>
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<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="display: inline;"> When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I've got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes. Suddenly I didn't know how to open my mouth. But I had to let <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly. She didn't seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why? I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we didn't talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Jane. I didn't love her anymore. I just pitied her! With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company. She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I could not take back what I had said for I loved Jane so dearly. Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now. The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn't have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because I was tired after an eventful day with Jane. When I woke up, she was still there at the table writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep again. In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn't want anything from me, but needed a month's notice before the divorce. She requested that in that one month we both struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his exams in a month's time and she didn't want to disrupt him with our broken marriage. This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she asked me to recall how I had carried her into out bridal room on our wedding day. She requested that every day for the month's duration I carry her out of our bedroom to the front door ever morning. I thought she was going crazy. Just to make our last days together bearable I accepted her odd request. I told Jane about my wife's divorce conditions. . She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said scornfully. My wife and I hadn't had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when I carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mommy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don't tell our son about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside thethrew with the divorce.-- At least, in the eyes of our son--- I'm a loving husband.... The small details of your lives are what really matter in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car, property, the money in the bank. These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot give happiness in themselves. So find time to be your spouse's friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy. Do have a real happy marriage! If you don't share this, nothing will happen to you. If you do, you just might save a marriage. Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.</span></div><div style="color: grey; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><div class="fsm fwn fcg" style="color: grey; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal;">by: <span class="uiAttachmentDetails" data-ft="{"type":12}" style="color: #333333;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1278406007" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Kimmies Floral</a></span></div></div>.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-40750535927475438292011-04-03T19:32:00.001+01:002011-04-03T19:36:57.355+01:00The Boy and the Heart<div class="post-416 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" id="post-416" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 45px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="post-content" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> There was once a boy who was born without a heart. As far back as he could remember he didn’t feel right. Something was missing.</div><div style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Though he didn’t have a heart, a man in authority who seemed to know about these things gave him a heart shaped box and said:</div><div style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Fill this with good things and then you will have a full heart”. The heart shaped box was big and red and shiny with a padlock on it. It had a slot in the lid to put things in.</div><div style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The boy wondered what to put in the box. First he put in some of his toys. The he emptied his piggy bank, shaking all the coins in it into the box. There seemed to be plenty of space left in the box. So the boy got a job as a paper boy and every week he would put his money into the heart shaped box. He put sweets and computer games and magazines into the hole in the box. The box was still not full.</div><div style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The boy was growing up. He was good at reading and put all the books he loved into the box. He got a college degree and put his college books into the box along with his degree papers and his graduation clothes.</div><div style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By this time the boy was growing up. He got a job and put his salary in the box. The box was still not full. He put car keys and jewelery and drinks and good food into the box. He got married and put his wedding ring in the box.</div><div style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://laurencecooper.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/empty-heart-shaped-box-vector.jpg" style="color: #644527; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-417" height="300" src="http://laurencecooper.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/empty-heart-shaped-box-vector.jpg?w=285&h=300" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 209, 199); border-bottom-left-radius: 4px 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px 4px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(214, 209, 199); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(214, 209, 199); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(214, 209, 199); border-top-left-radius: 4px 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px 4px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: right; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 500px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;" width="285" /></a>One day the boy was tired and angry. Nothing was changing. Nothing was helping. He still did not have a real heart and wanted to know why the box would not fill up. He took a crow bar and jammed it against the lid of the box. With a snapping sound the lock came off and the lid fell open. Inside, the heart shaped box was dry and empty. The boy was very sad and began to cry, and his tears fell on the dust on the bottom of the box.</div><div style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Holding the box, he turned around. He did not know where he was going or what he was going to do. At that moment, through his tears, he saw a man. The boy did not know who it was, he could not see clearly because he was crying so much. This man was dressed simply, like a gardener, not like a man of authority.</div><div style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Why are you crying?” said the man.</div><div style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“I have given my life and all that is precious to me to filling up this stupid box” said the boy, “and now I do not know where it has all gone. Now I will never have a heart.”</div><div style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The man was quiet, then said to the boy.</div><div style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Give me the box.”</div><div style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The man took a simple piece of wood that was in the shape of a heart. The heart was scarred and splintered and ugly. It wasn’t pretty and expensive like the things that the boy had put into the box before. “This heart is simple and lowly” said the man “but it should do the trick”. He put it inside, then nailed the lid of the heart shaped box shut with three long nails.</div><div style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The boy looked at the heart shaped box. Now, the crack in the lid was sealed with the wood of the heart that was inside it. He couldn’t put anything into it any more.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Suddenly, the boy realized that he felt different. He touched his chest. Something had happened inside him. What was this new sensation? Amazed, the boy realized that he had a new heart, and the first thing that he felt in it was gratitude. He turned in astonishment to thank the man, but he was nowhere to be seen.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> </span></div><div style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 19px;">Its been too-long but gradually i will be here.... much has happened to divert my attentions and thoughts elsewhere but with Spring and some sunshine all will be well </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6f5e4e; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 19px;">Good Times xx</span></span></div></div></div>.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-86988381357125256712010-06-04T12:00:00.001+01:002010-06-04T12:01:30.365+01:00You are ..ALL .. Amazing don't you know ??<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/TAjcUdr9psI/AAAAAAAAAos/MxeNnXGogyo/s1600/04v.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/TAjcUdr9psI/AAAAAAAAAos/MxeNnXGogyo/s400/04v.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />yet they are strong when they <br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />think there is no strength left. <br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />They know that a hug and a kiss <br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />can heal a broken heart. <br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; 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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />They have compassion and ideas. <br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />They give moral support to their <br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />family and friends. <br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Women have vital things to say <br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />and everything to give. <br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />HOWEVER, IF THERE IS <b style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">ONE FLAW IN WOMEN, <br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /> </span></b> <b style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">IT IS THAT THEY FORGET THEIR WORTH.</span></b> <br style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><i style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; 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</tbody></table>.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-47973758051467699792010-04-28T13:29:00.000+01:002010-04-28T13:29:09.215+01:00For salePlease check out my... FOR SALE ....items...Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-36126950396813735672010-04-26T14:05:00.004+01:002010-04-26T17:54:09.903+01:00For Sale Dolls House .. Navy coach built silver cross 60/70s twin dolls pram and white drop side cot<br />
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The pram needs some restoration only if you felt like it some rust on the chrome ..<br />
The tudor style three story dolls house was made by a dotting Grandpa. not posh.. but could be.. a little girls dream!.<br />
The cot seems to be too large for dolls and could even have been made crib size for a baby...!<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">My intention was to makeover the dolls house and the cot but i have so many projects on the go i just know its going to be ages before i can put the time to it i still have a small dolls house 60s style and small dolls pram 50s style ! But i have to be real and put sentiment to one side i need to de clutter my clutter ..i,m feeling weak at the knees at the thought of it all the sorting of the attic !! the caravan in the garden .. .and my dining room eek...a work party would be good !...</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I am a self confessed hoarder...and no longer in denial ? ha ha so watch this space as i.. clear.. sort.. and recycle..! i think i could stock a shop ...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div>.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-69119835358665109482010-04-23T13:09:00.000+01:002010-04-23T13:09:49.846+01:00Spring has sprung .. Sunny days are here .... better times to come ..<br />
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On a positive note i have been very creative i find that when i am floored with <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">fibro</span> days being creative is therapy for me .. and i have a feast of colour to photograph to show you all<br />
.. .I love to see all the spring flowers and baby lambs hop skipping in the field behind the house ...new life is...amazing...<br />
Tomorrows plan the garden centre .. we have a lot of national garden gift tokens given us as Christmas presents to use i,m thinking Hollyhocks lupins delphiniums fuchsias and bedding plants galore we are digging a new flower bed so need to fill it ..<br />
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At the last auction i bought a welsh dresser dark <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">oaky</span> colour in dire need of a face lift .. the plan is to paint it and wallpaper the back ..colour ?... the jury's still out on that one .<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S9GKhEr92BI/AAAAAAAAAoE/mFryTAyi09s/s1600/Snow+Christmas+09+038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S9GKhEr92BI/AAAAAAAAAoE/mFryTAyi09s/s320/Snow+Christmas+09+038.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> My absence this last weeks has been because I have <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">fibromyalgia</span> /Cf's and the symptoms have been acute and i have huge spinal skeletal damage that requires major surgery which i am mulling over whether to have it as the surgeon cannot guarantee i will be pain free after .... like a lot of nurses the no lifting policy came too late.. and i have had blogger block and brain fog ..!! and felt as though i had nothing to say .. not like me at all ..ha ha ........ but thankfully i am much improved.... Ben has had another bad seizure last week and we ended up blue lighted to <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Derriford</span> hospital Plymouth until 4am !<br />
But the fog is lifting and i have so much planned for this year ..i have a special birthday in December and am using this year as a ..i need to ...DE CLUTTER.. ... yes you heard it first here girls .......<br />
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Good Times Xx.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-55733360035797220232010-02-16T15:30:00.002+00:002010-03-04T23:47:52.562+00:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S3q1lloDRoI/AAAAAAAAAmU/b9e-VxgyDfE/s1600-h/Snow+Christmas+09+130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S3q1lloDRoI/AAAAAAAAAmU/b9e-VxgyDfE/s640/Snow+Christmas+09+130.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>Remember a few months back i had a lampshade dilemma...! well i was going to make a slipcover Raspberry Grace left me a link to a tutorial ...needless to say i haven't got around to it as my sewing machine needs a service the stitching gathers up underneath , luckily.. Cowslip Patchworks.. will take them as they are an agency for someone so will take it over this week<br />
. However i found a link on another blog and found these yummy shades at giftdotcom and only 99p ! also some recycled red spotty big bags to tidy some of my clutter away , wool , fabric etc ... also a little red spotty milk jug ..i have a red spotty thing going on at the moment and have invested in some plain cream china that mixes so well with any pattern ...and looks fab on my cath kid red paisley oilcloth<br />
Did you notice my last post the MDF shapes ? waiting to be decopatched i have done an N for my daughters birthday and am pleased with the result i went to ..Westpoint .and bought several papers i have done a big clock i bought in an auction for ÂŁ1..and that looks fab i will photograph it later now i am looking around and can see loads that i could decopatch .<br />
At last weeks auction i bought four pine dining chairs for ÂŁ5 and plan to paint them all different colours i have some CK paint bought from <a href="mailto:Craig@Rose">Craig@Rose</a> and some <a href="mailto:Farrel@Ball">Farrel@Ball</a> leftover from another project...<br />
plenty to keep me outa mischief !!<br />
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Good Times xx.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-37893876864345189682010-02-14T13:09:00.004+00:002010-02-14T13:12:38.417+00:00My Valentine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My Valentine brought me some 12 faby red roses this morning and a beautiful card ....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I will post some pics later right now we are off out for lunch probably in Asda but oh what a joyous day it is folks the sun is shining and it makes my heart go skipy , at the family farm baby lambs are being born and on my word i do believe spring is not far away ....!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Times ....i think so ....X X<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S3f0SJXsXCI/AAAAAAAAAmE/IFncCxfwZWY/s1600-h/Snow+Christmas+09+138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S3f0SJXsXCI/AAAAAAAAAmE/IFncCxfwZWY/s320/Snow+Christmas+09+138.jpg" /></a></div>.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-37636159823414072702010-02-14T12:59:00.000+00:002010-02-14T12:59:26.018+00:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S3feTW6SgZI/AAAAAAAAAl8/qDddghEVaKE/s1600-h/Snow+Christmas+09+137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S3feTW6SgZI/AAAAAAAAAl8/qDddghEVaKE/s400/Snow+Christmas+09+137.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-19344382823097893242010-01-26T12:59:00.003+00:002010-02-01T22:59:49.474+00:00Christmas...<div align="right"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S19gHzg2hhI/AAAAAAAAAkU/4DvMNWaFzz8/s1600-h/Snow+Christmas+09+043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" mt="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S19gHzg2hhI/AAAAAAAAAkU/4DvMNWaFzz8/s400/Snow+Christmas+09+043.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S19g_yRYUPI/AAAAAAAAAkc/oimIjgyM6N0/s1600-h/Snow+Christmas+09+091.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mt="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S19g_yRYUPI/AAAAAAAAAkc/oimIjgyM6N0/s320/Snow+Christmas+09+091.jpg" /></a></div> Round up of ..Christmas . I.hadn't realized that it was so long since i last wrote a post ..where does the time go ? ! One of a whole flock of crochet birdies..i also did several robins which sold in a local .posh shop !! tutorial from Lucy at Attic24 ....See the crochet christmas tree garland .? tutorial from ..Royal Sisters blog i was really pleased with it ... also another homespun check garland i made last year using a long jute platt ,and fabric strips cut to size and tied in takes quite a lot of fabric but well worth it , i had several around the house i.m thinking that in the .. old colonial days ladies would have cut up old worn out clothes .. tail ends of shirts ..and made these sitting on a veranda in a rocking chair is how i imagine ... nothing went to waste and to be honest i was brought up that way so ..make do and mend was a way of life for me and my Mum taught us well i am the fourth of five girls so hand me downs from sisters and cousins was the norm ...we did have one new dress twice a year.. winter for christmas and summer for Sunday school anniversary celebration's<br />
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The top garland also on a jute platt i have used bells candy canes homespun ribbon wooden bobbins and anything you fancy .. i plan to do some Easter themed ones for the ..posh ..shop !<br />
I can do a tutorial for the garland if anyone wants it and can be adapted to suit any season of the year or just a nice.. Shabby Chic.. item for your home . using scraps of leftover fabric<br />
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My Christmas cake was part of an idea from Kirsties Home Made Christmas......i wanted to do red and green spots .. ..and a green tree but dying fondant icing green with food colouring was just too pale, so the pink theme evolved instead....a bit of a rush on Christmas eve..! Alan delivered it to my in laws at the family farm near Bude on Christmas morning !!! <br />
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Good Times xx.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-36436628480654199542010-01-26T11:28:00.006+00:002010-01-26T23:24:06.928+00:00<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S17TSCoDpyI/AAAAAAAAAjk/eEMzotjERoY/s1600-h/Snow+Christmas+09+020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" mt="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S17TSCoDpyI/AAAAAAAAAjk/eEMzotjERoY/s400/Snow+Christmas+09+020.jpg" width="300" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S17Ukd3hGDI/AAAAAAAAAjs/qY-7uxih5D0/s1600-h/Snow+Christmas+09+039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mt="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S17Ukd3hGDI/AAAAAAAAAjs/qY-7uxih5D0/s320/Snow+Christmas+09+039.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S17X-mcGsxI/AAAAAAAAAj8/4CgLndtvf-E/s1600-h/Snow+Christmas+09+040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mt="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S17X-mcGsxI/AAAAAAAAAj8/4CgLndtvf-E/s320/Snow+Christmas+09+040.jpg" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S17bcJuviZI/AAAAAAAAAkE/ZuXlxexItB0/s1600-h/Snow+Christmas+09+042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mt="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S17bcJuviZI/AAAAAAAAAkE/ZuXlxexItB0/s320/Snow+Christmas+09+042.jpg" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S17gSskXaKI/AAAAAAAAAkM/xIXTOIIDlyA/s1600-h/Snow+Christmas+09+046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/S17gSskXaKI/AAAAAAAAAkM/xIXTOIIDlyA/s320/Snow+Christmas+09+046.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div>.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-1486472999508479722009-12-29T20:53:00.007+00:002009-12-29T21:45:34.611+00:00My Birthday...<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/SzpuW05d5hI/AAAAAAAAAi0/t7VoNvqWr0w/s1600-h/6a00d83452b7ad69e2010536383531970c-800wi.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 302px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/SzpuW05d5hI/AAAAAAAAAi0/t7VoNvqWr0w/s320/6a00d83452b7ad69e2010536383531970c-800wi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420766439929669138" /></a><br />Today i have turned a year older ..!! well actually only a day older than yesterday !ha ha ... we have had a chinese takeaway treat for tea a tradition we usually have on our birthdays, and lots of phone calls today with birthday wishes and even one from Cypress<br />Over the next few days i have a lota catching up with my blog girlfriends + posting some christmas pics + a rundown of my homemade decorations and crochet+ some real homespun garlands i made .<br /><br />Good Times xx.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-24118995431203106502009-12-16T11:28:00.001+00:002009-12-16T11:32:14.622+00:00Mamas you are SPECIAL..X<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/SyjFJQrQPeI/AAAAAAAAAis/ErsSDRrrsLM/s1600-h/1950_08_16_181.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 143px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/SyjFJQrQPeI/AAAAAAAAAis/ErsSDRrrsLM/s320/1950_08_16_181.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415795314798902754" /></a><br />Spend as much time as you can, having fun with your little ones. Be slow to anger, quick to forgive, and hug them lots and lots. Read with them, play with them, enjoy them.<br /><br />Slow down to their pace, take time to enjoy nature together, just amble along, don't hurry. Be honest with them, without burdening them with too much for young minds. Read to them at bedtime. Bake with them, let them help you around the home.<br /><br />Don't wish the next stage to come...it will come soon enough. Keep your sense of humour, and soak up every moment with them. Praise them. Love them. Love them with every fibre of your being. Give it your all.<br /><br />A time will come when your little ones will become big ones, launching themselves into the world...moving on in life...flying the nest. Nothing quite prepares you for the empty nest feeling...but deep down you will have an unbreakable bond between you, which will keep your hearts connected, even over hundreds of miles.<br /><br />So, rejoice in your full nest...gather your chicks under your wings and nestle down..Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-62853424573553672192009-12-02T22:48:00.004+00:002009-12-02T22:55:31.711+00:00My blogs background has disappeared and so has all yours hopefully PC Doc can sort it out e xx<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/SxbvxuezrDI/AAAAAAAAAik/dHV622UYcq8/s1600-h/busy_gal.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 184px; height: 220px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/SxbvxuezrDI/AAAAAAAAAik/dHV622UYcq8/s320/busy_gal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410775639902104626" /></a>.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-19726882490589508562009-11-29T22:50:00.004+00:002009-11-29T23:08:31.896+00:00Help me ! Girlfriends<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/SxL7gC4OY9I/AAAAAAAAAic/IFGqgC66zO0/s1600/Better_W_Girlfriends.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 179px; height: 220px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/SxL7gC4OY9I/AAAAAAAAAic/IFGqgC66zO0/s320/Better_W_Girlfriends.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409662630372467666" /></a><br /> I dont know what you can see but my background has ..GONE.. and so has everyone else's including ANY website i visit all i can see is white background's and black writing photos are OK.. but nothing looks write well cos .. its all wrong ..so another <br />s o s to the puter doc tomorrow hes really good so hope he can talk me threw over the phone what to do .<br /> Not much happening in my neck of the woods my <br />wip is growing well and i am loving it faby colours really as you may well have guessed i love..need colour and pattern ..never been any different,i have several huge.. round cushions to put together no pennies for a while to buy cushions to go inside as i need 24"..maybe in the new year sales <br />Well thats all from for now Girls <br /><br />Good Times XX.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-37806479329719200452009-11-20T22:58:00.006+00:002009-11-20T23:56:32.395+00:00This and That ...<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/SwcmI7ZJzPI/AAAAAAAAAiU/wSNU5wO3O1o/s1600/6a00d8341ca2e153ef01156f641335970c-500pi.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/SwcmI7ZJzPI/AAAAAAAAAiU/wSNU5wO3O1o/s320/6a00d8341ca2e153ef01156f641335970c-500pi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406331812505570546" /></a><br />Kirsty's Home Made Home .. available on pre order at Amazon i,m really looking forward to the Postie bringing this i adored watching the series on C4 and got a such lot out of it .. i live within a couple of miles from the Cowslip Patchworks that was featured on the series ...i have made some fab candles in tea cups and some to sell ! {hint} ....some went at the craft fair i did a couple of weeks ago as did fingerless mitts {attic24} pattern ,+ some granny blankies i lovingly hooked ..sad to see them go .. but have a ..WIP a biggish blankie on the go , birds i made out of felt and paisley fabric were a hit too i still have a whole flock left! so may list a few things .. and a few crochet birdie Robins , all in all i have been productive and am well and truly over a really bad chest virus thing . , Ben is well and no more seizures thankfully<br />I,m hoping for a trip to Tavistock tomorrow my favourite place , my puter has been to the puter Doc again so have been offline for a week back today so am busy catching up on you all .<br /><br />Good Times XXX.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-44846911196087207342009-10-28T09:29:00.007+00:002009-10-28T14:04:26.300+00:00Craft Fair<<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/SugP-FHQSPI/AAAAAAAAAiE/pbxptMiCgRo/s1600-h/blogtea.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 132px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/SugP-FHQSPI/AAAAAAAAAiE/pbxptMiCgRo/s320/blogtea.jpg" border="0" =""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397581712602450162" /></a<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> My very first craft fair is this Saturday and have been making a variety of things and its been a rough few weeks !! last week i went down with a chesty virusey thing only had swine flu 6 weeks ago.. too much !! also on Saturday early am Ben had a massive grand mall seizure it was very frightening and i had to call 999 ... he hasn't had one this bad for years he,s fine now thankfully, Ben has had them since he was about two and is also autisic<br />Today i feel much better and need to get on with pricing my goodies i find that difficult ....not everyone gets " homemade " and compare prices to the mass produced market <br />I,m so much better at giving away than selling ! also my computer is playing up PC Doc says its the hard drive or motherboard eek !! sounds expensive ..<br />I will take pictures of my stall .... it may be the only one i do ! i,m doing a mix of knits and crochet and some craft items i have to many of !! and candles in tea cups need to make them today <br />Thats it from a wet Cornwall <br /><br />Good Times x x.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573722833274369988.post-75204450968405746872009-10-20T22:13:00.004+01:002009-10-20T22:23:29.653+01:00Craft day on QVC<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/St4pv9-bxAI/AAAAAAAAAh8/yajzq4vfq7g/s1600-h/01102~Another-Day-In-Paradise-Posters.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 219px; height: 220px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3IREMFgP85Q/St4pv9-bxAI/AAAAAAAAAh8/yajzq4vfq7g/s320/01102~Another-Day-In-Paradise-Posters.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394795307703452674" /></a><br />What a day !... i just had to be near the TV so a lotta hooking going on to ease the guilt.. you know how it goes if i,m sitting hooking them i,m busy ! enough said what a treat to have Martha Stewart a whole 2 hours of amazing things and very different .. i am also a fan of Anna Griffin on at 11pm shall watch from my bed me thinks ..!! crafts oh dear i just had to buy the christmas stamps inc gingerbread men houses oh and so much more and i couldn't resist the glitters ... looking forwards to making my christmas cards now i have my theme and stamping on brown wrapping paper what fun to be had next week when the postie brings my parcel <br />I am busy ..making ... as first time ..ever.. i am having a stall at a craft fayre on the 31st October more on that another day <br /><br />Good Times XX.Homemakers Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02424926600892738348noreply@blogger.com