Blogger event and introduction to Kiss the Moon

So I was very lucky to be invited to a band new blogger event in Sheffield last weekend that my daughter Holly-Lucy and her blogger friend Lorna  have collaborated on to bring bloggers together through #TheCityGirls

What an amazing event it was!  Held in the vintage style setting of Bloo88 West Street, Sheffield.

There were lots of lovely brands there which will feature in a future blog post!

We were so lucky to also be given an absolutely bursting at the seams goody bag!

The first item out of my bag was a beautiful sample from Kiss the Moon
What a lovely brand name, beautiful website and amazing after dark face oil!

This is a gorgeous face oil for use at bedtime to chase away anxieties and lift the spirit encouraging beautiful sleep!

Perfect for dry skin , this is a definite favourite of mine and I look forward to my bedtime routine of splashing a few drops of the oil into my palm, rubbing my hands together to warm the oil and release the gorgeous  orange, geranium, myrrh and litsea heady scent.

£48 for 30ml of deliciousness to welcome a beautiful sleep.


The range also includes Love and Calm after dark oils with equally tempting and evocative scents I would just love to try!


Have you used this brand before?  Which scent is your favourite?

XXXOOOXXX

Renovations and recycling to carry out!

These are items that have been saved from the tip (or similar!) and are awaiting new lives.  After reading The Occasional Pat blog I have decided to have a go with Annie Sloan chalky paint on a couple of these items

So I will have a little stall at this Vintage lovely!   I will be selling vintage tea cup gift sets, vintage collectables and some if my decoupage and shabby painted pieces.  Will post some pics from the event.

Sharing some of the vintage items in Pratts Patch Etsy Shop!

Tea Cup Pin Cushion.. the story continues!!

Lovely pin cushion designed and made by Holly & me!!  Another crafty moment!  I love the colour combination Holly.

Decoupage tin trunk

So I have a number of old tin trunks that have been around for years, handy for putting stuff in but they have rusted and been knocked about a bit.  I decided to try some decoupage on my smallest trunk and this is the result........

So I sanded the trunk to get off loose bits of rust and paint......

I undercoated it and painted the brackets, fixings and detail in old brass paint

I then covered the whole trunk in index pages from an old atlas to give me a base to work from and then added maps, pictures and some Graphics Fairy images 

The clasp to close the trunk was missing so I threaded some black ribbon through the holes , if I come across a clasp at any point I may replace it but I quite like the look.  I then brushed some brown pastel chalk over the whole thing to age the colours then varnished a few times.  I really love the finished result.

Scandinavian pink inside!!!

Not a briliant picture but just to show the pink interior of my little cupboard- hmm lovely raspberry pink!!!  This little cupboard is now nicely nestling in my sewing room, fullup already of sewing etc stuff!!

Annie Sloan & Graphics Fairy = lovely sewing cupboard

 So this is a cupboard I was given a while ago- all the things I could do with it.............

 Used Graphics Fairy scissors- added a little dark wax to them and stuck them on..........

 Added a little handle I had........

 Will be a cupbaord for my sewing paraphinallia which is copious in its quantity!  I have painted the inside Scandinavian pink. more photos to follow of this!

Oh and a tray in the making- just cannot stop!!

Blueberries and Decoupage

So I found this little wooden box in a charity shop for £1 and had recently purchased a load of lovely old but very worn books, atlas etc.  I decided to cover the box in the index pages of a natural history book and then used the insect pages for my pictures!  It is lovely I think and I really enjoyed making it- my tin trunk is coming along, being made in the same sort of way- will post pics of it when done!

 I decided to place a butterfly inside the lid too.

 Varnishes with high gloss varnish which really protects it.

 And here they are the first of our Welsh Blueberries- and we have loads- just need to stop eating them straight from the bush and let them get to the kitchen!!!  Yum!

Pin Cushion in a cup!!

So I have a few of these little coffee cups and saucers - got them free with lovely packets of biscuits a while ago.  And I need a pin cushion- I saw this idea in Cloth magazine (a lovely little mag full of ideas!) it took 20 minutes to make so just up my street for quick makes!!  I love it and will probably make more !!!

Renovating and recycling!

These are a few items we have rescued from the tip or car boot sales.  Ready and waiting for a new lease of life.  After having read The Occasional Pat blog I too have decided to try Annie Sloan chalky paint.  will post the outcomes as they emerge!

New resident at Glaslyn Cottage!

Found this lovely guy at the auction in Cricieth last week!! He now has a place on the bathroom windowsill!