Down the plot

 Yesterday.

 It might just be a tatty old shed, but to me its one of my favourite places.

 Down the allotment

 

 

 

 Last summer.

 When I was younger I just wanted to be Barbara and find my Tom. Which is why I left school early to study horticulture.

 

 Pearl Mogg has even made it down the shed.

Sweet Peas going in.

This pic is a  few years old but it makes me laugh.Tiff a crafty friend cutting the ribbon on the grand opening of the new shed. Now its grown in size as we keep adding bits.

Pictures from too days woolly workshop.

 Bodkins Woolly workshop

 We learnt to use a drop spindle

 Me giving a demo

 We carded wool to make woolly blends

 Stopping for lunch

 Home made almond and raspberry cake.

 Wrapped flapjacks

 Home made walnut quiche with my favourite herb chervil, picked from my allotment the night before.

 Making, laughing and Home made food that's what's Bodkin workshops are all about its really.

 Making new friends. What a lovely group we had to day.

 Back to the needle felting.

 Finishing off our Angels and mermaids.

End of a perfect Saturday .You can find us on' Bodkin' facebook . Some of todays ladies s have signed up for our dandelion day workshop, but more on that soon. Hope you all had a creative happy weekend.

We climbed a windmill

 Wymondham  Windmill .A trip to Rutland to see family and visit favourite places. we always start with climbing the windmill. It has Amazing history.

http://www.wymondhamwindmill.co.uk/history.html

 

'Emily found a Thing' My favourite crafty place to visit. just look at theses clever flat caps made into bags. wishing I had thought of that.

 

 

 

 We went around lots of churches in the surrounding villages in Rutland in Leicestershire almost all the churches were open. Met lovely people telling us the history of there churches .

 Time for picnic  using our new sandwich wraps brought at 'Emily found a thing'. When back on the train home I wish I had brought more so I made my self the red plastic spotty one with mushroom fabric, just for me and my toasted sandwich days.

 Spring sunshine and flowers

 

 Plastic sandwich wraps , ready for the first picnic of the year . use as a mat or to sit on theses are handy dandy.

Two of my favorite things

Combining two of my favorite things wool and flowers for a woolly vase. Pop a thin shot glass inside.You can not get lots of water in but it will work for a few.

This picture above is from Mrs Pickerings florist window in Standford in Rutland and below is mine on our kitchen table at home.

A little bit of Crochet luck

A little bit of crochet luck. My crochet travel bags have made it into this months Simply Crochet magazine.You can buy them from my  folksy site. I hand print them all from my  lino print design a snip at £7.00  happy crocheting . hx

Hello May

 

 

 

 

Funny hanging things workshop.

 

 Yesterday was the last Wednesday workshop for April. Not sure what to call them, but sort of hanging bird cage things.