Off with the collar and cuffs

Hello!
This was the post I had lined up before one cycle trip, a coffee and a cat took precedence, hey sometimes life gets in the way of blogging!
One day a while ago I got an email from a blog friend Mel she was in Belfast for the day and had a surprise parcel for me. I arrived home to find a parcel on the doorstep inside the brightest yellow 1970's dress and a note from Mel saying that she thought this dress was made for me! Mel was right I love this dress, the shape and colour are perfect and I love the checked fabric detail however I had issues with the collar. Maybe it's because I have short hair but the collars did not look right on me. So after altering the dress to fit my size I decided to remove the collar and cuffs, and I love it even more now and feel much more comfortable wearing it! Thank you so much Mel for this gorgeous dress! It will be loved and worn forever more and that's the joy of vintage!

On the subject of vintage fashion, Channel 4's programme This Old Thing hosted by Dawn O'Porter, all you vintage fashion lovers are you watching? Dawn's wardrobe for the show is divine I can't argue with that but  I would have liked to see some real life vintage wearing people like Vix or Curtise grace the screens, maybe next time channel 4 you'll feature vintage lovers not haters.

Have a great week everyone xxxx

Coffee and a cat

Hello! 

Gorgeous sunny day in NI, ok there's a dark cloud looming but who cares! I've cycled to Comber along the greenway and am currently blogging from the monument in the square beside a black cat I've befriended, I've named him Gillespie after the monument. We're just chilling out, he's cleaning his bum and I'm sipping a cappucino. 

I could sit here all day. Watching this cat. But he's just ran off so I'll be on my way when I've finished my drink and my blog.

Have a lovely Saturday everyone! Xxxxxx

Right here, right now

Hello!

It would seem a shame to be stuck indoors at a computer while the weather is so beautiful outside, instead of the post I'd lined up I've swapped the sofa for a deckchair and am currently catching rays in the garden, the big lad is hanging out the washing on the line as I type and everything is as it should be right here, right now. More time to practice yoga has made me realise I don't always have to get everything done in a rush, I should take more time to relax and enjoy the process instead. Before I would have a million projects on the go and I'd want them all done yesterday, maybe it's the just the sunshine but it's certainly more easy to chill out, enjoying time to put the feet up and watch the cats chase butterflies and listen to the chickens happy clucks....

Enjoying the beautiful weather!

Enjoying eating salads full of colour!

Enjoying wearing the comfiest new (to me) shoes! Thrifted of course, a bargain at £5.99 SO COMFORTABLE!!!

Enjoying a spot of charity shop shopping, vintage sheet love, a find on Saturday

Enjoying making little positive signs from vintage fabric and thrifted scrabble letters.

Hope you're having a lovely week, what are you enjoying? Xx

My Play Room

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One of the best things I've done to our house is to make the spare room into a little sewing/craft room. Ever since I've been making and creating, I love to escape to my room, I'll turn on the radio and can happily spend hours in there. The craft room is always evolving most recently it became the craft room/wardrobe when Bob moved in, now she's moved on and I've spread out again, more space and time for more creating, here's a room tour

   These photographs were taken when I had just swapped the rooms around again, so it's looking extremely tidy! It's usually a bit of a riot! I hung a new curtain, added a shelf made from an old drawer my sister gave me, painted an apple crate white for another shelf, started growing my vintage tin collection, hung a gorgeous tea towel my aunt in America sent me and hung my tin hanging plant.

Hope you're all having a great week! xxxx

Thankful

Hello!
I'm thankful we're having a spell of lovely weather here.....

 Thankful for my new job and getting home earlier to enjoy the afternoon....

 Thankful that Bob is out of hospital and her legs are healing well.....

 Thankful I can get my toes out and feel the grass....

Thankful for yoga in the garden....

Hope you have a lovely week! xxx

NO BIRDS ALLOWED

Hello!
The big lad announced earlier this week that on Thursday he'd be watching the football and that there would be no birds allowed, apparently we talk to much over the football! Well, I'm quietly blogging in the corner and watching the football out of the corner of my eye! The cats have been put outside after England's last performance I don't think Mary and Phil's nerves could take any more of the screams!
My favourite house up the street has a skip outside it again! A couple of years ago they had a skip and I went for a little dive ever since I've had my eye out in case they decide to have another clear out and this week a skip appeared outside. Just passing I spied a couple of bits and went back later with Bob, who is out of hospital YEAH! for a hoke. We left with a bird table for my garden and a vintage mirror unit for Bobs dressing table, I'll maybe go back tomorrow see if anything new has been added! Got to love skip diving!!

Bob's new skip dived mirror!

My lovely wee bird Betty

 I love the bird print on this skirt, a birthday present from my sister last year.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Enjoy the football! xxxx

What Martha Wore

Hello!
A quick break from the glorious sunshine to show you some cute photos of Martha in two of the new dresses I made for her. Photos are by Martha's mummy, my photographer friend Kat. I forgot how tiny Martha is! The dresses are a little big for her but I think she wears them well! She's TOO cute! Check out those freckles

 Check out the rest of the pictures Kat took here

Have a great week everyone xxxx