Working with the seasons - WOYWW

Well we’ve slipped into Autumn this week and for us it’s been a busy end to the summer.  We’ve had my birthday, our 30th wedding anniversary, Philip and his twin sister Elena’s 70th birthday, a family wedding and a three day music festival.  Hence there’s nothing to show you desk wise and it’s the reason I’ve been AWOL from What’s On Your Workdesk Wednesday link up.


So with a clean palette to go into the new season


I’ve been considering what to do next

I’m always fiffing and faffing about,  get easily distracted and have a complete lack of concentration.  Anyone else like that or is it just me ?

So I’ve given myself a good talking to and come up with a plan to work with my creative mind instead of against it.  What that means is I’m going to embrace the seasons and create displays and spaces in the house to reflect them.  That way I’ll get the housework done instead of ignoring it and the place being a tip.  

I’ll bring in oranges, browns, reds and yellows with cushions and throws, swap a few rugs round and pull all the blues and summer florals down off my studio walls.

I feel quite motivated now and hopefully once I’ve done this I’ll move onto some crafting.

Fingers crossed.  I’ll let you know next week how it works out.

I’ve not been completely uncreative as I’ve been putting my ramblings down on paper in my notebook. They don’t mean anything to anyone, it’s just me waffling, usually telling myself what I should be doing, what I’ve enjoyed doing and the things I’m grateful for.

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Working with the seasons - WOYWW

Well we’ve slipped into Autumn this week and for us it’s been a busy end to the summer.  We’ve had my birthday, our 30th wedding anniversary, Philip and his twin sister Elena’s 70th birthday, a family wedding and a three day music festival.  Hence there’s nothing to show you desk wise and it’s the reason I’ve been AWOL from What’s On Your Workdesk Wednesday link up.


So with a clean palette to go into the new season


I’ve been considering what to do next

I’m always fiffing and faffing about,  get easily distracted and have a complete lack of concentration.  Anyone else like that or is it just me ?

So I’ve given myself a good talking to and come up with a plan to work with my creative mind instead of against it.  What that means is I’m going to embrace the seasons and create displays and spaces in the house to reflect them.  That way I’ll get the housework done instead of ignoring it and the place being a tip.  

I’ll bring in oranges, browns, reds and yellows with cushions and throws, swap a few rugs round and pull all the blues and summer florals down off my studio walls.

I feel quite motivated now and hopefully once I’ve done this I’ll move onto some crafting.

Fingers crossed.  I’ll let you know next week how it works out.

I’ve not been completely uncreative as I’ve been putting my ramblings down on paper in my notebook. They don’t mean anything to anyone, it’s just me waffling, usually telling myself what I should be doing, what I’ve enjoyed doing and the things I’m grateful for.

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WOYWW

I’ve been over to the other side

It’s quite a big thing for me buying brand new clothes from

proper shops but at the weekend I had a mega blow out in Marks & Spencer in Blackpool.  We only went in to get some provisions for breakfast.

I came out with two dresses, a skirt, a trouser suit and a cardigan plus two pair of ankle boots. GULP !!!   

The shop was really well laid out,  the new autumn range fantastic and the shop assistants some of the nicest I’ve met.  

I put the floral dress above with my old biker jacket and some new Bench plimsolls from Deichmanns ( yes another retail shop we went in)

 

I haven’t let the side down though as here I am in my charity shop Laura Ashley dress and £3 jumper (think it’s hand knitted) and my charity shop basket.


This is one of two handmade dresses I got from an Instagramer as is the skirt below.  I’ve had my tan Clarke’s boots for years and they were just the job for our country music Festival.

Blazer and lace top both charity shop.  The bag I made from an old tapestry and some hessian. I lined it with a piece of

Gingham I had in my fabric stash.

Second of my gingham dresses from Instagrammer Scarlet_Sometimes.

A part of me has a dread of looking like everyone else by wearing mainstream clothes.  I’m hoping that by styling the new clothes with my own vintage and charity shop finds I will still retain my individuality.  

I’ll post pics of my other M&S purchases soon.

Lynn x

I’ve been over to the other side

It’s quite a big thing for me buying brand new clothes from

proper shops but at the weekend I had a mega blow out in Marks & Spencer in Blackpool.  We only went in to get some provisions for breakfast.

I came out with two dresses, a skirt, a trouser suit and a cardigan plus two pair of ankle boots. GULP !!!   

The shop was really well laid out,  the new autumn range fantastic and the shop assistants some of the nicest I’ve met.  

I put the floral dress above with my old biker jacket and some new Bench plimsolls from Deichmanns ( yes another retail shop we went in)

 

I haven’t let the side down though as here I am in my charity shop Laura Ashley dress and £3 jumper (think it’s hand knitted) and my charity shop basket.


This is one of two handmade dresses I got from an Instagramer as is the skirt below.  I’ve had my tan Clarke’s boots for years and they were just the job for our country music Festival.

Blazer and lace top both charity shop.  The bag I made from an old tapestry and some hessian. I lined it with a piece of

Gingham I had in my fabric stash.

Second of my gingham dresses from Instagrammer Scarlet_Sometimes.

A part of me has a dread of looking like everyone else by wearing mainstream clothes.  I’m hoping that by styling the new clothes with my own vintage and charity shop finds I will still retain my individuality.  

I’ll post pics of my other M&S purchases soon.

Lynn x

Happy birthday my darling

See that sulky looking young 15 year old sat on top of the stock car,  well this week he is 70.

I wonder how he will feel when he opens the card I’ve had made using the same photo.  

I’ve been looking at this photo for the last 40 years and it was only a couple of days ago I realised the poignancy of the car number.  It feels weird to me, never mind Philip.

Here he is at different stages a 15 year old, then 30 years old going on our first holiday abroad together.  At 40 we tied the knot on a beach in Miami, with friends watching on.  The best two weeks ever.  We had a stag do, a hen party, a wedding, a honeymoon and a 40th over a two week period.  We never stop laughing and now 30 years down the line we are still laughing about it.  I don’t know many people that will recall their wedding with as much joy as we do.  There are so many tales to tell I could write a book.

Most people know I fondly call him the wandering welder because he travels all over the place and I never know if he will be back in time for tea.

He has always been a bit of a dapper chap.  When we first started courting he drove a white Ford Mustang convertible and wore a fur jacket and Farrar trousers and sported a Kevin Keegan perm.  Sadly in those days we weren’t as quick to get a photo as we all are now.

In 2018 we met up with our lovely friends Vix & Jon, Ann & Jos in Chester and you can see at 69  Philip still likes to dress up for the occasion.

So my lovely man I hope we have many more years together, having fun and doing new things and exploring new places along with being with our lovely friends and family.

We are off to the British Country Music Festival in Blackpool for the three days to celebrate.  Gawd help me it’s not my thing but a certain wandering welder will be happy.  See you on the other side

linking up with Patti at Visible Monday

Lynn x

Happy birthday my darling

See that sulky looking young 15 year old sat on top of the stock car,  well this week he is 70.

I wonder how he will feel when he opens the card I’ve had made using the same photo.  

I’ve been looking at this photo for the last 40 years and it was only a couple of days ago I realised the poignancy of the car number.  It feels weird to me, never mind Philip.

Here he is at different stages a 15 year old, then 30 years old going on our first holiday abroad together.  At 40 we tied the knot on a beach in Miami, with friends watching on.  The best two weeks ever.  We had a stag do, a hen party, a wedding, a honeymoon and a 40th over a two week period.  We never stop laughing and now 30 years down the line we are still laughing about it.  I don’t know many people that will recall their wedding with as much joy as we do.  There are so many tales to tell I could write a book.

Most people know I fondly call him the wandering welder because he travels all over the place and I never know if he will be back in time for tea.

He has always been a bit of a dapper chap.  When we first started courting he drove a white Ford Mustang convertible and wore a fur jacket and Farrar trousers and sported a Kevin Keegan perm.  Sadly in those days we weren’t as quick to get a photo as we all are now.

In 2018 we met up with our lovely friends Vix & Jon, Ann & Jos in Chester and you can see at 69  Philip still likes to dress up for the occasion.

So my lovely man I hope we have many more years together, having fun and doing new things and exploring new places along with being with our lovely friends and family.

We are off to the British Country Music Festival in Blackpool for the three days to celebrate.  Gawd help me it’s not my thing but a certain wandering welder will be happy.  See you on the other side

linking up with Patti at Visible Monday

Lynn x

Pearls and cowboys

Hello deskhoppers, I’ve not really got anything to share this week as we’ve had a busy time celebrating our pearl wedding anniversary (30 years) and enjoying the fact that we have been together for 40 years.  What an achievement, it’s gone so quickly.

It’s also Philip’s 70th birthday on Saturday and he has a twin sister Elena. For the gift bags  I’ve printed off a photo of the two of them and then machine stitched a heart shape onto it before adding some ribbons that came from our nephews wedding day last month.  Here’s another I did with a photo taken from things on my Welsh dresser.

We are off to a country music festival at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool for three days on Friday.  Gawd help me,  it’s not my thing.   The things we do for love and I do love the wandering welder.  Well I must do, I’m still here after 40 years yeehah !  As they say in Nashville heehee.  Bring it on Dolly.

Hopefully there’ll be time for some craft/stitch work before next weeks’ desk hop.

Have a good week

Lynn x

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