Perry

Hi everyone, here is my latest bear Perry. I was'nt sure of the colour at first but seen as its goes with my blog and my other bits and pieces, I like him!

Bargain madness!

Hiya. Do you have a B&M store near you? If you do you'll know you can get everything from great value food to pretties like these.

The clock is my latest bargain for the summerhouse, and like all the other items is £2.99 (around $4.56) I'm still not bored of the Union Jack vibe and glad its gone mainstream, bargains galore.

Tomorrow I should finish a lovely blue bear, its the kind of blue in the pictures below. I've just got to do the face and shading and he'll be done. 

So as it says above LOVE from the UK with all my heart.....Amanda x

Vinnie

Hi everyone here is my latest bear Vinnie, my first panda in this newer pattern. I do have a fondness for pandas, well my first cuddly was a panda after all.

Enjoy your weekend!

Jules

Hi everyone, this is my latest bear Jules. I'm so enjoying the Union Jack vibe, or should that be Union Flag? I think Union Jack is the nautical term. Its such a shame England flags just come out for sports, though they sure need to get hidden for sports lately! 

Its a gorgeous evening here in the UK, so I'll raise a glass of very British cider then raise a glass of Californian chardonnay and wish everyone in the States a happy 4th of July! 

Enjoy your weekend where ever you are.

Lacey

Hi everyone, heres Lacey! I can't believe its over 6 months since I made a bear....She is a new pattern but still hopefully has the Pandy Potter look. I was to start another one but that summer house and sun made me feel sleepy LOL. I'll go cut another one out soon, I really enjoyed making Lacey, hope you like her.

Happy Father's day

What a difference two years makes

Hi everyone, hope you are enjoying some sunny weather. A few years back, long story short, we renovated a 1930's semi. We loved our old house and garden but had to move due to bad neighbours. I'm not a natural gardener but love the garden as another room so to speak. We finished the renovations in december then in spring 08 tackled the 'garden', what was left of it. I'm no good with adding photos in order so here goes....

The latest edition, my summerhouse which is near the bottom of the garden and in the space in the photo below. I never did know what to do with this space so just paved it over.

The above photo brings back many memories....those rubble piles kept getting bigger!

Skips are very expensive, all the rubble from the foundations of the extension and conservatory....hmm...... sloping garden...... guess where the rubble went? Under the decking!

Where the concrete mixer is, thats where I decided to extend the decking and build the pergola. A decision made because......more rubble to hide! We even ran out of room to work at one point and I had to move the rubble piles around. My dad lost his car keys and then we found them....you've guessed it, under a pile of rubble we were moving.

Like I say, I'm not a gardener, all the plants apart from two were given to us, the bamboos were my aunts, then mums, now ours.  It was really funny the day we dug them all up, loaded the trailer and drove our new garden home.

So I hope the suns shining where you are and make the most of this lovely weather.

And not a pile of rubble in sight.....