Wednesday, 24 February 2010

fabulous freegle

comes up trumps again this week.....you know what they say about buses, well freecycle has done me proud yet again and looking around my abode I think that now 90% of the furniture has been generously obtained from this great organisation...patience helps but if you wait long enough you get what you need.


Table


This is the gem which came thru the front door last night after dear man was sent on a mercy mission to a nearby town. A  fabulous pine table covered in formica in the 60's by the lady that we collected from father...according to her they saved for months to afford the formica which he fited himself...certainly dedicated followers of fashion


i love the stories that often accompany these wonderful finds, it just makes them a little more special and that we are now part of its time line..


Another celebration today my sweet little boy is 12...he finally has saved enough money to buy himself a laptop, got his first hairdryer & pot of hair gel as he has been keen to start styling his hair.


Jake 12




Oh how quickly they grow...



Monday, 22 February 2010

no bench today...

Hmmm Monday after half term, no time for fancy photos on benches, stools or other whatnot...possibly one balancing on the european washing mountain that is hanging around my laundry 'area' (on the floor near the back door).


So instead of cleaning the house from top to bottom & dealing with the fallout of a week at home with the boys I am painting this ottoman that I picked up from a lovely freecycler on Sat..




Lloyd loom


The question is why oh why do people feel a ridiculous urge to grab a can of gold spray when it comes to Lloyd loom...Just leave it people it does not need a lick of gold pain or any kind of fiddling with.



Thursday, 18 February 2010

who stole my thursday creative space....

He has been begging for days to *learn* to use the machine



Cs6


miss Jones has been a good instructor so far.....


a gamebox cover & gun belt have been constructed .......hmmmmm have suggested we make some PJ's next, could be interesting!


today's creative space is my newly refurbished office where until it was hijacked i was.....



Cs5



admiring my lovely new moo mini cards ready to adorn all the stock for the shop...photography booked for next week and the website is coming along nicely, stock is mounting up and there is a possibility that 2 friends will be coming on board selling their vintage clothing & accessories....so its all very exciting.




Cs3


so all in all a sort of productive Thursday, for some of us anyway!


rachelle xoxo 



Tuesday, 16 February 2010

having a rumage brings new inspiration

Several years ago before miss v turned up on the scene I recieved a bursary from the Birgit Skiold Trust to spend sometime at the Curwen Print studio.




Bursary 
 


I then recieved a research & development grant from the arts council to develop this work further but unfortunately lost almost all of my work when we were flooded & then Miss V arrived so things have been on hold. This is all I have left of that time......




Sketchbooks



 


But after not looking at it for a while you see with fresh eyes & new possibilites, so things are looking good sister.....rumage away in your darkest corners for you never know what they may yeild.






Sketch1






Sketch4

 



Monday, 15 February 2010

Happy Bench Monday...

We're on the road to nowhere.....


4....bench monday


Happy Bench Monday all you crazy fools r xoxo



Sunday, 14 February 2010

i have no excuses....

So that resolution went well.....posted lots this week, got loads done and made real progress...Ha Ha what a croc...


Night club 
 


Today I was inspired to get going by a wee comment by Vic... She quite rightly said that I had been absent from my posting,ted and agnes was a ghost blog with tumble weeds floating by....nothing going on. Thank you hoops my dear it gave me a 'let's get on with it boost' somebody has missed your rambling rubbish.


Its been one (or maybe 2 of those weeks) where I have just lost my way, lots of huffing & sighing...eating cake for breakfast, a bit of sewing (made 3 bags) and generally alot of feeling crap, crap, crap....Didn't bother with bench monday, my place & yours or anything I wanted to do... I have tried to cut back on my PND medication but I guess it has been a bit soon and I don't want to be slipping in to that particular black mire again.


Enough for now before I send you all to sleep and I shall see you soon...


rachelle xx



Monday, 8 February 2010

getting back onto it

I always get sooooo behind after a few days of illness & it always seems to dog me for days after so this week I have vowed to catch up, keep on top of things and move it forward...hmmm I hear you cry we've heard that one before! Yes I know I know...Anyway I shall give it a go.




Cup


We even managed a boot fair yesterday which unfortunately was mainly full of last years interior faux pas & kids plastic toys but one stall made it worth the trip....A wonderful lady & her hubby having a bit of a clear out and a new home was needed for these little beauties...




Stuff 
  
  


I have been sorting out stock for the new online store and deciding which pieces to rehome...as you can imagine its very hard....




Gert


plus there are a few more bags in the pipeline....I need to photograph all my wares & plan to have a grand opening in a couple of weeks...




Ag


ps didn't get it together this week to sort a Bench Monday post....so HBM to one & all


rachelle xx
 



Thursday, 4 February 2010

its all been a bit downhill...

Coffee


 Since my wonderful Sunday haul it's been a bit grim round here...miss v has decided to make a few nighttime appearances, I have developed a troublesome cold including the dreaded drippy nose that is like a leaky tap with no turn off switch & there is more snow/slush just to complete the week!




Cup


So progress has been slower than normal which is frustrating and just won't do!




Egg


Todo




this is today's to do pile...yeah right we'll see and I wanted to tell you all the progress I'd made with my new exciting project...fat chance




Well I have painted my new office




Office

 


this will be the heart of the operation.....my new website, which is half written due to the clamity of this weeks, drips, droopy eyes & mischievieous buttons...


After realising that my cellar, 4 sheds & even the boot of my car are busting, spilling & groaning with the strain of housing another tea cup...there were 2 choices, stop resucing these lost & lonely pretties that oh so often catch my eye (no way I don't believe it was even and option woman) or send them on their way to pastures new.....so I am going to re home these little treasures and they will be up for adoption soon.....


plus the things I cannot save will be reinvented into the likes of this little lovely


the 'agnes lets get away' weekend bag...




Bag




hopefully progress will be made, a new and improved vigour will be dragged out from under the sofa & I may catch up with the housework.....


rachelle xx
  



Monday, 1 February 2010

4....bench monday

4bm


where did it fly off to, last week I mean, disappeared into the distance and here we are again at Monday...Had a crap & fab week all rolled into one. Miss V got poorly on Weds, followed by me on Thurs & Fri which resulted on 2 days off work which I do not like!


But Sunday I felt loads better and grabbed a couple of hours before himself flew off to Holland.


This is where the week got flipity fabulous, I took myself to my favourite antique warehouse, making a beeline to stall 337 I wasn't disappointed.


Well all this chatting won't get pictures taken & shared so I'll say Happy Bench Monday and will be back tomorrow with photo's & news....


Have a great day


rachelle xx