A little bit vintage and poor doggie

I meant to blog this last Sunday but something horrible happened on Sunday evening that stopped me.  My poor little doggie was attacked by the Alsatian down the lane from us.  As you can imagine a jack russell is not much competition up against an Alsatian.  It could have been a lot worse and she only managed to get one bite in before I yanked Midge off the ground but she got hold of Midgies tail and a tug of war ensued with Midge in the middle and me screaming at the dog to let go.  Midge has a hole in her side which thankfully is healing well but she is quite traumatized by it all.  We have not slept much this week as she has been in a lot of pain and crying quite a lot for attention.  Poor little mite, I only took her out to try and pep her up a bit,  she has cushings disease and has not been to well the last few weeks, she started to have seizures which are a bit alarming and we dont know if its part of the disease or something else.  She has had blood tests this week to try and find the answer. We love this little dog to pieces and it breaks my heart to see her poorly.  

I had had a lovely week up till then, my big sister Lynn had been to stay, the weather was great we had gone to a few car boots and had a generally good time lots of nice chats, walks etc.  I had been busy making these bits for the V & H fair. Lots of lovely vintage scraps of fabric and lace and old photos.  I love finding odd bits and putting them together to tell a little story.  

This is one of my favourites, such devoted sisters.

This one, in a little old frame I painted white reminds me of a photo of my gran, it must have been a favourite pose of photographers in the thirties.  I should have just used the photo of my gran but this one was in lovely colour.

Some of E's relatives having a grand day out! I love the grungyness of this one.

I thought it might be nice to print these as cards?  

I have not got much work done at this week, having to go to the vet every day and just nursing the poor dog has been a big distraction but I did manage to get some more dolls made up ready to paint and some cushion covers started so lots to do. 

Also the day arrived last week when my Christmas present from E, that was started for Christmas 2007, was presented to me at about 11 o'clock at night.  It is FAB and made me cry so I MUST show you that.  I always cry at the presents E makes for me, not because they are bad I hasten to add but because he puts so much into them, some have little messages of love hidden in them, he is a big softie really!!