Happy Easter

Hello every one and a very Happy Easter to you all!  This post is going to just be all about cheery Eastery things and I hope it brings a smile to your faces.

Skippety, Hoppety lambs will be playing in the fields.

Little chicks will be cuddling up to mother hen.

Bunnies and Duckies will be hopping and waddling, all having fun!

Here is a little project for you to try.

Here are a few pics of the naked dolls I showed you last time, all done!

Have a lovely weekend and dont eat too much chocolate!  

Pinky, creamy lovelyness

Every year I wait impatiently for the coming of spring,  I love to see the countryside around us waking up after its long winter rest.  I love winter with its short quiet days, log fires and of course Christmas, but when buds appear on the trees and little shoots start to push up out of the ground its time to open the windows and let gusts of warm sweet spring air into the house.  

One of my favourite plants in our garden is the cherry tree,  although its beauty in full blossom only lasts a week or so I watch it start to flower and when in full bloom I  cant wait to go and burry my face in its PINKY LOVELY CREAMINESS.  It smells divine and the blossom against the blue sky as you can see is heavenly.

I wish blossom would last longer it fades so quickly but we do have cherries to look forward to if we can beet the blackbirds to them, its a waiting game they always seem to win!

The faded antique colours of helibours (excuse if thats the wrong spelling).

Beautiful quince flowers.

Our garden is stuffed with primroses and primulas, they are everywhere you turn in many colours and shades, little fairy grottos appear in odd corners.   

Back indoors between breaks in the garden gloating over flowering delights I have been busy getting on with new stock. 

Bracelets made from vintage buttons, this year I thought it would be nice to present them on a card with some jolly fabric. They look like a box full of sweeties.

Painted boxes decorated with ephemera and buttons.

And after much stuffing and sewing, here are a few dolly creatures ready to start painting. I am looking forward to getting on with these I will show you them when they are done.

Let me take you on a favourite walk

Hello everyone I hope you have had a good weekend.  In a moment I will take you on my favourite walk around St Antony's Head a few miles from home.  But first I wanted to show you these two little girls 'The Peppermint Twins' that you may remember from a while back.  Well the last week or so I have been busy working on a new book that is to go with 'The Peppermint Twins' I have had to write the story and do some colour artwork for some of the spreads and the cover and work the rest of it up in pencil, as you can imagine that has taken all my time!  I cannot show you any of that as it is hush, hush till after the main childrens book fair of the year this month where the publisher is hoping to get lots of sales lined up.  I can say though that it is based on The Happy Crow!   Well recently I have started to make some painted dolls of some of the characters I have been painting and the publisher saw them and wanted some Twins to take with him to the fair so here they are ready to post off tomorrow.  They were fun to do and will hopefully attract some attention.

Yesterday was such a glorious day that we just couldn't stay indoors working so we decided to go for our favourite walk.  St Antony's Head or Zone Point is owned by the National Trust and I think one of the most beautiful places in Cornwall. Its a circular walk that takes in both sides of the coastline of about 3 miles.  The sky was the brightest blue and milky white round the edges if you know what I mean and it was 'only need a cardie' weather, the best in my opinion. I will not bore you with loads of captions to the photos just put your feet up and enjoy a three mile stroll from the comfort of your armchair!

Wasn't that lovely!  Full of fresh air and a slight tingle on our cheeks we took a tired little doggie (she does at least twice the distance we do) home.  

Have a great week, the weather looks set fair so get out there and enjoy!