Handmade fabric bird ....

I was woken this morning by Charlie holding a lovely cup of tea and a mothers day card.......he made a fuss of me today. William, my middle son sent a card and phoned me...Peter my oldest son sent a text...he came to see me yesterday...Along with the sunshine, that was all I needed to make my day  special.

Charlie was doing his own thing...so I made the most of the sun and walked to B&Q in search of a roll of wallpaper to pretty up a cupboard I wish I had never bought... There was nothing I liked but I enjoyed the walk.

My parents moved to France about five years ago...I missed my mum today. I sat in the sun at the top of the garden and phoned her from there....we chatted until my phone battery died...

I hung out the washing and gave my bracket another coat of paint....It took about three coats of quick drying satin paint to cover the black...you can see how it looked before in the previous post.....

This was after the first coat of paint.........

Whist I had the paint out .... I painted this butterfly thingy. I bought this in the sales after Christmas for £1.25...It is metal and I thought it had  potential......By the time I had done this I noticed it was raining and my washing was soaking wet ....

I struggled a bit screwing the bracket to the side of the shelves.....There is never a man around when you need one ! How come men can do this sort of thing in five minutes...where as it look me ages...mind you it is on straight, more than I can say for the last thing a man put up for me.... 

I had intended to finish off all my birds today.... but it was one of those days ...I spent too long chatting on the phone..and too long chatting on line.... never mind...I had a good day and at last my bird cage is hanging up complete with a pretty little bird....

Happy !....

Pretty little metal birdcage ...

I have been working very hard of late...mainly tyring to sort out an on line shop...I have looked into so many. I wanted one with a shopping cart...but...I found them either far too expensive....or...too hard for me to manage as I am not great on a computer.

 So until I find exactly what I want, I have set up a blog shop. It doesn't have a shopping cart, but quite honestly I don't think it makes much difference. If you buy through Pay Pal you have rights that cover you.

 You will find a link above to my shop....

It has been hard for me as I kept loosing the photos or they decided to move where I didn't want them to be....linking things is even harder. It is a good job my 14 year old son knows how to do that sort of thing...he has been a great help... I think I have just about done it...I just need to finish of the things I have been making and put them on.

Anyway...last night the weather forecast was fog in the morning and a sunny afternoon...I decided Charlie and I needed a day off..(Charlie is home tutored)...we needed a break and decided to go into town. Neither of us wanted anything particular, just a browse and something nice to eat. For once the weather man was right and we did not even need coats...  Charlie looked in Game and book shops, I looked in Laura Ashley, and wondered how I ever afforded to buy anything in there. We had fish and chips and ended up in the  pound shop....

The problem with pound shops is that you buy things you don't need ! .....I bought the butterfly decoration for the garden.....

A kitsch pink flower fly swat....which I think is really great and will be housed in the sun room which  attracts little wasps......

And....this metal bracket to hang my bird cage from. Now...my bird cage is white and I have been looking for ages for a white decorative bracket, with no luck for over a year. The birdcage, I bought on my birthday before last. I was sent £10 by my auntie Pat...bless...and that is what I bought. It has been gathering dust ever since. I shall paint the bracket white...simple..and it was only a pound....

This is my bird cage. Now I can hang it, I just need to make myself a little bird to live in it. I have a basket full of birds half made... now I have the incentive to finish them.....

I love this spell check ! x