Just before the fine weather arrived it was decided that my website needed a bit of tarting up……. so off I went and made a nice banner kind of a thing ( thats a technical term!) and it is this close (picture me holding my thumb and finger a fraction from each other…) from being ready to go!

Its cute, honest! you’ll get to see it soon, unless the sun keeps shining and then you wont!
F xx

My camera has been out of action, the battery charger broke and I can’t find the lead for getting the pictures off my phone so there have been no posts……… its true, honest!!
But, I have two little projects to show you, first the weather here is amazing so the deck needed to be spruced up a bit – I made paper bunting a while back (that could be anything from last summer to 2009!) but I can’t find the piccys to remind you. Anyhoo, even though the deck has a roof the weather still got the better of that so this year I made it out of wood.

there is a distinct lack of plants on the deck at the moment, by June it’ll be full of flower pots and colour.

You can’t see it in the photo but the white spots are covered in Glamour Dust so they sparkle in the sun! As the wind whistles through here I screwed each piece onto the wooden fence so it doesn’t blow away – hopefully it’ll last longer than the paper version!

and then yesterday I decided that I really didn’t like it much and so I changed it……… my reason being that (fingers crossed) we will be adding a tiny extension to our home this summer which will serve as my craft room (studio will far too grand a word for it!)

A little undercoating….

and removal of knobs…..

some paper, mod pogde, stick pins, lace, buttons and flowers ….

and there you have it, a new sewing box to match a room that has yet to be built!!

I hope you’re enjoying the sunshine,
F xx

In our house it is “pre” exam season – they get to do mock exams for the end of year big ones. Zac is doing his Junior Cert, which is done in 3rd year but Molly who chose a round about route to education is looking at college courses for next September.
Anyhoo, this obviously means she will be moving out for a while, maybe to Bristol but maybe to Cork – either way its time for her to fly……

Being such a “Mum”  i’m half excited for her and half worried, which reminded me of the saying ” Roots and Wings” – and so, this painting came about…….

If you can give them roots at home, to know where they are safe, and wings to fly off and find adventures, and if you can trust you’ve taught them enough then that is everything you could do for them.

I love art because………
Its like a diary of daydreams
I love colour
It is an escape when its needed
Art heals!
I have made so many “arty” friends
It opens up a world of possibilities
Its beautiful to look at other peoples art
It was a surprise to me!
The world is prettier when you really see the colours
It has lead me on a different journey then I expected
I heART art <3!

Go on, have a look it is so cute!
F xx