Family

My Youngest sister (holding the baby) and her family.
This is a picture of my Brother and his family. On their youngest going to Pre School for the first time.
My Step mum and my sister (Mother of the Bride).
My dad and his partner.
The Bride and Groom (my niece).

Tea Pot

This Tea Pot is quite a large one. I made this one for my mum 5 years ago and forgot at the time to take pictures of it. My mum collects china tea pots and i am happy to say she has this displayed along with her china ones. It really does have tea bags in it. and the lid is hinged.
View from the front.
View from the base.

Toy Dogs

This is the dog i made for my nephew Sidney aged 2 months. I took this with me to England.
He is made of recycled coats.
This is the dog i made for my newphew age 2 and a half.
recycled coat and felt.

I am Back!

I am Back from my holiday in England. I had a most wonderful time and will be posting some pictures and memories of my time there. First though i am posting pictures of some of the things i had made in the time past.
This is the chess set i made for my sister Helen for their wedding 5 years ago. The box is plywood covered in fabric and the figures are weighted down with plastic pellets.
The box up turned is then the board.
I based the faces on playing cards.
This is the box closed. The board then becomes the top and the bottom of the box. It has a brass closure.

Groombridge Sussex

Today we went to Groombridge Place, a lovely country outing that had animals to look at and wonderful gardens to see, They also had Adam the Zonkey or Zedonk, depending on who you talk to, both are correct, it is in fact the result of a donkey and a zebra mating. Very very cute! This particular one came from America before finding the U K home.
This place had the most extraordinary walks, not having gone through most of it i can imagine that is has enough to keep you coming back for more. The play area was just brilliant, pics tomorrow of how it all was.

Bodiam Castle

Yesterday was a bank holiday and the weather was lovely so we went to Bodiam Castle It was just lovely. They had people in clothing of the day giving us a history lesson on the place as well as a fabulous play inside the castle walls. You could even try on a suit of armor if you wished, or try your hand at archery. We also went to a pub for lunch in the garden and my little nephew had a play on the lovely climbing equipment. This was a beer festival happening, and over 40 to choose from! I started with a local cider, then had a light beer to follow. Wonderful baked potato and salad for lunch. A lovely slow relaxing day.
Today we are planning on going to some second hand shops, what i call op shops! Now that is my kind of shopping to do!

Meggie

Meggie has finally got the collar off, I am sure she will be feeling better for it.