Bunting, Strawberrys and Tea with Alice

 As you can see from the picture i have been very busy sewing some bits and bobs, shopping and tea drinking. As i am doing my first craft fair in August i thought i would crack on and get some things made as i will be 34 weeks pregnant by then and unable to reach my sewing machine. ive made some bookmarks, strawberry pin cushions and bunting. what else do you think i should make? i plan on making some crochet brooches and cuffs, some teacup pin cushions and some upcycled tea light holders. i have a cupcake stand full of hair candy already made. I have never sold at a craft fair before and havnt a clue what to take so im just going to take what i have and see what goes down well, any suggestions you have would help me out lots as im sure i will be very nervous leading up to it.

 I got this lovely book from amazon last week and i cant put it down the pictures are amazing and the instructions seem to be clear and well thought out. i think i may actually make something from this craft book instead of just look through it. Also the lovely lady from down the road gave me some fabric which has now been washed and crammed carefully placed in to my ever growing fabric stash. i love fabric.

and last but not least here are some pics of the bunting i have been working on, they are up in my folksy shop but id love to hear any comments you may have about the photography, my blog/shop or even the bunting itself.

Thanks for reading x x x

a right royal knees up

Today was the royal wedding, wasn't it lovely? I'm not completely in to the royal family but i do appreciate an extra day off work (sorry to all those that didn't get one) and i will use any excuse i can to drink tea and eat cake. Also Kate and Wills looked very happy and i wish them love and luck for the future. Anyway back to the cake.

Hubby took over yesterday and would not let me in the kitchen, he takes ages and makes alot of mess but he loves to cook and most of the time his creations come out yummy so i let him get on with it. He made scones which came out a bit flat but it was OK because he made loads and we just used two smaller scones to make one larger scone sandwiched together with clotted cream and Strawberry jam.

He also made some cupcakes and decorated them with little flags and cherries and chocolate eclairs which were also yummy.

We had cucumber sandwiches, smoked salmon sandwiches and egg sandwiches, tea out of little tea cups and some champagne, it was really lovely.

i made some bunting and arraigned the table, i guess i got the easy tasks. I love making my conservatory look all lovely, its my favorite room in the house. How did you celebrate the royal wedding?