Monthly offerings . . . . .

On a monthly basis I thought that I would show you what has been inspiring me.  I must warn that as I am mainly a colours kind of a gal, these monthly offerings will be all about colour!  All colours to me are lovely.  I like to put unsual colours together and mix them around, you can surprise yourself what colours actually go together. 

This month, as we have seen a little bit more sunshine, I think the colour that has inspired me the most is Yellow,  I feel for some reason drawn to this lovely, sunny, happy, smiley colour.  I have realised that I have used mellow yellow in many a makes.  

Do you agree that sometimes this little happy colour is left out of the mix?  Today I am putting this little Yellow submarine centre stage!  I have wandered around my home, garden and craft room gaining inspiration from this funky little colour, preparing little mood boards as I go . . . . . . . . 

Whilst I have been out walking with my pooch, there is lots of yellows at the moment with the Rapeseed flowers soaking up the sun, love to see this.  Did you know that this lovely crop has been in England since the 14th century! Aptly it is also part of the mustard family.  Bit of general knowledge too from this colour!  

Well I'm off to do a bit of work on my 'mood blanket' (more on this later) using this pretty colour with a cuppa in my yellow tea cup, from my yellow tea pot!!  Keep smiling and give a wave to any a fine fellow in yellow ;) xx

Out with the Old and in with the New!

At last!!! I have finally managed to get around to the re-vamping bit. Thought it was time, as I started my blog way before I actually opened my shop. My ramblings on and on were not a very interesting read.   So it is "out with the old and in with the new", as they say. Don't you just love a quirky little sayings?

Here will be my ramblings as far as all things crafty are concerned. My shop although I love it, it is my dream and I love everything in it, and making for it, however, the general day to day running of it is not that interesting!! 

There is a little bit of a change in look, a new name "Just my Cup of Tea" by Miss Millicent, because I love Tea and everything contained in my blog will be "just my cup of tea" and also more importantly yours too. So for all you little craft bugs out there, my new blog will be based upon my re-vamped craft room at home, when the lights at Miss Millicent are dimmed (my work is never done - ahhh).  I return to what I have always known and that is making for home!   Being fully committed to the cause of crafting, I will document what I get up to and my makes.  Hopefully my ramblings will read a little more interesting. I hope!

Under Construction!

Hello, sorry I have not been here for a wee while. I am in the process of re-vamping my blog so do bear with us and we shall be back in a couple of weeks. It will be worth the wait as lots of new things to come; makes, crafty chat, patterns and a new name!! See you soon xx

Gardening and crafting . . . . . . . .

Thought I would tell you a bit about my garden, I will keep it short with a few photos to hopefully keep the interest! Gardening is one of my many vices,  it's hardwork but the end result is worth it. When you can sit in your garden surrounded by wildlife and lovely blooms, it is worth the work that you put in. Of course it is like anything the more work you put in, the more reward hopefully there is at the end of it. My garden is an 'L' shape and is divided into two parts; one for flowers and a small veg plot at the bottom.  I love all plants but some of my favourites are; Acer's, Lavender, Daisy's, Roses, Ferns, Clematis, Wisteria and herbs to name a few.

I am not an expert at gardening, my husband knows his stuff when it comes to veg, but I am lucky, and do have an on tap 'book of gardening knowledge' i.e. my dad!  He knows everything, which position a plant should be in, what the plant is called, what soil it likes and conditions the plant enjoys, all off the top of his head!  Everything in his garden grows and is stunning.  It's like having Monty  Don whenever I need him!!

Sweet scented rose.

                                         

                                          

  

   

                                 

We also grow veg and some fruits. It is really rewarding when you start to pick your produce.  At the moment we have beans, peas, courgettes, sweetcorn, carrots, blueberries, strawberries and black currants. Oh and a fig tree, think that is a fruit?

                                     

                               

I would recommend growing your own vegetables to anybody, it is lovely sowing them, nurturing them and then reaping what you sow, they taste delicious! 

             

      

            

           

           

             

I have in my garden a  few well established plants some of which were already planted and some are cuttings from my grandads garden!  I have a smoking tree, which is really unusual the colour is a beautiful rich purple, the flowers look like clouds of smoke, hence the name!!! 

                               

                                 

                                 

                                     

           

           

I love to see the wildlife in my garden especially birds, butterfly's and bees, this year it has been really good for bees and butterfly's I have had quite a few!! I do get quite excited about butterfly's they are soooo beautiful! 

Lovely!!

With the lovely weather that we have been having of late, this is when 'the rewards come to fruit' as they say, and you can sit and relax in lovely surrounding feeling good that you have helped create it! There is nothing finer on a nice summers evening to sit and enjoy the wonderful aromas and do something you like, like craft!!!! I can sit in the garden until quite late and crochet, it is lovely 'crochet by candlelight'. You should try it, its fun!!