tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22350573223558220992024-03-05T08:20:36.816+00:00Sylvies Gardensylviesgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752057996059664596noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235057322355822099.post-5397602218415315532011-06-08T12:00:00.000+01:002011-06-08T12:00:15.257+01:00Audrey - An update....<div style="text-align: justify;">Do you remember when I introduced you to <a href="http://sylviesgarden.blogspot.com/2011/05/audrey.html">Audrey</a>? She was in quite a bad way, extremely dirty and looking rather shabby. Well, after a good clean, some paint and a recovering she is feeling much better and ready to face the world again.</div>Introducing the new and improved Audrey......<br />
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</div>sylviesgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752057996059664596noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235057322355822099.post-33868963608184294142011-05-16T15:35:00.000+01:002011-05-16T15:35:19.295+01:00Audrey<div style="text-align: justify;">Hello there, how are you? I hope you are fine and dandy. There hasn't been much crafting going on around here lately, just a bit of crochet here and there. I have been painting the floorboards in the lounge and it has been more of a pain than I thought. Stuff everywhere, paint everywhere and dust everywhere. These things always seem to take longer than anticipated. We have now nearly done one half and are about to move onto the other. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I am also working on a new find. She is called Audrey, I don't know why, she just seemed to be an Audrey. I found her at the car boot. We haven't been to a car boot since last summer but called in at one the other day just as everyone was packing up. I spotted Audrey from afar, ran over (well more of a jog than a run) and knew that she had come home with us. Here she is....</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">As you can see she is looking rather shabby and not in a chic way. I am currently giving her a new lick of paint and then I will reupholster her so that she can shine in her own special way. Thanks for popping in, I hope you have a great week. x</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Oh, I nearly forgot, I'm linking to<a href="http://herlibraryadventures.blogspot.com/2011/05/flea-market-finds_15.html"> Sophies</a> blog so if you fancy seeing more thriftiness have a <a href="http://herlibraryadventures.blogspot.com/2011/05/flea-market-finds_15.html">click</a>. Also have a peep at her fabby studio.</div>sylviesgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752057996059664596noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235057322355822099.post-13952112098936223062011-05-01T11:14:00.002+01:002011-05-01T11:15:52.233+01:00Yummyness...<div style="text-align: justify;">Hello my dearies, how are you today? Happy May! I can't believe that we are into May and yet this is my first thrifty post of 2011. Well, if truth be told, there has been distinct lack of thrifting around here lately. Lack of funds, escalating charity shop prices and also near empty charity shops have all been a factor. As has the fact that my house is severely lacking in space to add new finds.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">However a few days ago I saw some things that I couldn't resist. Not the ever elusive bark cloth, (where is it all?) but almost as fabulous...</div><div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How could I resist such gorgeousness? These pics really don't do it justice...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally something that I have been looking for for a long time, a lovely little patchwork quilt....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not bad, if I do say so myself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you for dropping by. If you would to see more thrifty finds pop by and see <a href="http://herlibraryadventures.blogspot.com/2011/05/flea-market-finds.html">Sophie</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">x</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>sylviesgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752057996059664596noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235057322355822099.post-76105713998462955732011-04-29T15:59:00.000+01:002011-04-29T15:59:23.453+01:00Congratulations William and Catherine!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxshA4AMdNgTRMuo4UvACeteAWRRi0_7HL4BZWxwWD0Z7jri9M_8kto167zovMgOD7D2eEMtXW91xpJLBi3rqgm9X4I8pegivPGOuVKHACcyCrgwHeJ9yV1gHg3ipBP0F2YcTR7Cw2To/s1600/crown.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxshA4AMdNgTRMuo4UvACeteAWRRi0_7HL4BZWxwWD0Z7jri9M_8kto167zovMgOD7D2eEMtXW91xpJLBi3rqgm9X4I8pegivPGOuVKHACcyCrgwHeJ9yV1gHg3ipBP0F2YcTR7Cw2To/s400/crown.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Congratulations to William and Catherine. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The wedding ceremony was beautiful, the bride was absolutely stunning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I feel proud to be British.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wish them a very long and happy marriage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">x</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think I may have worked out why we haven't had any nesting birds this year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">x</div>sylviesgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752057996059664596noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235057322355822099.post-62143976630996207802011-04-23T11:08:00.000+01:002011-04-23T11:08:28.637+01:00Happy Easter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoMenx5D4zOcXmXg9biVF3ZpYfbo6zsFwSfZVSyEjTL-qKLuy2VT1SymhFXbxdo8-nh2uwjCScxcflIn-Wlym6tKF7C4e4lF7rwFra9VGd9As6QS0c1MYjJpMFPPfAS0PBJ-DKoeVkok/s1600/happy+easter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoMenx5D4zOcXmXg9biVF3ZpYfbo6zsFwSfZVSyEjTL-qKLuy2VT1SymhFXbxdo8-nh2uwjCScxcflIn-Wlym6tKF7C4e4lF7rwFra9VGd9As6QS0c1MYjJpMFPPfAS0PBJ-DKoeVkok/s400/happy+easter.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">from a pattern <a href="http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/04/craft_pattern_spring_bunny.html">here</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">much love</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">x</div>sylviesgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752057996059664596noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235057322355822099.post-18403979694330443752011-04-18T20:21:00.000+01:002011-04-18T20:21:35.988+01:00Groovy<div style="text-align: justify;">Hello my lovelies. I hope that you are all doing fine and dandy. Thank you for the lovely comments on my last post, where I showed you a sneaky peek of latest project. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Regular readers will know of my dislike of the making of blankets. So it may come as a little bit of a surprise when I reveal that the sneak peek was in fact another blanket. The second one so far this year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">When I stumbled upon the pattern for this blanket I knew it would be perfect for me. The reason I don't much like making blankets is that it soon becomes monotonous and I grow bored easily. This blanket prevents the boredom from setting in by breaking it down into different sections. So you start by doing granny squares...</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just as that may start to drag you move on to the shell strip...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">followed by dot motifs....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a few stripes...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">join it together and add a ripple border...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and you get The Groovyghan!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for popping in. I hope you have lovely week. Much love.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">x</div>sylviesgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752057996059664596noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235057322355822099.post-50941496216472776862011-04-07T15:30:00.000+01:002011-04-07T15:30:10.908+01:00My Creative Space<div style="text-align: justify;">Hello my lovelies. My creative space today is my bed. I'm stuck here due to a particularly nasty bug. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Luckily crochet is something that can be done pretty much anywhere so i'm working on finishing a W.I.P.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I hope to be able to show it to you soon....</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For more creative spaces <a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/">clicky here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">x</div>sylviesgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752057996059664596noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235057322355822099.post-62275476423580449872011-04-03T13:51:00.000+01:002011-04-03T13:51:59.378+01:00Your knitting and crochet time - 2KCBWDAY7<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><i>Write about your typical crafting time...</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
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</span></span>sylviesgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752057996059664596noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235057322355822099.post-45986016245792597982011-04-01T09:45:00.000+01:002011-04-01T09:45:14.132+01:00And now for something completely different - 2KCBWDAY5<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #2a2a2a;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hello, Happy April and Happy April Fool's day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today as part of Knit and crochet blog week we were asked to do something a little different. So, to give you a wee break from pictures of crochet I decided to share a little something that a friend of mine shared with me a while ago. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't know the author of this piece, sorry. I hope that it brings a smile, maybe a chuckle to your day.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">They had shared everything. They had talked about everything. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">They had kept no secrets from each other except that the little </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.</span></span></div><div class="ecxecmsonormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">one day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">he would not recover.</span></span></div><br />
<div class="ecxecmsonormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">down the shoe box and took it to his wife's bedside. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">She agreed that it was time that he should know what was </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">in the box. When he opened it, he found two crocheted dolls </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">and a stack of money totaling $95,000.</span></span></span></div><br />
<div class="ecxecmsonormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">He asked her about the contents. 'When we were to be married,' </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">she said, 'my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">was to never argue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">I should just keep quiet and crochet a doll.'</span></span></div><br />
<div class="ecxecmsonormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only two </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">precious dolls were in the box. She had only been angry with him two </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">happiness.</span></span></div><br />
<div class="ecxecmsonormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">'Honey,' he said, 'that explains the doll, but what about all of this money? </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Where did it come from?', </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">'Oh,' she said, 'that's the money I made from selling the dolls.'</span></span></div><br />
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</div>sylviesgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752057996059664596noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235057322355822099.post-6213332143703484832011-03-31T12:29:00.000+01:002011-03-31T12:29:55.243+01:00Where are they now? 2KCBWDAY4Whatever happened to your <u> </u>?<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Today we are supposed to discuss what has happened to a particular project. Being the indecisive person that I am I couldn't decide on just one so I have decided to show what happens in general. This is pretty similar in a way to what happens to my yarn stash. In other words it takes over the house. Not much is given away except for corsages. My Mother wouldn't appreciate a crochet cushion and neither really would my friends. That's ok though, more for me.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">So, cushions are used on sofa's, chairs and beds along with blankets. I don't really tend to make projects to go in a specific area. Instead I tend to decide where it will go either during or after making it. Some things have gone into storage such as the multitude of doilies, there are only so many that you can put around the house. Larger projects though are dotted throughout the house.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Along with just a few doilies...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you so much for the comments yesterday. It is so good to know that I am not the only one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">x</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">My yarn addiction is out of control. Any kind of bag, cupboard or shelf is seen by me as a good place to keep my yarn. The rest of the family may disagree but if it's there I'll shove yarn onto or into it.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">As for the coming year I would like to learn stitches such as the front post double crochet. Every time I come across a pattern that has such stitches I am put off. Maybe this is a touch of laziness on my part because I understand what I am supposed to do but have convinced myself that its too complicated.</span><br />
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Hello there, if there is anybody still there. I have to apologize for being a bad blogger so far this year. I have no real reason for my lack of posts just that life got in the way as it so often does.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is very dark and dreary today in my neck of the woods. Not good picture taking weather at all. Luckily the sun came out yesterday and I used the time to take some pics of my recently finished project. I have been longing for colour and brightness to counteract the greyness of winter here in the UK and decided to make a colourful throw. I found a pattern in the same Japanese book that the pattern for the <a href="http://sylviesgarden.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-need-kick.html">flowers</a> came from.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">When I posted about the flowers a couple of you lovely readers asked which book they were from. Now, I am usually very careful about letting you know where I get my ideas and patterns from but for some reason I forgot to say in that post. The book is called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: x-small;">PRETTY COLOR CROCHET and KNIT GOODS 2...</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And it is available from a lovely seller <a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PRETTY-COLOR-CROCHET-and-KNIT-GOODS-2-Japanese-Book-/200529118500?pt=US_Crocheting_Knitting_Patterns&hash=item2eb0778524#ht_7523wt_1139">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are many lovely, colourful patterns in the book and I fell in love with this image...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">...and decided that I had to make my own. How could I resist?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I added a white border as I like to have a little bit of white to make the colours pop and here is how it came out...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A wee while ago I received not one but two Stylish Blogger awards from two oh so lovely ladies, Teje from <a href="http://nerospostandpatch.wordpress.com/">Nero's Post And Patch</a> and Clara from <a href="http://clarascrochetroom.blogspot.com/">Clara's Crochet Room</a>. Thank you so much my dears, I feel honoured that you have thought of me. </div><br />
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Now I have to tell you 7 things about me that you don't already know, hmmmm.....<br />
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My favourite colour is pink. When I was a child I refused to wear anything other than pink. Now, i rarely wear pink but have lots of it around the house.<br />
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My husband is the only male in the house. There's me, my 2 girls, 2 female cats and 2 female dogs. Thats how I get away with so much pink.<br />
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I cannot sew. My sewing machine either goes too fast or too slow and refuses to sew where I want it too.<br />
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I am terrified of snakes. I can't even look at them in books.<br />
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My dream is to drive across America in a VW camper even though I never use motorways in the UK.<br />
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My favourite artist is David Hockney. I love his attitude to life and art and that he is never afraid to try new things.<br />
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Ok, ok I admit it! I'm a chocoholic.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Now I have to pass the award onto 15 bloggers. This is where I began to struggle because this award seems to have been passed on to many of the bloggers that I know. I'm hoping that the bloggers that I am going to pass this onto haven't already received it. So, I would like to pass the award on to the following lovely bloggers....</div><br />
<a href="http://facebook-melmel.blogspot.com/">At Home With MelMel</a><br />
<a href="http://theblueberrypatch-sarah.blogspot.com/">The Blueberry Patch</a><br />
<a href="http://chippernelly.blogspot.com/">Chipper Nelly</a> (and her gorgeous chickens)<br />
<a href="http://vintageatthecornerhouse.blogspot.com/">Vintage at the Corner House</a><br />
<a href="http://greenrabbitdesigns.wordpress.com/">Green Rabbit Designs</a><br />
<a href="http://helenphilipps.blogspot.com/">Helen Phillips</a><br />
<a href="http://marmaladerose.blogspot.com/">Marmalade Rose</a><br />
<a href="http://www.silverpebble-jewellery.blogspot.com/">Silverpebble</a><br />
<a href="http://amandamakes.blogspot.com/">Amanda Makes</a><br />
<a href="http://made-and-found.blogspot.com/">Made and Found</a><br />
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That's only ten so I would like to offer it to anybody that reads my blog who fancies taking part.<br />
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In other news I am still considering making the rug from the previous post. I need to work out which yarn to use, how big etc.<br />
I hope you have a lovely week, it's almost the weekend so I'm hoping that the weather will behave.<br />
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Ps. MelMel, blogger won't let me comment your blog. I know not why. xsylviesgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752057996059664596noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235057322355822099.post-11151949882291057612011-01-29T17:37:00.001+00:002011-01-29T17:43:10.234+00:00Crochet Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello, thank you for popping in today. I wanted to share with you a couple of images that I have just found in the March issue of Good Homes. I nearly fell off my chair when I turned the page and saw this....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the crocheted table in the first picture and the rug in the second. At £250 I'm wondering if I could make one myself?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also wanted say a huge <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Thank You </span>for all of the lovely comments that you left on my last post. You truly are a bunch of lovelies and cheered me up no end. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a great weekend.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Much love.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">x</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>sylviesgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752057996059664596noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235057322355822099.post-3056858182342205822011-01-17T15:13:00.000+00:002011-01-17T15:13:49.737+00:00I need a kick...<div style="text-align: justify;">Hello there, I hope that this day finds you well? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is already the 3rd week of the new year and yet this is my 1st post of 2011. For some reason I can't get going this year. I feel like I need a really big kick up the bum to get me started again. I have been trying to do a bit of spring clean around the house but it's a big job and I'm not really getting anywhere. Do you ever feel like this? Maybe it's the weather, it's been very gloomy round here. Lots of rain and grey skies, we have had to have the lights on during the day it's been so bad.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have a few new crochet items to share but it's been so dark that taking decent pics has been impossible. I did manage to take a couple of pics this morning when the sun briefly peeped from behind the clouds. The lovely hubby bought me a new crochet book for Christmas and one of the 1st things that I made from the book was some lovely flowers. A couple of these have been turned into brooches ready to be posted to the in-laws in Spain as a belated Christmas present.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I'm hoping that the in-laws will like them. I have never sent them anything that I have made before so I'll keep my fingers crossed that they like them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Meanwhile if anybody knows how I can get my energy levels back up can you please let me know?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take care my dears.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">x</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>sylviesgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752057996059664596noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235057322355822099.post-34609608163613092732010-12-31T12:36:00.000+00:002010-12-31T12:36:54.466+00:00Thriftiness of 2010<div style="text-align: justify;">Hello my friends. Well it is the last day of 2010 and I am wondering where the time has gone. It seems that as you get older the years start to pass more quickly. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">I would like thank all of the people who have followed this blog. When I restarted it I wasn't sure how it would go but I have thoroughly enjoyed it and have loved 'meeting' new friends and discovering so many fabulous blogs out there.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So for my final blog post of the year I would like to share with you some of favourite thrifty finds. I only started thrifting this year and have found and rescued so many wonderful things that it is hard to pick just one favourite.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would like to wish you all a wonderful New Year and much love, health and happiness in 2011.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">x</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>sylviesgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03752057996059664596noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235057322355822099.post-88024264485697025062010-12-29T12:18:00.000+00:002010-12-29T12:18:55.240+00:00Craftiness of 2010<div style="text-align: center;">Hello my dears, I hope that you are well and that you had a fabulous Christmas. Now it is time to look forward to a shiny New Year and all that it brings. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought I would share with you today a mosaic of some of my favourite makes from this year as I look forward to much more craftiness in 2011.....</div><div><br />
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