I treated myself to a great new book a couple of weeks ago Rediscovered Treasures and decided to put to use one of their good ideas with some of the pretty doilies I have collected over the years but never found a great use for.
They are called sugar baskets and the ideas is that you add 2 parts sugar to 1 part water, boil it up, then soak the doilies in the sugar water and drape the material over a bowl or dish to form the shape.
Once they dry and set you can peel them off the bowl and hey presto you are left with a new bowl.
As they say "here are some I made earlier".
I gave them further embellishments with ribbons threaded through them and then finished off with vintage china floral brooches.
When I showed them to hubby he got really excited as he heard the word sugar and he thought they were edible....
I shall be having a stall at the 1st Vintage Fair in Buckingham on Sunday so will see you all there.
OK Winter is officially over and I am declaring Spring. I have been absent from blogging for some time and after chatting to Zoe (Pennyblossom) who told me it was time I got back into letting her know what I was up to I decided that I would set too and start blogging again. So Zoe this post is for you.
My neighbor has a small pond in his garden, it cannot be more than 4ft across by 7 foot long and yesterday I could not believe my eyes there sitting on top of the water paddling away were two ducks, Mr & Mrs.....
This morning at 7am they were there again. Goodness knows where they have come from but it is so funny to see them rootling around in the pond. Mind you I don't think my neighbor is quite as happy as I am to see them as they are making an awful mess of his garden.
I have to say it is so funny to see her waddling along with him following behind her and to cap it all this evening I saw them walking along the main road and she had another drake in tow. Yes it is definitely Spring.
Once they dry and set you can peel them off the bowl and hey presto you are left with a new bowl.
