Pretty in Pink...

Pretty in pink.

In New Zealand these pink lillies are commonly known as 'Naked Ladies'...

Otherwise known as the Belladonna Lilly...

Family: Amaryllidaceae   (am-uh-ril-id-AY-see-ee) 

Genus: Amaryllis   (am-uh-RIL-us) 

Species: belladonna   (bel-uh-DON-nuh) 

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Gorgeous ribbon cushion in white...

with a pretty blossom themed duvet.

Delicate ribbon roses...

The Belladonna lilly is deliciously fragrant!

Clea the lilac Burmese joins the photo shoot!

"My fur is a fabulous contrast colour, don't you think?"

Emmm, time for a nap!

Winter Rose....

What a fabulously warm winter it has been so far!

Some of the roses are still flowering... 

 And there are still a few bees around gathering pollen!

This red rose is called a 'Flower Carpet Rose'.

'Laundry' Sign....

You can buy all sorts of quirky Laundry signs nowadays...

But I wanted to hand-craft one to match the blue of my laundry walls...

Plus hand-crafting is so much more fun than walking into a shop 

and just buying it!

This is how I made my laundry sign.... 

First of all I cut an MDF board to the desired size, and then painted it white.

 Using free lettering from the net, I block coloured the letters in blue, 

and printed using my home printer,  

then cut out the letter shapes...

I roughly hand tore the edges of three squares of 

pretty contrasting scrapbook paper.

Glued the squares onto the board first,

 then the lettering spaced over the squares.

I did this freehand, 

but if you want use a ruler to get perfect spacing.

Using permanent black stamping ink and desired stamps, 

stamp an edging design around the board.

 Once stamping ink is dry, 

use a black sharpie pen to outline the lettering.

When dry, lightly and quickly so as to not smudge the inks,

 coat entire board with a sealer.

(I used 'Mod Podge').

And here's the end result!

I'm really happy with how it looks with the blue walls!

New Hearts...

I have an addiction to hearts...

I seem to have quite a few now, 

but theses are the latest addition to the collection...

A woven heart made of wood.... 

A ceramic heart...

dipped in grey/white paint for a french country look

This heart has a beautifully embossed surface...

Fabulously french...

I'm in love!