Izzy whizzy, let's get busy....and lovely to meet up with you....sunny days.

To be honest I am a little bit tired now - going to bed later and later...getting up earlier and earlier.  Never mind because more can be shoe horned into those 24 hours (I do sit down and enjoy the garden though). Welcome abroad to new readers - I am trying to concoct some sort of internet treasure hunt (using the Chalky White theme) with a prize at the end for the winner - that would be such a hooooooot!

It was just sooooooooppppppppeeeeerrrr to meet up with lovely ladies yesterday - at least I laughed (did you just think that I was a bit...well....... weird?)  I had a lovely time.......went home with most of what I bought with me.....but had a lovely time.  It was top stuff when....and I had been eyeing up the door trying to second guess who might be a 'Chalky Whiter'.....a woman approached my stall.....looked down a little shyly......dead straight face.......not a flicker of a smile...........said those immortal words....'Your name is Chalky White and I claim my prize'.....I cannot tell you how absolutely super brilliant and ruddy marvellous I thought that was (you might have gauged that from my reaction though....).  Lisa that made my day I cannot tell  you.   Your cakes and biscuits were super too.  Lovely to meet you and your daughter - sorry that I went on a bit (.......a bit.....).  I will do a separate post about the other lovely ladies that I met I think.  Decided that I will do a car boot next week as IT IS NOT COMING BACK IN THE HOUSE!!!  Throughout the day I laughed like a drain..

Today I popped out to the local car boot (I seldom arrive before 10 - not sure why as I am up early enough!).  Set off thinking how I should not buy a thing (apart from any nice plants I thought).....most of  earnings from yesterday spent....

So I bought a nice basket (see here for basket needage: http://thecustards.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/my-baskets-brimeth-over.html), a nice tin (see here for tin needagehttp://thecustards.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/my-sewing-room-not-so-tidy-today.html ), a wooden doll (see here for doll needage:http://thecustards.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=jubilee ) and a couple of old books....also (and isn't it funny how things turn out) a Tweed flat cap (Ren I bought this for one of your lads if you would like it).

So I set my self a challenge today and I am going to set up a business model based on my super duper idea (thank you to Polka Dot House for your entrepreneurial skill and staggering business acumen - you know who you are!!.) .  From this day onwards anything that I buy has to pressed into use or upcycled/recycled/mended/bended/sewn/mown/eaten/beaten...you get the idea............. by the end of the day.  The 24 hour challenge has been set.  Within 45 minutes I began to wonder why the heck I had thought of that idea ....

So the basket - I thought that I would line it (have done this a few times and they usually turn out quite nice) so here it is in progress...

The usual sophisticated approach to pattern making - cough, cough...

Are you getting a bit fed up of this fabric?  You might recall that I was given two of these old bed covers earlier on the year from a charity shop manager - I still have a complete one left and lots of this fabric.

Accessories....I did not buy these today...that's me leaning out of the window...

Just in time for Sunday afternoon tea....tra la la..

I also bought (special treat - as it was £15!!! Bang goes half the profit from yesterday already...) a Lloyd Loom table - lovely colour I thought.  Dom says that one of our 'lovely little tables' has to go...

Maille made us some lovely banana smoothies so the table was very handy here

I lurve these colours

Double usage for table as it also served well for afternoon tea....

Blue sky for a change

Thank you as always for lovely comments.   Just off to the beach for evening stroll along the prom, prom, prom and maybe an ice cream to finish off a tiring but lovely weekend.

Best wishes and I hope that all was sunny in your part of the world

Tra la la, fiddle dee dee, off I go, it is ice cream for me!!

PS: The books have been read and the dolls came for tea....phew they all get to survive another day!