American pancakes

The long weekend, inspired me to try these american pancakes
 for brekkie, I found the recipe in this little cook book

from Jamie Oliver, they were yummy served with strawberries.
 More, american style pancakes there ! I used the pancake maker,
but I have used the frying pan as suggested and the results are the

same. Sorry I forgot to take a photo of the pancakes so I have used
Jamies ! Hope you enjoyed the long week-end.

Sew Retro: Lucky ME

Sew Retro: Lucky ME

Lucky ME

Just in time for the weekend these arrived in the post from Lotta from Stockholm
I discovered these great clogs on the blog Seeds and Stitches, with prices starting
at £45.00, they are so much cheaper than their famous cousins.

They are sooo comfortable and give a shortie like me a bit of extra height.

pounding the pavements

 Just back from a leaflet drop in and around Seven Dials Brighton, time flies
it is already the second to last week end of Open House's for this year !
So if you have not dropped in , to All Saint Church, Hove to see the
 unique collection, hurry hurry only two week ends left. Above is the work
of Esther from Kitsch Stitch, wonderful patch work, and the owls below are from
yours truly.

summer dresses

Just wanted to show you a few summer dresses I made using the above pattern
and I meter of fabric, with fabric selling at 2.49p per meter the
(navy and white squares) its good for the purse and well as the soul.

Show and Tell vintage magazines

  I wanted to share with you these magazines

  published bi monthly, and on line at they are

  an inspirational source of vintage hair, make up

  fashion and living. The March/April edition

  features a "war time wedding" and" focus on 

  the forties"one of my favourite vintage periods.

      

 I did not know about them until one of my lovely 

 Sew Retro students kindly lent me these copies, 

 they are well worth a read. Also a great section

 in the back full of adverts for all your vintage 

"needs".        

Jam jar make over - free label download

 A quick "how to" you will need to

 down load and print the labels , collect a 

 few clean jam jars and some left over bits 

 of ribbon or lace wide enough to wrap

 around the jam jars , tape, cutting mat, knife

 or scissors.

     

wrap the lace or ribbon around the jam

    jars, and secure with tape, cut out the

labels a using tape wide enough to   

    cover the labels and wrap around the

     jam jar,place the label over the ribbon

or lace. Job done !

Open House's 2011

 This week end was my first Open House. I join 20 other makers and artists
at All Saints Church, The Drive/Eaton Road Hove BN3 3QE, we enjoyed
a busy first week end. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Open Houses

100's of artists and makers join together during the month of may.
The houses open to the public for 4 weekends in may
usually between 11am and 6pm on saturday and sunday.
All the open houses are advertised in the booklet which is easy
to pick up the cafes and the libary, the different area's in Brighton and Hove
are divide up and shown on a map, with bus routes parking ect.  Many
of the Open Houses offer tea and cake, as we are at All saints.
My mum kindly kept "an eye" on my table and I nipped out to see
Polish and Pin at 23 Wilbury Gdns which I loved , Sylvie Howitt
breath taking paper cuts and some amazing redesigned home wares,
16 Hartington Villas showed Jonny Hannah prints and Martha Mitchell
homewares. I will be popping back for a Jonny Hannah print.

Quick quick quick- free tickets to food festive

Sincerely hope like me you enjoyed the "wedding", we were invited
to my friends house for a lovely brunch. We had a great time watching the
guest's arrive, possibly by favourite part of the day. I loved Pippa's dress it
had a great vintage feel. Then a trip to the park, more pimms, finally
back to the house for a cream tea. Perfect.

Follow this link to download free tickets for the Brighton Food Festive, on The
Lawns, Hove, Loads of stalls selling food from thai to sausages via ice cream
and Jamaican Street food, with out doubt some thing for every one, plus plenty
to take home cakes, lemon curd, jams, you name it and "it" is there. Heaven
for foodies, hell for the diet.