In the garden...

My brother has been kindly building a Pergola for us, in between the summerhouse and the patio.

I am sooo pleased with it.
He built it in a weekend(I did help though, sanding and chiseling)
But I am still painting it. It.Is.Taking. For. Ever!!

My bro advised me to keep it wood coloured , but I couldn't, mainly because the idea in my head is a country cream pergola covered with sweet scented roses. But also because the trellis is the colour of David Dickinsons tan!Not the look I was aiming for really. It is taking me ages to finish due to all the rainshowers but I'm hoping to get it done this week!

I've bought a pretty bench in a sale at greenfingers.com too!
I think we will use sleepers and gravel for paving underneath or we will never get it finished in time to enjoy it!

I have been potting up plants too!Love the Lavetera as it grows so quickly.

I know lots of you ladies are brilliant gardeners and I'm wondering if you could recommend any fast climbers or scented roses!
Hey, hey, Suns out, so painting here I come!
Have a great week!

Rachel x

A Bunting Making Day

Yes today has seen me making lots of bunting whilst waiting for an important phone call, which hasn't materialised yet! Isn't that frustrating!

I even had the phone in my pocket outside taking photos of my bunting!

The Lilac smells gorgeous . This actually grew under the fence from our next door neighbours. What a wonderful freebie!

I have taken some pictures indoors too, so that you can see the colours more clearly.

A bit closer

I shall be popping some into my RubyRed Tiny Shop too!

If you'd like to snap some up it is 2.5 m long with 13 flags and costs just £9.

Hope you have been enjoying the sunshine!

Rachel x

Enjoying the Snow!!

Today we awoke to a Winter Wonderland! It started yesterday afternoon and became much deeper today!

The schools were closed and Hubby had to work from home!

My son went out with his friends, after me keep reminding him to wear his long johns,warm socks, gloves, waterproof trousers,wellies!

Hubby and I ventured out later for a 10 minute walk to the garage for milk and bread.

I made him promise NOT to snowball me, but I knew he would! I got him back though! I couldn't stop laughing as I CAUGHT HIM IN THE FACE WITH A BIG SOFT SNOWBALL!It looked like he had a snowy patch over one eye!

Everything in the garden was wearing a little snowy hat!

Even my little summerhouse!

Then we made a snowman

I made some soup to keep us warm!

This evening we watched a film and I made hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows! Very naughty!! But very nice!!

Ours didn't have quite so many marshmallows as this picture!
Hope you're enjoying the snow too!
keep cozy and warm!
Rachel x

Does size Matter?

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My Beautiful Summerhouse

Last July I left my job in a local Pre-school to set up my own business and craft full time.I decided to buy a small summerhouse with my final months salary and found one on the Internet at a bargain price!Unfortunately my husband wasn't so keen on the idea"Why do you need a summerhouse?"Well,Of course I don't NEED one but I really would like one!"Anyway I ordered it and it arrived.Next problem,1 summerhouse in pieces + Hubby in Mexico (working) for 3 weeks = No summerhouse for rest of summer(probably)Luckily for me I have a very talented sister that offered to come and help me HURRAY!! She is a little treasure,she came to stay for two days with her three children.I cleared the ground and she laid 28 slabs and I laid 2,I wasn't being lazy, I'm just not very good at laying slabs.Then we started to erect the thing which was a bit scary but we kept checking the instructions and it all went well .By the end of the first evening we had a floor and four walls, we put the garden bench inside just to test it and sat under the stars drinking tea and giggling our heads off as siblings do when they're together!We were not looking forward to putting the roof on the next day, but luckily my brother in law came to visit and as he built his own house extension, a little summerhouse was no problem!" We only popped in for a cuppa"he said.I bribed him with fish and chips,works every time! I am now the proud owner of a beautiful summerhouse thanks to my wonderful family!