Crow Pillow...

My Crow Pillow from Christine arrived this morning! Christine had left it white, so I gave it a stain with coffee...it came out great and I love it!

This was it before...

And this is it now...

I think I could get a bit of an obsession with the Cross-stitch/Samplers! The work in them is just superb!

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FABRIC SIGNS...

Last year, I bought some 'Signs' from the USA...they were actually stencilled onto calico! I had some calico from my shop stock, so I thought I would have a go! Here's what I did...

This was the first one...the green is a bit too light, but I'd already started it!

Then I did this one...getting better!

And this is the last one I did...it came out fantastic and I think I got the colour combinations just right LOL!!! What do you think?

I've been having a sort out here...yesterday, I cleared 2 of the worktops in the kitchen...things seems to get dumped and left there...it got to the stage where I didn't have room to dish up dinner! Took the bull by the horns, took everything off of one side, cleaned it all and put a few things back...and the rest in the places they should be! We've got another 'dumping ground' in the kitchen...a Breakfast Bar...which is full too! That's one of today's jobs!

I've got a lovely collection of wooden Mashers...mostly from Elaine of Catspaw Primitives in the USA...I had them in different places: handles down, handles up in an old enamel Flour Tin...some standing upright in an old Wall Box from the USA...this wasn't doing them the justice they deserved, so I came up with an idea...hang them from the Shelves up on the wall. I had some hooks, so I got to work...

This is the result...

Mashers, just 'hanging around'...

Close-up of Mashers...as you can see!!

From left to right...the first 2 are from Elaine, next one I painted, next 3 Elaine and last 2 I painted...joint effort, Elaine!!

Close-up of Shelves...Butter Paddle City! All the Butter Paddles came from the USA...2 little Mashers and 2 little Rolling Pins are from Elaine...Donut Cutter and little Water Scoop are also from Elaine...

Close-up of Wall Box...this came from the USA, of course! I bought if from a woman who used to buy all the stuff left at Estate Sales that dealers didn't want. Then she would bring them back to life...and she did a wonderful job! I also bought a set of handcarved, Heart-shaped, wooden Scoops...I'll add a picture below. They are absolutely beautiful...and soooooo unusual too...I've never seen another set and had to get Terry to screw them securely to the wall...a few of my mates who saw them wanted them!!

In this Wall Box there are 2 little Bread Boards, a red Butter Paddle and a blue Spoon from Elaine...the Masher in the middle is the original wood and I painted the black and cream ones...oh and there's an old brass Scoop...

Here are those Scoops...and i just noticed the cracks in the wall...have to get Terry to sort them!

Backs of Scoops...

Ok, I've waffled enough now...time to get on with some housework...yeahhh, lovely!!

Have a great weekend and chat soon!

Karen xx