Catching up....

It's been awhile, I know. Boy, have I had my hands full lately. The Vintage Lifestyle website is being switched to a new database and system. I don't have to do the technical stuff thank goodness but I have had so much time consuming and tedious work to do to assist with making this change. It has been many days of work transferring information, photos and descriptions from the old system to the new. It is not complete yet but I can see how the new system is going to work so much better and I am really excited about when it goes "live". I will post more about that when the time comes.



Georgia is having 3 "medieval" days at Salisbury Cathedral with her school. She needed a costume. The last costume we did came out so well (pure luck I'm afraid) that the pressure was on me to do another at least as good. So, in the middle of all the website work, I stopped to do some sewing. I'm not confident with my sewing skills, particularly things like dresses so I chose a simple dress pattern rather than one of the very detailed ones but I made it look special with the addition of pretty braids, ribbons and stitching.



Unbelievably to me, it came out lovely. I had a bit of material left over so I made a matching cloak with hood. It took about 15 minutes to make the cape and I didn't even have a pattern! I was so proud of myself! I used one of the fancy stitches on my sewing machine to add a pretty design around the edges. Georgia was so pleased with outcome.



We braided her hair on each side and pulled the braids up and across the top of her head and secured with bobby pins. Doesn't she look cute as button?



After my hard work I decided it was time for some retail therapy. I ventured into town to visit Lulu's new shop. Lucinda had a shop in Lymington but has now opened one here in Salisbury next to her dad's shop, Salisbury bedding. We met some years ago through her shop. She used some of our items in her window displays. Below is a photo of one of our kitchen cupboards in one of her displays. Her windows are always immaculate and show real flair!



I usually do not buy "new" goods for myself. I prefer the vintage original if at all possible (ok, I guess I'm a vintage snob) but it was hard not to be tempted by the pretty things at Lulu's. She is also having a sale...SO, I came home with a few goodies including a lovely green quilt with tiny florals for Georgia's bed (because the 4 quilts she already has just didnt seem enough). It is such a soft quilt though, very snuggly ( thats my explanation to hubby anyway). I could not post a photo of it on her bed though because her room is too much of a mess to show the public so here is a photo I borrowed from a website (not a very good pic, I know)


Georgia used some of her Christmas money from Grandma in America to buy this gorgeous stuffed horse she has been wanting. It is the one on the top of the photo and it really is a charming toy and so "vintage" in style. I have always admired it myself and it is entirely handmade!



I also bought this beautiful extra large sized lantern which I think will be perfect for summertime outdoor meals or to light the way to our door as it's dark as can be out here in the countryside in the evening without any street lights.


And lastly, I bought this very pretty pen holder for my desk.



So with that and my new telephone which I received from Paul for Christmas, my desk is looking decidedly better.



Till next time.....