body painting

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Sunny days....

Sunny days make me feel SO good. When the sun shines my energy levels really have a boost and the whole family tend to be busy as bees.

I spent some time "creating" several floral deckchairs. These always prove popular with customers but they can be tricky to recover properly and are time consuming to complete so it is difficult to be able to offer them on a regular basis! However we had an ad appear in Aga living magazine which featured one of our past deckchairs so thought it was a good thing to have at least a couple available on the website!

I used a gorgeous antique floral linen fabric to recover the "sling seats". I have had this fabric stashed away for some time, not being able to decide what to make with it but when I laid it against the painted frames of the chairs, it really seemed to work. The photos do tend to make the fabric look like it has a white background but it is indeed the colour of light natural linen.

We have added some other pretty items to the website too:

Paul and I took Georgia and her friend to a summer fete at Heale House which is only about a 15 minute drive from us. It was in aid of Riding for the disabled.

If you are ever in the area, please do visit Heale house, you won't be disappointed. We have been there many times and yet we are never bored there. The gardens are simply magical. There are so many different "sections" to walk through. Every bit of it is beautifully planted and maintained. It is one of the prettiest gardens I have ever seen.

Of course we can not compete with Heale's gardens but our little garden is looking lovely too.

The sunshine has really brought on the plants and we have spent lots of time out there including having a little barbecue with some wonderful new friends.