FREE CHRISTMAS MAGAZINES...

You may have to forgive my excitement over this post this morning...

I came across these links from Natasha at 5 minutes just for me, she wrote a post this week about these TWO, yes TWO fantastic free online magazines..

I did not even know that such things existed, am I just not down with the kids ?

Anyway here you go...

First up is the truly incredible AMY POWERS HOLIDAY MAGAZINE which has fantastic makes and links to lots of free printables etc..

Amy's blog Inspire co is also well worth a look...

The second magazine is GIFTED which is put together by Ez (pronounced Ee-zee) of Creature comforts

Another  fantastic magazine which can not fail to inspire you...

So if you have a spare 5 minutes today, have a look, and see if you are as excited as me !...................

PATCHWORK CUSHIONS....

I really do seem to be the cushion queen at the moment....

I had a call from a friend of a friend who asked me to go to her house to discuss about making some cushions for a new chair she had bought...

The chair was a sculptured black leather one that sits on a open landing at the top of her stairs, around the landing she had some large pieces of artwork...

The brief was to make two cushions that picked up the colours of the artwork...

I was given a free reign (always a bit nervous when someone does that, because your interpretation can be completely different to theirs !), the client said that she liked patchwork, and I immediately thought of the really bright velvet and satin patchwork furniture that I have seen on the pages of Elle decoration this year...

I mentioned velvets, satins etc and it was agreed that texture would be good, so off I went and these cushions are what I came up with....

I used velvet, shot silk, cord, satin, an Amy Butler print and even a bit of Kaffe..

I enjoyed making these, although it is a bit difficult working in different textures as the fabrics slip about and stretch in different ways, but I and am pleased with the result, and more importantly so was the recipient when she picked them up last night..

Cushions, cushions and more cushions....

There has been the most beautiful home shop opened in our town recently which sells really stunning pieces, and I have managed to get them to stock 'Me and Ma' !

They placed an order a couple of weeks ago for linen cushion with 'Love' and 'Home' on, similar to these, but in a cerise and turquoise colourway...

Then at the end of last week they rang to order some Christmas cushions....

Here are a few of them before I delivered them this morning....

FOOTNOTE : FORGOT TO SAY THESE ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON MY FOLKSY SHOP AT £15.00 AND IF YOU ARE A FOLLOWER OF MY BLOG AND WANT TO PURCHASE ONE OR ANYTHING ELSE IN MY SHOP I WILL NOT CHARGE POSTAGE...

DAY OUT...

 We had a great family day out yesterday at Brockhole - The Lake District visitor centre..

We go here quite a lot at various times of the year, but Autumn is particularly stunning...

 The children had fun on the adventure playground and had it virtually to themselves as the local children must have all been back at school (our do not go back until tomorrow)....

Because it was so quiet, Clemmie got to have her first turn on the zip wire, suffice to say she loved it !

There was the obligatory stone throwing down at the lake...

Although not quite the same as in the Summer....

Clemmie managed to skid down a hill almost on her head !

The views are just gorgeous...

And the colours speak for themselves...

This little robin appeared as we were having Hot Chocolate after our walk ( well the grown ups had Hot Chocolate, the children had ice lollies ! Brrrrrr ...