Craft room

Apart from the bit of organizing i had done here. The craft room had pretty much been left and had become a bit of a junk room. Now the boys are back at school and i haven't got any fairs coming up for a while, i thought i should probably use the next 5 weeks to tackle it and other rooms i want to sort.

I started off tidying up my jumble of fabrics. These are kept in drawers in the dining room. My craft room is tiny, so there is no space for these:

The rest are kept in this pretty basket:

On to the craft room itself: This is how it looked on Tuesday morning:

By the end of the day it was much clearer and the shelves are now tidy. I have also completely re organised my writing desk and drawers in here too:

I can actually get to this desk now!!!!

Thursday morning i sorted out buttons and ribbons:

And sharpened pencils, organised the pens, scissors etc:

My label boxes - new, homemade and ones from things i have bought that i like to re cycle:

Odds and sods drawer:

Little bags, hearts and my handmade crafting pinny:

I added some extra piccies to the wall that make me smile:

My mum bought me this lovely new sewing box:

Another lovely tag to re use:

They is lots still to do, but i am getting there:

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Lovely things:

- Eating the yummiest chocolate chunk shortbread with my eldest.

- Instagram - obsessed!!!!!!! Join me there at LissyLou123

- Watching The only way is Marbs (loved it!!!) whilst packing up orders.

What i've been up to

• Attending Layer Marney Traditional village fete.
• Having a Jubile tea.
• Watching the Jubilee concert.
• Enjoying all the Jubilee events on tele.
• Making Jubilee cakes and Jam and cucumber sandwiches (not together - bleurgh!)
• Attending a friends Jubilee party.
• Lots and lots of sewing.
• A long long day at a fair!
• Recieving a gorgeous package from a lovely lady.
• Making custom orders.
• Having breakfast by the sea.
• Watching the Southend half marathon runners.
• Throwing stones into the sea.
• Playing in the park.
• Being taught how to use my camera - af/av/iso??? i think i now understand - haha!!!
• My hubbies workmate giving me a Loreal gift bag full of goodies.
• Taking my eldest up to London.
• Mmmmm oreo milkshakes at TGI's.
• Watching Matilda the Musical - soooooo good!!

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If you Believe - you can

My June FatMumSlim Photo challenge pictures:

Morning: Finding it oh so hard to drag myself out of bed:

Empty - At a pub in Brighton 'Someone get me another':

On my plate. At Food for Friends in Brighton, having the yummiest food:

Close up - The gorgeous pocket watch my husband bought in an antique market in Brighton. It is pretty cool - it has a sweeping second hand and you can see all the mechanisms moving from the front and the back:

Sign - in my living room:

Hat - The living room floor is full of dressing up clothes today:

Drink - cup of tea whilst sewing:

6 o'clock - the little one is eating his chocolate medal that he won for being in the winning tug of war team - thank goodness my sofa is brown, he was getting in a right mess!

View - Waiting for Matilda the musical to start. We had front row of the circle - my prefered seats:

Favourite bit of the weekend - Matilda was fantastic. I laughed, i cried. I loved this scene - revolting children: (Picture from the official musical website)

Door - my front door - cheery even on wet horrible days:

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Lovely things:

1) My sons face when a friend turned up in their Aston Martin DB9 to take him for a spin.

2) A lovely sign held by a little boy at The southend half marathon 'Run Mummy Run, we all love you'

3) Breakfast by the sea - my favourite way to spend a Morning.

Jubilee celebrations

I hope you have enjoyed the Jubilee weekend.

Here is what we did:

We took the boys to their Grandparents where they enjoyed a weekend with family.

Myself, hubbie, brother in law and 3 friends headed down to sunny Brighton where we had tickets for Saturdays Big Beach Bootique:

We stopped in a pub to fill our boots with sausage and mash:

 

We were so lucky with the weather all weekend. Just an hour down pour when Fat boy slim came on. We were told that at home it was raining all weekend.

The concert was 3pm till 10ish. Heading back on the bus we all felt tired and ready for bed. But once we got dressed up we were raring to go again. We headed out to the pubs and clubs.

The next morning we all felt a bit worse for wear. We felt better after cooked breakfasts and tea/coffee. The others all headed of, but me and hubbie headed around the shops.

Our feet were killing and we pretty much just flagged in time for an early dinner at my favourite vegetarian restaurant - Food for friends. The staff aren't particularly friendly but i love the food and the decor.

We headed home to get the boys who were with family at a Jubilee dinner.

On Monday my other half had to go into work, so my Mum came over and we took the boys to The Layer Marney traditional village fete and had a Jubilee tea back at ours when the hubbie got home:

The boys had a fabulous time. My youngest got on the scoreboard for bowles and shot a ball through the hole. The eldest came second in the running race and both boys were on the winning tug of war team. They also had fun tossing wellies and smashing plates.

Again, we were so lucky with the weather. It started to rain once we neared home.

 

Tuesday the hubbie was at work again :(

It ended up being a bit of a pajama day - watching the tele. Didn't Kate look completely gorgeous in her nude dress?? We loved seeing the carriage proccession and the fly pass. I love the Royals big celebrations or not so i enjoy seeing them on the tele.

 Harry looked like he had a heavy night at the concert the day before!! haha

I made no egg chocolate cupcakes for a Jubilee party with friends the next day:

Toppers given to me by the lovely Krafty cupcake:

Today was spent with some lovely ladies and their children having tea and playing games:

It has been a lovely few days.

I am looking forward to things settling down next week.

I really want to catch up on all your blogs but have been so busy. I have a fair on Friday too, which i'm still making for and so not organised argh!!!!!!!!

So next week i think i will have to schedule in a tea and blog morning - hee hee

xx

Todays lovely things:

1) Eating cucumber sandwiches with the crusts cut off.

2) Watching the boys snuggling on the sofa with blankets and a film just before bed.

3) Drinking Pimms with my man and watching Two and a half men whilst i sew.