Summer Time

It sure is summer here -birds are singing, flowers are blooming, butterflies are fluttering, and I am getting ready for Easter. Easter falls in our early Autumn but Easter display colours tend to be summery or spring-like, pastel eggs and bunnies hopping everywhere, green grass and fluffy chicks. So I have decided to make things for my Easter Open House (date still to be finalised) in both gentle colours and others in more earthy shades.
Above is a lovely summery-spring basket, decoupaged in colourful pansies and decorated with 3D pansies, butterflies and bows, a perfect small basket to gather those easter eggs.

Cluck-Cluck Everywhere

I love chickens, there is just something so fascinating about their simple habits.
We always had chickens of some sort around us, right from my childhood days to the days when our children were growing up.
Now I surround myself with chickens of a different sort, from trays to jugs and ornaments. These new items have just arrived in Granny's Cottage Shoppe. Now i need to finish my hand applique dish cloths -with chickens of course.

Start of the Season

Its a beautiful day here, the morning is crisp and cool with a clear blue sky. I love this time of year, the end of a long hot humid summer, makes our autumn just so pleasant. Everywhere is still green from the rain, its too early in the season to be touched by autumn's hand and yet I can't wait for my world to turn golden.Today I have added a picture of my little shop, its part of the deck before we enclosed it to make a store room. Its also a time for chickens, eggs and fowls.