I finally gave in and .....

..... got me some Cath.  After having a good look through this book at work I finally decided to succumb and buy myself a copy:

I really want to start using up my stash of fabric and vintage lace and there is something a little odd (I think) in buying new books to show me how to do this ..... so normally I spend hours on the internet blog hopping to get ideas but nothing beats reading a "proper" book and this was only £7.50 from Amazon .....

I am feeling a little bit "thrifty" however after finally finishing off my crochet flowers and getting them sewn onto my cushions.  These flowers were made from a whole pile of crochet thread that I was given recently and, check out these cushions!  Made from a whole bolt of vintage fabric I "happened" upon a few years ago .....

And yes, I think they do need more flowers but I'd forgotten how very much crochet makes my hands hurt so they will have to wait a while longer .....

Last make of the weekend was a bit of colouring with my copics ..... I'm getting there, slowly ......

now ..... off to practising some more colouring in :-)

Stealing a neat idea .....

..... and sharing an excellent giveaway!

I've just found (another) fab blog to follow - and saw this list (and thought I could steal the idea for a quick, mid week bloggy upate) so I here is my own version of it:

• listening to - Lily Allen singing "straight to hell"
• eating - nothing just now but looking forward to a lovely dinner cooked by Mr G
• drinking - sparkling mineral water
• wearing - jeans, dress and fluffy slipper boot things
• feeling - inspired .... been blog hopping again!
• weather - mild and sunny
• wanting - to finish crochet flowers to adorn my cushions (long story, involving the word "practical" in a description of my house ...  practical?  neat, yes and ordered, yes but practical?  it sounds so, well, practical. ...and who wants to live in a practical house?)

• needing - more hours in the day
• enjoying - time in my craft room :-)

And whilst I was on this lovely blog, I spied this very lovely  giveaway and I do love a nice giveaway!