Schools out for summer......

Holidays are here, kids had their last day on Monday, so they are delighted so am I but apprehensive too as many other Mummys are, it is a lonnnnnng holiday until September. We will fill it with camping jaunts, days out, rainy afternoons in the cinema,Country fetes, baking and make and do, oh and me moaning that the house is a pig sty and I can not hear myself think!!

Isabelle at the fair

Madeleine has had 2 new babies

Dottie with her new baby Obama ahem!

Pattys plum Oriental poppy so pretty

Rose climbing New Dawn 

Jack a very happy boy to be out of school

I have been very busy making lampshades and sourcing fabrics and trying different designs, so far my lampshade range which I will be selling will be Cath Kidston, Kate Forman, Cabbages and roses and Laura Ashley and any vintage fabric I can get my little mitts on. So this is what I have made so far, I will not put them in shop yet waiting on more fabrics but if you are interested in any of the following ones sure let me know, appleblossombarn@gmail.com I would love to hear from you!!!

Cath Kidston

Cabbages and roses Constance raspberry linen

Cabbages and roses hatley raspberry

Cath Kidston

Laura Ashley

Clarke and Clarke with matching pom pom

Laura Ashley gingham with Duck egg pom pom

Take care

Denise
xxxxx

I love eiderdowns.......

My lovely Cath Kidston Eiderdown in the Barn Bedroom
http://www.appleblossombarn.com/

Last night was so stormy, now we rarely hear the wind as the walls of are cottage are a metre thick and the thatched roof keeps us snug, but I added a couple of extra eiderdowns and french quilts to the beds, as the wind blew so strongly.

In the morning the ducks were out of their house as the door was blown open and my little vintage caravans door was wide open too, thank god the chickens house door was not blown open too as they are so naughty they would have settled quite nicely into the little caravan.

Have a lovely day, and thank you to those lovely ladies for all their wonderful comments, it is really encouraging and a great way to discover beautiful blogs, so I can spend hours drooling rather than doing housework!

Take Care

Denise

Kate Forman just gorgeous.......

http://www.kateforman.co.uk/ is a dream website, Kate Forman designs the most beautiful 18th century french linens, I have made cushions with her fabrics and the quality of her linens are divine, she lives in a real english country home these are pictures of her home and fabric line

I just love how romantic and gentle her style is, there is an elegance about it but it is also homely

and comfortable. My newly made window seat in my cottage will have a few of her cushions on it

and I think a couple of Christmas stockings would be perfect I will post those photos once I have them made, now that puts the pressure on better get that sewing machine out!