Decs are up!!!

Hello!
Well Thought I'd better do my show and tell christmas decoration post!!
WE put up our Decs over the weekend just gone and had some friends over and watched Miracle on 34th St while crawling under the Narnia tree to decorate the back too...this is where santas little 5 yr old helpers ( Aidy and his Friend Aisha) came in handy!!!
Growing up we always had fun picking a real tree out every year which 9 times out of 10 ended up with my Lil Sis having a tree fall on her!!! Good times!

When we lived in our flat I fell in love with an artificial tree which was a 7 footer!! I bought it with the viewpoint that we would have  a house the next year we opened it...Needless to say it went up for 2 years in our flat before it found its way to our house. When it was in our flat I would have to leave the back branches off and take the bottom layer off too so that we could fit any pressies under it!!
So now this the 3rd Christmas in our Century old little house and my Tree is allowed all its bottom branches on and thanks to our lovely high ceilings we can put him on a little footstool and still have rooom for the star so that Aidy's santat train track can make its way around the bootom...until the noise drives me crazy that is!
So OK heres the pics..

BEFORE

LIGHTS ON.....

AFTER

LIGHTS OFF AROUND THE HOUSE...

AND OFF COURSE A BIRDCAGE!!!

THE FRONT OF OUR LITTLE VICTORIAN HOUSE

I hope you've enjoyed putting your decs up! Can't wait to see all of your finished pretty houses too!

It does the make the sitting room a lot more cosy and enjoyable to sit in...Havn't done that in a while actually...going to enjoy it!!

Hugs to all

Annie x

Thanks for Visiting!!

Hello peeps!
Just a quickie to say THANKYOU to all of you who have visited, commented and purchased from my Blogshop!
Surprisingly only one ONE -OFF item was sold but had LOTS of other Orders!!! YAY! Will be adding some little crystal earrings for £2.99 end of this week so might be an idea to add to a Christmas card for friends that you are not getting a main pressie for. ( ahem Lots of my friends are used to the earrings sent with their Greetings cards!! ) But hey you can never have enough earrings, I think!!!
Guess what sold the best??........TEEHEE!

So thanks again, will be back with some Chrimbo tree pics!!
Annie xx

Opening Weekend!!

Hello!!
Well I have Finally built up enough stock to open my blog shop! Please Go and have a nosey and let me know what you think..Your opinions would be MUCH appreciated! There are lots of reasonable pretties available some of which are ONE-OFFS! So will have to handle it on a  first come first served basis I suppose?? I think thats how these things work?
Theres quite a wide variety of styles and types of gifts being sold so thought I would show you a few examples here!

 CHRISTMAS DECORATION

KEYRINGS AND CHARMS

HAND PAINTED NAME ART

 VINTAGE GOODIES

JEWELLERY

AND LOTS MORE!!!!!!

DON'T FORGET......

CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE SHOP

Thanks for all who have encouraged me to do this I hope you enjoy Visiting!!

Right I can Start decorating for Christmas FINALLY!!!! Will be back with Pics!

Enjoy your weekend

Annie xxxxx

Free Gift offer for Blogshop orders!

 Hello!! Well haven't been gone that long but its the time of year to be swamped with endless jobs, cleaning, volunteering, orders, designs ...blah blah blah!!!

So I've still got lots to add to the blogshop ( the photo editing is really killing me!!)  but thought I would give you a heads up that I am hoping to have all of the stock added by the Weekend and to celebrate my opening I thought I would have a little offer too!!

I still have Vintage Lace to add and also mini digital art designs in charm and Keyring form ( great little stocking filler or teachers gift!!) I also have some very reasonable charm style pendants teamed with Swarovski Crystals Starting from as Little as £8.00!!!!!

So if you spend more than £5 I will be adding one of these little decoupaged Pretties too!

 

 They hang on Clear elastic and have a lovely weight to them also!

You are welcome to visit the blog shop now but keep your eyes peeled for more stock to be added towards the end of the week!

Thanks for reading guys! and BIG LOVE TO ALL!!

Annie x

Little Break..not for long

Just a quick note to you lovely peeps that I am taking a short break from blogging for a week or so so I can catch up with Orders, Swaps and work on the blogshop...feel free to visit through my profile although I will be having a grand opening day with an opening discount just in time for payday!!! I'm still contactable through Facebook and E-mail so please feel free to contact me with any orders or queries

I'll leave you with my dream Christmas Cottage

Seeya soon xx
Annie x

Watermill Antiques- LOTS of pretties

Hello Again!

LOTS of pics in this post! This is Watermill Antiques, Set in Barton Le Clay in Bedfordshire with a surrounding Duck pond and shopping village with fab restaraunt..its a lovely place to visit!
Something keeps drawing me back to this place as I have been connected to it in some form or other.

  I used to love to visit and the first place I ever rented to sell my Handmade gifts were in the gallery just by the top hand right window at the top front of the mill....I then worked in the Fantasy Crafts who were at the time in there...then they moved just down the road and Watermill Antiques moved in and I now stock some of my products in there! I was once told by a very spiritual person that it would feature in my future and that it has!!

So heres some pics of the lovely treasures in there....( some you may recognise!!!!)

Pretty sparklies!!

 hmmm seen those before...can't think where???!!!

 

Fine looking Top hat...

 A trunk full of vintage eiderdowns and Quilts...

  Stacks of suitcases...

 

Birdcage and Chairs...

Blocks Against a Gorgeous Chandelier that...

 

...Looks Amazing when Lit!!.

A Beautiful painted glass screen..swoon...

My little decoupaged box holding some pearly treasures...

And My FAVE, the french enamel Chandelier...SO PRETTY!!!

And thats just downstairs...Upstairs hold Emmas sparkly Vintage and retro Boutique, the most glittery and spangly collection with some amazing  Vintage hats and Accessories too!

LOVE LOV E LOVE these Sparkly shoes

( did I ever mention that I had pale pink glittered 7 inch platforms under my Wedding dress??) 

And then theres also Dawn with Vintage Delightz

 

some fab lil numbers and Accessories

How much would you love to rummage through that Rail?? 

So lots of yumminess under one roof...If you ever in the area please pop in for a visit and tell them Annie sent ya! Heres the link to the Olde Watermill Shopping Village and when you've finished then pop into Fantasy Crafts to have a play and a cuppa while you are in the area!!

Back to work on my  blog shop now!! Back with more details!!

Annie x

Festive lights & Fellow Crafters

Hello!
Well thought I would post some pics of the switching of the lights in our Town..nothing spectacular but Aidy and his friend loved sitting on their daddies shoulders and Screaming for their superstar...the Honey monster!! needless to say I was nowhere to be seen when he was about ( see here for explanation) Stavros Flatley from Britains got talent fame were also there..although all we could see of them looking up to the Town hall window were their Bare bellies!! Tee hee!!

 

There was also a little craft fair there which was ..erm interesting to say the least ( lots of cheap cards, wood turning products and Tombolas)..there was one GREAT stall however which compensated completely!

Naomi had a lovely stall and a business with the BEST name!!

How cool is that!!

She had made some Fab Button Earrings  which were displayed so Cutely...Is that a word?

and some GORGEOUS handmade Bunnies in the cutest fabrics!

And how reasonable are her prices too? I had to of course bag me a bargain in the form of...

She has a great website and I wanted to to support a fellow local Bedfordshire Crafter!

Will be back soon with a LOT of pictures from the Watermill Antiques where some of my stock is sold

I have also decided to open a blogshop until I get my website sorted next year...Thanks to all for your orders and all of your helpful advice and best wishes..MUCHLY appreciated!!

WATCH THIS SPACE!!!

Until next time x

Annie x