A Very Lucky Girl

Gosh I have been shattered today after a really busy week at work and the craft fair yesterday!

But I just had to share with you something that truely made my day on Friday.

I had seen that CK was going to be at Selfridges on Thursday signing her new book Patch.

Unfortunatly I coudnt get up to town to get a copy.

On Friday morning I got an email with this attached to it.

A friend of mine works at the big yellow store and went and got me a copy signed, how lucky am I.

Thanks Honey, you know who you are.

Have a great week.

Luv

My little shop

Hello
Sorry I've been away a while, I've been busy working & creating items for my little online shop. I did my first craft fair of the season today.
Click on my shop chez Sophie button to see what I've been making.
More news tomorrow.
Luv Sophie Xxx

What have you been up to this weekend?

I have been sorting,

Carbooting

Sparkling

Tidying

Snipping

Reminiscing

& having fun in my sewing room.........



Been Baking.............

Tomorrow we have a charity summer fete at work, So obviously I said I would host the cake stall!

It's been a bit of a bakeathon in the Chez Sophie Household this afternoon.

Have a great rest of the week

Luv

The finished cake stall xxx

The Month that passed in a blink of an eye

Gosh I hadn't realised how long it was since I last posted!

Seems like an update is needed.

Pickle is doing really well, she has had her catheter out for 3 weeks now and the cone off for 2 weeks.

The vets are really pleased with her progress and she is almost back to her old self, Gav & I can't quite believe she has made such a great recovery for being given a 5% chance of survival.

Work has been super busy, the world of retail never seems to slow down. I'm sure that time goes quicker as you get older!

We have had some wonderful summer outings, the best being a trip to the Chili Fiesta as West Dean Gardens. We had a great day tasting all the different foods that can be made with chili. They also have a great selection of chili plants for sale, including plats with purple chillies.

We got quite carried away and bought 4 different plants, I am defiantly going to be making chili jam for Christmas pressies.

In the last month I have had loads of offers of fruit from peoples gardens that they don't know what to do with, so I have made a great deal of Jam. Raspberry = 10 Jars, Mixed Berry = 17 Jars, Plum = 13 Jars.

We have also been scrumping! which is quite good fun, the blackberry's seem to be ready a lot earlier this year & bountiful, I have 2 kilos of them stored in the freezer ready for Bramble jelly making in the autumn.

My dear Grandad passed away a couple of weeks ago at the ripe old age of 92, he passed quickly & peacefully, still needing to know the cricket score as he was wheeled into the hospital. Thankfully England were winning so he died happy. The funeral took place on Monday up at Mum & Dads where I had spent the weekend. The whole family turned out, 4 Children & Partners, 8 Grand Children & Partners, 2 step grand children & 4 great grand children. We had a lovely party in the grounds of his nursing home afterwards.

Here I am with my cousins.

I also spent some time with Mum in her beach hut, which was lovely as the sun kept shining all weekend & they have a great ice cream parlor on Felixstowe seafront which makes it even better.

We have been working hard in the garden & neglecting the house as usual, but we do soo love our garden.

So the house work is done, I have an apple & blackberry crumble ready for pudding and the laundry is whirring in the washing machine. I think I will take a stroll down to my veg patch & pull some beetroot for tea. Have a wonderful week, I hope to go off visiting blog land this evening.

Much Luv

 

Convalesing

Pickles has been home for a week now and Gavin & I have now become nurses!

Which is interesting as I am soo squeemish!

She is doing ok we have good days and bad days, she is living in a puppy cage so she can't escape, its big though we can fit in it with her.

Hopefully normality will return at some point but I think it will be a long journey for her.
Lots of luv
Sophie Xxx

A Little Bit of Therapy

A Couple of weeks ago I went on a long awaited crochet flower evening at my local wool shop.

Although I have taught myself to crochet, I really did want to have a lesson as I learn a lot better by watching someone else do it. I have to say that Vanessa from Coco Rose Diaries who is an amazing crocheter has truly inspired me.

I had a great evening, it was just after Pickle had gone into the animal hospital & I really needed a bit of me time.I managed to get booked on the course a couple of months ago, so Gav said I really must go and enjoy myself for an evening.

It was great fun, the wool bar is a tiny little shop run by a lovely lady called Caroline, with a big pine table taking up most of the space. I have often walked past and seen gaggles of ladies drinking coffee and knitting in there.

The course was run by a lovely lady who used to be a school art teacher, she was very good.

We were given a pattern of the flower we were to make. A whole rainbow of beautiful yarn had been laid out on the table, we were told to chose our first colour. I chose a deep purple. We then went through the stitch code, which was great as I always forget what they mean!

I took photos of my flower in progress so instead of me explaining what we did here you are.

My finished Flowers



We also got to make a free style flower, starting with a magic ring!

I am now feeling a lot more confident about my crochet, & I'm finding reading the patterns a lot easier too.

Here are a few photos of the Beautiful Wool Bar, if your ever in Worthing do pop along for a visit.

Have a wonderful week.

Luv