Had a little trip to the local charity shop this morning,  and manage to find a couple of bargains, well i though so anyway. Firstly a pair of cute little pumps, well it will be summer soon! only £3.99 and also an incomplete coffee set( £8). I  have the pot ,a jug for warm milk (i think), sugar bowl,8 cups 10 saucers and 2 saucer/plates. God knows what i'll do with 10 saucers and 8 cups but... ? The truth is i just liked the shape of the pot and jug : ) There is no stamp on the set except  the jug has the date 1973 on the base, i can testify that was an excellent year!

late last night i changed the banner in my shop. I have included some shots of my lino cutting tools as well as some of the imagery from one of my prints. Am quite happy with how it looks but it seems to me to be very slightly out of focus? (just a tiny wee bit but still...)

The original was created in photoshop and when i checked it, it seems fine ?

Still here it is in situ

Oh my gosh !!!

i was so happy yesterday cos i was in a treasury, well today 

the treasury which i curated is on the front page!!!!

am so thrilled, i hope lots of the lovely products in it sell sell sell

You can see the original post about this treasury 3 or 4 posts down!

WOOOO HOOOOOO!

let me just say that again, 

woo hooo

I am featured in a most lovely treasury. 

There i am, my big bum, right there in the middle you can't miss it!!

It is curated by tizzalicious who has a great etsy shop, if you have the time check it out :)

I think that i am missing all of that lovely easter chocolate, (oh yeh it did not last long around here!) Anyway these little chocolate critters seem to have appear. i wonder how long they will last?

I purchased the most lovely soap from a fellow etsian BlueMarmalade. It is heather and honey flavoured and not only is it an absolute joy to use it smells so good you would not believe it. I use it as a daily facial cleanser, it is that soft, and full of nothing but natural goodies like shea butter, olive oil and of course heather honey. It arrived beautifully packaged as you see and there was a fantastic  wee tub of mint chocolate flavoured lip balm included absolutely free! Mmmm it smells and tastes yummy! 

For more of her loveliness see here : )

The funny thing is though, although i choose the honey soap for all of it's wonderful healing properties, i was totally unprepared for the effect the smell of heather honey soap would have on me. When i was a wee girl my dad kept bees on the heather covered hills above our cottage, in a tiny glen in Scotland. The smell of the soap transported me back, instantly to childhood memories of watching him to "smoke out" the bees from the hives and of eating honey fresh off the comb : ) He died 18 yrs ago today and when i opened the parcel this morning i was so happy that it had arrived on this day, since it made me think of him. Maybe i was thinking of him all along.

okay just a tiny wee micro blog at the moment!

i grabbed a treasury on etsy,

 Woohoo!   It is called "Promise a lot and give even more"

you can find it here

i absolutely love the icarus puzzle it is so beautiful and the "chirp" necklace is too cute!

hope you enjoy