Van Jamboree

What a perfect weekend to take in the delights of a VW campervan experience. Like many of you folk out there, we at the Just Original household love VW Campervan, the pennies are been saved every week. The Van Jamboree at Newark was in its 3rd year and it was great, lots to see and do and for the bargain price of £16 for the two of us and little dear was free. A great day out!

I did not take many photos but the mint green was great and the red one with the beetle trailer was fantastic, people must spend hours cleaning and polishing them only to get fly splats on them.

Anyway gonna go, more photos after the weekend as we have a trip to York on Saturday, childfree, Yeh!

Stamp tastic!

Since starting work in my local Post Office, I have a new appreciation of the humble stamp. After visiting the bric a brac market at Chesterfield and finding a treasure trove of stamps at 50p a pack I just had to buy. I then wondered what to do with them and then I had an idea. Buy some cheap canvas frames!

Spend 15 minutes gluing them on!

Et Voila! I have to say it looks really great and given most of the stamps have the original postage marking on them, I think they look really vintagey!

Return visit!

We enjoyed our 1st visit to Derwent Dams/Ladybower reservoir so much we made a return visit on Bank holiday Monday. We got up early and arrived at the car park for 9.30, the place was deserted so we knew we made the right decision to get up early. We only did a short walk as little dear has only got little legs you know mummy! We went very high up much too little dears amusement.

We then had a drive around and went to Hope & Castleton. We did not stay for long as to be honest I was a little disappointed in them really, don't know what my expectations were but they did not live up to them. But hey ho its another place off the list. You may ask what the list is, its obviously a list of places where we all want to go to in the UK, both local and national, free activities and paid up activities.

Next on the list is Leverton Windmill, will let you know how we get on.

What a week!

My sister gave birth on Monday, a gorgeous little boy called Ted, with a head full of red hair, just like his Dad. I look really miserable in this photo don't know why!
Inspired by Diane over on her blog we decided to make a trip to the Derwent Dams. Been born in Sheffield and having most of my family still living there and having had 4 branches spread around Sheffield in my before child life. You would think I would of been here but I never have. Even with the weather not been great on Easter Sunday it was a great day. The scenery is fabulous even with it been man made. But the history behind the build is great.
We also visited Southwell on Saturday and visited the minster, so all in all a very busy week.

Hope & Elvis workshop

As some of you know my sister bought me a voucher for a Hope & Elvis workshop. Louise the lady behind Hope & Elvis has lots of different workshops running throughout the year at her workshop at Harley Gallery, Welbeck Estate, Nr Worksop, Nottinghamshire. I was booked on the 'Cosy Home' workshop, where basically you could make whatever you wanted for the home. The picture above is all her work to use as inspiration, there were lots of ideas wizzing around in every ones head at this point.

Look at the stash of buttons, threads, beads!

This was one of the many suitcases full of samples and vintage fabrics. Louise was fantastic she was very patient and taught us all something new even though we were all at different levels.

This was my finished product, I know it does not look much but it took me ages to do the template for the teapot & cup and saucer. I also had ago at free hand sewing on the machine. I used bondaweb for the 1st time properly and I learnt to use the transfer for the label.

I have to say I had a great day, a great place to learn and Louise is fantastic please look at her website for further workshops.

Pottery purchasing!

This was my purchase from Chesterfield market a few weeks ago, I absolutley love it, it was a little expensive, but who cares!

This is my Gabriella Miller jug, I love her stuff, I have a couple of pieces. We went to Fancie a while ago and it was in the sale for £7.50, I had to have it!

What a difference a day makes!

These were my crocuses on Monday!

These were my crocuses on Tuesday.

Don't you just love the tea cup & saucer plant pot, I treated myself with some garden centre vouchers that I found in my drawer in a tidy out the other week!