Time for Tea on The Patio

I'm glad I did the chair decoupage yesterday (on my previous post) coz then today i have something to post for Tea Time Tuesday :)

Just a simple tea table for myself, I didn't have time to bake anything but I have a leftover victoria sponge cake that I made over the weekend to accompany my tea time.

Excuse the dying tulips in the pot that I sometimes forget to water (sigh) and a rather sorry lonely looking of that leftover Victoria Sponge Cake. I spent alot of time when it's sunny on the patio in my backyard doing craft projects or play with the cat and of course drinking tea. I wish I had a big garden with green grass and lots of colorful flowers like most people but that's just my wish :)

I made the cross stitched pillow on the chair, The teacup is from colclough which i bought in charity shop that I might use it for another project making a teacup/teapot table lamp, the mini cake stand was bought also in charity shop as well as the teapot :)

..and I love reading those Little Tea Books.



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Decoupaged Chair

I've been delaying to decoupage a chair that I bought in charity shop for £5 last week just because, I haven't got the guts and afraid that I'd ruin it, it's my first time to do decoupage and I've been drooling for it since I saw it on people's blogs on how it turned out and a tutorial shared by my dear blogging friend Scarlett helped me through the step by step process on decoupage.

But hey, it's only £5 chair, so if i failed, it wont hurt so bad! :)

1.First I sanded the chair (I really hate this part, really!
2.Painted it white and let it dry overnight (i used two coats of paint)
3.I then painted the legs and the wooden bars on the chair a blue duck egg color.
4.Once dried, I sanded again on the seat of the chair before I decoupage so the paper that im using got something to grip to.
5.Prepare your paper, im using this lovely color and design from Cath Kidston napkin paper (3 ply), peel off the two blank sheets as i'm only going to use the printed part.
6.Start by brushing a thin layer of modpodge on the seat with the paper.

7.Then move on to the other parts of the seat, cut the paper in small pieces for round corners and just overlapped each other to give it a seamless appearance.
8.Don't forget to dab with a dry cloth to remove any bubbles on the paper.

I didn't try to decoupage the the whole chair as I wanted to know how it turns out first, i think i made a few mistake here and there but i'm pretty satisfied with the result and if i ever found another chair like that, i want to do a full decoupage with a different print of Cath Kidston's paper.

Oh By the way, I'll be doing a Giveaway as soon as my followers reached 100! I've been thinking about selling something for awhile now and i have created another blog for my online shop but it's not finished yet so i'm excited to do this as well. Thanks for all suggestions that you, lovely ladies gave me in the comments.


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Late Mother's Day Gift

I finally finished the cross stitch pillow cushion from one of the Cath Kidston's book for my mother in law that i supposed to give it to her on Mother's day but sadly i didn't finish it on time, after some long tiring months with lots of distractions and other things to make, i finally finished it and yesterday I was able to give it to her, thank god she loves it!

After we spent a few hours at hubby's parents, we took a walk to the park and on the beach, i must say i took loads of pics coz the park is so beautiful with blooming flowers, but i wont post all of the pics in this entry :)

These were taken at Denton Gardens, one of the park in my town near the beach, Lovely isn't it? I'll be posting more pics in other posts.

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Thanks Mr. Postman!

I'm so glad I decided to stay at home today and postponed my trip to the farther charity shops coz the weather is back to the chilly side and abit windy. I'm cheered up and overjoyed when Mr.Postman dropped a few mails and a package, yes a package in my mail box!

It's from my dearest blogger friend Scarlett who has been so kind to have sent me a vintage book with my name on the title that she bought in one of her bargain hunting trip! yep i'm abit narcissistic and love anything that got my name on it, personalized things are my fave! Thank you so much Scarlett for the lovely vintage book and I love the note with the elvis on it too!

..and I also recieved the latest Cath Kidston's Catalogue and I heard that they're having a 15% Off just for today, though as much as i'm tempted to buy, i dont think i can afford it this month, hubby needs to do M.O.T, but i'm sure i'll enjoy browsing the catalogue and drooling over her goodies :)

Right, so now onto today's post on craft that I made yesterday, I found a cabinet's door in the outbuilding storage that I thought I could do something with it, I unscrewed the hinges, sand it down and spray painted it with blue color then once dried, i just wanted it to look abit distressed so I just paint without a care with white paint on a brush and sand it a little.

Now, I can't draw nor profess the skill to draw so I cheated by looking at Cath Kidston's book called "Make" and it has a roses template that I can use to draw.

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Where have all the Laundry Pegs Gone?

That's what hubby asked when we went to sainsburys for grocery shopping and I picked up another packet of wooden pegs, I just answered that I used the old pegs for my craft projects and I'm not too happy about the result so i'm gonna need more to do it again. He shook his head.

I bought another magnetic sheet, this time is abit thicker and it's still in A4 size. I cut them in small sizes to fit the back of the pegs and glued them and tried them on the fridge, it holds okay.

I'm still new in doing decoupage, seems like I'm not happy with the result but it's okay, i'll keep trying till im satisfied, I got another packet of pegs that ready to be used :)

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