ruffly friday pretties...

<b>friday pretties...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br />a day of all weathers...<br /><br />will i ever get used to the british weather...?<br /><br />here is my ruffly lovely bag in autumn mode...<br /><br />inspiration to spend a snuggly day inside, making a matching one for <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*sarah*</span></a>, after coffee with the B.B {british bestie}...<br /><br />sarah won my ruffly-giveaway...she is a doll & inspires me constantly on her gorgeous blog <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*Modern Country Style*</span></a>...oh the houses she takes us through...-get over there!<br /><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgbMj5Xt0Lb_Wqksr9zBJUVoUOKgpYMVSLZaBH1AKWoFijDWHhz4LIq5THU9zdQKry6LCaJTbgGRNZz3D0bIT91l4PBDPOiKXC3GCeclA_uDxAHyOb7f52Zr1AXEKB2ClvLoe84rZEsVi/s1600/autumnbag1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgbMj5Xt0Lb_Wqksr9zBJUVoUOKgpYMVSLZaBH1AKWoFijDWHhz4LIq5THU9zdQKry6LCaJTbgGRNZz3D0bIT91l4PBDPOiKXC3GCeclA_uDxAHyOb7f52Zr1AXEKB2ClvLoe84rZEsVi/s640/autumnbag1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>ballet shoes...mac coat & ruffles...autumn...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i'm gonna show you when i get in my winter boots...i'm still holding out...<i>just</i>...!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so...with a coffee under my mac & a morning waiting for rain...i started ruffling...big time...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSL-esQ1ME1uv5XfqtIrGv0EI6E88-fccK1KtluNzXkXmrcPm5xxV2cc_NFm1GRA27rWpfjwslUpudEu1B4yslSlqsrIO7rMfqqdYOyHYBLpFnnpoWJKJmxMPq645CcoHOUIAphM6yIG1/s1600/autumnbag2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSL-esQ1ME1uv5XfqtIrGv0EI6E88-fccK1KtluNzXkXmrcPm5xxV2cc_NFm1GRA27rWpfjwslUpudEu1B4yslSlqsrIO7rMfqqdYOyHYBLpFnnpoWJKJmxMPq645CcoHOUIAphM6yIG1/s640/autumnbag2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>see my little *i love mum* note up there on my machine...?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">that's been there for longer than i can remember...love those moments...it not ever coming off...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>so</b>...ruffles by the yard...french ribbon by the roll...rain trying to fall...pots of tea...sarah's bag...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImtlkmKcgCtAtXKVqgHfcz561QHRiMlB9WYLEGj_N_aDxyIPvEOmuhZWlOlYchw9-nd83xAog3kIDd2e7VhcLeL6zJZCDoW8d06r5yYVS-ag3yz1rZHV9gq9EPivQGj6ueJgzMF7v0cSa/s1600/autumnbag3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImtlkmKcgCtAtXKVqgHfcz561QHRiMlB9WYLEGj_N_aDxyIPvEOmuhZWlOlYchw9-nd83xAog3kIDd2e7VhcLeL6zJZCDoW8d06r5yYVS-ag3yz1rZHV9gq9EPivQGj6ueJgzMF7v0cSa/s640/autumnbag3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>i love sewing with plain fabrics where the texture really shines through...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it's not about the colours...but the design...the shape...the ruffles...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">lined in blue french stripe...simple...timeless...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Qe4YF0CDjIISLMhDozqqWIRLhH_3zmTJeNdNv2kgBF-NTgFIyf8aLcvQOVR4UPam352fFWGZIFUn560c3WpGvMrO2_2n_BgaciVBnMjUvfM2KYjsY6iGi8BFuF-auDrlxMUtWqGwBhMa/s1600/autumnbag5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Qe4YF0CDjIISLMhDozqqWIRLhH_3zmTJeNdNv2kgBF-NTgFIyf8aLcvQOVR4UPam352fFWGZIFUn560c3WpGvMrO2_2n_BgaciVBnMjUvfM2KYjsY6iGi8BFuF-auDrlxMUtWqGwBhMa/s640/autumnbag5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>as i finished...the rain bucketed down...pounding against the windows...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>B.U.C.K.E.T.E.D...!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*murphy's law*- lunchtime- chance of rain...school pickup- lashing down...!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so i left my cosy little corner...slurped the last of my tea & dashed <i>past my wellies {!!}</i> into the rain...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">leaving a pile of ruffles, cotton, fabric & creative chaos for another day...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DcTQtKHFcWrDdGiTKBNLEDJ0XGVO71BF3vuVtQpjVVC6_9Ae47J2HZKYzPwQroBOPKNX5_6o5FVBdyyE20BYsHjUaTgIvzpZoGomy-JGHaeIlEH5_fgtND_2DuDiSfsQUGSkc9aSFHsq/s1600/autumnbag6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DcTQtKHFcWrDdGiTKBNLEDJ0XGVO71BF3vuVtQpjVVC6_9Ae47J2HZKYzPwQroBOPKNX5_6o5FVBdyyE20BYsHjUaTgIvzpZoGomy-JGHaeIlEH5_fgtND_2DuDiSfsQUGSkc9aSFHsq/s640/autumnbag6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>i so love sewing in cold rainy weather...listening to BBC radio on my laptop...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i've made lotsa extra ruffles today...ready for some cushion creating...for the change of seasons...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& i've been thinking of ruffly wreathes...& other autumn crafting...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">there's some little projects i'm wanting to share..so ladies, get your glue guns loaded...!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrB-Yc1SQhpETl-wYsJ0orIK4f-_j1MOvGFjyOuSc0BQPhame_n6ir1PIkQ6KNlZkKxXBxLJhyphenhyphenY15T-zP7nuW5TRjyDNRNnmABg2jwa3-atNWwlXHfqZOR7rBxIrSK22KwgnvH9mpN6qOM/s1600/autumnbag8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrB-Yc1SQhpETl-wYsJ0orIK4f-_j1MOvGFjyOuSc0BQPhame_n6ir1PIkQ6KNlZkKxXBxLJhyphenhyphenY15T-zP7nuW5TRjyDNRNnmABg2jwa3-atNWwlXHfqZOR7rBxIrSK22KwgnvH9mpN6qOM/s640/autumnbag8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>this cushion is for my sitting chair...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">french typeset...old vintage sacks bought in the french countryside whilst brocante loving with my mama...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we had a couple of weeks together, the summer after we first arrived from the sandy beaches of sydney...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i've been saving these for a rainy day...& here's the start of something lovely...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">but...i'll keep this to show you for another day...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">another rainy autumn day...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">~~~~~~~~~~~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">happy friday...hope you weekend is full of some ruffle love...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">xox</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">melissa </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><br /></b>

ruffly friday pretties...

friday pretties... a day of all weathers... will i ever get used to the british weather...? here is my ruffly lovely bag in autumn mode... i...

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friday pretties & bloomin' village roses...

<b>friday pretties...</b><br />ok...these are not my roses...<br />from my garden...<br />but they are from our village grocer...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxcwaXrD_EK80JlYaowCiIy9SIMLoKXN8wYeFsJ2n4WocXSEOAvKfYFcBhfyKXnV_au9a9XO_a9AwLXqL4Nd4bbCVI89rvAznQ4t5JmXz8CJtJX2jFBbhZLrRe2zg6Bka1k7TIDkihF9P/s1600/rosefriday1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxcwaXrD_EK80JlYaowCiIy9SIMLoKXN8wYeFsJ2n4WocXSEOAvKfYFcBhfyKXnV_au9a9XO_a9AwLXqL4Nd4bbCVI89rvAznQ4t5JmXz8CJtJX2jFBbhZLrRe2zg6Bka1k7TIDkihF9P/s640/rosefriday1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>i love fridays, as you know, and today we are heading off through the countryside to Wales...</b><br />this means throwing things into upteen bags...<br />packing everything from my Hunter wellies to my birkenstocks & making room for Miss.Audrey's vast amount of soft toys that for some reason need a <i>sea side break</i>!<br />when is it <i>ever </i>about the mama girls?!<br /><br /><b>so...</b><br /><b>to kick start my mini vacation i wandered early...& on my own...up to the village to buy some blooms for friday pretties...</b><br />beautiful big english roses...<br />wrapped in brown paper...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVogSLl6QigsA8QsdSqlwidb2GJLwQ5JAiYRMAuX69qXFAku02TEU25EMjwuqYspdnnuj-OI-K-dpRfsfcH9-mmQ4roxrAOQUVmAvPCS54WjA66I8PZGaI7oQmsOY1IbkIucVvQCkgvPo/s1600/rosefriday2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVogSLl6QigsA8QsdSqlwidb2GJLwQ5JAiYRMAuX69qXFAku02TEU25EMjwuqYspdnnuj-OI-K-dpRfsfcH9-mmQ4roxrAOQUVmAvPCS54WjA66I8PZGaI7oQmsOY1IbkIucVvQCkgvPo/s640/rosefriday2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>how heavenly are these...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">they smell gorgeous & they look pretty good just dumped in my <i>other</i> milk crate...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>the one i hadn't mentioned to you yet...oooh i am in serious love with this one!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so roses & new a *country living* mag in hand i had a wander & bought a coffee...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& came home to lovely kids <i>not packing bags!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">hence the blooms dumped in the milk crate & left for a while...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrBWDqmLvt7P7RiSvS-YAQt0RtNFV2U1TtDn6KGqLr-FP0ordEVErH3s0RakcGMzyP508NcnsZJWCAYU5Q2y0Mt_7sVSiLWRIIzboiN5aiWccsY9LM4niltRD6AW6W1xY5Ho17AtRhah4/s1600/rosefriday3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrBWDqmLvt7P7RiSvS-YAQt0RtNFV2U1TtDn6KGqLr-FP0ordEVErH3s0RakcGMzyP508NcnsZJWCAYU5Q2y0Mt_7sVSiLWRIIzboiN5aiWccsY9LM4niltRD6AW6W1xY5Ho17AtRhah4/s640/rosefriday3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>friday pretties...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>dumped in an old dented metal milk crate...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>making me smile as i <i>shove </i>stuff into suitcases & dolls bags & waterproof bags & beach baskets...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxcwaXrD_EK80JlYaowCiIy9SIMLoKXN8wYeFsJ2n4WocXSEOAvKfYFcBhfyKXnV_au9a9XO_a9AwLXqL4Nd4bbCVI89rvAznQ4t5JmXz8CJtJX2jFBbhZLrRe2zg6Bka1k7TIDkihF9P/s1600/rosefriday1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxcwaXrD_EK80JlYaowCiIy9SIMLoKXN8wYeFsJ2n4WocXSEOAvKfYFcBhfyKXnV_au9a9XO_a9AwLXqL4Nd4bbCVI89rvAznQ4t5JmXz8CJtJX2jFBbhZLrRe2zg6Bka1k7TIDkihF9P/s640/rosefriday1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">have a wonderful weekend</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">it's friday-yehar</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">do something you normally wouldn't</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">hang out with your kids</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">buy roses</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">xox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">melissa</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div>

friday pretties & bloomin' village roses...

friday pretties... ok...these are not my roses... from my garden... but they are from our village grocer... i love fridays, as you know, and...

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friday pretties & hanging out in the english countryside...

<b><i>friday...yehar...</i></b><br /><b><i>fresh flowers...</i></b><br /><b><i>wimbledon...</i></b><br /><b><i>budweisers...</i></b><br /><b><i>friday pretties...</i></b><br /><b><i><br /></i></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPSWzd8fBzp2-OkQ6LAcov30NAM_6mgHGNxDKyVmjCDuEXKVo5elWaAfnHoq6eAZozlublZrqvb5be3oGDDF1i7-21mTWcR18dtCoiukafeFrw000dhNEW-QFZMtJ7W-LVZjJ-gXUAmoN/s1600/prettyfri1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPSWzd8fBzp2-OkQ6LAcov30NAM_6mgHGNxDKyVmjCDuEXKVo5elWaAfnHoq6eAZozlublZrqvb5be3oGDDF1i7-21mTWcR18dtCoiukafeFrw000dhNEW-QFZMtJ7W-LVZjJ-gXUAmoN/s640/prettyfri1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />nothing like a friday arvo...<br />kiddos home, friday after school eye tests done...<br />&<br />yep...as i thought, i need to get myself into a pair of glasses...<br /><b>cool glasses i may add...</b><br />that's why i took the kiddos- they're pretty cool & VERY opinionated!!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFj1ZVlipberwYBKGFkkrbELhm1YqyauViq_EklwfVR22p-qj62_2q8h2e5tGiL9LxU0iA4Sr7Kp9RsdNsXMyn7vgeMUjgsDagfxL7TEz_5dbo-PekKDarJW_mt6T7I_faUJdTlMODuWn/s1600/prettyfri2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFj1ZVlipberwYBKGFkkrbELhm1YqyauViq_EklwfVR22p-qj62_2q8h2e5tGiL9LxU0iA4Sr7Kp9RsdNsXMyn7vgeMUjgsDagfxL7TEz_5dbo-PekKDarJW_mt6T7I_faUJdTlMODuWn/s640/prettyfri2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we've done the budweiser/wimbledon match...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>love wimbledon...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">now we are heading out for a walk with the kiddos on the *village green*...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so...my fave day of the week...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">some *friday pretties*...white stocks, a vintage ladder...& some ruffles in progress...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVCKm-cS5nW4b9wN1u5hfbzLVAA0rX91B5Pj1ytV8IKVxns1aM3V95aBdmbA4lOAj6rKRZqbyn_nOIssXicZ9r0C9ggi0BBArzc78Wij0aR5l7qY1y8T33P_FF-37ti7wm-fvuHPsIFkW/s1600/prettyfri3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVCKm-cS5nW4b9wN1u5hfbzLVAA0rX91B5Pj1ytV8IKVxns1aM3V95aBdmbA4lOAj6rKRZqbyn_nOIssXicZ9r0C9ggi0BBArzc78Wij0aR5l7qY1y8T33P_FF-37ti7wm-fvuHPsIFkW/s640/prettyfri3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRZnGO8XrKmLSYP-3Dod2VvezmKRE4rFOcmrhtH08__UsdSAyOiOEKQ-O3iw9uxUDGPAp3GWJs1r3HEi6XcHA2lJ0VtZAZsiu9PDCp9LaBSK3QZ6WM8B_OlHJ8BaadJ7nqOvLTqNcO9ho/s1600/prettyfri4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRZnGO8XrKmLSYP-3Dod2VvezmKRE4rFOcmrhtH08__UsdSAyOiOEKQ-O3iw9uxUDGPAp3GWJs1r3HEi6XcHA2lJ0VtZAZsiu9PDCp9LaBSK3QZ6WM8B_OlHJ8BaadJ7nqOvLTqNcO9ho/s640/prettyfri4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">what do you think of the ruffles?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i'm thinking it's a whole new line of Miss Sew & So goodies...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the whole etsy shop thing is still at the front of my thoughts...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">but for tonight...it's wimbledon...family...& friday pretties...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfmqrGyV1HnW1bWjudDGgbvhAwGyqdBOqAPNWPz4Bohn9Rf2LKfYzLpwINtRvVjdQ-i0z-7oaDhvrR0WxUrnI6PxGfV7eQo4ZxmWN_Mg_dwGi7NxGNYcebWdmpG7D1SZX4D0gjz9bj14N/s1600/prettyfri5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfmqrGyV1HnW1bWjudDGgbvhAwGyqdBOqAPNWPz4Bohn9Rf2LKfYzLpwINtRvVjdQ-i0z-7oaDhvrR0WxUrnI6PxGfV7eQo4ZxmWN_Mg_dwGi7NxGNYcebWdmpG7D1SZX4D0gjz9bj14N/s640/prettyfri5.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjC7GfCeD6rOxAsvMdu9KbXW3Gc1q2H-3yknPd64ZlVjIOkIQHYgYXqbPYzXcxEHe7th5mtM_KKN7nCK6uRh1BivHsM0IM6zaIg2FBGYldAvdg4UpOdD7gYBHjOS3scfTMe1QcrKErYt8d/s1600/prettyfri6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjC7GfCeD6rOxAsvMdu9KbXW3Gc1q2H-3yknPd64ZlVjIOkIQHYgYXqbPYzXcxEHe7th5mtM_KKN7nCK6uRh1BivHsM0IM6zaIg2FBGYldAvdg4UpOdD7gYBHjOS3scfTMe1QcrKErYt8d/s640/prettyfri6.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>take a moment this weekend to grab a bunch of blooms</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>to watch the tennis at wimbledon</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>to hang out with your kiddos</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>~~~</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>i'll see ya monday</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>we have a house full of extra kids this weekend</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>&</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>some serious parties to drop them all to</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>horse riding </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>& soccer</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>...i'm going to take a moment to say g'day to you all that have been visiting here </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>in the last week or two...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>i'm going to do it in the evening sun with a wine in hand over the weekend...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>...enjoy...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>xox</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJC8UP-41u28_gzrmmZwVOug52HzQiqlz1KLHA0cTRZ43PhPdYgH26FISRL5wTiYvnsaKYIGqZ3EjFaudzoRP2DkZ7YNbtj-Wke_kHJdAK6Eh0IwExF4wB2OS5bYpPM_8zbFVIkSw4ksG/s1600/prettyfri7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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friday pretties & hanging out in the english countryside...

friday...yehar... fresh flowers... wimbledon... budweisers... friday pretties... nothing like a friday arvo... kiddos home, friday after sch...

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friday pretties & peonies in french teapots...

<b><i>it's friday...</i></b><br /><b><i>you all know i lurve fridays...</i></b><br /><b><i>L.O.V.E...</i></b><br />today has seen one kiddo home from school sick...<br />one new gate at the end of our garden path...<br />two dozen cupcakes baked for our village *club day* parade & bbq tomorrow...<br />three loads of washing done & hung on <a href="http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2011/06/virtual-coffee-english-garden.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">*this*</span></a> good old fashioned perfect clothesline...<br />another lot of herbs planted in the vege garden out the front...<br />&<br />all the general kiddo school/after school stuff that happens on a daily basis...<br /><b>&</b><br /><b>it's all good- even the washing bit...</b><br />there is nothing like timing english weather well enough to get three loads of washing dried..<br /><i>outside...</i><br /><i>on the line...</i><br />i'm feeling seriously cool & righteous now tucked up in bed with a cup of tea, a pile of house mags & my laptop...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRw7xKGBSBK3LdAzhrLxAjY6QCiMS2oHhuf9Y29nScs6JauprsamEebnmmbcGJTq2bmbqhX5HiQOQ2xShtEXkgJpYcgYMatSOMS-XaeRKpuUFbQQ6_pqS1QwhkJWP2fDC4fdDf0WpXBcW/s1600/peonies1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRw7xKGBSBK3LdAzhrLxAjY6QCiMS2oHhuf9Y29nScs6JauprsamEebnmmbcGJTq2bmbqhX5HiQOQ2xShtEXkgJpYcgYMatSOMS-XaeRKpuUFbQQ6_pqS1QwhkJWP2fDC4fdDf0WpXBcW/s640/peonies1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><i>i'm snuggled up listening to the kiddos reading or sleeping in their beds...</i></b><br /><b><i>&</i></b><br /><b><i>the hubster watching & commenting to the screen on Wimbleton...</i></b><br />he loves tennis...<br />i love tennis...<br />&<br />peonies...<br />in enamel french teapots...<br />&<br />being snuggled in bed when it's raining after a day of sunshine...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA4cxietIqzzzvlKatBZH232OWytGwN7uUMPD5-1jCFCvY2XLP2h7U2StitoBeGYqTIaPR2VcQYsWTpt2a-TgdzXpWuat4w4hGGDXX25IH8GblAsgRlFAHOGh9MH9yDghTouxgP7X_ADXe/s1600/peonies2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA4cxietIqzzzvlKatBZH232OWytGwN7uUMPD5-1jCFCvY2XLP2h7U2StitoBeGYqTIaPR2VcQYsWTpt2a-TgdzXpWuat4w4hGGDXX25IH8GblAsgRlFAHOGh9MH9yDghTouxgP7X_ADXe/s640/peonies2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><b><i>there are few flowers that *float my boat* like the gorgeous peony...</i></b><br />i buy them closed tight...<br />ready to burst open...<br />we watch them at breakfast each morning...<br />in their teapot...whilst i slurp from mine...<br />they are truly amazing...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWJUn9FgYqgmzA201uG1XX0m3MY659bqTmQvTqYfDd8SP0f-GhyphenhyphenzIwdvCdXqqMOL91-Nabao4gAuoIZg5_I2BPRUWcafAq9eVJ6CVqfd1P6aXl6blyH4yVnQv2cNDYI93S8zmuTRLf4G1/s1600/peonies3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWJUn9FgYqgmzA201uG1XX0m3MY659bqTmQvTqYfDd8SP0f-GhyphenhyphenzIwdvCdXqqMOL91-Nabao4gAuoIZg5_I2BPRUWcafAq9eVJ6CVqfd1P6aXl6blyH4yVnQv2cNDYI93S8zmuTRLf4G1/s640/peonies3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">a.m.a.z.i.n.g</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfCloLOvxzNBdD71SN45146dWchFO38VIBBcpnmxZUqKPI_X8zLdxImeCnlMkG9HHY4GZDrL4kqICkzXH7X1Hwwufc2VMAg_ZamGK-ZolQnWubypieeSxJPh1gss1mHHUiE6p7JfaWcSy/s1600/peonies4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfCloLOvxzNBdD71SN45146dWchFO38VIBBcpnmxZUqKPI_X8zLdxImeCnlMkG9HHY4GZDrL4kqICkzXH7X1Hwwufc2VMAg_ZamGK-ZolQnWubypieeSxJPh1gss1mHHUiE6p7JfaWcSy/s640/peonies4.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><b><i>have a fab weekend...</i></b><br /><b><i>we have village stuff on...</i></b><br />our annual village *club day*...<br /><i>the close the village, floats & balloons day...</i><br />we love it...<br />it passes in front of our house...<br />so we make banana muffins & coffees for breakfast...<br />& drag chairs to the pavement to wave at locals we know *floating* past...<br />total storybook stuff...<br /><i>perfect for beach-reared aussie kids living in an english village...</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW81dBrNvgBofoWJAQv1snuuFMqcWnJu4AOyoa6CMwLU2Jl9P8BkJ6KmVtM08uvfKzFUfLLwd9eS6JO4rQKe5-HxIKM5wQs7-a_ZVTuc2CJHFZQPCm1WsfNigsOlbpWuJP-i5u3QaH8oZ3/s1600/peonies5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW81dBrNvgBofoWJAQv1snuuFMqcWnJu4AOyoa6CMwLU2Jl9P8BkJ6KmVtM08uvfKzFUfLLwd9eS6JO4rQKe5-HxIKM5wQs7-a_ZVTuc2CJHFZQPCm1WsfNigsOlbpWuJP-i5u3QaH8oZ3/s640/peonies5.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><b><i>i have been trying to meet my sister-in-law in paris this weekend...</i></b><br /><b><i>sometimes things just can't be *pulled off*...</i></b><br />i love her so much...<br />we met at uni...<br />she's the link between the hubster & i...<br />but it just couldn't happen...<br />i just couldn't seem to manage it...flights & all...<br />so i'm thinking of her...<br />i'll be thinking of her all weekend...<br />i told her to stand on the steps of Sacre Coeur & to just <i>take Paris in...</i><br />to sit in the Shakespeare bookshop opposite Notre Dame & to just while away the hours...<br />to walk under the Eiffel Tower & to gaze up & smile for us both...<br />i do all these things whenever we visit Paris- & i would have done them all with her...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheY7hSuvVRPpdWjEyi1jeXFfOI4Z_G_byiuPOixWce9jTHOc_QqbMl0CHhvxhXQ-T27UOrTls458dsTVo4qkxis1eF2nHf9NaU5KiYOq5Oa0oR2b3ku8C3HNcVNmrltgPueM0CmX1i2SLj/s1600/peonies6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheY7hSuvVRPpdWjEyi1jeXFfOI4Z_G_byiuPOixWce9jTHOc_QqbMl0CHhvxhXQ-T27UOrTls458dsTVo4qkxis1eF2nHf9NaU5KiYOq5Oa0oR2b3ku8C3HNcVNmrltgPueM0CmX1i2SLj/s640/peonies6.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">some things are just not meant to be...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">so i'm going to gaze at these peonies...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">indulge in my mags...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">&</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">snuggle away from the rain...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...happy friday lovelies...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">p.s... </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">just want to say thanks</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">every comment</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">every email</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">every new friend that stops by</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">makes me smile big & wide</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">x</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div>

friday pretties & peonies in french teapots...

it's friday... you all know i lurve fridays... L.O.V.E... today has seen one kiddo home from school sick... one new gate at the end of o...

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