Here are my purchases from nostalgia day.
The fish cruet which is actually 2 salt pots. My dream find has always been the cat cruet in this style and as yet I've only found it on Ebay but it goes for silly money.
The Contrast range February mug which I have bought to use. I love the illustration with the valentine heart pancake image.
Finally the muramic trinket dish and small egg cup from the Cinnamon range.
I have just returned from the nostalgia day up at Freeport. I was surprised how well attended it was, there were plenty of stalls and people selling their treasures. You could pick up a full tea set on some stalls and the museum had a display area with surplus stuff they can't display in the museum so I saw things I hadn't seen before.
It all seemed to go very well and generated a lot of interest with visitors. I think you'd be hard pushed to see so much good quality Hornsea on sale together again. I made a few small purchases, a birthday mug, an owl cruet set and a muramic trinket dish.
Ok I've just gone mad and baked a couple of my favourite things as it's a bank holiday weekend and the last one before Christmas.
We have a traditional Gypsy Tart, otherwise known as caramel tart, deliciously sweet and you only need a small slice to satisfy that creamy toffee craving.
And, a slab of my white peanut butter chocolate and dark chocolate swirl which is nice to have a small piece with espresso.
Let me know if anyone wants the recipes, the tart is dead easy as I used a bought flan case and only has 2 ingredients.
Its been a while since I photographed my veg and the tomatoes are ripening nicely, the peppers are producing fruit, lettuces still going strong but far too weird looking for a photo and 2 lots of beans on the way.
I seem to have a real problem with wasps getting in the house. I am catching on average 4 a day with no windows open (they look to have been painted shut for a few years!) I suppose I shouldn't be that surprised by the wasps as a few weeks back it started to look like they were building a nest in the tree just about 3 metres from the kitchen door and what with the big gaps at some of the windows and doors you can actually see them flying at a window pane and then slipping in where the sash bit should slide open.
So far I've only been stung once.
This summer has also seen much more ants than last year, infact I haven't sat outside once with an ice cream. I think last year I only managed to sit outside a couple of times for a few minutes and that was with my legs and feet in the air due to the ants on the patio.
I'm starting to feel like summer has passed me by and I've not really done anything summery like take the kite out or go to Spurn Point and now its getting dark on a night I'm starting to feel autumn is on the way.
Maybe I'll put the kite in the car for when I go to the Hornsea Pottery nostalgia day tomorrow!
The other day I had reason to visit the train station in Brid and I couldn't believe how lovely it looked with all the flowers on display.
It was literally festooned with flowers in every nook & cranny providing a really nice welcome for the visitors arriving by train.
My friend tells me that the guy who does the flowers is nothing to do with the station, he just does it cause he enjoys it, good on him, we need more people like that.
I've been making a new style of pouch purse in preparation of building up stock for craft fairs. I have to say that I'm not brilliant at putting zips in things so I wanted to make some pursey type things which didn't involve zips and that I can do quite quickly.
This is what I've come up with, it is sort of a pouch which folds over like an envelope and button closes.
I've used a thick unbleached cotton for the exterior, done a design on the front, embellished & machine embroidered and then lined them with a contrasting patterned fabric.
It's arrived, that little bit of paper I had been waiting for which says I've passed the exams,.... yay!
The bit of paper itself is a bit confusing as it refers to studying GCE which I didn't know they still did and I have been following an AS level course.
Ah well, the main thing is I stuck it out after many thoughts of packing it in so I'm pleased with the outcome. I just need all my work back from the course and then that's me done and dusted with it.
I think we are having a late burst of summer with the warm weather this weekend so I'm cooling down with one of my favourite ice lollies, a FAB.
I have always loved FAB's, I'm sure it was the 100's & 1000's which drew me to them as a child and I still like that segment best.
Not sure many of my other favourite lollies from the 70's still survive. Who remembers Funny Faces, Strawberry Mivvies, Dracula lollies, Rockets, Cider lollies & Sparkling Lemonade lollies. Wow, its enough to get you salivating just thinking about them!
Whilst on the subject of ice lollies have you heard of the wonderful new gadget to make the most amazing flavour combinations of ice lollies in a matter of minutes, and not exactly in the fridge either. It is the Zoku, sounds great and I'd love one if I had a spare 40 quid!
http://www.zokuhome.co.uk/
It has arrived, the metre of Spoonflower fabric printed with my design. I nervously opened the packet as this was my first attempt and it's always a learning curve seeing what the colours come out like on a different print process.
I'm happy to say I am pleased with the result. It may be a bit more subtle a colour for the background than I planned but I like it all the same and the cotton is a lovely quality.
I probably won't want to cut into it now I've got it but I'm sure it won't be long before I make something!
Haven't done much walking this week so decided on a mooch around Scarborough last night just to stretch the old legs. Hadn't been there long before the weather changed and turned to a heavy drizzle.
It wasn't the nicest walk, the beach was quite disgusting with the amount of litter left from the days visitors. I nearly took a picture I was that surprised by the mess, but then the seagulls started circling as people were sat in their cars on the harbour and chucking food onto the path. It was dreadful, seagulls and pigeons everywhere fighting for scraps so I changed direction and walked at the quieter end near the Spa.
Much better idea and just before the light faded I got a few nice pics of the beach huts.
