New crockery makes me happy, something I need to remind myself on a rubbish week like this one.
I found this Portmeirion "crazy daisy" jug in a second hand shop in Glasgow a few weeks ago. It's a useful size and matches my Portmeirion cake stand.
My sister in law gave me this funky pyrex gravy boat recently (as well as baking this victoria sponge. Isn't she good to me?) I'm starting to gather an interesting pyrex collection alongside all my china.
And onto my fabric purchases! It's safe to say that my friend Alice and I got a bit overexcited in the Mandors fabric stores in Edinburgh and Glasgow. In fact, we were so overwhelmed by the choice in Glasgow that we went away to have tea and cake and ponder before returning to make our purchases.
Tractors, cupcakes, dinosaurs, bobbin reels and elephants. Needless to say, I am a fan of novelty prints.
I've been looking for a suitable dinosaur print fabric for at least two years to turn into a dress and I've finally found one! Usually they're a bit too baby-ish in design or garish in colour but this one's unusually subtle; dinosaur print without being too in your face. I like that the dinosaurs even have happy faces.
The tractor fabric is destined to become a skirt. Who wouldn't want a skirt covered in tractors? It's going to be my first project.
Anyone else got any interesting projects on the go at the moment?