On my travels . . . Part 3 : Ottawa, Canada

Well here it is at last.... Part 3 - and today I'm joining in with Amy at Love Made My Home,  for Five on Friday too.

We spent the last week of our fab holiday in Ottawa, a city I'd not visited before so it was fun to explore,  as well as enjoy a catch up with lovely friends : - )

So whilst our significant others attended the IPP conference, we crafty gals had a fab time doing what we love best - nattering, eating, shopping, knitting, crocheting, and just generally hanging out together and enjoying each other's company.

My oh-so-talented friend Lesley, being the closest (well Toronto's not that far from Ottawa, really. . . by Canadian standards that is) was tasked with organizing our annual Fun & Fabulous Fabric & Fibre trip and may I say that aided and abetted by Helene, they did a sterling job.

We spent a whole day visiting five of Ottawa's most fabulous stores, all of whom gave us such a lovely welcome, treated us to yummy snacks and put up with 24 very happy crafters as we ooh-ed and aah-ed over the array of delightful fabrics and yarns.

We did lots of sightseeing too, and our wanders around the city inevitably included a spot of tea and something delicious to go with it . . .

So there it is . . . the holiday that was . . .

Time to plan the next one, methinks  : - )

Have a lovely weekend, one & all.

'til next time,

xoxo

Oh baby . . .

Little things that make my heart happy . . .

• THE cutest cake you ever did see
• yummy marshmallows
• fluffy pink candyfloss
• raspberry lemonade
• and celebrating the imminent arrival of my new little cuzzie with her mama & aunty

I had such a fab trip to Scotland - the sun shone and the fresh sea air blew away my horrible hayfever - it was so lovely to spend time with my family and catch up with my gorgeous Glasgow girls.  

Busy days here, but it's almost, almost time for our summer holiday - can't wait . . .

Happy weekend, lovelies . . .

'til next time,

xoxo

ps. Linking up with lovely Amy at Love Made My Home , for her Five on Friday feature - do pop over and see what everyone else is up to.

A flowery Friday . . .

Every week when Friday comes around, I have really good intentions of joining in with Amy at Love Made My Home for Five on Friday.  But then the day seems to come and go so quickly and before I know it, I've missed it again.  

 So here I am today - it's Friday, the sun is shining and our garden is blossoming with pretties . .  here's just five . . .

Isn't it just SOoooo pretty ?

I can't tell you how chuffed I am but alas, regular readers will remember that I'm not a gardener, so the fact that these beautiful flowers are alive & well & living happily in my garden is mostly due to the care and efforts of my kind gardening gurus - my lovely sis and my ever-so-patient friend Heather, who constantly roll their eyes at my lack of gardening enthusiasm,
but persevere regardless, in the hope that one day my fingers will turn green  ; - )

All I'm really entrusted with is the weeding and the watering . . . but that's a big part, right ? 

And a little while ago I told you about an outing to Hidcote to learn all about growing a cutting garden.  (Read about it here if you like)  We got to plant lots of seeds, and the abovementioned guru Heather cultivated and cared for mine in her greenhouse until it was time to plant.  And then she came over and planned and planted for me (I told you she was kind), and I'm happy to say my little cutting garden is growing well, with lots of little budlets about to blossom too.  

Happy dancing . . .

Thank you lovely sis & kind Heather, for making my garden grow.

Do pop over to Amy's linky party and see what everyone else is doing this Friday - happy weekend, lovelies . . . blossom where you're planted  : - )

'til next time,

xoxo