Spooky Fun and Fireworks.

Hello again! I hope you have had lots of fun over the last couple weeks with half term, Halloween and Fireworks Night. We were down in Cornwall for our holiday so we spent our Halloween at the Eden Project. I have been doing a bit of card making too, you may have seen this sneaky peek on my Facebook page here.

I have really enjoyed using pretty trading card adverts in this design.

Morning Glories and Clematis seed heads.

Christmas Cactus

 I finally got around to bringing some of the less hardy plants indoors because it really is beginning to get nippy out there in the garden now!

Busy Lizzy, Geraniums and Succulents all inside for Winter.

My vintage inspired Halloween bunting.

Halloween at The Eden Project

We had lots of fun making magic spell jars, seeing pumpkins and we made a magic wand by wrapping clay around a stick and adding lots of sparkly bits and beads! We also saw some cute birds wandering about in the rain forest biome as well as all the lovely plants.

Mevagissey Harbour

 We also went to Mevagissey for a wander around and of course had some delicious Cornish Ice Cream. The wind was up so the waves were good fun to watch crashing against the rocks.

And then home again to enjoy Fireworks at Totton.

That's all for now, hope you enjoyed yourselves!

Amber xxx

Walk at Bolderwood and a Birthday Card

 Hello again! It's certainly been getting chillier this week (and windy too!)
I thought I would share this fabric printed card I made for a friend. I loved the ladies having a tea party and the vintage jelly image I found was so fun, I had to use it.

Jelly, cake and tea, perfect for a party.

Christmas Cactus

My Christmas Cactus has burst into colour (which having been mostly ignored since last year, I am surprised by).

A pony we saw on the way to Bolderwood. The birds you see flying off to the left were all perched on the pony's back in a line but flew off when we approached.

The view from Bolderwood deer feeding platform - no deer but very pretty.

Last weekend we decided to go to the deer feeding platform at Bolderwood. The deer are fed until September by the park keeper but we thought we would go and have a look anyway. No deer though so we went for a little stroll.  

Funky fungi, I think a Cauliflower Fungus.

 As we rounded the corner we could hear a bit of commotion from other walkers and then we were greeted by a pink piggy who bounded off to join his friends. Being new to the Forest we found this sight both amusing and just a tad unsettling as these hogs were not shy at all. But they were well behaved and carried on their job of foraging for acorns which are poisonous to the ponies and cattle.

New Forest Pigs

Kissing Piggies

This hog had actually come hurtling along and spun off into this puddle. He only looks slightly embarrassed.

Autumn sunshine

 As we continued our walk we came upon a 'short cut'. Cue the family hopping and leaping and (with much verbal direction from all) maneuvering the pushchair through some rather marshy ground.

Hello!

And just as we had gotten back out of the marsh, this beauty popped through the trees.

Golden brown.

Through the Bracken

Little Sparkle woke up and so both the girls had a wander and an explore.
Then through a gateway we spotted the deer herd. They were quite far away but the Stag was rather noisy and kept bossing all his ladies about, although they mostly seemed to take no notice.

 And it turned out that our 'short cut' had lead onto a path that was quite a bit longer than we had anticipated, so by the time we found the car again, the sun was going down.

Sunset at Bolderwood.

But it was a really lovely walk with lots to see. I'm looking forward to exploring more here.
I hope enjoyed our walk and hope you have a fantastic week!

Amber xxx

Wickedly Vintage Bunting and Super Sunset.

Hello again my lovely reader! I hope you have had a good week. Last time I teased you a bit with some sneak peaks of the bits I had been working on and now I have checked with their new owner, I can show you them properly...

I had fun making this fabric printed keepsake card. The girl looking in the pond is from a Victorian trading card for fine shoes.

I had so many cute pictures to use, the Victorians liked to send Halloween cards.

Bunting and our pumpkins ready and waiting!

All packaged up ready for its new home!

We also had a nice stroll across the Forest near Lymington and had some fun when we found a pond.

And we caught a truly wonderful sun set at Lepe Beach and Country Park. 

I hope you enjoyed my pictures, now I'm off to design some Christmas cards and bunting so watch this space (and my facebook page of course!)

Amber xxx