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Shabby Chic Thread?

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  • ANNEGEDDES
    ANNEGEDDES Posts: 911 Forumite
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    i cant believe she can do all of that!! i thought i was ace ainting a nest of tables, it took weeks!!

    i aspire to be like that xx
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    Thanks to all that take the time to post
  • rosieben
    rosieben Posts: 5,010 Forumite
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    me too, when I have the energy!!! :)
    ... don't throw the string away. You always need string! :D

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  • npsmama
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    Does anyone know where I can find pink or shabby chic A4 letter trays and an expanding filing box please?

    thanks
    "Finish each day And be done with it.
    You have done what you could.
    Some blunders and Absurdities have crept in.
     Forget them as soon as you can."
  • Ellidee
    Ellidee Posts: 6,216 Forumite
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    npsmama wrote: »
    Does anyone know where I can find pink or shabby chic A4 letter trays and an expanding filing box please?

    thanks

    I noticed that WH Smith stock Laura Ashley filing boxes etc. They were in the big store in central Manchester. HTH
    Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. William James
  • Ellidee
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    :j Bob fancy seeing you on here ! Well those mugs are nice but, imho they don't shout Cath Kidston to me, I associate her with floral patterns. I got some fab Churchill mugs from the Pound Shop that look more shabby chic to me.
    Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. William James
  • pennib
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    Here is a quilt I made a few years ago. Its crazy patchwork of bits of dresses/trousers etc from my childrens clothes and other bits. In the middle of each patch (although you cant see it very well) is a cross stitch of a flower with the names starting from A going through to Z. I have embroidered the families names and dates ramdonly across the patches. I lightly stuffed the hearts. It fits the double bed nicely in the winter. I was going to use it as a wall hanging but it didnt look right. The dark blue material for patching it together was given to me.....so a very cheap quilt. The lining was a double throwover found in a charity shop for £2.

    http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm122/honrel/IMG_0595.jpg

    How are you getting on with your cross stitch Mumzy?
  • Mollymop5
    Mollymop5 Posts: 2,095 Forumite
    Pennib that's beautiful.You're so talented.
    lost my way but now I'm back ! roll on 2013
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  • pennib
    pennib Posts: 1,417 Forumite
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    thanks Mollymop. It's a case of not having much money, so how can I be creative without spending all the housekeeping!!

    I have recently dabbled in a few cards for family and am collecting bits and bobs for a scrapbook thingy for my dd, but I dont know where to begin really with that. I have looked at books on the subject but I dont want to end up paying lots of money for it as you can go quite over the top with them. So if anybody has any tips I'm all ears!

    I would like to do a steam train theme as we recently went on one and my dd and her hubs love them. I have a few photos of the train and some green papers (reduced of course!) to imitate the wonderful country we passed through.
  • mumzyof2
    mumzyof2 Posts: 3,343 Forumite
    Im on my 2nd cross stitch now :) my mum bought it me other day. I dont know how to put pics up and in need of a new camera
    Sealed Pot dec 08 - dec 09 so far £27.67, Live off £4k Spent £330.20 GC £1,200 for 2009 Spent £50.78 PaD so far £650.07
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  • pennib
    pennib Posts: 1,417 Forumite
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    Wow Mumzy you are certainly are going along:T Which one did you finish and what are you on now?
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