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Our Remodeled Bathroom Part I

We are almost at the finishing line from remodeling our Master Bathroom ...it was time as we last did it 18 years ago!!

It was so tired ...I have wanted to do it for a few years now ..but at last we are nearly there ...
Today should see it finished apart from some pottery items I am making or waiting to put in the Kiln
In it's day purple was the in thing and my purple rose shower curtain was the rage ..I used to see it everywhere ...but we had to update it for 2019 ...
I am having enormous fun designing it ...so great to go and pick an choose items in the shop for it.
I painted all of the walls and wood work etc ..and Danny has done all the hard work
Putting in new faucets/taps, flooring etc..he has done a grand job

I wanted one feature wall so Danny put up some bead board on the main wall and I painted it a lovely coffee mocha color ...
We just love it
It looks great against the soft warm cream walls

I had this shelf on the wall for the 18 years but it was cream so I painted it to match the bathroom ..this will eventually have a lovely wrought iron clock on it
You can also see the lovely cream walls and the color I put on the previously white door

This stool has also been in the bathroom for 18 years ..it was just a plain pine so I painted it an oiled bronze on the legs and put this pretty French design on the top
We are very pleased with it

I am also thrilled to be making items for the bathroom myself in pottery ..this is my toothbrush holder ..we will both have one each once I am finished them .
Below you can see it finished along with a smaller pot I made to fit Qtips in
Loving them ...having so much fun designing and making them

I am also making a toilet brush holder, waste paper bin/garbage can, 2 bar soap dishes , two little cups to stand the liquid soap bottles in, a water drinking tumbler for night time drinks, a little plate to sit a candle on and anything else I can imagine up .
I love that they are my own design and no one in the world will ever have them like mine
I am loving the old fashioned glaze I have done on them
They turned out just as I hoped.

The toilet brush holder just after I made it

Here is the finished item ..I need to buy a new brush

This is the inside of it

Here it is glazed ready to go back in the kiln for it's final firing

I am just loving that glaze

Here are all three together

I made two of these bar soap dishes , one each ....I used a new roller that I bought from a seller in Poland on Etsy and am just loving it ..
I have to just glaze these and get them in the kiln for their final firing
They have a little oval base under them so they stand up nicely on the counter top

Well that is part I ..I will post another two parts ...
Next time it will be about the faucets/taps , flooring etc ...
I am loving the flooring I chose

Thanks so much for popping in

I hope that you enjoyed reading about our little remodeling we have been doing at weekends lately

Happy Days to you all

Janet

Another one off of your Honey Do List Danny ....XXX

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Saturday Crafting.. Free Downloads of Easter gift tags and Cards for you to make

3/9/2019

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Good Morning ....I am posting some great FREE DOWNLOADS of Gift Tags and Vintage Card fronts for you to download and print ...to make some lovely gift items just in time for Easter

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You could also make great gift tags out of this lovely lady above by minimizing it in your print out
Also if You don't like the 'A Joyful Easter' on the bottom of the picture you could easily cut it off when making either a card or Gift tag

Print out any to these lovely prints

And place them on to the Easter place setting

At your Easter table

Would look lovely just on the edge of this plate

With the napkin and the Crocus flowers

To the side

You can also make the gift tags

And add the prettiest ribbon

Or a ribbon made from Burlap (Hessian)

And place them on the plate

They can then be taken home by your guest

And even used as a bookmark

Spray adhesive them on to some great Stock Card

One that is nice and sturdy would also be great

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What a great idea ..cut some egg cartons ...and wash out some used eggs and put little posies of flowers in them ..you could do one for each place setting if there is room on your table ...I love this idea and will be doing it on my own table settings

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All you need to make the tags are Spray Adhesive, Pretty Stock Card,Punch Hole, Ribbon or twine and some scissors of course

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Enjoy Your Weekend and please 'comment' and let us know if you made any and what you did with them

Have Fun making them

Easter is much later than usual this year

So plenty of time for you to make these

It is on

Sunday April 21st 2019

Happy Days

Janet

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Recently visited Guernsey on Cold Crisp Days

2/2/2019

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Recently visited Guernsey on Cold Crisp Days

Here we are looking out the window of our British Airways plane on the way to London,UK from Orlando, US as we are about an hour away from landing we watch a beautiful Sun Rise ...the photo doesn't do it justice it was breathtaking.

Once the Sun had risen we were in awe at the beauty before us ..as you can see the cloud was very dense ..meaning it was a dark, cold wet day below in London ...it looks like you could run across the blanket of cloud ...

The day after we arrived ..still jet lagged we really did enjoy a beautiful Choral Christmas Concert complete with Symphony Orchestra, Opera Singer guests ..The Guernsey Adult Choral Society and the Guernsey Children's Choral Society (of which my youngest son was a member of for years during his school days) ..it was just magical and festive and even Santa came and sang with us and gave the children gifts ...It took place at the former St. James the Less Chapel ...that now is an art centre ...but it still feels like a church inside ..so beautiful.

We were on vacation for just over 3 weeks and the first week was very rainy and windy but it did give us great views of the rough angry seas crashing on the beaches and headlands.

One day it only rained but with no wind so the water was still and we had a great view of the neighboring little islands of Herm, Jethou and behind them Sark
A lovely hot frothy coffee was warming our hands after braving the run to the beach kiosk then back to the car to drink in the views and coffee

This cute statue of a donkey and her baby is with reference to the Guernsey People ..we are all called 'Guernsey Donkeys' The traditional explanation for the donkey (âne in French and Guernésiais) is the steepness of the capital St. Peter Port streets that necessitated beasts of burden for transport although it is also used in reference to Guernsey inhabitants' stubbornness who boast that they are "stubborn as a mule, with a kick like a horse!"...and we really are all very stubborn ..Here are some more photo's of this donkey plus another donkey at the local garden centre ...it is said that the Guernsey Donkey's kicked the Nazi's out of Guernsey after they had occupied the island for the 5 years of WWII ...

Late night Christmas shopping is always full of atmosphere and festive fun ...the shops normally close around 5pm each evening so late night shopping is very rare

It rained most of the first week when we were running around finalizing things for our Son's Wedding ..but we did manage to walk the dog most days ..and the rain had stopped this day and Stanlee did enjoy his walk ..we managed to keep him out of the sea that day and went scrambling over some of the ancient fortification's etc...that L'Ancresse Common offers the people of Guernsey ...
Stanlee is very much a sea swimming dog no matter how rough or cold he will be swimming if he can ..
Such fun.

What a difference a day makes ..rain has gone ..sun is out and the sea is as still as a mill pond at Bordeaux Bay

Stanlee was aloud to swim this day as you can see he is ready to jump from the pier and have a good swim around by the moored up Guernsey fishing boat

This gorgeous island called Lihou island can only be accessed when a low tide happens ..you have to walk on the course way to get there ....and make sure you leave before the tide comes back up or you will be stranded for a day or perhaps more if the tides aren't right ..It used to be privately owned but now the Government of Guernsey has purchased it ..they are looking for someone to live there in the lovely granite house and look after the bird and animal sanctuary it now is ..but they do not have anyone applying ...I think it would be a wonderful place to live and work on.

After Christmas and the Wedding we enjoyed some lovely cliff scenery ..it's bit bleak at this time of year but in the Spring and Summer flowers are everywhere ..

Danny and I ...enjoying the fresh air ...with a German made look out tower behind us ..that they built when they occupied the Island in WWII ....mainly these structures were built by Polish Prisoners who were very badly treated ..so sad and cruel ..we didn't knock them down as they are a reminder to us all.

Thank you so much for popping by and spending this time with me

I appreciate you looking in

I will share some of the Wedding with you in a future blog

Have a wonderful day whatever you are doing

Take time out of it for yourself

Janet

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