Flourish & Blotts update..........

The balustrade made by Peter - I did not want turned spindles for this building.

Maybe more tweaking to be done - but not until the whole thing is together!

Ground floor window and door frame installed.

Update on Flourish & Blotts.......

The following are some pics of progress on this project to date.  I have been working steadily during the week - but lots more to be done.

All the timber framing on ready for claying

One side clayed

Other side clayed

Brickwork completed on chimney stack

Showing the completed chimney stack

Painting of the chimney stack commenced

Showing the complete chimney painted

And that has been my progress to date.   Still a lot of work to do but a great step forward.

A little progress made............

The light was not so good for taking photos - but more paintwork done on these pieces

Light Peter has made for this building.  He will be making all the lights for this - thankfully, then I can have what I want!

The front now ready for claying.  Timber framing completed so ready to move on.
The door still needs painting.

Progress with Flourish & Blott..........

So work is progressing slowly - there's always more wood to distress and paint, or bits to adjust before the final coming together.  But I'm now at the point where I'm ready to do the fun stuff - like claying and colouring, and, and, and..........

"Hardware" ready for painting

Ground floor fireplace - some painting commenced

Parts assembled ready for the fun stuff

The original doesn't have a chimney so I made one fit.

Do you like the clamps - very technical!!

Flourish & Blotts - the beginning...............

All the parts ready to go!!

Some of the timber, distressed and painted

Getting ready to clay!

Inside walls clayed and ready to paint.  Waiting for the clay to dry a little more!!

A tribal style planter..........

Just finished this today - certainly a fun one to do!

Birdhouse of fun!

A little birdhouse - a bit of fantasy!

First pic is the project just "put together" and the second pic is the completed version.

A fun project for me!  I sculpted the "roof" out of thermo plastic and the rest is woven!

More gum nut!

This time a much larger one - but I loved the texture of the pot so decided to do something with it.......

I love the combination of gum nut, cane and thread, finished with a rolled border.

Woven Gumnuts.............

These were such fun to do - a bit of play time is always nice!!

The Winner of the Give-Away.................

.......has been picked by the Random Thing Picker.  Now, if I was at all computer literate, I would have taken a screen shot of the selected winner, but as it is - my computer expert is currently away in Melbourne, participating in the Comicon event there this weekend.  So, I managed to fail miserably at the task on my own and will just announce the selected winner.

SHANNONC60

Hey Shannon - Congratulations and you only have one more step to take:  please email me with your snail mail address and I will post your basket to you.

I wish you could all have won but there it is!!  Perhaps next time, and I promise not to be too long with my next give-away!

Take care of yourselves everyone!

Vintage French Picnic Basket Give Away

Hi everyone - it's been so, so long since I've had a give away on this blog - so hope I can make up for my slackness with this.

The usual rules apply of course - you have to be a follower of my blog and post a comment on this post to participate.  Closing date will be midnight, 30th June 2017 Australian Eastern Standard Time.

Nambucca Heads...............

..........a very scenic part of the world.  Here are some shots taken during our walks over the last two days.   The views never get boring - the colours change constantly depending on the weather at the time and it is always beautiful - even on a dull day!  Hope you enjoy.

My constant companion and shadow!

My latest basket

A vintage French picnic basket with wine carriers attached.

After three weeks work..........

.....finished at last!!  Some lidded picnic baskets and egg baskets.

Taking a break from the serious side....

..........of basket weaving.  I've been working on those lidded picnic baskets and egg baskets for near on three weeks now and decided it was time to have a little fun time with some colour and shapes and these are the results.  I will do more of them when all the hard stuff is done!!

I must apologise for the poor photo quality - promise to try and do better next time!!