Monday 20 July 2015

Done early!

We had a little dribble of  rain a couple of nights ago, not enough to even keep the surface of the earth moist for any length of time, but enough to cool the air down for a few hours. I took advantage and headed over to the craftavan, and prepared this week's tag for Tag Tuesday and ATCs for Kimberly's next ATC swap. As the heatwave continues without any promise of rain in the near future, I thought I had better get them done early, no telling when it will be bearable in the craftavan again.

Tag Tuesday theme tomorrow is Ooh La La. Although we all associate that little phrase with something a little naughty, here in France I hear it most often when something bad happens - for example, somebody at the brocante dropping a porcelain figure and bystanders going ooh la la, c'est cassé ( oh dear, that's broken ). 

Anyhoo, I have most definitely gone with the slightly naughty one, lol. Paris, Moulin Rouge, the Cancan dancers........ -




I love the CANCAN entry in a very old French dictionary at the top of the tag, ... eccentric and indecent...  tehehehe.

Kimberly's next ATC swap is for August, but as the theme is already up in her sidebar, I have started on the ATCs already. The prompt is DRESS UP. I used to have a doll similar to a Barbie when I was little and I used to dress her up in handmade clothes. I also loved to dress up myself in beautiful old clothes from my mother's and grandmother's wardrobe. And......... I also played with carefully cut out paper dolls and their little wardrobes of paper dresses, and thats what I went with for my ATCs. I thought it would be fun for the recipients to have a little play with them :-). This is one of them, the others are not quite finished yet -






I am also painting some old garden furniture our friends C and F passed on to us. My DH sands them down, and I paint them. One chair a day, lol, it is still so very hot and any effort is too much effort. I am painting the chairs in different pastelly colours, 2 of each. I really like the whimsical mixture. So far I have used the beautiful soft greyish green which I had also used for the table, a lovely shade of very light lilac/mauve,


 and yesterday this gorgeous light blue joined the others. DH is just doing the next chair, so as soon as I am done with this post, I'll be swinging the paintbrush again and painting the second chair in that lovely lovely blue -

This is the BEFORE pic :-) -

Thats it for now, back to the painting, and then hopefully I'll have time to take some pics of that lovely lace I was telling you about the other day.

Toodlepip xxx

9 comments:

Marci said...

Great post! Love the trim on your CAC can tag, and the paper doll ATCs are darling. Lovely photo of your redone garden furniture in that glade with the hills beyond. Fantastic colors for the furniture and your flowers look beautiful!

Marci said...

Stupid auto correct. Supposed to be can can tag.

Rhonda said...

Oh, I adore your chairs, Liz. So French, so country.

Marrianna said...

Love the colors on the chairs and table. Very beautiful. Your ATC with the doll and clothes is darling. I know the recipients will love them. I'm looking forward to the blog post and photos of the laces. I always enjoy looking at your brocante treasures.

Blessings, Marrianna

Dorthe said...

Hello again my dear Liz, how are you ,sweet friend ...
looking as you are bussy even the hot weather, could you please send some to us, we are still wearing socks in the shoes :-) Your garden furnichures are so lovely in all the sweet tones, they just make me happy to see.
The ATC`s for sweet Kimberly, is such a wonderful idea, and so lovely, too. I have also used lots of time with paper dolls when little, and also draw dresses for them, lol- your idea, of giving them a bag filled with clothes is so sweet, -and aome swappers will be so delighted to recieve one!!
Sending hugs and kisses- Dorthe

Sylvia/LittleTreasures said...

What a fun post. I love your idea of dressing up paper dolls!! Got mine started We had hot humid weather. ..just stayed inside..now it is a bit cooler and we are at a lake rental home until Saturday. .fun as I can do a lot of walking with beautiful sites to see. Enjoy a good week

Sylvia/LittleTreasures said...

What a fun post. I love your idea of dressing up paper dolls!! Got mine started We had hot humid weather. ..just stayed inside..now it is a bit cooler and we are at a lake rental home until Saturday. .fun as I can do a lot of walking with beautiful sites to see. Enjoy a good week

Sylvia/LittleTreasures said...

What a fun post. I love your idea of dressing up paper dolls!! Got mine started We had hot humid weather. ..just stayed inside..now it is a bit cooler and we are at a lake rental home until Saturday. .fun as I can do a lot of walking with beautiful sites to see. Enjoy a good week

Lynn Stevens said...

Your dress up ATC is so darling, your going to have some very happy swappers. Brings back memories of when I was a child !!!
and what a lovely setting in your yard
Hugs Lynn