Beating the Blues...

with a

field of daisies today!

 

good morning,

i hope you're chasing the blues away today too,

doing something you love.

 

this monday is a public holiday here

so after getting my new print in the mail

from 'katie daisy' on etsy

i framed it with a bright white frame

&

shopped for a pot of daisies!

 

isn't it a delightful print...

just the kind of cheeriness i need this spring.

 

mr w won a fifty dollar gift card at mitre 10

so we shopped up a tiny storm

&

had brunch...pies and cappucinos

before he had to head back up north for work.

 

oh..that i had a real field of daisies to fall asleep in...

now that would be heaven on earth!

 

thank you

to megan @ mousehouse....see my sidebar for a link...

for showing me this print a couple of weeks ago,

i totally fell in love..hehe.

 

naturally Carol xox

 

 



The Flip Side...

i hope you're all having a lovely time

this afternoon...browsing away and posting to your heart's content!

i'm going to show you the other side to caroline's personality...

yesterday we got to see 'sweet caroline'...

pink and pretty..as one comment said..the cushion was dainty.

i thought that the word 'dainty', was just the right one.

today

carolines cushions are bold and arty...

beautiful in a different way.

lovely large floral prints are sewn in a patch on the front of each cushion...

the colours are bold and deep,

the texture of the fabric is like raw linen.

picture taken on an angle...

two out of three...

thanks caroline...these are a work of art...

and i know that jenny will find just the right people for them.

caroline writes a blog at http://www.ateliercaroline.blogspot.com/

i'm sure she would love a visit!

funny thing!!

i just checked in to see that the link above to caroline's site was right

and found that being the 400th follower...

she is going to make a few more cushion covers for theodore's flood affected people..yay!

thanks caroline  : )

i'm rapt!

and

today is my mum's birthday!

h a p p y  b i r t h d a y

m u m !!

a few daisies for you today...

i hope you're enjoying your day!

naturally Carol xox

Grateful for...Good Advice!

it's saturday afternoon again!

doesn't the week go quickly?

i feel like it does anyway...

i am at that point with my cushion collection

 for flood affected queenslanders,

that i will have to decide finally

on where it is best to send them...

i'm throwing it open!

i have a couple of places in mind

and have done a little research...

but i shall be really grateful

if anyone out there knows if there is somewhere,

 that hasn't been helped much at all.

maybe it is the area that you live in

and you know your neighbours are struggling

emotionally or physically with the aftermath of the flood.

i will not promise that i will send them where you suggest

but i will promise to take all suggestions seriously...

and contact people in the area to see how or when we should help..

if at all possible.

i know some areas have been in the news

and some tend to be completely overlooked.

if you know of an 'overlooked' area

{and it doesn't necessarily have to be the poorest..

'cos trauma happens to all economic groups}

please email me...

the pictures are of a couple of cushions

i made this morning

out of nancy's fabric...@ a gardner's cottage.

i have one or two more to make up

from her generously donated fabric!

~ 39 cushions collected! ~

{and more are on their way}

i'm linking up with "maxabella loves" today...

there are some great reasons to be grateful there!

naturally Carol xox

And The Result Is...

True Random Number Generator

Min:

Max:

 Result: 1

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congratulations

to

kimmie

@ 'the serendipity cafe'

you have won...

'miss happy daisy' apron

{handmade by moi!}

kimmie..please email me at naturallycarol@hotmail.com with your full name and address.

it was quite funny 'cos as i was printing out everybody's names

i thought to myself...number one never wins...

i always see numbers in the middle of the pack so to speak!

then i went into random. org and used their generator

and lo and behold

out pops number one...lol...

so really it proved my thoughts wrong..ha!ha!

i'm sure 'miss happy daisy'

will be appreciated!

thank you all so much for your recent support
...i have loved reading all of your comments so much.
i'll have to do another giveaway when i reach 150 followers

...probably not too many months away!

have a great weekend..

naturally Carol xox

ps....the cushion mystery is solved...those 'lilac beauties' and kids cushions featured

'on the black couch' yesterday

were sent to me

{for families affected by the queensland floods!}

 generously by 'the spangler' from her blog...'the quick unpick'!

i'll put her link up on the blogroll...right hand side...

she's a wonderfully creative woman who makes amazing clothes for her girls

and her house...go and say 'hi' if you haven't met her...

and a big thankyou from me!

we now have 19 cushions!

Spots and Daisies...

i wanted to sew something blue today.

so this is the cushion i came up with

pictures taken on the black couch...

this can either be the be the back or the front...

interchangeable.

the other side.

i have run out of black grosgrain ribbon for my tags...

so it is sadly tagless : (

the little shop in town has not reopened

since the floods...

i hope it does next week.

my fourth successful buttonholing experience!

can naturally carol sew a button hole or two?

no worries mate!

selvedges...

just love the little birds in a row!

just had to put these three little birds

on the other side...

my happy little cushion collection!

the thought of these

and many more

making a little couch or two

a sunnier

cosier

place to be

kept me sewing this week.

i'm not the fastest cushion maker

or the best...

but that doesn't matter at all...

i just want to do my bit

for fellow aussies

who are doing it tough...

join me if you want to.

leave a comment or an email...

and check out last mondays post

right here for details!

naturally Carol xox

Happy Daisy (and the Curtain)...

i am so sew happy!

i love this new apron...

'happy daisy'...i love the name of it too!

fresh off the sewing machine..

come and have a look ~

loving the spots and the flowers together...

full view of the front...

loving this delicious shade of blue!

changed 'if' to 'y' for a change...

a bit of a nod to george negus (journalist)

who says ' people don't ask 'why' often enough'...

i agree!

asking...

why...has caused creativity and invention

why...curiosity leading to learning and education.

the back view of 'happy daisy'....

her 'name'...

spots, blue ric rac and flowers...

do you like her?

now i've a curtain to show you...

i did three lengths,

so they can be moved along the track,

as and when they are needed to soften light and subdue the heat

in the middle and late afternoon,

in the dining room...

it was hard to photograph...

'cos the curtain makes the room darker...

and has the light from the window at the back of it!

the header...

little machine sewn eyelets

and hanging on metal shower curtain rings

on a rustic pole that came with the house!

the hem...

shows the butterflies...

same fabric as the header.

my machine has been humming along quite happily...

and things are on the up and up!

hoping you are having a satisfying day too, this happy daisy thursday!

nothing like a few happy daisies to have this girl singing...

naturally Carol  xox

Lost Dog Finds Good Home...

Once upon a time...

(a few weeks ago)

i found this georgeous fellow

going very cheaply...

sitting in a basket,

at the home for lost dogs and other homeless sweethearts.

(st vinnies)

i paid for him and took him home,

not knowing where i would keep him

at the time.

some time went past,

until my gaze alit on an old cane chair

in desperate need of new attire.

i sewed a little cover for her seat.

she looked much better sitting there

but something was missing

to make her complete.

a few days later...

the old dog leapt sprightly to his feet

and landed neatly on the seat.

i was delighted to find him a home,

then remembered a bunch of

lovely fresh daisies

(that Miss B had discarded)

and thought they may 

find that chair comfortable too.

the dog, the chair and the daisies

all live in my sunny front room (that

used to be a porch) and cheerily

greet the visitors who come

knocking at my door.

'til tomorrow...

naturally Carol  xox