bee handmade

being beside the seaside

More lomo happiness

Bamburgh

Brighton

Venice

last throws of summer?

I hope not but it certainly feels like the days of light and warmth are numbered. Yesterday was spent giving an inaugural outing to one of our wedding gifts before its too late.

The picnic hamper was a success and felt very civilised. I love the Emma Bridgewater polka dots.

I decided to be productive when we returned home (sort of) and spent a little while playing around with some scraps of fabric. This was the result.

I'm reasonably pleased with the result. Sort of SJP crossed with an English fete.

presents

It was P's birthday the other week and I racked an raked my brain for gift ideas and eventually landed upon this

It's a bell tent and it's gorgeous and reminds me of proper, old fashioned camping. There is lots of information in the brilliant book and website Happy Campers which is full of atmosphere and inspiration. I used to go camping every year when I was young and I have very fond memories of canvas tents, little stoves, sleeping bags ...

Look, the stove matches the car!

The bell tent has a serene atmosphere. Here is a view of the inside.

Unfortunately it's first outing was mainly of the wet variety but I'm looking forward to many more.

I apologise for the lack of crafting on this CRAFTING blog. I keep anticipating being sued for misrepresentation. I NEED to get back on track.

packages and promises

My first packages have been sent out. A very small start but a start nonetheless.

The promise is one to myself to keep on going. I'm a master procrastinator so that's often easier said than done!

In the meantime, to make up for a lack of actual crafting around here I give you some more lomo offerings. A taste of summer amongst the torrential rain!

Luskentyre

Seilebost

Carnoustie

colours

I love colours which remind me of the sea. Blues, greens and greys. Lomo cameras are brilliant at capturing and enhancing these shades. They may be old school technology but I enjoy the charm of the unexpected. The lomo effect is forgiving of pictures being slightly out of focus and sometimes the 'mistakes' are still lovely images. Here are some of my favourite reminders of this summer.

Bamburgh beach at dusk

Honeymooning in the Cyclades