Vintage Herb Garden...

Vintage Ceramic Sink - Salvo Fair 2012

 I recently spent a fantastic day out at the 'Salvo Fair 2012'...

An annual outdoor salvage fair, this year held in the picturesque grounds of Stubbings Estate in Berkshire...

After spending a good few hours browsing all the salvaged and reclaimed items... I settled on treating myself to this gorgeous ceramic sink...

I have been fancying one for a while now to house a little herb garden... so was over the moon when I got my hands on this!..

I quickly filled it with some of my favourite herbs... 

Oregano... Thyme... Parsley... and Chives...

What do you think?..

Marvellous Marble Cake...

Marble Cake -
Homemade by daffodils & snowdrops

Recently... I've been pulling out the cookery books and treating myself to a bit of home baking...

I came across this marvellous marble cake recipe, in my 'Great British Bake Off' book...

A simple yet very delicious recipe... using both white and dark chocolate and a Madeira style cake mix...

Needless to say it did not last long :)

Getting Messy... Annie Sloan Paint Workshop Part 2...

I promised you that coming soon would be part 2 of my ‘GettingMessy… Annie Sloan Paint Workshop’… 

However thank you to my rubbishy Internet provider I have not been able to do this!..

So a bit later than promised… here is part 2… enjoy

Alongside learning all of Home Barns wonderful techniques on how to give furniture a vintage/ antiqued feel…

They also up-cycled an old set of worn out draws, showing us the before and after…

…and how fabulous the finished look was…

Working with Annie Sloan Chalk Black and Paris Grey paint they transformed the tired set of draws… Finishing with a coat of wax, carefully distressing and finally adding some vintage paper to the draw handles to complete the look…

I love it! what do you think?...

  

After absorbing all of these wonderful hints and tips thorough out the day… we finished by decorating our own wooden letter (or in my case ampersand)… 

...all I need now is a D and a S :)

I had a wonderful day and decided to treat myself to some Annie Sloan wax and paint brush!.. so I can have a go at up-cycling some furniture of my own at home… 

Take a look at the Home Barn website for more details on the course…