Another delightful deadline & party prep begins . . .

Sorry I'm late Miss (-es and Mr's!) It's bumper blog this week - busy busy! First up - Christine picked up her hat on Friday and looks totally fabulous in her new peaked button beret! And quite right too - one must always look one's glamorous best when collecting one's MBE from the Queen! What an amazing lady! (And hopefully a hat to match!) :)

Next up, mixing business (ish) with pleasure on a gloriously girly weekend in Bristol with my bestie :) We also discovered that stretching steaming hot felt is significantly easier when you've got rugger-guns on hand - introducing my new glamorous assisant! #yourehired ;) (Ooh and Mary - I hope Mad showed you the stitching round the headband this weekend: it's so tiny and neat and even, we knew you'd be proud!) :)

 

And finally, just pleasure! Decorations for my mad hatting 30th are finally underway - and boy have I got my work cut out lol! Only another 29/78 roses to go for the Queen of Hearts' rose garden... Exciting!

Working equally as hard, my super talented daddy has finished the donut brim block for my party hat - what would I do without him!?

And surprising everyone with its determination and optimism, my Angels' Trumpet plant has panicked about winter (happens to the best of us deary!) and put out two more flowers (currently in the form of the weird green triffid fingers...but you just wait!) I'm very much hoping they'll be out for my birthday too - they smell of heaven!

The Handmade Mondayers have been equally industrious as always - check them out here and I'll see you in a fortnight! x