Wonderings on Being a Lucky So and So

Hello my lovelies

Thanks so much for your lovely comments on my last blog post.  It really means a lot to know that I can run to my blog and I have a place where I can be myself and people understand.

Last week was my Birthday and I’ve been meaning to post some pictures of the goodies that I was lucky enough to receive, but, one of those goodies was the Sims Medieval and I have to admit that I’m a little obsessed with playing it.  How could I not be, I get to create Queens, Witches, Spies etc and then have them dance to lute music or get thrown into the pit and eaten by the beast when they fail at tasks.  I love it!

Anyway, here are some of the other bits I got:

A set of baking cutters that look lovely on my kitchen shelf.  I can't wait to make some scones or pastry so that I can use them.

 A beautiful book on up-cycling and reusing vintage treasures.  The pictures in this are so pretty and it's given me lots of ideas for things to try.

This is my beautiful Audrey Hepburn doll.  She's still in her box at the minute as I want to get her out and have a proper play with her.  I've been inspired by a lot of the pictures of similar dolls on Pinterest and I think I might do a mini fashion shoot with her.

I treated myself to a bottle of Kraken rum and couldn't resist taking a photo of it along with my steampunk hat that I wore to a fancy dress party.

The bottle is just gorgeous and I have to admit that I haven't even opened it yet so I've got no idea what the rum actually tastes like, but I'll certainly be keeping the bottle after the rum has long gone.

I always take my Birthday off from work and so I went out with my Mum and Sister for a walk around our local Antiques Centre.  Having been a huge Twinkle fan as a little girl I couldn't resist these two annuals.

A couple of the tales I could still remember and it's been wonderful to re-read them and delight over all the colourful images.

I just love this little donkey, he's so cute.

Last, but most certainly not least, this is my wolf Motomo.

 

Well, I say my wolf but obviously he doesn't live with me.  He lives in a conservation park in Berkshire.  I do get to visit him on open days though and I get this beautiful photo of him and a vial of his fur.  I also get to feel rather good about the fact that I'm helping to support such a gorgeous creature.

I just think it's the coolest thing to have a vial of wolf fur.  I've got it out on display with a couple of my vintage medicine bottles.

Oh, oh, oh and I forgot.  I dyed my hair dark purple.  I'm loving it so far, although I'm a bit worried about how quick it might fade. The picture here actually makes it more look more red than purple but you can get the general idea.

I think that's enough blabbering from me.  The new Art Doll Quarterly magazine arrived today and I think I might open that rum and have a read. :-)

Thanks again for being so lovely, I love having this little blog.