Coming Up Roses

Perhaps not all pink, but these roses do make me feel happy, just as pink and Fridays do.

I hope they make you feel happy too!

If you are buying rose bushes for your garden how do you choose them? For scent? For colour?

The man of the house advises, "Always buy your roses after a shower of rain."

"That way you can tell the ones that are going to look bravely up from their stems come sunshine or shower, from those that will droop in a bad summer."

My favourite rose is Double Delight . . . it has the most beautiful old fashioned rose perfume, just like potpourri . . . and reminds me of my grandmother.

Heavily flushed and edged carmine to red. It begins with a red bud opening to this lovely bi-colour and then fades slowly to cream with a light pink edge. Bushes are of medium size, of good health and vigor with long strong stems and a strong fragrance.

Double Delight is one of the World's favourite tea roses, and was inducted into the Rose Hall of Fame in 1985.

Do you have a favourite rose?

Big hugs,

X

Project: A Telephone Box

I came across this Telephone Box when we were in Bunnings the other day for AU$15.60 (it's actually a money box) and although it is not 1:6 scale (more like 1:12 scale), it will still work as a prop with many of my smaller dolls.

I gave it one coat of red paint, which covered it quite well, I was not happy with the colour.

The shade of red I used was not quite bright enough, so I used a slightly brighter red when I gave it a second coat.  It was also darn fiddly trying to paint the door and windows without getting paint on the perspex, and I ended up having to clean the perspex with a cotton bud.

The real phone boxes had the word "TELEPHONE" painted on a white section above the door and round the sides above the windows. I thought it would be too hard to paint and have it looking neat, so I printed it on paper then glued it on when all the painting was complete.

Then I made a door handle from jewellery findings which I found in my stash.

I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out and so is Truffles, a tiny elf who lives with Bon Bon and Gum Drop in a small Gingerbread House, which has no telephone. :)

Big hugs,

X

Sharing a Story

We often hear tell of "The Little Black Dress", but today I would like to share a wee story from "The Ol' Pink Bag". Of course each of the bags shown below will have it's own story to tell.

The Ol' Pink Bag: "I'll just tell you a little about me. See the one in the top row centre, #2 that's me. I'm quite business like and carry my owner's diary, her note pad, car keys, purse, card wallet, tissues, lippy and sometimes even a sketch pad. There have also been occasions when she has managed to squeeze a doll or two in me as well."

Which Ol' Pink Bag Are You?

Big hugs,

X