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  1. Dips

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    Thank you Sheal. Sorry i thought i replied i think i must of read this before bed and them dreamt i had replied. Im hoping you are right and it will get me some more sales

    Recently had my first australian order which was exciting!!

    My Seren Sketches store also got a custom order request on the first day it opened which was great as well

    Spent the last two days creating a pen pot for my desk. I got the douwe egberts orla keily jars which are great for my pencils but too deep for my pens so I used a kidney bean tin to make a holder for them.

    I sprayed it orange two days ago and yesterday drew tulips all the way round with a sharpie



    its too deep for my tipex tho luckily i have a half sized tin of haggis in the cupboard so I might have to have haggis on toast and then spray that up for the tipex, rubber and pencil sharpener
     
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      Yay! I went to the Plant Fair at St Michael's Hospice yesterday......and there sat some very familiar looking teapot cosies. The lady said they were made by a very nice lady called Jenny - who wasn't there at the time, or I would have said "Namaste" :-)
       
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        Namaste JJ28. What a perfect "fair weather day for the Plant Fair". Hope you got some nice bits and pieces for the garden,
        Jenny namaste
         
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        I didn't think they had many plants there this year, there seem to be more at the Open Gardens - Winchelsea ones had garden bits & bobs as well as plants. I did get a lovely burgundy coloured osteospermum. Then I went to plant sale at Three Oaks in the afternoon.....different story - vinca, astilbe, geraniums, campanulas, runner beans (mine looking a bit sick) so now have to do a great deal of clearing and digging as everywhere cleared so far is "spoken for" with plants I've already got. I'm starting to feel like a gardener....
         
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        Awesome!

        How did they get in touch with you?
         
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        I just replied to their Facebook status and was asked to drop them an email

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          I think I will follow them on facebook....
           
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          I have been meaning to tell you they also posted this competition thing and didnt know if you would be interested or not http://www.justfabrics.co.uk/competition/
           
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            Hmm Cotswold though. Dunno anything about that area lol. Did you enter?
             
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            not yet. But i googled some wild flowers that grow in the cotswolds so thought i could just draw them and send it in lol
             
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              Fair enough.

              Here's my latest project, a used tin that I was given by a friend. I resprayed it and then painted it so I could fill with fudge and send on to my nan for her birthday.

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                Love it JJ and so will she,
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                  ah thats lovely Jane :-)

                  it remind me of the traditional gypsy caravans that would be painted and decorated
                   
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                    Aw I would love one of those to live in during the summer. I'm sure I'm seeing them with rose tinted specs though.
                     
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                      I want one too but more as a studio or retreat in the garden

                      I don't do any form of camping lol
                       
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