Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Sunday, January 3, 2016
It's a Cover up
I was commissioned to reupholster two vintage piano stools and an old chair, they were not to be painted only the leather to be removed and replaced. I choose a beige and cream toile de Jouy fabric and then the search began for a braiding to match. After trying to source locally and failing miserably, I went on line and within less than 30 minutes found the braid which I thought would be a good match. Ordered on the 22nd Dec it was then delivered by the 29th (very impressed) VictorianWardrobe has a fabulous selection of braids.
Whilst waiting for the braid I got cracking on the stools and chair
So many tacks, in fact 110 on this chair
Next job removing the old leather and more tacks
Horse hair and a woven jute seat, but thankfully still in good condition, these tacks were a nightmare to remove and I have the blisters to prove it.
Braid turned out to be a great match
Chairs complete and I decided to make a cushion for the chair.
Delivered them today and client over the moon.
Friday, December 25, 2015
Merry Christmas Wishes
🎅🎄🎁
Merry Christmas
🎁🎄🎅
&
🎉🎈🍻
Happy New Year
🍻🎈🎉
Slàinte maith, h-uile latha, na chi 'snach fhaic!
Love Krishenka
xxxxxx
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Christmas Trivia with a €25 gift voucher to be won
Last time I did this Christmas Trivia was back in 2010 and a lot of you thought it was fun, so then I thought well lets do it again.
How to play...Someone will post something like " I like my Vodka to be .... the next person finishes the sentence and starts a new line for the next person to finish. Try and keep it clean :)
The winner will receive a €25 gift voucher to spend in my shop.
I would like to say a huge thanks to all my followers for all your lovely comments throughout the year and wishing you all a very Happy Christmas. So have fun and looking forward to seeing your comments.
Here is the first line to get you started....
I love it when my....
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Friday, December 11, 2015
First stop Marrakech
Water sellers (who don't seem to sell much water but you can pay to have a photo taken with them). Storytellers, acrobats, belly dancers who are men (pretty obvious) especially when they tried to sing, but as women are not allowed to perform, it makes it quite amusing all the same. You have doe eyed children selling packets of paper hankies or biscuits and sidle up to you and bat their huge eyes. On one stop at a cafe to catch our breath and a pot of mint tea, no less than 19 offers came to us trying to sell their wares, from watches, sunglasses, wooden statues, feather paintings, cigarettes, mirrors, baskets,lamps to name a few. The whole square is alive with sounds from drums, singing, tambourines, storytellers, violins, wafts of smoke from the food stalls, it is a total sensory explosion and can be quite overwhelming.
Chained Barbary apes wearing nappies! henna artists, orange, date, and nut sellers, and don't forget a 100 or so plus chefs with stalls where you can eat delicious tagines or Ghoulal soup if you fancy it.(snails)! and I don't and didn't. Take a trip in a Caleche (horse and carriage) on a tour round the city, oh and then there are the souks and it seems once you are in you can't get out but a fun experience all the same but can be exhausting.
After the square we visited the Majorelle Gardens, where the rustling of leaves, the chirping of birds, the whole garden was alight with the most vibrant of blues, water features with tortoises sunning themselves and stunning cacti giving the whole place an air of complete tranquility, a sheer delight after the craziness of Jemma el fna.
After strolling round the garden several times, next visit had to be the Berber Museum on the same grounds as the garden, you are not allowed to take pictures but here are a couple from their website. The jewelery displays are set in a stunning mirrored room with several display cases with some exquisite filigree work, enameling, cabochons and engravings, look up and you will see a black velvet sky strewn with thousands of stars, traditional Berber music plays softly in the background and you find your self transported to the desert dreaming of having a chance to wear perhaps a few of these choice pieces... ahem back to reality!!!!
Next stop Ouarzazate and a drive through the Tizi-n-Tichka.
Monday, December 7, 2015
Blue Christmas
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Autumn in the Tarn
Well somehow I have managed to pass an entire month without adding a new blog post. There is a reason for that and it is simply time or bad management of it perhaps. I am getting excited now as in 3 days time I am heading of with my DH to spend a month in Morocco. Not sure if I have mastered my tablet to post any pictures so it may be awhile before I post again, meanwhile here are a few lovely pictures taken by my girlfriend Sue, which for me sums up Autumn here in France.
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