Floral Finds

Hello there!
I hope you have had a great week....over here on the Causeway Coast the sun has finally come out & the flowers have been enjoying a sunny respite from the rain

I've been trying to get a better grasp of instagram & its amazing filters, but unfortunately I think (yet again) my children are better at it than me... This is Hannah's photo from a sunset walk....

Anyway, if you are on instagram do let me know, or if you have any tips I'd love to hear them... I'm birdsongstitches - I think...

As you can probably tell, I've been spending a lot of time in the garden enjoying the flowers & scents (in between weeding & grass cutting) & dreaming up lots of stitchy possibilities,  so I thought I would share some flowery loveliness with you ...

Crochet Flower Card

Pattern available here: little birdie secrets

Flower Hair Clips

Tutorial available here: oh for sweetness sake 

Aneela's Summer Flowers Embroidery

Pattern available here: comfort stitching

Krista's Liberty Lemonade Table Cloth

Tutorial available here: poppyprint

I hope this gives you a little bit of floral inspiration... if you're looking for some other interesting stitchy stuff, click here which will take you to some more pinterest finds.....

Hope you have a lovely rest of the week & wherever you are, that the sun shines - at least a wee bit!

Take care

Karen

Giveaway Greetings

Hello there & a special holiday greeting to all American readers!
I hope you have had a wonderful week whether you were soaking up the sun...

 walking in the rain

 or building castles in the sand

With the children out of school for the summer, I've been doing all three this week - which was lovely, but it means I am a wee bit behind on lots of other important things, like blogging & catching up on all the fun on Flickr.... 

But back to the giveaway. Thanks again for all the lovely blogiversary wishes (especially to Judith & Amy!!) & congratulations to number 72 

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gccmom29 June 2012 23:12
What lovely things. Congratulations on your blogiversary! Fudge is my absolute favorite candy!!

Could you please email me your address so I can get this lot of lovelies off to you

If you didn't win this time, don't forget I'll be having another giveaway at the end of July & it might just be your lucky month!
While I was away, we stayed in an old converted monastery deep in the mountains of the tiny island of Majorca

The scenery was stunningly beautiful & I tried to capture it on Instagram

At every turn there were wee courtyards, cobbled streets, a wonderful sense of history 

and most importantly, NO RAIN!

I'm off now to see how Andy's getting on at the tennis, but I'll be back with a tutorial next week & some exciting news

Hope you all have a lovely rest of your weekend & if you have any instagram tips, do please let me know

Take care

Karen