I recently spent a long weekend in Bude, staying with my “Auntie Beth”.
Her house is a five minutes walk from the beach, and full of her seasidey craft creations that I thought I would share with you.
Beth has experimented with a few embellished, jewelled mirrors and picture frames, some of which I have featured in the past.
And while I was there she was also experimenting with decorated pebbles, decoupaging them with scraps from her completed colouring book pages and then varnishing over them.
I understand that Hide and Seek Painted Rocks is the latest world wide craze that’s now hit the UK, in fact I spotted a ladybird painted pebble that had been left on the beach while I was there. http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/29/move-over-fidget-spinners-the-latest-craze-is-painting-rocks-6886535
The charity shops of Bude also yielded their treasures, Beth found this real porthole in one of them, it was ***** heavy but perfect for her seaside abode. I am not sure what she paid, but it was a real find, but I could see Marc taking real a fancy to it!!!!
My “find” was not quite so dramatic, a H & M Frozen dress for just £2 which made a certain little madam a very happy bunny!
Never mind all the beach finds! What about that dress! Great find and fits her perfectly.
ReplyDeletei love the mirrors and wall hangings auntie Beth they rock and on the subjects of rocks pebbles i like the idea of painting them in fact whilst walking a long a very stony beach in the lake district many years a go i picked up a stone to throw in the sea like one does ,but as i looked at it i i could see it had been carved in to the shape of a women wearing a very Victorian bonnet when i turned it over it had a very cheeky view of her exposed bum .i will take a picture as it looks very old it is not made of clay it is a carved stone which must have taken ages to do as its not that big , remind Helen when i am back in london and yes i lust after that porthole mirror a fab find big love marc ps i might have been just as happy to have a princess dress but thats another story big love marc
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! Your Aunty Beth sounds fab, and so much fun to visit.
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