Good morning world from Fat Fairy HQ,
Well, has summer finally arrived I ask myself? It's a glorious summer morning here in Warwickshire - bright, blue sky and the sun is out....... Yesterday was also beautiful day and it makes such a difference to how we feel.
Well, what have we been up to since our last Blog? Lots really but the one thing we would just love to share with you all is some very special news..... As our title this time will probably suggest, we have had the lovely news that later this year, there will be a new baby in the family. My son and his partner are expecting their first baby in November!!! So, as you can probably imagine, there is great excitement here at Fat Fairy HQ and I think over the next few months, our blog will probably contain more baby news as we go forward towards the expected delivery date! It might turn into a jewellery + knitting blog for a while as I've already had to rummage in the cupboard and find my knitting needles after my son said 'Mum, do you still have your knitting needles?' - what a silly question....! As a Virgo, I do find it hard to throw things away and just as well in this case! Actually the bag of needles I found first belonged to my late Mum and as she is no longer here with us to enjoy this momentous event, it feels fitting to be knitting the first item for Baby Boylin with her needles. She would be just so excited at the thought of being a Great Grandma but, I'm sure, wherever she is, she already knows!
I've started on a pram blanket in lemon + double-moss stitch - my son and his partner decided not to find out whether 'Bump' is a blue or pink one, so hence my choice of lemon wool. Gosh, hasn't wool + patterns gone up in price - anyone out there reading this blog also a knitter? If so, would love to compare notes with you! I've been lucky that a friend and also a work colleague have very kindly lent me some patterns or else this venture would cost me a fortune!
One thing we will be doing in the not too distant future is designing a range of jewellery to celebrate this joyful news - it's so lovely to have something nice to tell you all amidst all the doom + gloom out there!
Sunday 22 July 2012
Sunday 15 July 2012
Oh what a beautiful morning........!
Happy Sunday to everyone!
Well, here we are on St Swithin's Day! The week seems to have disappeared again and although I didn't quite achieve a 'blog a day' as I'd hoped, I don't think I did too badly!
The week started with some lovely baby news (as previously blogged about!) on Tuesday night when my nephew and his wife became parents for the first time with the arrival of a little pink one named Rosie (what a gorgeous name!). I've been looking at 'pink things' ever since and when our Creative Director gets home from her driving lesson, we may well pop into Birmingham as there is far more choice there and I have a feeling that Selfridges will have a fabulous baby department!
Then on Wednesday, we had a very sad start to our day at work with the news that one of our colleagues had lost her husband the afternoon before - very unexpected as these things often are. Our thoughts have been with her and their family as they come to terms with their loss.
Well, today is St Swithin's Day and many years ago whilst living down in Hampshire, we just happened to be visiting Winchester Cathedral where St Swithin rests on the 15th July and on the guided tour, we were asked if anyone knew of the significance of this day - ie if it rains today, it will rain for 40 days + 40 nights! So folks, I guess the theme of today is keep your fingers crossed that it stays nice + dry as it is here in Warwickshire at present - hence the title of this blog!
Time has gone very quickly since our very busy weekend 2 weeks ago and I realised that I still hadn't had a chance to share any of the photos with you - so here are a couple:-
Me taking a well earned rest after setting up our table!
Our table with a selection of Fat Fairy Jewellery.........
People always love our cake-stand! It has little cut out hearts all around the edges, which are just right for us to hang our ear-rings on to display them!
Me again! Our Creative Director went a bit mad with the camera.....
This last one was taken the day before at the school summer fayre - this jewellery display holds a selection of our favourite pink bracelets!
Hope you enjoy these photos + a Happy Sunday to all, with love from Fat Fairy Jewellery xx
Well, here we are on St Swithin's Day! The week seems to have disappeared again and although I didn't quite achieve a 'blog a day' as I'd hoped, I don't think I did too badly!
The week started with some lovely baby news (as previously blogged about!) on Tuesday night when my nephew and his wife became parents for the first time with the arrival of a little pink one named Rosie (what a gorgeous name!). I've been looking at 'pink things' ever since and when our Creative Director gets home from her driving lesson, we may well pop into Birmingham as there is far more choice there and I have a feeling that Selfridges will have a fabulous baby department!
Then on Wednesday, we had a very sad start to our day at work with the news that one of our colleagues had lost her husband the afternoon before - very unexpected as these things often are. Our thoughts have been with her and their family as they come to terms with their loss.
Well, today is St Swithin's Day and many years ago whilst living down in Hampshire, we just happened to be visiting Winchester Cathedral where St Swithin rests on the 15th July and on the guided tour, we were asked if anyone knew of the significance of this day - ie if it rains today, it will rain for 40 days + 40 nights! So folks, I guess the theme of today is keep your fingers crossed that it stays nice + dry as it is here in Warwickshire at present - hence the title of this blog!
Time has gone very quickly since our very busy weekend 2 weeks ago and I realised that I still hadn't had a chance to share any of the photos with you - so here are a couple:-
Hope you enjoy these photos + a Happy Sunday to all, with love from Fat Fairy Jewellery xx
Wednesday 11 July 2012
Well folks, here in Wednesday night's blog - just a little late!
I was out last night catching up with a couple of girlfriends for a drink (tea + coffee I hasten to add....!), always good to catch up with friends but by the time I got home, it was off to bed! It's a lovely morning so far here in Warwickshire, the sun is actually out and shining - what a difference that makes! With that in mind and the sun shining on my garden, I thought I'd share some garden + flower photos with you all!
My lovely garden - please excuse the washing line (most important in our house!)
Garden chairs for a little sit down and contemplate........
These beautiful flowers were a present from our Creative Director - how beautiful are they?
These flowers were from my Spirea bush outside my patio doors - with all the rain we've had it had grown so much that I've had to cut it back and decided the flowers were so pretty to bring some indoors to enjoy!
And last, but not least, this is Judy our little elderly Jack Russell! I wonder what she's thinking.....?
With love from Fat Fairy Jewellery xx
I was out last night catching up with a couple of girlfriends for a drink (tea + coffee I hasten to add....!), always good to catch up with friends but by the time I got home, it was off to bed! It's a lovely morning so far here in Warwickshire, the sun is actually out and shining - what a difference that makes! With that in mind and the sun shining on my garden, I thought I'd share some garden + flower photos with you all!
With love from Fat Fairy Jewellery xx
Tuesday 10 July 2012
A new arrival.......
Well, it's now nearly midnight so if I don't blog soon it will be Wednesday before this one goes out.....
Having promised to try and blog each day (or night), tonight's blog has completely changed in the last hour, as I had planned to blog about my other love (apart from my jewellery, my children and the dog) .... which is my garden and love of flowers (I always think flowers can make such a difference when you have some in the house). But then we received the exciting news that my nephew and his wife have just become parents for the first time! Baby Rosie (the scans were right then!) arrived at 9:22pm and weighed in a 8lb 4oz. We're really pleased for them all and now I can safely go out and buy something pink! I never quite trust the scans until baby is here - although I know they are much more reliable these days. My dilemma now is, do I go to our local Asda's to buy something pink or wait until I can get to our local Next store or go into Birmingham on Sunday..... Decisions, decisions!
In the meantime, I'm going to love + leave you with that happy news + wish baby Rosie a very happy, healthy + long life and a big welcome to the family little one! xx
Having promised to try and blog each day (or night), tonight's blog has completely changed in the last hour, as I had planned to blog about my other love (apart from my jewellery, my children and the dog) .... which is my garden and love of flowers (I always think flowers can make such a difference when you have some in the house). But then we received the exciting news that my nephew and his wife have just become parents for the first time! Baby Rosie (the scans were right then!) arrived at 9:22pm and weighed in a 8lb 4oz. We're really pleased for them all and now I can safely go out and buy something pink! I never quite trust the scans until baby is here - although I know they are much more reliable these days. My dilemma now is, do I go to our local Asda's to buy something pink or wait until I can get to our local Next store or go into Birmingham on Sunday..... Decisions, decisions!
In the meantime, I'm going to love + leave you with that happy news + wish baby Rosie a very happy, healthy + long life and a big welcome to the family little one! xx
Monday 9 July 2012
Monday night's Blog.....
Well, as promised here is our daily (or maybe that should read nightly) Blog for this week. Not quite sure where Monday disappeared to but at least the washing dried! Took our little Jack Russell for a nice wander round our local park this evening, she's very slow these days so it takes me some time! Perhaps I'll add some photo's from the park later this week as it is looking very patriotic with a red, white + blue planting scheme! I came home and made some very yummy ham + cheese omelettes for tea and then loo + behold, it was time to walk the dog again...
Thought I would share some photo's with you tonight - taken when a close girlfriend + I went down to Weston super Mare to visit some joint friends who have recently moved there from Leicestershire. Feeling very envious as they are only a 30 minute walk to the sea..... They live in a small village just outside Weston called Uphill - and yes it does have a hill..... We were very lucky with the weather (it was the Jubilee weekend) and also the traffic on the M5 - obviously the M5 Angel was on duty that day (thank you!). I'd jokingly said to my friend that if we could have a walk on the beach and an ice-cream I'd be happy - and guess what? That's exactly what happened and the ice cream was amazing - we can't wait to visit again so we can try another flavour!
This lovely little Church sits on top of the hill at Uphill - what a peaceful resting place!
Beautiful wild flowers in the Churchyard!
Local boatyard.....
Still life on the beach....
We are sailing.....
What a lovely, long sandy beach......
Sun beginning to set on Weston super Mare
Thought I would share some photo's with you tonight - taken when a close girlfriend + I went down to Weston super Mare to visit some joint friends who have recently moved there from Leicestershire. Feeling very envious as they are only a 30 minute walk to the sea..... They live in a small village just outside Weston called Uphill - and yes it does have a hill..... We were very lucky with the weather (it was the Jubilee weekend) and also the traffic on the M5 - obviously the M5 Angel was on duty that day (thank you!). I'd jokingly said to my friend that if we could have a walk on the beach and an ice-cream I'd be happy - and guess what? That's exactly what happened and the ice cream was amazing - we can't wait to visit again so we can try another flavour!
Sunday 8 July 2012
It's Sunday night again.......
A very good evening from Fat Fairy Jewellery HQ!
As quite a lot has happened since our last blog, I thought I'd maybe do things a bit differently and try to post one Blog a day (or night probably) all this week. I thought that would give me a chance to bring everyone up to date with all the happenings and maybe just change the blog slightly to include other things - all will be revealed over the next few days.....
To start this blog off - what a day it's been with the tennis - well done to Andy Murray, even though he didn't win! And also, that other favourite British topic the weather..... Today we've had some almost hot weather which lasted for just a couple of hours and then yet more heavy rain...... I've also spent quite a bit of time today taking more photos of all our jewellery - trying out different shots and locations, so keep an eye out for some of those photos as we go through the week!
Anyway this week started off on a very good foot (if you pardon the pun...!) as we had the Olympic Torch relay coming through Rugby. It meant an early start for everyone but what an atmosphere there was out on the streets. We were very lucky as it came right past our offices, so we had a good spot to take photo's and then as one of our colleagues was running the 2nd lap, he brought the Torch in afterwards so we could all have our photo taken with it to raise money for the local Air Ambulance. Here's a photo of the lady running the lap past our offices:-
We also had one of our 'special' CEMEX fleet on our forecourt - this is one of 4 of our logistics fleet which are wearing their special new 'livery' for the Jubilee and London Olympics. I know one of my friends will like this picture - watch out for these 4 vehicles as they make their way around the country!
This is me with my colleague who had the honour of running the 2nd lap - well done Kevin!
Well, that's about it for now, more tomorrow folks!
Goodnight from Fat Fairy Jewellery HQ! xx
As quite a lot has happened since our last blog, I thought I'd maybe do things a bit differently and try to post one Blog a day (or night probably) all this week. I thought that would give me a chance to bring everyone up to date with all the happenings and maybe just change the blog slightly to include other things - all will be revealed over the next few days.....
To start this blog off - what a day it's been with the tennis - well done to Andy Murray, even though he didn't win! And also, that other favourite British topic the weather..... Today we've had some almost hot weather which lasted for just a couple of hours and then yet more heavy rain...... I've also spent quite a bit of time today taking more photos of all our jewellery - trying out different shots and locations, so keep an eye out for some of those photos as we go through the week!
Anyway this week started off on a very good foot (if you pardon the pun...!) as we had the Olympic Torch relay coming through Rugby. It meant an early start for everyone but what an atmosphere there was out on the streets. We were very lucky as it came right past our offices, so we had a good spot to take photo's and then as one of our colleagues was running the 2nd lap, he brought the Torch in afterwards so we could all have our photo taken with it to raise money for the local Air Ambulance. Here's a photo of the lady running the lap past our offices:-
We also had one of our 'special' CEMEX fleet on our forecourt - this is one of 4 of our logistics fleet which are wearing their special new 'livery' for the Jubilee and London Olympics. I know one of my friends will like this picture - watch out for these 4 vehicles as they make their way around the country!
This is me with my colleague who had the honour of running the 2nd lap - well done Kevin!
Well, that's about it for now, more tomorrow folks!
Goodnight from Fat Fairy Jewellery HQ! xx
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