My little library….

For anyone who knows me well you will know I read a lot. I mean a lot, as in a book a day and more if I am on holidays or sitting out in the garden for the day. My dream home will have a two story library in it and lots of comfy cozy nooks for sitting down with a good book. For the moment my little library will have to do! We have an alcove in our front room that is an arch shape and no piece of furniture will fit perfectly. So we put in built in shelves to make the most of the space.

I had a black chair that I got in the bargain corner of Ikea for €7. It was chipped and scratched but I liked the shape and we needed more chairs we could use for at the dinner table when guests were over, and we had a small budget. I put it in the corner by the mini library. But it didnt quite work in the black. So it was whisked up to the craft room and got a few coats of paint. Again anyone that knows me may recognise that it was painted my favourite colour. It was painted to match the wall in the alcove behind the shelves

The chair was a little bare when done so I printed of a fabulous graphic from the Graphics Fairy and used the modge podge transfer technique to get it onto the back of the chair. It didnt work perfectly but I guess it just adds to the vintage look! Right enough talking, on to the photos….

Back of the chair with the Graphics fairy image:

The chair in the mini library:

Oh and then I added a seat cushion for a bit more comfort:

Thanks for stopping by!

PS: This is only a fraction of my books, there are bookshelves all over my house, one in nearly every room. Some day my dream of a giant library will come through!!

Mark my….page

This is just a quick little bookmarker I made for my dad. He loves reading and I take after him big time in that sense. He always uses a bookmarker though. Where I use….anything that happens to be near me, a straw, scrap of paper, bank card, or just (eek) fold down the corner of the pages!!

I kept it simple and flat so that when he uses it his book will actually close with it in it! I had great fun using my new embossing powders – my first time heat embossing.  I embossed the script in clear powder, then inked up the bookmarker. I then gold embossed a stamp at the bottom and embossed the bird too. I added a TH charm. Is my dad wonderful or is reading wonderful? Both

Lonely….

Because I work evenings I am home most of the day by myself. I started thinking yesterday that I feel a bit lonely because of this. But then I picked up my book, started reading, and remembered I love being left alone to read!

Doesn’t anyone read the sign?

Obviously reading is too advanced skill for Irish drivers to have mastered. Or any sense of height judgment. It must be on par with indicator use. Them indicators are just waaaay too difficult to cope with it seems.