fun in th sun

Hello all you good people,
Wow what glorious weather! As you can see the photo shoot went well, although Dige the fat cat was having none of it! He much preferred the cool shade of the plants. It's hard work taking all those photos, rearranging things etc and funnily enough Steve, Tina's lovely hubby, decided to watch the cricket instead of being our runner. So we soon needed tea and cake to revive us!Such a lovely way to spend an afternoon, especially as Tina had just taken part in the race for life. Well done Tina!!
I have a gorgeous new bag, Thank you Tina. I love it! you can get a glimpse of it in the pics- check it out. Even better come along to the Bella and The Moo fair and treat yourself to one.
I took myself off for a lovely walk along the canal yesterday evening, so peaceful and relaxing. Sat on a bench, looking out over the water, listening to the bees buzz and the fish breaking the surface of the water and read my book, absolute bliss. Ain't life just grand!!

'To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.'

All for now, look after yourself and each other

Amandaxx

What a glorious weekend we have had! Amanda and I spent a couple of hours out in the sunshine in the garden photographing our bits and pieces ready for sale. Let us know what you think of our lovely things!

Sunshiney day!

Hi Everyone! Well - another lovely day! Amanda and I spent 6 hours at the card-making workshop and both of us have made some gorgeous cards. These will be on our website by the end of the week, so do have a look!
Amanda was very pleased with the bag I'd made her, which matches mine. They became like a Bella and the Moo trademark today!!
We're hoping the sun shines again tomorrow so we can take lots of lovely photos in the garden of our gorgeous vintage china, as well as our beautiful makes.
Keep an eye out on here and the website for those!
Wish me luck for tomorrow's Race for Life and keep smiling!
Tina xx

Summer days!

Hello all - wow! The sun has come out and doesn't it make everything brighter and more cheerful! What a busy day I've had though - a trip to the hairdressers, baking some cupcakes and a lovely afternoon playing in the garden with my gorgeous grand-daughters in the sunshine. After that Amanda popped over for a cuppa. What a great way to spend my day off!
She has been raving about my rose-print shopping bag so I have made her one as a surprise and also made several smaller bags in the same print. I think these will look lovely with a corsage on them so will be looking for some inspiration for those!
Amanda and I are off to a card-making workshop tomorrow so I'm hoping to get lots of lovely cards made, including a wedding card for my fabulous step-daughter Fi and her fiance Shaun, who are getting married next month!
Keep your fingers crossed the weather stays lovely as I'm running the Race for Life on Sunday morning, then Amanda and I are hoping to get our photo shoot done for the website and this lovely blog!!
Keep shining xx

Rain and cake and bunting ho hum

Hello All, the sun has disappeared so to cheer myself up I came in and baked, works everytime as long as I don't eat to much. A victoria sponge for Mrs T and some fruity buns for my tribe, and I only ate one!
I needed a rest from cutting out bunting pennants, wow my fingers ache! All being well I will sew them up after work this evening.
We now have some lovely vintage jewellery and accessories for the fair, Thank You Mother Bea, our finder of nice things. Lot's more interest from lovely people wanting to have a stall at the fair, it should be a lovely and busy event. Hope you'll all come along and see what our local crafters have to offer and of course enjoy some tea and cake.

Happiness seems made to be shared.
-Jean Racine.

Hope your day is a happy, sharing one and that the sun comes out.
Take good care of yourselves and each other,
With Love, Amanda x

Hi lovely people! I am very excited - Amanda & I have just taken our first booking for the craft fair in September from a lovely lady with lots of vintage clothing to sell! Feels like we are really, really in business now!
Steve and I had a lovely day out today with the angel babies, but came back exhausted!
I did sit down to unwind by making some toy/laundry bags and shoe bags in a lovely blue fabric covered in cars, lorries etc. Will be great for small boys!
Amanda and I are having another business meeting tomorrow, as we have lots to do and lots to sort out!
Bella and The Moo are flying!!
Keep reading lovely people!
Tina xx

Car booty!

Hello everyone! Well, the weather stayed dry for our car boot sale, but unfortunately there weren't too many people out buying. Still, Amanda and I resisted the temptation to buy anything and did sell some of our bits n bobs so we have cleared a bit of space in our garages for Bella and the Moo.
I hope to make some more bags tomorrow, as well as cut out lots of pennants for our bunting, but all that will have to wait, as Steve and I are taking the angel twins out for the day. We thought a visit to the garden centre might be in order ... the girls love running about looking at the startled pets and causing havoc in the china department! Bless them!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend people!
Tina xx