"...and the winners are..."

...after spending two hours writing everyone's names down and then being a traditional girl I wanted to draw the winners in a more traditional manner...so by pinning Mr Hunter to the studio wall and asking him to draw out the winners one by one....I would actually like to say he got into the spirit of things in true Bafta style.... "and the winner of the cushion is...." and then I scuttled to the corner of my studio to write down the name... so all done very professionally this Friday evening...

 

...so here are the new owners of pretty linens -

oh my! oh my! oh my!.....

 

If you are a winner then all you have to do is email me at info@vickytrainor.co.uk with your full name and address.  If any prizes are not claimed within the next 7 days then I will pin Mr Hunter down again and re-draw that prize.....

 

So a very big thank you to all who entered and for helping make my first week here in The Linen Garden a very cherishable one.....Please keep popping by....I have lots of inspirational posts planned - some with words , some just beautiful visuals, some the studio, some my family antics..............

 

I would love for you to keep stopping by and saying hello once in a while.  A blog can be a wonderful place but also a lonely one if no-one makes their visit/presence  known by leaving a comment.....even if you just leave an obscure word that just makes me giggle would be tremendous......have a wonderful weekend...see you Monday xxxxx

You made me smile Mrs Tiltman

 

...well I did say that this blog was to be a little floral community...

and oh my how it is happening.... 

Thank you so much for your comments, your emails and messages on facebook and twitter you have made my heart smile and this new chapter is certainly going to be a wonderful and endearing one.

Lynne Tiltman has just emailed me a link to this song

"I couldn’t really post this link on your blog, but your flowers remind me of it all the time!!"

 

..it makes me smile, giggle, reminds me of being a young girl (my Nana used to sing it) and I love that the slideshow can't quite keep up with the song...fabulous....so what I want to know is, at what point in the day, after you have watched this, did you find yourself whistling or singing this english classic...and did your tuneful manner pass infectiously to someone else...please tell - I'm nosey...

 

 

see you Friday evening when I will announce the winners of

The Linen Garden Giveaway

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....it's very therapeutic starting a new blog. 

 

I am like an excited child starting her new school exercise book with freshly sharpened pencils neatly arranged on the desk.

 

 

I promised that I would show you the giveaway prizes today, my little thank you to you for joining me here in this linen garden. If you have already entered then here they are - tada -

One pretty floral cushion made from

vintage French linen and decorated with

one of my 'love brooches'

 

 

 ...two linen signs

 

 ...three bookmarks...

 

 ...and a 'love brooch'...

(perfect for a winter's cardi)

 

...if you haven't entered and are wondering how one of these linen lovelies can be yours then please read the previous posts..... your comment can be left anywhere on this blog until Midday on Friday 31st August then all names will be collected and popped in my tin, shaken and names will be drawn out and published here on Friday....

...a new chapter...

...I don't know about you, but I live my life in chapters.  Small changeable stepping stones, as I weave my way through the months and years...

I love the closing of doors (in a positive way) and the opening of new, leading me to an entrance hall, with many doors, each leading to ventures new.

 

The Linen Garden is my next chapter.  A new journal documenting the planting and 'sewing' of my stationery world.   My meanderings and wanderings, inspirations and aspirations.

 

I affectionately call my studio 'The Linen Garden'.  It is continually decorated with all that is floral.  Printed stationery, linen stationery, embroideries, vases filled with snippets from the garden, bowls of fabric petals, photographs, textures, magazine clippings, old books, new books, precious china, broken crockery and hoardings of haberdashery...every surface creating a little flower bed of it's own, every wall space a trellis of work in progress.

 

 

I also have friends visiting The Linen Garden, every now and again, to share their ideas, leave a recipe or two, places new, views and reviews, as we all cluster together to share some floral love.

 

...I would treasure your company...and would love for you to join me and visit me once in a while and help me embellish this little journal with friendship, passions, ideas, happiness, fun, humour, and shared stories in any comments you wish to leave.......

 

....a beautiful floral community....

 

To say 'hello' and thank you for taking the time in stopping by I am holding a little giveaway.  All you have to do is become a follower of this journal and leave a comment below to win a lovely decorated linen product from the studio (details of the prizes are  in the holding post below-15th June).  The giveaway will close on Friday 30th August at midday and the winners will be announced that afternoon.  Photographs of the lovely linens will feature here tomorrow.

 

Image Credits: Becky Mitchell

taken from The Linen Garden photo shoot

which will feature here soon