Show & Tell!

Ok ... finally there's been some action around the Meares' Madhouse, even with all the socialising we did on the weekend! Both my Beloved Geek Boy and I got stuck in around the house yesterday and finished not only our household chores, but also a couple of special projects.

Before I show you what GB finished on the weekend, I need to remind you of the back-story ... Do you remember me showing you this photo when we renovated our kitchen?

Sadly the pretty plant is no longer with us - a nasty little bug thingy chewed through the stem below the surface and my poor plant went to Plant Heaven. SIGH! I just don't seem to have much luck with indoor plants! However ... I digress!! I commented at the time that this wall looked a little blank and I'd have to find something to jazz it up. So, fast forward to a couple of weeks ago when I received my yummy new Tilda books in the mail. You'll remember the event, cos I think my Happy Dancing registered at about 8 on the Richter scale! Tee! Hee! Hee! One of the photos I shared with you was this one ...

And I confessed to having china-display shelf-envy whilst drooling over the pretty display at the top right of the page pictured here. Well ... for Valentine's Day, my usually-not-very-romantic, doesn't-believe-in-overcommercialised-holidays/events GB took himself off to the hardware shop to buy some timber, spent a busy day ensconced in his father's workshop (we don't have a decent shed for him to play in!) and made me this ...

Isn't it FABULOUS!!! I was SOOOOOOOOOOO happy with it ... GB got smothered in smoochies and nearly had his ribs broken with happy hugs! :0) I haven't been able to show you before now, cos he was waiting for the glue to dry on the dowel rods before painting ... then it rained and was bad paint-drying weather ... so Sunday was the first chance he had to paint it a nice glossy white for me to match my face-lifted hutch. I am SO keeping my GB! :0) I even have some extra space up on those top shelves for future additions to my pretty china collection - YAY! Hey Lovely Lilly Linda ... MORE collectibles fairs!! Tee! Hee! Hee! Thank you for a PERFECT Valentine's Day giftie, Sweetie!!

And if you look up between the teapots (I seem to have a bit of a teapot fetish!!) you'll see the project that I finished. It's a little bear from a pattern in the same Tilda book that the china rack photo was in. He's a slightly primitive ... in a pretty way ... bear made to look a bit bedraggled and in need of a cuddle and a bikkie. I imagine he'll find BOTH in my kitchen! :0) Here's a closer look ...

He's not very big, he'd fit inside the teapot. In fact ... I think I will christen him "Teacup"!

So ... there you go ... they're the projects finished in the Meares' Madhouse in the last 24 hours. I also made some progress on a companion project to my shabby patchwork hearts, so stay tuned for a pattern release in the not-too-distant future. And now ... I'm off to cook some dinner before heading off to our After Five Monday night rehearsal - LA, LA, LA, LA, LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!

Til next time ...

BEAR HUGS!

CHEERS!

KRIS