Busy Bee Studio

Are you ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .?

Yes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I'm ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . .

I have hung out the flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

and decorated our front door wreath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I painted a plain white wooden heart with a union jack . . . . . . . . .

Do you like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ?

I have my sherry glasses at the ready . . . . . . . . . . . .

Now I feel ready to toast the Queens diamond jubilee . . . . . . . .

How are you celebrating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ?

New gorgeousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Just to let you know I have new gorgeousness for you

Feast your eyes . . . . . . . . . . .  . . .

Lovely kitchen storage tins . . . . .

I love red and white spots at the moment . . . . . . . . . .

What about this gorgeous pegbag . . . . . ..  . . . . .  .

and . . . . . . . . . . .  . .  matching pegs . . . . . .  . . . .  . . . . .

And I have vintage gorgeousness . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . .

Tongs for posh sugar anyone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ?

and just look at this lovely large eiderdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

"Sherry with the Queen" anyone . . . . . . . . . . ?

Gorgeous bits and bobs of vintage china . . . . . . .
Sooooooooooh pretty . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Check out all our new gorgeousness here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Meet Merlin . . . . . . . . . and his girls.

Well it wasn't a box full of quality wine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Although I have been known to partake in the odd glass!!!

And the clue . . . . . . . magic . . . . . ?

Meet Merlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . .

What else could I call him?

Cloaked in jet black, he is our new "Cochin" cockerel . . . . . .

I love these birds . . . they are so very beautiful . . . . .

Not so productive . . . but gorgeous . . . . . . . .

He is not very old, and he needs time to fill out,

but I can see he is going to be magnificent!

He arrived last Saturday, in the cardboard boxes . . .

along with 3 new girls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Two black chickens and a splash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The blue grey bird was the last one of our original birds . . . .

When they are all settled in . . . . . .

I am hoping for plenty of these . . . . . . . . .

As if by magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Oh what's this in the back of the car . . . . . ?

Can you guess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ?

Oh now it's on the wheelbarrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

That doesn't look like magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Can you guess?

 

A bucket filled with a hydrangea . . . . . . . . . . .

Sometimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A simple thing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Like a vintage bucket  . . . . . . . . . filled with a hydrangea . . . . . .

Is all you need to take the rainy-day blues away . . . . . . . . . .

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Twenty years on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and it hasn't lost its magic . . . . . .

In February of this year we celebrated 20 years of marriage together.

 So we decided to book a little treat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Well it does you good to have a little treat . . . . . . . . . .  . . .

every now and again . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . don't you think?

Not too often though . . . . . . . . . . as that would make you spoilt.

It was a celebration too . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

You can't let an important date go by and not celebrate it can you?

So we had four, very wet, rainy days in our beloved Venice . . . .

It was soooooooooh wet!!

One of the few places to escape the rain was to go here . . . . . . . . . . . . .

and stay for a while . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Well it would be rude not to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . .  . ?

And why not have a little treat while your there?

Well . . . . . maybe the tray full was a bit spoilt . . . . . . . ?

All too soon it was our last night in Venice . . . . . . .

And we celebrated with a little treat . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Well you can't go to Italy and not have a pizza?

Next day we were whisked back to the airport . . . . . . . . . . . .

In our water taxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By a very cool italian driver . . . . . . . . . . . .

Twenty years on  . . . . . and it hasn't lost it's magic

 

 

Winston recommends . . . . . . April

Winston recommends this seasons "must have" rose felt rings . . . . .

Available on our website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

One size fits all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Available in pink, (the pink is Winstons favorite), red and grey . . . . .

Open Event, Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th April. . . . . . . . . .

Hello, hello, and welcome to our April Open Event,

and our little piece of "Home Sweet Home" . . . . . . . . . . . . .

As always we have lots of gorgeousness for you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

We are "Open" between 10am-4pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

So just pop in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .  . . . and say hello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

If you don't live close enough there is always our gorgeous  website

and I have added new goodies this week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Like this gorgeous cushion in a vintage silk from Laura Ashley . . . . . . . .
and this pretty jug in the vintage section . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lots of love,

Helen xx

 

Next step . . . . . . Hollywood?

Well you all know that Winston has being doing a spot of

product endorsement for Busy Bee Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . .?

So, he's only gone and sent his photo into . . . . . . .

"Homes and Antique magazine" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

They are having a bit of a feature on  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

paw-sitively (sorry) adorable dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

accompanying their owners on vintaging outings across the country.

Winston thought he would fit into their feature perfectly . . .

And guess what . . . . . . . .  . . . . . ?

He's only gone and got his photo up on their website!!!!

Check him out here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Next step . . . . . . Hollywood?

Just like magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Well in the world of the internet anyway . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Just like magic . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . .

Remember that tired, tatty, old border that edged our drive . . . . . . .?

Remember how I wished I'd never started . . . . . . . . . . ?

Remember this . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . ?

Well lots of very hard work  . . . . and two months later . . . .

and just like magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

That tatty old border now looks like this . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I am most pleased with the green obolisks . . . . .

that Mr Busy Bee made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

They have gorgeous David Austin roses planted under them,

Look sprouting already . . . . .  . . . . .  . . . . . .

The new planting now sets off our boat  . . . . . . . . . .

the "Lady Bleach Green" very nicely at the end of the drive . . . . .

Hmmmmmmm Lady Bleach Green . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . ?

As my mum used to say . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

"Someone round here has ideas above her station"

Hee hee!! . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .