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I hit the wall

Hi All

Yes I hit the wall!! what do I mean? well as some of you know I have nerve damage to my spine, this causes me to live in extreme pain, ( I also have others things wrong with me) usually my condition is kept under control using medication. There are times when I have a crisis and last week was one of them.
 My legs filled up with fluid and I had a lot of pain.
With trepidation I visited my  GP, he is new to me, I usually have to go through everything and they always seem to be the one that wants to mess about with my medication. This one was a little poppet, he took time with me and we had quite a chat,  he gave a stronger medicine that I can take when I get break through pain and drugs to help get through of the fluid.

The outcome of this I have been sleeping and resting a lot, I am now hopefully coming out of it, and will soon be able to get back to my minis.

I knew that at some time this would happen, stress affects me and brings on a crisis and as you remember I nursed my mum and then had all the stress of her funeral and sorting of her belongings.
I don't usually reveal to much about my condition and most of the time I can get on with it, but there are times where I need extra help, 

See you all soon xx

Its Happening

Hi All

First I must thank you all who have left a comment, its lovely to read your comments and to know you are enjoying what I say and do. XX

Yes its happening, I have started to put the shop together, this looks easy I said, forget that, I discovered I needed to have 4 hands, screws and lots of patience.

I took the first bit, this was the smaller side, glued where it said to glue, ( I used grab it glue) attached it to the floor, I did have the sense to put some masking tape to help hold it in place, went away and had  cup of coffee, when I came back, I took the larger side and did the same, but as I moved it they all fell off, so I thought " why not use tiny screws to help hold it together, this is where you need extra hands, the air got very blue as I tried to hold, glue, and screw!!! in the end I yelled for my son, he came running thinking something bad had happened, he fell about laughing when he saw me trying to hold and screw ( that looks bad) but you know what I mean, so I held while he screwed, ( that looks even worse) . I am happy to say finally we got it to hold. 

I attached masking tape to give it that extra hold and have left it over night.

Having nightmares now, if this was difficult to do on my own, how the hell am I going to do my big house?

Apart from the fight with the shop, I did not do much, I started to make the soft furnishing that the shop will sell, I have printed my own fabric,  so I could keep up with the beach design.

I had an old settee, so I painted and distressed this, covered it with fabric that I had printed a map on, and then made 2 cushions and a bag, I want to make a few of these. I am also going to make aprons, oven gloves and tea towels.

My idea for this beach shop, is that it is a shop that sells accessories for your home decor.

Now I need to find a name for the shop that reflects this.

anyway enough chat, here are the photos  

have not yet removed the tape, if you hear loud screams you will know it did not stick !!!

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Hi All

Thank you all for your lovely comments about my work.  It makes me happy to see that others like my work.

So what did I do? I was so pleased how the chest of drawers came out, I decided to do a chair, really getting into this painting lark now, I have been scouting about on the web and have found other painted furniture. I have made myself a file and saved some of the ones I really like and will be doing some more. I must not let myself get distracted, as I must finish my beach house first. See how good I am being, one project at a time.

anyway here are the pictures of what I did 

I painted the little charms

chest covered with maps, may fill this

shelf of shells

my painted chair

both finished

postcard holder

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more done

Hi All

Nearly ready to put the shop together, I did a dry fit yesterday, all seems well. Today I hope to put the shop together, then I can start to work on the outside, exciting.

I continued to make minis for the shop. I finished a mirror, I repainted the mirror with off white paint and then stuck shells around it, it came out well, and so easy to do.

As I said yesterday I have a surprise, today I can show you it. I am really pleased with it. I copied a real life chest of drawers, it had a seaside theme, it is now done in miniature, I only need to paint the sides and add the handles, 
Have a look and see what you think.

base colour for the surf boards

my take on the real life chest of drawers

the shell mirror