Fabulous Fabric

As the title has already mentioned, i have found some fabulous fabric!!!!

Do you like???


We are very lucky here in cambridgeshire as we have quite a few charity shops, 1 is called open door and they have one based in newmarket and one based in mildenhall. I must say we are spoilt rotten as i have found quite a few treasures there. I do love the feeling of giving new life to something old, poor rejected things that no one needs  or wants.


Here is another unwanted piece of clothing, a scarf to be exact, now turned into a lovely woollen bag, fully lined and which sits just nice under your arm.

If you would to see more of my makes then please do come and see me on my facebook page 'bearsfootprint'. I have already had the lovely Lizzie from The Pea Pod pop over.

ohh i have a craft fayre which i will be attending next weekend so im busy as a bee making more things. I dont know about you but i always think that i dont have enough stock, so the last week running up to something like this i tend to panic, im sure i will have plenty but hey x

I do hope you have all had a good weekend x x  see you all soon x  x

It's been a long time.

Hello, sorry its been such a long time but somehow time has ran away from me. I cant quite believe that my last post was at the end of March, i mean that's a whole month ago. I guess your all  wondering what i have been up to, well nothing too exciting. Its mainly been the kids, hubby and all his appointments and well me working.
I said it wasn't anything too exciting.
 Hubbys appointments have been stressful as the dept of work and pensions has told him that he has to attend interviews at the job centre to able him to go back to work. It's a joke really because he really is not ready to go back, physically and mentally but hey if he can push a wheelchair then that doesn't seem to be a problem? and mentally well i don't think they have listened to anything we said!!! at the medical. Dont get me wrong i understand what the goverment  are trying to do, you know getting all them lazy people back into work and stop them sponging, but instead all they are doing is  disrespecting the genuine ill people.
If my hubby could he would be out there working but he cant. Why does mental health have to be so invisable to people and yes i do mean the so called professionals too.


As you my of guessed me and hubby have been rather stressed with it all, prehaps this is why i haven't blogged lately. 
To make sure that i do get a little time out, i have had a little crafting,
i have made some bits and bobs...

this cute little phone case

and these

these cute little sun/glass cases

i really pleased how they have turned out.

I have them for sale on my new fb page, which is named bearsfootprints.

So pop by and say hello as i would love to see you there and then you can see some other makes x x

Anyway the computer is about to die on me so im afraid i must go and recharge ( the computer and myself)

So goodnight and farewell x x my lovely peeps x x x

What a wonderful week we have all had. Lovely glorious sunshine!!
So what have i been up to, well not too much i guess doing lots inside ( which yes is a shame but things still need to be done). I did go down to the local village nature reserve. Had a lovely walk down there with the kids. We were very lucky as we saw something very special.... I have trained my kids to be quiet as not to spook the wild life and we came across this..

A beautiful grass snake, i was truly lucky to get this picture as they are so quick to hide. In total we saw 4 grass snakes, which is great for the reserve, mind you some people who dont like snakes might not be too impressed but hey like i said normally they are so quick alot of people who go down there hasnt even seen one!

We also travelled down to the Marina and saw these fine creatures.

i just love being in the middle of nowhere (nearly) where you can see lots of different things. Animals are so beautiful when you actually take time to look at them properly.

Also on our travels as we were down the marina, we saw lots of canal boats..

Such a lovely atmosphere down there, people sitting outside chatting having bbq's etc and theres just something about being by the river.

So have any of you had a lovely relaxing time in this fabulous weather, i would love to hear about it!

Well thats it for now so i will catch up with you all soon x x enjoy your night x

new kid on the block!

Firstly i hope all you mum's had a good day, me well i was working this morning but this afternoon i got some lovely little presents from my 3 little bears. Chocolate a must and very yummuy, mind you didnt last too long shared between the 5 of us, a lovely little owl decoration and a mug too x oh and i musnt forget the lovely handmade cards they made with their dear little photo of their faces x  I LOVE my lovely gorgeous kids x x

Another thing that happened this weekend as some of you are already aware of, is Floyd. Floyd has now moved to the allotments with a new flock of girls and another cockeral called Hector!
It was so sad to see him go, i packed into a box and popped him into the car for the short ride to the allotments. You know we didnt hear one little peep from him as we walked him round the track pass the turkeys, ducks, chicken, cockeral, horse and finally to his destination of  margaret's plot. Margaret is the lovely lady who is going to be looking after him. She had sorted out a new little pen for him until he has settled in, then she is going to move onto fresh pastures in another pen next door. When he moves over, he wont be alone as some of the girls will be going with him. This is also because Hector is the father and she does'nt really want him fathering chicks from them.
So Floyd has settled in well and the kids can go up and see him whenever they want, which is a bonus, we might also have a spare key too so we can even go into the pen and see him properly.  Anyway here are a few pics of him moving in.....

As you can see Hector and the girls are wondering who their new visitor is x

Also Floyd is definatley much bigger then Hector so not quite sure how they will get on .

And here is 2 of my boys trying to feed the rest of the flock x

Anyway at least Floyd is settled now and im pretty sure he will be very happy x

its time!

Well tommorrow is the day that Floyd is moving to his new home. Its a shame really as i have quite enjoyed hearing him crowing, but alas i dont want  to annoy the neighbours so its time to say farewell.  Mind you in saying that we can all still  go and visit him when ever we want. As the allloments where he is going is only across the road. Might even still be able to hear him, depending which way the wind is blowing...I will hopefully post some pics of him in his new home so you can all see him with his new flock of girls.
Anyway what else have i been up to, as im afraid i have been abit busy so the posts have been a little lack.
Well i have been in the garden again, sorting out the composts bins, putting the lovely new compost on the beds and turning last years compost into the next bin so i can start again in the main bin. Also ive beeb there digging over the remaining raised beds, now 4 have been dug over ready for the potatoes, onions etc to go in.  So this afternoon i took trip to the local garden centre to pick up some potatoes, onions, garlic, and parsnips. I still need to get some cucumbers in but i want the mini ones so i need to have a look around, maybe get them as plugs, will see. They didnt have our usual potatoes either, we normally get charlotte as new's and maris piper for main crop, but today i picked up Wilja as second earlies and  Rocket for the new potatoes, has anyone tried these...?
One job that i really need to do is to cut the grass!  dont you think the garden looks so much better with a grass cut.
 Ohh we had a couple of new birds to our feeders too, one im not sure what it is could be a chiff chaff or a warbler of some what, and also a pair of long tailed tits. Tits are so beatuiful here's a little blue tit enjoying a nibble..

I love watching the birds from my kitchen window..

I surprised a dear friend today as it was her birthday this week, nothing too big just a little something..as she really didnt want anyone to know, but i made this..

A cheeky little bumble bee keyring.

She loves bee's so much that last year she got her own little beehive full of the little things.

So before the end of the week has fully finished Happy Birthday my sweetie, you know who you are!!!

Anyway for now im afraid thats it but hopefully next time i wont be away for so long x x Have a good weekend everyone x

sunshine days

After spending a morning at work, it was so nice to come home have some dinner then to go outside to spend some time in the garden. My two eldest kids had gone out on their bikes and Bear was out side helping me. The garden needs so much doing to it. The rose bushes needed to be pruned,  1 job done.  The weeds need to be hoe'd out, some done. Oh so much i dread to think how long it will take. Poor hubby can only just watch as he is still unable to do any, so frustrating for him to see his beloved garden go downhill. So my promise to him is to try and get it round so when spring comes so it wont look so bad.
 For some of you who havent seen my back garden here are some photos....

yes as you can see its quite big/long, what you can't see is that there is another piece of garden just in front of the trees in the top picture. In there we have lots of plants in the summer so lots of beds that need weeding, we also have a bed especially for some most lovely roses. I can't wait to have them all in bloom again.. You wouldnt believe how many times i pricked myself on the thorns while pruning them anyway do you want a sneak preview of one of them in bloom....

I really love this one.

As well as the beds for the flowers, as you can see we also have some raised beds for the veg, which is another thing i need to dig over ready for the growing season which is also something i  still need to get. All those seeds carrot, parsnips, potatoes, radishes, french beans, spring onoins, onions etc Cant believe how far behind iam. Oh not to mention that i still have the green house to clean out. Well at least the chickens have a clean house with new bedding so the girls and boy are happy. Lets just hope the nice weather stays abit longer so i can do abit more and hubby can sit a tell me what to do.

I hope you have all had a good weekend and enjoyed the lovely sunshine while it last.

flo or floyd

flo? or floyd?

that is the question..

here is Flo at 1 week old

and this is Flo at 25 weeks old.

Now this is the thing i have been patiently waiting for our Flo to lay her first egg this last few weeks but alas nothing, but i thought not to worry she may be a late one. But Thursday i had a sinking feeling as about 9.30am i heard a noise that just didnt feel right.

Flo had made a noise similar to a little cock a doodle doo...

NO!!!! i thought it wasnt was it, i mean as soon as i heard it i thought no.... but no, a gave it another day, no nothing, not one little squeak, but alas again this morning about 9am i heard her again. 4 times in total she tried to crow. My poor daughter is totally gutted. We all honestly thought that Flo was a girl. When i sat her down to tell her she ran off in tears, i mean it was her little hen.

Well after a couple of days for the news to sink in she has finally realised that Flo will have to go, be rehomed hopefully as i dont really like the thought of her going in the pot. Its a shame but i really dont think the neighbours would appreicate him crowing early in the morning.

I still cant quite believe still myself i mean i still keep calling her she when really i know that she is now a he. Hence the title of this post we have now changed her name to floyd.

He is such a gentle thing so friendly, i will really miss him.

Good news though... I spoke to a lovely lady that i know today at a jumble sale who has her own flock of chickens and 1 cockeral down at the local allotments. It just so happens that she was looking for another Cockeral as hers has already fathered some of the hens in her flock and didnt really fancy letting him at them. So she is more than happy to take floyd down there to keep the girls happy. Another bit of good news is  that the preschool has their allotment right next door so Bear can see him when he goes with the school and we can go and see him whenever we want.   Winning situation all round.. only thing is iam going to keep him just abit longer till he finally gets his proper cock a doddle do, which will also give his new owner time to sort out his accomodation.

Floyd is the one on the right, enjoying the snow with penelope. as you can she Floyd is much bigger then penelope, and even though this picture was only taken 2 weeks ago, Floyd already has bigger waddles and comb!

Anyway i have to think that he will be ok in his new home when it is time to go, and im sure he will love all the attention from the girls. Its just shame the he cant stay i know we have quite a large back garden but i just know  the neighbours wont be happy, i  really dont know how loud he will get or how many times he might crow and at what times, surely he couldnt get that loud but i just cant risk him  causing trouble.