We are moving....house & blogs so if you would like to follow our adventures & thrifty tales of bringing an old wreck back to life on a shoe string then don't forget to bookmark here http://talesoftedandagnes.blogspot.com/ cheerio for now...rx Continue reading

its live.....the home of ted and agnes is on view to the world & already there are treasures winging there way off around the world.... beatty edith dulcie and finally vera have all taken residence in the shop and are waiting to find new loving homes....Next stage is to get going with my vinatge section but I am finding it a little hard to let go of my stash.. choosing who gets to move along is proving much harder than I thought it would be but it must & shall be done. Continue reading

We had a line fault which resulted in a our loss of internet access for sometime...i was bereft. No on-line chitchat, no reading my blogs or other such wonders it has made me realise how much being on-line plays a part in my everyday life....not sure that's a good thing or not! Anyway onto the bees....what a weekend. It was fantastic and I will be writing a much fuller account here if you fancy a read. I am completely hooked which is not surprising as its been something i've wanted to do for years but never knew where or how... Continue reading

after a fab weekend learning about beekeeping (more on that soon) a few flowers for those lovely little bumble bees.... Continue reading

I have bought myself a replacement cup.....I broke my fav CK cup.....(on the bloody shed veranda!) the one I drink my 1st cup of tea from every morning & before I drift off to sleep... CK doesn't even make that design anymore, heartbroken I checked on amazon....and to my delight there it was 2 left in stock & although I was tempted 1 made its way into my basket on is on its way as we speak. Now its not like this house doesn't have an abundance of 'cups' but you know what its like when you get attached to... Continue reading

Shed of the Year voting lines are OPEN for the next month I shall be shamelessly campaigning for my lovely little shed to recieve as many votes as possible..... So I would be absolutely delighted if you would trundle over here 'SHED OF THE YEAR' and click on the button..thats it pure & simple..So lets show the world that women & sheds are here to stay....thankyou kindly x Continue reading

One of the great things about working a few hours at the library each week is that I can get hold of all sorts of fabby books. This week this little pile was waiting for me when I arrived to open up... After a quick flick through all of them last night i was particularly taken with the Sanderson Story & as it contained some of my favourite prints it was easily always going to best, the most interesting. I often wish that I had gotten that light bulb moment when first going to study art at college and making... Continue reading

to the other side of the world.....my pincushion swaps are on their way & stupidly forgot to take any photos before I wrapped them up...(then I had to erase the addresses so why the photo loks a bit wonky do) so my lovelies Alex, Jo, Vic & Danielle hopefully they shouldn't take too long to arrive & i hope you enjoy the little surprise..... Continue reading

there's been huffing, puffing, waiting, various swearing, the shed was up.....then every afternoon whilst miss V slept I have been sawing, hammering, painting & shuffling the plants are waking up... a lovely bench my dad made me out of scaffold boards many moons ago & a very rare occurence... bunting, jugs & sandpit for miss v... sorting out stuff....... my fabulous re-vamped cutting table with its lovely liberty legs shelves of lovely stuff.... My perfect little hide-away where i shall be able to sew to my hearts content without having to pack everything away in time for tea... Continue reading