Pet poster - jangold

In the next few weeks I will be putting together one of our 'specialist' topic posters (along with our normal monthly events ones).

Therefore, if you have not posted details of your pets and would like to - or post more pictures to the ones you have already - please do so in the next couple of weeks.

If you don't want your pet to feature in the poster or want a certain picture to - then just leave a message here or PM me via Polyvore. I will make the poster big enough to feature all.

Hope you all liked the May poster and are looking foward to some specialist ones - suggestions welcome of course. Jan xxx

Crowing about the weather (like a Brit) - jangold

Hi girls

Well after a long stretch of Summer weather (that's just under a week in Brit speak), today was awful - very cold and the rain was very heavy.

I took this photo of two crows sheltering on a telegraph wire opposite our house - trying to get under the tiles of a house opposite - even they did not look amused.

Worst still as I was taking it I could hear the church bells at church at the bottom of the town, meaning there was a wedding. The poor bride to be must have been devasted having had a lovely weekend last week and a few good days in the week. But on the flipside it gave me plenty of time to do some much needed tidying and work inside. I'm sure Summer will arrive properly soon - it's just knowing when ! Hope you are all having a great weekend wherever you are. Hugs Jan xxx

My Finished Collage :)

Close Up Of Details

I dont know how come it turned it around when i was posting pics into blog :( When moving ur head 90 degrees to the right you can see my collage in the right way.

Materials Used:

Paper (Bus schedule book)
Masonite Board (Wood board)
Glue

Gel (I forgot the name of it but it helps to make the paper more harder and its becoming more shiny)

Brown, Yellow and Green Acrylics

Peas

Pictures from magazines

Picture that I drew

Shells

Wood Pieces

Black Ink

Stamps

New garden pails - jangold

Here are the decorated garden pails I was telling you about the other day.

They are about 7 inches wide at the top and just over 8 inches tall.

I have planted them out now and hope they bring more colour and joy to my garden. If you want a closer look, just enlarge the picture. Hugs Jan

Small Treasures - Cris

I´ve received this photos via email, and I decided to share because they brighten my day and I hope they glad your day too!
Believe or not, it´s candy!!!!!!

Have a great Wednesday, kisses,

Cris.

Sisters and Friends. PoliXena

I was thinking these morning about nature of sisterhood (and friendship and partnership) and also about the meaning of being together. My mind was making a very judicious speech when I take notice of my cats... as many others times they gave me the right answer: being together is breathe together, lie together, enjoy (and appreciate) the little things together... when two hearts beat at the same time there can´t be any problem.

In short, life is too brief to be complicated. Enjoy the day dear friends, take care and be happy. X. xxxx PS These are Malú and Miel my wise (yet uncomplicated) cats having a break, aren´t they sweet?

Collage - Farfalla13

Hello everyone! I decided to show you my collage in process. I started with it last night and I'm still far away to finish. This project I'm doing for my 2-D Design class. I never really made any collages before and I never really liked any of them 2. When i started to work with this one i started to like them. I really like the texture on this one. The foto above is the whole collage (by the way its my green walls in my room :)) and on the left is close up. This project is due on thursday, so by that time i will try to post finished collage. HUggs, Farfalla

Santa Claus In The Spring

Here is a favorite little corner of my garden.
The clematis vine (left) is Nelly Moser. She's in full bloom now.
On the shelf are a collection of peony and clematis flowers.
That little garland of Santas is part of my folk art collection.
I keep my Santas out all year. My husband thinks I am crazy.
Why should we hide Santa away for 50 weeks of the year
and not have his jolly presence?! - love, Gwyn

Flower handbags - jangold

These are the flower handbags I mentioned the other day. On Monday I just couldn't resist going back to the garden centre where I first saw them and as I couldn't decide on which one I bought them both as they were just under 10$ each. BUT then I saw some beautiful little decorated pails and had to buy them too. Same problem - four design - but which one? Ok you guessed it - one of each. So then I ended up with two handbags, four pails, more compost and more flowers of course to fill them. I'll take some pics of the pails tomorrow if the weather is good. I am amazed at the details on the handbags (click to make bigger and see) and they are crafted on the back as well - lots of fake stitching and the 'metalwork' of the bags has been painted gold and silver. Anyway, they are now sitting on a post waiting for Lee to find long/strong nails to hammer in and hang them properly. Clouds are movinig in here fast but I hear the weekend is going to be good again. Happy Tuesday to you all Jan

My way to school

Hi, girls!
I have realized I had promised to show you pictures of my school, etc. and I haven't done it yet! So - I want to share with you with what I see everyday... In the first picture you can see my halfway to school (you can't see the school in the picture, but it's very near), and in the third you can see me :) Today is the first day of summer so I feel absolutely amazing!
Kisses,
Monika

May 2009 Poly Girls Poster - jangold

Hi girls - happy SYM and 1st of June.

On the 1st of each month I am going to upload our own Poly Girls Club poster for the month just gone. Hopefully, if you click on it, it will be large enough for you to print out on A4 paper and keep in your office of by your computer.

Obviously there are limited (12) spaces for each month so please do not feel disappointed if you have not got a photo featured this month - I will try to include on in future months. I only include those photos that are your own. I have made this myself and therefore no photos have gone onto Polyvore.

I try to catch the essence of what we've been talking about this month - so May's poster focuses a lot on introductions, places and gardens. Besides the monthly poster, I will also be collecting pics to make specialised posters such as 'food', 'flowers', 'crafts etc so you will see you pictures there.

I hope you all like this idea, I spotted that the two women in 3191 miles apart do limited edition posters, so thought we could have our own to share between us. Happy Monday Hugs Jan

My nails - ♥petaliferous♥

Hi Girls, after a few of you posted photos of your nails, I thought I'd do the same. Its not a brilliant shot (apologies if it looks like I'm clawing at you! but it was hard to fit in the whole hand otherwise!). Anyway this is a new nail colour of mine, and I am absolutely in L♥VE with it. It is such a hot colour, and has heaps of glitter so it actually lasts a while! I am obsessed with my nails. They're relatively short at the moment. I give them a good trim every now and then to keep them nice and healthy. By the way (not that I am in any way an expert) but the best nourishment I've found is Vitamin E capsules (prick one with a pin) and use the oil on your cuticles!

Big Ben - jangold

One of London's most famous attractions, Big Ben, is celebrating its 150th anniversary. Technically Big Ben refers only to the clock's largest bell, but has become synonymous with the clock tower itself.

The bell, cast in Whitechapel on 10 April 1858, was first rung in the Great Westminster Clock on 31 May 1859. The clock tower and the new Palace of Westminster, designed by Charles Barry, were built after a fire destroyed much of the old Houses of Parliament in 1834.

Courtesy of the BBC

Snow In Spring - Photoshop Fun by Gwyneth

Two of my favorite hobbies are photography and using Photoshop. In order to pursue this activity, I end up taking a lot of self portraits. This is not from vanity but sheer necessity! Nobody else will model for me!!!! My husband HATES getting his photo taken and my kids are teenagers and won't pose either. So this photo was taken with self timer in March when my crocus flowers were blooming. You can see them in the top of the photo. I played with the picture in Photoshop and made it snow in spring. Fun!! Hugs, Gwyn

New drawing ( by Rosydy )

Hellooo girls :))) these days i`m in my own town and here are the most of my drawings :))) this is one of my fav :)))))
have a nice weekend my friends :)))
Kisses
Rosi :)

Collaging. PoliXena

Happy Saturday dear friends. As I promised I´m posting one of my "traditional" collages. I create them as a way of keeping in touch with myself, they are a great way to be present, to stop my worries and become more serene and grateful. Long time ago I discovered that the only way to achive happines is to improve our self-knowledge... and I find collages are very useful.

Hope you like it. Have a nice weekend. Hugs, X. xxxx

Self-discovery - jangold

This is a picture from a few days ago of some of my gardening work, literally lining up for me to do ! I have discovered through this blog that I am fanatical about taking pictures of rows of things - is there anything you have found out about yourself since joining this blog?

Yesterday because it was such a lovely day I trimmed and shaped all these buxus plants. The front one is in situ at the entrance to our back garden - the other two are to go in tall zinc style pots in the front garden. We are just about to go and get some stones to weigh the pots down so that the pots do not go walk abouts with our local youth.

We have beautiful blue skies again today and tomorrow it speaks of being even nicer. Happy weekend to you all. Jan

My hobby (Farfalla13)

This is my card closer.

When I have free time I love to make cards or book marks. This is one of my favorite cards i made :) HOpe you like it. By the way its my first time on blog.

Steve In The Garden

Here is my male kitty, Steve, making his way through my
garden. All three of my cats HATE that gravel! They
use the wooden garden borders like roads, tip toeing
along on the wood so they don't have to walk on that
sharp gravel! :)

Gardening at last - jangold

The sun is out at last here and forecasts it will be around for the weekend as well ... quote Sunday will be a 'scorcher'. So it's to the garden at last - lots of things to tidy up and things to plant and get out of the shed. I'm also going to create some aluminium style tubs at the front with some buxus plants which I have just cut into shape. So I predict the noise of lawn movers around 5pm this evening ... now what do they say about mad dogs and Englishmen? Have a happy Friday and weekend girls. Hugs Jan

Apple Pie

Hi,
I just came up to say hello because unfortunately I'm not coming here as often as I would like, so this time I want to share with you my apple pie. It smells heavenly!
Have a good weekend,
Monika

Invitation of Cris

Hi my dear friends. I have a blog now, it´s about fashion, acessories and art.
I´d like invited you to visite me in there. If you have any susgestion about sites or interesting subjects, please tell me!
I´m so happy for our friendship, you can´t imagine how you are helping me in this stage of my life. Love you all.
Kisses
Cris

Luckily he didn't say cheese...from Ann

Hi girls :D

The first picture is from the tree in front of my house. I live opposite a park so I have many trees in front of my house but this one is the closest...its in bloom now.

The second picture is from the plants (3) I bought today to put on my balcony. I went outside to take the pic but the moment I want to take it I saw my downstairs neighbor in the garden...wearing almost nothing...so I rushed inside again...before he might think I was taking a pic of him ;) So I took the pic of my plants from inside the house...behind the window. 

My photos - Angel_Emz95

Here are some of the photos from my trip North...

Mainly they are from Little Moreton Hall and Lyme Park.

I hope you like them!! (sorry there are so many!)

Love, Em

XOXOXOXO

Fashionable Ladies! - Angel_Emz95

Hi my sweet friends... I'm back!!!
I'll post the photos from my trip soon!
But now... introducing my brand new group, Fashionable Ladies!!! It's an invite-only group for the most fashionable polyvorians, and I invite every member of the poly girls club to join!
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/group.show?id=58130
Have fun!!

Love, Em
XOXO

Our Victorian House - jangold

Lee and I live in an old Victorian house. You can see the sign that sits between ours and next door where the row of 4 houses is called Coronation Cottages. These 4 hours were built in 1902 and before. They are called Coronation Cottages because in 1902 Edward VII had his coronation after Queen Victoria died in 1901. The coronation however, was originally delayed due to the King having an appendicitus the day before the planned coronation. In those days I believe houses like ours were built together, the 1st being completed and then the family of the builder moving in there whilst the 2nd was built. The family moved again and the 3rd was started. Although they look the same from the outside it was a tradition to change individual characteristics inside. The 1911 census has now been released so I am going to see (with the 1901 census) who lived in these houses and what they did. Hope you enjoy the history from my little part of the world. Jan

Outside and Inside. PoliXena

I live in front of a lovely -not too big- square wich is very nice. I have a great view of it from my living-room and also from my terrace. It´s quite old and there are only ten buildings or so around it, one of them is mine.

I live on the second floor and I can almost touch the wonderful tree wich grows up there. (In fact, there are three: one on my side and two on the opposite side)

It is a big -and strong- Indian Laurel and it´s really beautiful. It´s such a pleasure to rise the blinds and look at it and hear all the tiny birds wich live there... and the light is fantastic. Have a nice day, X. xxxx