Lilley's handcrafted lovelies

Pick Your Own...

...today Milo and I, joined by the lovely Bex and El of stuffednonsense, headed out of Cheltenham on the number 10 bus to the oh so lovely Primrose Vale Farm for some berry picking!

It was delightful! We had a little play and a bit of a picnic after we were all picked out, though I have no doubt Milo would have continued to happily pick (and eat) raspberries the whole day!

We came home with a large punnet of strawberries and a smaller one of raspberries.  The strawberries should hopefully become jam tomorrow and the raspberries, well I'd be surprised if there were any left by lunchtime tomorrow!!

lovely things in the post...

...I have had quite a flurry of lovely post the last week or so...

Firstly I purchased some lovely little tweets from the oh so very talented feltmeupdesigns...

...I already have an adorable little robin which I won rather excitingly last year!  However as much I would love to keep these teeny tiny ones, at least one of them, will be going to my niece for her upcoming 8th birthday.

Then continuing on the winning theme, I won this love needle book for the beautiful stitcher LAMdesigns last week!

Winning stuff is by far one of my favourite things I think!

This needle book will also come in very very handy as I currently tend to stick needles in the arms of the sofa, much to Johnny's disgust!

this moment...

Inspired by SouleMama

In her words...

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. 

a very lovely wedding...

...on Saturday we dressed in all our finery, jumped on a train and headed across country to the very lovely village of Hook and the even more lovely Tylney Hall, for my cousin's wedding...

It was such a beautiful day, the sun shined, the venue was breathtaking, I got to see all my family and the bride looked gorgeous beyond words.

Of course it was a pleasure to see both of my nieces but seeing this little boy's smile was incredible, I hadn't seen him since he was just a week old (one week olds do very little indeed!).

And, only 2 months late, Nicole was united with her birthday gift, she did remind me instantly that I had yet to send her a birthday card mind, I am a terrible auntie!

Finished....

...at last I have finished this lovely jumper I have been making for my nieces birthday (it was on the 16th March!)...

I'm so pleased with it, I love this pattern, can't wait to start knitting one up for Milo for next autumn/winter, though it might be a good idea to start that now!

I am also very much looking forward to seeing the super sweet little girl sporting this one.

..you can see details on my ravelry page here.

this moment...

Inspired by SouleMama

In her words...

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. 

June's Giveaway...

This month you can win yourself your very own ninja keyring, in the colour of your choice!

All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning one of these lovelies is sign up to my mailing list (you can read more about the list here).  To sign up you can either email me, lovelylilley@hotmail.co.uk or you can just pop a comment on this post (or the mailing list one) I'll be able to see your email address without you needing to include it in the comment for the world to see.  If you've already signed up you need do no more, your name will be added to the draw. 

*****this months winner has been chosen! Heidi will be the new owner of her own ninja keyring!*****

Thank you all for playing xx