How awesome is it

that when I get stuck in work with my two arms the one length, twiddling one's thumbs so to speak my first thought is to give you lovely darlings the chance to win a little bit of springtime bling?

Awesome, I know!

So would you like to win some springy broochy goodness?

You would, well of course why wouldn't you and as if you even needed another reason to enter, I've even gone and made it super easy for you too:)

And if you win, you even get to choose which brooch you'll be sporting this Spring.

Pink

Yellow

or even Green

All you need to do is pop over to my shop, have a nosey around, then come back here and have a guess in the comments which item has had the most views.

You can even have a second entry for tweeting about the giveaway, but you'll have to remember to come back here and leave a second comment, otherwise it's hard for my poor brain to keep track.

You can even copy the following to make it all the easier to enter twice

I just entered @seethewoods fab Spring Brooch Giveaway http://tinyurl.com/yj9tubx Join me!

If someone gets the right answer, then clearly they'll win, failing that I'll just pick a name out of a hat on Wednesday, how's that sound?

***Only comments on this post will be taken as entries***

UPDATE - We have a winner:) Betty's Place guessed correctly and it was in fact my Autumn Brooch which has the most views and favourites too, only just pipping my pincushion rings to the post. Betty if you'd like to choose a colour, your new brooch will be off in the post to you asap:)

Chin up my lovelies, there will be more giveaways to come!

Garden 1 - Me 0

I'm trying, really I am, but my garden is kicking my ass this year.

Normally by this time of the year I have the garden pretty well cleared and at least an idea if not a full blown plan of what I'll be planting and where.

This year, not to much!



The poor thing is all just so ratty and unloved looking at the minute. Ideally what we would like to do is move some of the larger plants to the front garden which will free up a lot more space for vegetables at the back, we just haven't really got around to do it yet. Although if it is going to happen, it'll have to be done in the next three or four weeks to then allow us time to get the ground ready for replanting.

I'm thinking that it should be easy enough to move everything which is currently along the front of the top level and of course there are a load of things which are already in pots and it's just a matter of picking the things up and carrying them around to the front garden. Go on, ask me why I haven't done it yet, you know you want to?

We didn't use the decked part of the garden much this year and it rained a lot more so it's a bit lethal up there, a bit like a slip and slide so that will need a good clean and scrub before it's safe to use again.

That trough planter thingy needs completely gutted and refilled, nothing we planted in it last year grew so the soil is pretty much dead and the cat has made it her own personal sandbox since then.

The stairs badly need to be sorted out and scrubbed down, there are even a couple of ferns growing on them now.

And if there's time, I'd quite like to give it a lick of paint. I hate that drab grey cement colour and I much prefer the soft green we used around the decking. Well when it's clean and had a freshen up I prefer it, but I think while I'm doing that I'll carry on across the back wall behind the trough and the very front wall below the little hedgerow too.

And because none of that is going to happen while I'm sitting here, guess where I'm off to. Maybe I'll even move those pots round to the front garden, or maybe I'll just stand out there for an hour chin resting on broom handle, coffee cup in hand wondering where to start first, you never know!

Before I go, I've just realised that, and I have to say this very, very quietly, but it hasn't rained all week, not so much as a drop so I'll even be able to mow the lawn for the first time this year too:)

Easter and a Giveaway

Easter is very nearly here, which means a whole week (and a bit) with the husband at home.

Will I survive? Only time will tell. I have to admit I've got myself into a little routine of packing him off out the door in the morning:)

Does it seem to anyone else that Christmas was a whopping five minutes ago, or is that just me? This year just seems to be flying by.

My little spring chick will turn four on Saturday, I just can't believe she's nearly four already.

Although ask her and she'll quickly remind you (quite sternly) that she is in fact three and a half. She'll be four and a half before she gets used to the four bit.

The weather here has been a bit up and down and I know for some of you, spring hasn't quite reared her head yet, so to get everyone in the mood with a tiny little bit of spring fever I'm have a(nother) giveaway.

These little Q Bee Chicks are handmade by me and I'm giving away a pair.

They can be used as toys for kids, pincushions or just little decorations. Whatever takes your fancy.

The giveaway will be open until midnight on 11 April and then I will choose a winner using random number generator.

There are three chances to win.

1. Leave a comment on this post telling me what you like about Spring.
2. Subscribe and then come back and leave another comment.
3. Write about the giveaway on your own blog and link back to this post, then leave another comment.

Personally I love Easter because of all the chocolate. Kidding. Maybe.