Domestic goddess and Kitchen King!!

The house and I are getting on a treat this week and feel that I've beaten the housework hands down ~ believe me it used to be the other way around quite alot. With the house looking great ~ and I now feel great! I aspire to be what is written on my Emma Bridgewater tea towel ~ DOMESTIC GODDESS & KITCHEN QUEEN. I'm half way there. Just need to work on my cooking skills. I'm not saying I'm a bad cook ~ Calum would say I'm quite the opposite ~ but I want to start baking more and cooking  things I've never cooked before.  On THE KITCHEN QUEEN front ~ I'll get there, but for now here's my KITCHEN KING!

Or should I say Kitchen Queen ~ that apron! Forgive me ~ its Anna's ( Judith's daughter).

Now on to a bit of what I've been making and doing. I love all things vintage and antique and one of my favourite places to shop or at least visit is Doune Antiques and Arts centre (between Callander and Stirling ~ for all those who know Scotland!) I spied the following in their original form and snapped them up straight away, knowing they would be perfect for Murrays room. They were ink stained printers blocks when I bought them and I have transformed them into co~ordinating hues of blue.

The next items were made yesterday after recieving a phone call from an existing customer to commision a journal/memory album and co~ordinating card for a friends daughters christening.

I'm quite pleased with the outcome ~ and am thinking of making up sets like this in the future to sell as baby gifts. Does it sound like a good idea?

Its sunday, and Calum has taken his twin brother Cameron and our wee boy Murray through to Stirling to do a bit of shopping ~ so I'm having a bit of time to myself ~ bliss! Away to get the salmon out of the freezer that Judith's husband, Scott, caught the other day, for dinner. New potatoes and lemon butter sauce me thinks!

Maybe make some pancakes for pudding or simple chocolate crispy cakes with the copious amounts of rice crispies we have left over from when I made them for our easter fair!

I'm also getting the day to myself tomorrow ~ its may weekend and Murray's grannie who is a school teacher is off tomorrow so has offered to take him for the day. If i get the house in working order tonight I should be able to allow myself a WHOLE DAY of crafting tomorrow. Lets wait and see. Hopefully I will have a few things to show you by tomorrow night!

Hope you've all had a good weekend.

Love Charlotte xxx

Comments

[Victoria May Plum]

Little Murray is so cute in his 'I am a lady' apron, you will have to keep that photo and show it to his girlfriends, when he grows up.

I'm glad to see that you are becoming a real domestic goddess, there is nothing like having pride in your job.
Your baby gifts sound like a wonderful idea! go for it.
Victoria x

[Sew Recycled!]

I had a whole day (till 3!) to myself today! and what did I do.... ferry my parents around shops and garden centreS! I can't quite believe little Murray has pocket money! I did have a bunny called Peter but someone bought him, but I am sure he called have a brother..... how does dark blue, stripes and yummy turq blue tummy sound?

[Isobel]

Hello Charlotte,

I've just found your blog through my statistics and I came to check it out as I love to discover new sweet blogs. And yours is lovely. Thank you for linking my blog here. I shall do the same at mine.
Will come back again soon.
x

[carolyn]

The journal is a great idea and as for your Kitchen King - well so adorable.

[janet clare]

Have you seen Emma Bridgewater's new tea towel? It says 'I had a really nice dream last night about Daniel Craig'! I didn't but I'm going to try to tonight!

[Julia]

Hope you don't mind charlotte, but I've tagged you- see my blog.
What a cutie pie Murray is, obviously showing culinary talents at an early age!

Julia