There's a row of thatched canal cottages for sale not far from us, we noticed them when out for a walk. I'm sure many people would give their right arm for a thatched cottage but I'm not one of them, for some reason they have never appealed to me. The little building in the garden, on the other-hand, completely caught my imagination in a big way! -Even though I'm not certain what it would have been used for, something that needed a fire - laundry??
I can't honestly say had it been for sale individually that I might not have put in a bid for it :-) Don't ask me what I would have done with it.
Although.. the little building backs onto a public path and given that it is situated next to a tea shop and the canal I think I would like to fill it with my little creations and turn it into a bagpuss style craft shop. The smallest craft shop in Britain perhaps! :-)
Dreaming aside there are no prizes for guessing where the inspiration for my latest batch of wooden buttons came from..
Measuring up to 2 inches tall and made from oak and pine these little houses look great used as a feature button on a scarflet or as a journal fastener. I've swapped several with a fellow crafter, an artist in Spain, I can't wait to see how she incorporates them into her work.
As soon as it stops snowing I'll plant the snowdrops, -at least that was the plan, the weather had other ideas. Now it's cold, grey and raining!
