Beside the Seaside

 Here we are home from the seaside again............and lolly wore her striped sun dress for a lot of the time as we had some bright sunny days...........lots of sea breezes too, exciting for the sailing......

 ...............we love to stay in beaumaris, it is such a pretty little town and the colourful cottages looked prettier than ever this year.............

............this year we had baby rhys with us for the first time, and molly the dog too........they both seemed to enjoy their first visit very much :)..........i loved spending time with my daughters and their families as well as watching my hb sail his boat in the menai straits regatta............

 .................we spent some time on the beach, collecting shells and looking for sea glass........charlie found me a special piece to keep for always :).............daisy found some little pebbles that we are going to paint bees on next week............below is baby rhys's first bucket and spade set....

 ............i love the bright colours of seaside toys..........and i love the wide blue skies at the coast....

 .............i sewed some of this seaside flowers hexie quilt while staying here a few years ago......this time i was working on my lucky dip quilt which i showed here last time, and also i finished the border on my summer throw.....will show you that in a post very soon ........

 .............i had a lovely time visiting the janet bell gallery and met up with lovely janet herself......and she took me to see her light and airy studio where i had a sneak peek at some of her new work....janet is creating some gorgeous new flower paintings ready for the *happiness exhibition* at the gallery opening on 19 September and featuring many other wonderful artists too..........find out more here......

 ...............i love the colours and freshness of janet's style, whatever subject she is painting.....

 ...............i came away with some treats :)........and now i have some treats for one of my lovely readers too, as it is time to announce the winner of my little lucky dip giveaway......i gathered together the following for my little holiday souvenir package.....three of janet's gorgeous seaside cards, a shell shaped china dish, three tiny soaps in nautical paper with a handmade decoration, some blue seed beads in a tiny bottle and a handful of real seashells.............

 ................and the winner is: christine barnsley of patchwork allsorts.......congratulations, christine, and if you would like to email me your address i will send your gifts to you :).......

..............thank you to every one who visits me here, and for the lovely comments too........it is always a pleasure to hear from you dear readers.........wishing you a happy sunny week with lots of crafty inspirations........back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx