My First Award & something yummy!!

I am delighted to say i have been awarded my first blog award...the beautiful blog award by felt like stichin..who can be found here http://feltlikestichin.blogspot.com/
thankyou so much!!

Yesterday my friend...my race for life partner infact came for the day...we had a lovely day.

We walked to our local farm shop which is in a lovely little village called 'greenstead green'...we walked through all the country lanes taking in all the very green lush scenery.

We were able to sit outside & have our lunch followed by a look around the farm shop at all the local produce..we treated ourselves to these sweet strawberries..the first this year...

accompanied by these scrummy meringue nests..okay not quite so local but from my favourite part of the country...

topped with this double cream..scrummy!!

What a lovely dessert..i think i will back for more!

I would like to say thankyou so much to those of you that have sponsored me so far in my race for life..i am delighted with peoples generosity!!

You can still sponsor me as the race isnt until july 25th..if you sponsor me before the 10th july you will be entered into the raffle to win sweet 'leonora'.

Just click onto the link at the top of my blog page & it will take you directly to my sponsor page & dont forget to leave me a comment so i can enter you into the raffle!! xx

Race for life & raffle...

Firstly let me apologise for the above picture which for some reason has been uploaded the wrong way & no matter what i do i cannot correct it which i am really annoyed about as it is a important picture on this post!!
Anyway i am taking part in 'Race for life' in celebration of my dear friend julie's life...as most of you lovely bloggers know we lost julie to cancer six weeks ago....my it seems so much longer than that ..so much seems to have happened in that time.
Her very special goodbye service which we travelled down too cornwall for...many tributes have been paid to julie.
Julie was a very talented special lady & i was proud to be her friend..julie was a artist,a very talented artist at that...her passion was painting 'seascapes' especially of where julie lived in wonderful cornwall with all its wonderful scenery.
I thought that you might like to view some of julie's work & the tribute written about julie at one of the galleries that sold julie's work.
You can view the tribute here http://www.elfordfineart.co.uk/tribute.php then click on the 'julie brett gallery' to view some of julie's work,you can also click on 'exhibition gallery' again where julies work can be viewed.
This exhibition is taking place from friday 21st may-tuesday 25th may from 10.30am-4.30pm.
At: The national trust,Trelissick garden,Feock,near truro,Cornwall.TR3 6QL.

Right now back to the RACE FOR LIFE which i am taking part in on 25th july 2010..

I have now recieved my welcome pack..number..sponsor sheets etc....

I am hoping to raise money in celebration of julie's life & help raise money to help save someone elses life...we all know someone who has been effected by this terrible terrible disease.

I am doing the race with my friend who lost her husband to lung cancer four years ago..

So my lovely bloggers i am asking you from the bottom of my heart will you please please sponsor me...you can do so by clicking onto the link at the top of this page & it will take you directly to my sponsor page where you can sponsor me online...if you prefer to sponsor me the old fashioned way you can always send me a cheque & i can enter you onto the sponsor form,but if i am honest i would rather you sponsor me online.

If you sponsor me i will enter you into a raffle to win this little dear...

This is 'leonora' a one of a kind mohair collectors bear from my own collection...she is 8'' tall & comes with her pearly beads & her tie on tag with all her details.

I choose leonora mainly because of her dusky pink colour as race for life is PINK themed!!

Once you have sponsored me please leave a comment so i know to enter you into the raffle..if you sponsor me online i will automatically recieve a email from race for life informing me of this.

I will draw the raffle on 10th july 2010 which would have been julie's birthday...you can still sponsor me after this date but will not be entered into the raffle to win leonora.

So please dig deep & sponsor me...i really want to make this worth while for julie.

A big thankyou in advance from the bottom of my heart. xx

eNtEr My RaFfLe...

Please join me tomorrow..to see what you could win in my raffle....
But i do need a small favour in return...see you then!! x

A New Burrow Required...

This little bunnie is looking for a new burrow & not just any old burrow ....this lady bunnie has very high standards!!

A very posh bunnie who likes her creature comforts & only organically grown vegi's!

This dear bunnie is made from a vintage pink wool blanket with jointed legs,wired poseable ears,black bead eyes & lovely thread whiskers,nose,mouth & claws.

Depending on how you pose her ears her overall height is approx 15 inches..this little bunnie is very smartly dressed in her cream cotton dress with fringed detail...she is also one of a kind & was born in america.

I am offering this dear little bunnie for adoption...the adoption fee is £22.oo plus p&p at £5.00.

If you are interested in giving her a loving new home please leave me a message & i will come back to you asap!

I have lots more of my collectors bears from my private collection listed on bearpile which can be found here http://www.bearpile.com/ my bears are under 'orphans' & my name heidi hancocks.

Please take a peek...bye for now. x

A thing about blue...

There appears to be a bit of a 'blue' thing going on around here at 'snowdrop cottage'...

These are my purchases from the weekend while mr h was on his 'golfing' weekend...

I was desperate for new slippers,i had been walking about in mr h's for weeks...so i set off to m&s at freeport our local designer village were i also found these great pumps for the summer.

On saturday i went to mum & dads ,mum & i took a trip into frinton as there are a couple of little one off shops/galleries that we are rather partial too....were i found this lovely scarf which i fell in love with straight away. It was from a little shop called 'great danes' which is run by two danish ladies,their stock also comes from denmark..so as you can imagine it is rather lovely in there!

Back to freeport again & good old m&s were i got these 'blue' cropped jeans for the summer...if we get one?!!

& also a white pair of dressy jeans...

Oooohhh & this scrummy blanket for my bedroom again from great danes..i do have a bit of a thing for throws & such like.

Love of my life also had a presi..a new blanket,which you can see he has be come quite fond off..

Oohh what a handsome model....

Stripes are another passion...i loved the colour tones of these towels for our bathroom..from 'christys' again at freeport...

Here they are housed in a mini rowing boat in my bathroom...

Now love of my life is sitting on another lovely find which i will tell you more about next time..lets just say i have a newly decorated room at snowdrop cottage...which one could it be?

Blue is a bit like my mood again today..feeling a bit sad ...

Dont forget to pop by again to see the 'new room' & also more on the 'raffle'...bye for now. xx

Simply Shells...

Sea shells,sea shells on the seashore...

I adore shells,so many different sorts all beautiful in their own way & all made by nature...which makes them even more special...

These two are from a favourite cove of ours in cornwall..

This dear little sea urchin i think i picked up while in norfolk...these are so delicate it was a miracle that it made it home in one piece.

The following shells i collected when i took my trip down memory lane to mersea island last weekend...

These are the shells from the oysters which is what mersea is famous for...they come in all sizes...these had other shells or fossils attached to them...

I just love the tones in colour....

I have shells displayed all over 'snowdrop cottage'...along with seaglass another passion of mine & items made from delightful driftwood...

A simple display but so pleasing to the eye...

I thought the seashells might bring a bit of sunshine to such a wet miserable sunday,a typical bank holiday...dont you think?!!

Please pop by next week as i have some news to tell you & a RAFFLE for you to enter to help raise money for something very special & close to my heart...

See you then...enjoy the rest of the weekend...xx