The Last Secretary

One of the reasons that I don't craft things often, besides working, is that I go to boot sales and antique fairs every Sunday.  I collect many things.  Tea cups, tea pots, tea sets, lacy things, black coloured china,  spider jewellery, china with spiders...anything with spiders, spider webs, scorpions, bugs, insects or butterflies really.  I call them my treasures, my husband calls it my junk.  Whatever, it's pretty.  It's also taking up my whole dining table, filling wicker baskets in the corners of the rooms, little nooks and crannies.  Which is another reason I don't craft much.  Maybe I do have a problem.

One of the ladies I go on adventures with is the Secretary of the Fire Department on RAF Mildenhall.  Strong lady, very knowledgeable, great tour guide when we look at antiques as she has a story for everything we come across.

She has worked her last day at the Fire Department last Friday.  After 30 years or so, she is retiring and will be the last Secretary that they will have manning the front desk.  I was thinking of maybe quilting something for her, but the time and space is very limited.  So I have decided to embroider her this little gem.

The silver and gold thread and the embroider hoop I purchased at a boot sale, which is fitting as it is what we do best.  It's not perfect but it is very similar to the large emblem that sits next to her at work.  Hopefully, it will remind her of time at the station and of the job that she loved so dearly.  Happy Retirement Di!

Fancy Find on A Garden Adventure

I know this is post is not about crafting, but I figured I would throw it in since it is some sort of inspiration.  I found a lovely little garden gate on one of our English garden adventures.

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This beautiful work of art is tucked away in a corner of Chippenham Park in Cambridgeshire, UK.