Making a New Clock

I do like clocks and we have a few around the house. I had one in my sewing room but it was looking a bit worse for wear. It had been white but over time the white had yellowed and even though it still worked, I did think about replacing it but that was as far as I had gone with that idea.

Strolling or trolling through the internet a week ago, I saw a re purposed clock and thought what a good idea, I could probably do that and promptly thought no more about it until I was looking cleaning/clearing out some drawers and came across an embroidery hoop.The clock that i had seen used a hoop.

This is how I spent some of my morning.

Using a large dinner plate I traced around it, the material I had bought years ago to make myself a skirt for work, however I don't wear pink and these days I don't wear skirts.

I have a bottle of odds and sods buttons and was able to select twelve pink ones.

The clock mechanism and hands came from the original clock and the colours suit the room as the curtains are a mauve colour.

A new clock with nothing spend except a bit of time.

Pink Buns

One of my favourite things to eat but I know that if I am trying to weight then they are not the best for me. (I always seem to be trying to lose weight!) A couple of weeks ago there was an advert on TV regarding these, which made me decide to buy some and put them in the freezer for afternoon teas. If Warren and I share one then they are only 145 cals so ok for a snack. The pink finger buns are part of a fund raising for National Breast Cancer, any of these buns sold by Baker's Delight, a large percentage of the price will go towards NBC and research.

This poster was on the train this morning. The buns are on sale until the middle of may and there is a Mothers day fun run on Sunday 11 May. I will stick with the purchase of the buns!

Yum! They did go straight into the freezer to be rationed.