Gills Lap

The Pooh take over continues... Today I thought I would share the real 100 acre wood with you, which is the Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, England. All of the places mentioned in the Pooh books can still be found in the forest. Gills Lap ( known as The Enchanted Place in the book) Poohsticks Bridge where you can still play Pooh sticks and many more.There are several walks you can take to visit the Pooh places the details of which can be found are here.

There is also a shop nearby called Pooh Corner where they sell pooh souvenirs.Christopher Robin used to visit that shop as a child to buy his penny worth of sweets.

A memorial to A.A.Milne and E.H. Shepard can also be found in the forest.

"They walked on, thinking of This and That, and by-and-by they came to an enchanted place on the very top of the Forest called Galleons Lap, which is sixty-something trees in a circle; and Christopher Robin knew that it was enchanted because nobody had ever been able to count whether it was sixty-three or sixty-four, not even when he tied a piece of string round each tree after he had counted it. Being enchanted, its floor was not like the floor the Forest, gorse and bracken and heather, but close-set grass, quiet and smooth and green. It was the only place in the Forest where you could sit down carelessly, without getting up again almost at once and looking for some where else. Sitting there they could see the whole world spread out until it reached the sky, and whatever there was all the world over was with them in Galleons Lap."

A.A.Milne

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A Pooh Takeover!

Oh goodness my crafting blog has been taken over by all things Pooh for his 90th Birthday week! Today I am sharing a few Lovely Pooh Bears. Pooh Signatures by Deans Bears. Deans is the oldest British teddy bear company. They started making their gorgeous bears in 1915.

 

 

Gabrielle Designs made these wonderful Pooh sets. They were also famous for making their Paddington bears. Sadly they went out of business in the 90's.

 

 

 

A Teddy Hermann Pooh

 

Steiff Pooh's

I hope you are having a Poohrific day, come back soon.Thank you for stopping by!

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“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. “Pooh,” he whispered.

“Yes, Piglet?”

“Nothing,” said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw, “I just wanted to be sure of you.”

 

Classic Pooh Stamps

I am missing my crafting so much, I have been doing some sort of craft or other since I was a child.I find it is very therapeutic and helps to try and take my mind off everything.

As I am a huge Classic Pooh fan, I am sharing something Classic Pooh everyday in the run up to our silly old British bears 90th birthday on 14th October. Today I am sharing my collection of Classic Pooh stamps, some of them are decades old! I love them all!

Below is a whatnot I made with them, it was the first thing I ever had published!

When I get back to crafting which will hopefully be soon, I must make more of the things I love and enjoy making.

Thank you so much for visiting I hope to see you again soon - lots more Classic Pooh to come!

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"What day is it?", asked Winnie the Pooh

"It's today," squeaked Piglet

"My favourite day," said Pooh

A.A.Milne

 

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The Best Bear in All the World

Celebrate 90 years of Winnie-the-Pooh with The Best Bear in all the World, the official sequel to the classic children’s stories by A.A. Milne.

With brand-new stories from some of the most beloved children’s authors writing today: Paul Bright, Brian Sibley, Kate Saunders and Jeanne Willis – each will transport you back into the Hundred Acre Wood for more adventures with Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore and the rest of the gang. With decorations by Mark Burgess, in the style of the cherished illustrations by E.H. Shepard

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My copy is finally arriving tomorrow, there was a bit of a delay with Amazon. I am so looking forward to reading it, the illustrations should be wonderful too!

 

My Indigoblu Projects On Hochanda TV

My Sparkle and Glisten Christmas Box

Magical Unicorn Gift Box

What a lovely surprise it was to see Kay showing my projects live on Hochanda television, along with lots of wonderful projects by the talented Indigoblu Design Team. It was a few weeks ago, but I have only managed to put the photos up today.

You might be able to spot my Alice in Winterland Canvas on the shelf in the background.

I had my stitches out today, and I need lots of therapy to get movement back. Luckily I planned ahead and I made some Indigoblu Autumn projects before I had my operation, so I will be putting those on the blog this month.

"'I wasn't afraid,' said Pooh, said he, 'I'm never afraid with you.' So wherever I am, there's always Pooh, There's always Pooh and Me."

 

 

Free Cath Kidston Pooh Printables!

 

Free Cath Kidston Pooh Printables

It's not long now until our silly old British bear is 90 years old on the 14th October! Cath Kidston recently released a new pooh print (unfortunately it was Disney Pooh and not the original Pooh as drawn by E.H.Shepard - still lovely though !) They now have free Pooh Printables on their blog to celebrate their new release which sold out in record time!.

I am missing my crafting a lot, I am having my wound checked tomorrow and hopefully after a course of therapy I will be able to use my right hand again. It has been a challenge steering my wheelchair left handed, everyone dives for cover whenever I start to move!

Even though I can't craft just yet... I will post lots of Classic Pooh things this month.

Hope everyone is having a good start to Autumn!

Here is a very good quote from Eeyore

"A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference." (Eeyore)

 

 

 

Alice In Winterland

In the winter, Wonderland becomes Winterland, and Alice loves to walk in the snowy forest.

I painted the top of my 20cm (8inch) canvas with Iced Gem paint, and randomly painted on Snow White metallic paint on the bottom. I used the star stencil and Slap it On to add some raised stars to the top of the canvas and also painted those pink.

 

I used Archival Olive Ink pad to stamp the trees from the Winterland wood stamp set. I stamped the two distance trees without reinking the stamp, so it gave a more faded and distant look. I used white paint to add snow to the trees which was followed by flitterglu and white glitter.

 

I stamped and coloured Alice from the Indigoblu Alice stamp set, and stamped the bunnies in black Archival from the Winterland set. I fussy cut them all out and adhered them to the canvas.

I spread glass bead gel medium to the bottom of the canvas to give some glistening texture to the snow. When it was dry, I lightly added white paint to some areas.

 

I Die cut some snowflakes and stars in various sizes and covered them in Flitterglu and white glitter. I adhered them to the top of the canvas using sticky foam pads.

Thank you so much for visiting, I hope to see you again soon.

I would like to enter Alice in Winterland into the following challenges.

That's Crafty Christmas

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