Jumping in muddy puddles...

On Saturday afternoon, with the weather looking ok, we decided to get out and headed to our local park for a walk around and some fresh air. It was lovely to be outside while the sun was shining but it was still very wet and muddy with some pretty impressive puddles! The kids loved it though and after cautiously jumping in some of the smaller ones ended up full on running through them all, big sticks in hand and with just a little welly overflow!

Lately...

▲ Hello sunshine!
▲ Dried Hydrangea at the park
▲ Waiting for the zip wire
▲ Finding driftwood and shells at the beach
▲ Shopping in Portsmouth
▲ My little girl looking so grown up
▲ Taking his new bag EVERYWHERE!
▲ Signs of Spring coming - yay!
▲ Holding hands
▲ Moon rock
▲ Calm seas

Giveaway...

Today is scraps of us 2nd blog birthday! I cant believe its been two years since I started this little space. To celebrate and as a thank you for all your wonderful comments and support I thought I would have a little giveaway.

The prizes are a bundle of vintage fabric squares. The pieces each measure 12x12" and there are 30 different patterns and colours.

And also some hand made lavender filled scallop bunting.

To enter just be a follower of scraps of us - either by bloglovin or by google friend connect and leave a comment below.

You can gain extra entries by sharing on Facebook or Twitter or your blog - please just let me know in a separate comment.

I am happy to post worldwide and the giveaway will end on the 24th January. Good Luck. xxx

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The giveaway winner is... Saffa of laciepaperie. Congratulations Saffa, if you could email me your address and I will get the bits in the post to you. Big thank you to everyone who entered. x

My Vintage Life

Hello! I'm just popping in to say I have a guest post over on Little Birdie today where I'm talking about my love of vintage. Please do pop over and have a look. xx

Spring tide...

The Kids have gone back to school today. They had an Inset day yesterday - or an insect day as Elizabeth calls it! The holidays were lovely but I feel ready to get back in to a bit of routine now and I know they were really starting to miss their friends.

These pictures are from the weekend. We walked along the beach after the tide had gone out to see what damage had been done in the overnight storm and to see what treasures could be found. The path along the seafront had nearly merged into beach with the amount of shingle washed up and this bench was now a perfect height for the kids. We sadly saw lots of starfish of jelly like sea creatures washed up too - I've never seen a starfish here before!

We came home with bags full of driftwood, a paddle and some fishing floats. I'm hoping to make a little beachy area in the garden in the Spring so they will be perfect! I had to leave behind a very lovely railway sleeper that had been washed up as it was far too heavy - it would have been perfect though!

I was also quite excited to find this little wooden acorn shape, wondering what it could possibly be. But then it occurred to me its probably just one of those hanging air fresheners or something - still pretty cute though!