Of Cabbages and Kings...

Here is my finished entry for the Port Eliot flower show. The theme was Cabbages and Kings so myself and Mr Dotty made a somewhat sketchy version of the Walrus and the Carpenter (Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass).

Guess who!!

 It took me quite a while to make the Man Walrus and I helped Mr Dotty build the carpenter. He made the Carpenters head by nailing a couple of buttons into a cabbage and putting it on a stick...and guess which scarecrow got awarded a "highly commended"....MR CABBAGE HEAD!! No prizes for Walrus...boo hoo calloo callay!! Ah well, he was fun to make and he put a smile on many a face! :)

 

 Here are the other fabulous scarecrows on the block...

Dappa indeed!

Scrumpy anyone??

Fabulous dancing elf folk

Elvis (The King) had definately seen better days

 There were a lot of inspiring artsy things going on around the festival grounds. I particularly liked this amazing knitted tree trunk warmer! I love the little birds (of course!!)

 The flower show is a pretty arty crazy kind of affair. Here are some of the entries...

 and one post festival man walrus! He must have been partying pretty hard on Saturday night!

Here is the fox tail and ears I made modelled by little Miss M. She wore it to the festival on Sunday and looked pretty fantastic!

 

I'm linking up with Fiona over at Raindrops and daisys for another greenday link up! Hop over and check out green theme pics from around the globe. I'm also linking up with Lakota over at Faith, hope and charity shopping for Ta Dah! Tuesday where folk show of their wares! It can be something you've made, bought or found!

Bye for now

Dotty 

xxx

and best of all are FESTIVALS!!

I'm off to the Port Eliot Festival this weekend. I have just finished installing my flower show entry...this man sized rather dappa Walrus and his mate the Carpenter!

"Caloo Callay"

Walrus and (headless) Carpenter!

Little J and the Walrus

 The weather this week...month...year!! has been crazy. I took these two photos straight after one another. One was facing South and one North. As you can see its fairly changeable! It's why we harp on about the weather so much I guess. This is my Cornish contribution to Skywatch Friday (see below).

And finally, a little evening tinkering about sewing after little M asked for a mermaids tail on night as she went off to bed. There was a great tutorial at Craftzine which I used to make it.

As you can see I've discovered photo editing, I've been using PicMonkey and its mega easy!

I'm joining up with Fiona for another Greenday over at Raindrops and daisys. You can go and check out other green theme posts from around the globe if you hop on over there.

Also joining up with Skywatch Friday link up, which features lots of posts with a sky theme..as you might well guess! There are some amazing photos shared from all over the world. 

I can't wait to show photos from the festival...so keep your eyes peeled for the next post! 

Have a great weekend

Love Dotty

xxx

Claim to Fame

Here is my little french froggie prince. I got rather carried away making him. He was made a a present for my nans 85th birthday. As a kid I would always bring here a little model frog on each visit until she accumulated quite a lot. Weirdly she does not know how it started as she didn't even collect frogs? But the theme has stuck so I made this rather dappa and swish frog for her.

aaah oui monsieur

 I am joining in with Fiona over at Raindrops & Daisys for another Green Day link up.  Oh there is so very much much muchly green around on account of the never ending rain that we are having!!
Here are some action shots of the frog creation!!

inside out frog

flat frog!

stuffed frog..a most delicate operation!

 ... and now for my CLAIM TO FAME!!!. The hippie afro scarecrow as made by me and my man for the Port Eliot Flower Festival was featured in July's issue of Gardens Illustrated...yeah!!

The post about the scarecrow extravaganza is here ... Scarecrows and Port Eliot Festival

and a few more green n lovely shots from the Eden Centre.

Dahlia Fairy Queen

The Dahlia I showed on last weeks post is called a Juuls Allstar and its a real beauty!

Well got to run...must stop faffing. :)

Take care and have a fab weekend

x Dotty x

The other scarecrows!

Here are some of the other rather demented scarecrows on display at the Port Eliot Fest...

we didnt win any prizes..boohoo but Im not surprised, some of the other ones were brilliant ad must have taken hours The Martin Scorsese one was my favourite!

There were some beautiful gypy caravans at the festival, you could hire them to stay in for the weekend (a bit pricey for the likes of me though!).

I loved the birds painted on the little doors on the back of the caravan. Talking of gypsy style...here a pic of my new/old dress! Thanks Mrs P !

I thinks its 1970's, the fabric is fab. Ive intentionally missed out my face as I didnt get in til 4.30am last night..and frankly I look a little worse for wear today! It was a good night!

Peace x