<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740199420823022245</id><updated>2012-02-16T18:26:55.621-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Debbies English Treasures</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://d-e-t.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://d-e-t.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Debbies-English-Treasures</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17900029492125393022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SKxNmugjtDI/AAAAAAAAA3c/Eb_4o90nnjE/S220/m%26d.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740199420823022245.post-9074247621727890035</id><published>2010-01-07T13:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T02:10:31.994-08:00</updated><title type='text'>LET IT SNOW .....</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Okay, one day of snow... kiddies being off school... and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;seeing&lt;/span&gt; them playing  outside was fun...&lt;br /&gt;but the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;strenuous&lt;/span&gt; cold and icy conditions, as meant that my 3 treasures have been off school all week.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And I haven`t been able to open my shop! &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Which means, everyday that it`s closed...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I`m losing money!&lt;br /&gt;And bills still have to get paid! Urghh!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Although the heavy signs of snow does look pretty...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 334px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 334px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;... and very fluffy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow8.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And according to my cheecky Daniel (who`s 7), it tastes yummy too! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow7.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So I have been busy finishing projects that I`&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;ve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; started on the Christmas holidays,&lt;br /&gt;as well as starting new ones... as a matter of fact I haven`t stopped at all!&lt;br /&gt;I will show the end products on another post, hopefully soon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow11.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 334px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Also, as soon as the shop re-opens, fingers crossed next Monday...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; I intend to make some changes to it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;My shop is divided by 4 small rooms, which used to be the lounge,&lt;br /&gt;dining room, kitchen and the small yard that has been covered and is also a room,&lt;br /&gt;although I`m still awaiting for the landlord to sort the damp that we have in it,&lt;br /&gt;in order to use it fully...&lt;br /&gt;(Photo of the back yard room, below.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My first intentions, when setting it up, was to turn one room into a Classic looking ,&lt;br /&gt;another into a Country room, the kitchen into a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Cath&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Kidston&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; style&lt;br /&gt;and the yard room into a Romantic/French type of room.&lt;br /&gt;So far, only the Classic room as been &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;successful&lt;/span&gt;, in my opinion...&lt;br /&gt;(I know, I`m  such a perfectionist)!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The other 2 rooms have been used to display treasures, whenever space allows, without taking in consideration which category it &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;applies&lt;/span&gt; to...&lt;br /&gt;So I`m hoping that once the yard room is sort out, I will be able to use it to store items of furniture that need doing up and treasures that don`t fit into any of the categories&lt;br /&gt;in order to be able to keep to the styles of the rooms...&lt;br /&gt;Does that makes sense?&lt;br /&gt;Another idea that I also have is to move the rooms around,&lt;br /&gt;for &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;instance&lt;/span&gt; the Classic room is at the front, which is great at this time of the year...&lt;br /&gt;for Spring/ Easter time, I intend to move the Country room to the front&lt;br /&gt;and the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Cath&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Kidston&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; will be at the front for Summer time.&lt;br /&gt;I think it will be fun and exciting to change with the seasons!&lt;br /&gt;Although it will be time consuming, I think it will be a challenge for me&lt;br /&gt;and something that I`m looking forward to do!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another thing that I`m quite excited right now... is finally getting to terms with and to use my Christmas present, from hubby!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Finally I`m a proud owner of a Singer machine!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow9.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And I`m putting my fears behind of using a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;sewing&lt;/span&gt; machine for the first time, by experimenting making lots of lovely treasures. So far I used to do it by hand, which was quite time consuming and some times painful to my fingers... :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I`m quite pleased with the results!&lt;br /&gt;Not bad for a first timer, huh!:-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/snow10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Anyway, better go now... still lots to do!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be careful out there and do try to keep warm!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 55px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4740199420823022245-9074247621727890035?l=d-e-t.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/9074247621727890035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/9074247621727890035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://d-e-t.blogspot.com/2010/01/let-it-snow.html' title='LET IT SNOW .....'/><author><name>Debbies-English-Treasures</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17900029492125393022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SKxNmugjtDI/AAAAAAAAA3c/Eb_4o90nnjE/S220/m%26d.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740199420823022245.post-8688835651940913595</id><published>2010-01-07T12:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T02:14:34.095-08:00</updated><title type='text'>HAPPY NEW YEAR</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/ny5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 604px; height: 472px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/ny5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;To E.V.E.R.Y.O.N.E!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wishing you good health and a prosperous New Year ahead...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;That all your  dreams, resolutions and ambitions will come through...&lt;br /&gt;...with a little bit of hard work on your part, of course!:-)&lt;br /&gt;After all, everything feels so much better when you are able to achieve your goals,&lt;br /&gt;(no matter how big or small)&lt;br /&gt;after some hard work and dedication...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/ny3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/ny3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My resolution is that I can make my little shop, a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;successful&lt;/span&gt; business venture for many years to come and hopefully  seeing it grow...&lt;br /&gt;Although it means that I must, and I will truly and fully dedicate myself to it, 100%!&lt;br /&gt;And who knows, maybe even pass it down through the Moss generation,&lt;br /&gt;although so far only J.Lee (who is our 9 year old)&lt;br /&gt;has shown any interest in it,&lt;br /&gt; and she always enjoys helping mummy after school,&lt;br /&gt;by serving our costumers with a big friendly smile!:-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/ny4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/ny4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In order for my goal to be achieved I have decided to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;not accept comments in my blog&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;for an &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;unlimited period&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;as I`m finding it difficult to find time to read your posts&lt;br /&gt;and subsequently leave you comments!&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/ny.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/ny.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I truly have appreciated every single one of your comments... and I think that`s only fair and considerate of my part if I was to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;reciprocate&lt;/span&gt; the favour...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And as my spare time is so limited at this moment, I`m not in the condition to visit you, as I would like!&lt;br /&gt;I hope that you understand my reason... and thank you so much for your interest, support, friendship and love!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;God Bless!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 55px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4740199420823022245-8688835651940913595?l=d-e-t.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/8688835651940913595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/8688835651940913595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://d-e-t.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-new-year_07.html' title='HAPPY NEW YEAR'/><author><name>Debbies-English-Treasures</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17900029492125393022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SKxNmugjtDI/AAAAAAAAA3c/Eb_4o90nnjE/S220/m%26d.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740199420823022245.post-5561731059087798611</id><published>2009-12-23T11:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T03:15:16.353-08:00</updated><title type='text'>MERRY CHRISTMAS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SzYbGeGquaI/AAAAAAAAE8w/lgypMWcbqGI/s1600-h/jolly.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 237px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SzYbGeGquaI/AAAAAAAAE8w/lgypMWcbqGI/s400/jolly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419548999561165218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A very Merry Christmas from the Moss household to yours!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It`s starting to feel a lot like Christmas around here... although this year has been quite an eventful one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;So much so, that this year our nest &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;isn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;`t really decorated for this Christmas joyful season,&lt;br /&gt;has our original &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;faux&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Christmas tree is being used in our  window shop display,&lt;br /&gt;greeting people as they pass by...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/shop5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 967px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/shop5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We still have to paint the black window frame...&lt;br /&gt;The hanging baskets idea, come from a photo of one of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Cath&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Kidston&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; window shop display, that I`&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;ve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; seen on the net.&lt;br /&gt;I just thought, if its good enough for C.K it`s good enough for moi!-:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/shop30.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/shop30.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/shop3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/shop3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/shop2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/shop2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/shop4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/shop4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Although I`m loving running my little treasures shop... it can also be a very &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;tiring&lt;/span&gt; affair!&lt;br /&gt;So this year we decided to simplify this season as much as possible, in order to enjoy a stressful free Christmas.&lt;br /&gt;So my apologies if most of you haven`t received a card or email from me this year... as a matter of fact no one has! &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Oops&lt;/span&gt;!-)&lt;br /&gt;Instead I will be donating some £££££ to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Derian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; House which is a charity that its close to my heart.&lt;br /&gt;I`m leaving you with some photos of how our nest looked like last year... Unfortunately this year we just &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;didn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;`t bothered putting that much effort.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My apologies for the photos below, being so dark...&lt;br /&gt;I was trying to be clever, wanting to showcase the twinkling fairy lights&lt;br /&gt;that we had &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;sparkling, just the right amount &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of Christmas magic &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;outside&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/CIMG1793.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/CIMG1793.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We had some on the tall ferns...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/shop7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 780px; height: 512px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/shop7.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Outside on the front windows...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;... and inside on the mantel and tree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 926px; height: 612px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And sadly, the fairy lights  don`t show on any of my photos.&lt;br /&gt;After all that work!:-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Never mind...&lt;br /&gt;Still pretty to look at... Don`t you think!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 943px; height: 351px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There`s something magical about lighten candles...&lt;br /&gt;And more the merrier!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 916px; height: 603px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec9.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 960px; height: 353px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 916px; height: 603px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec8.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;What about our vintage HUGE  crystal chandelier...&lt;br /&gt;I always enjoy to dress it up for the joyful season.&lt;br /&gt;Although it &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;isn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;`t as fun, when it`s time to take the Christmas &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;paraphernalia&lt;/span&gt; down.:-)&lt;br /&gt;I remember having a sore neck for a couple of days, after.&lt;br /&gt;(No pain, no gain.)&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Lol&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 504px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec11.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;One thing that we did do... was lighting the dining room fire.&lt;br /&gt;Which has become our family tradition.&lt;br /&gt;As we only get to do it, at this time of the year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec12.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It gives a wonderful Christmas feel.. and smell.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 941px; height: 350px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec7.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;More candles... 10 to be precise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 953px; height: 355px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/newfolder/dec13.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear hubby has &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;excelled&lt;/span&gt; himself... once again.&lt;br /&gt;Our Bertie the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Turkey&lt;/span&gt; (which we get to name every year) was &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;absolutely&lt;/span&gt; delicious, very &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;succulent&lt;/span&gt;... actually everything was cooked to perfection, indeed!&lt;br /&gt;Thanks &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;honey&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While here, I must wish you all...&lt;br /&gt;A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS!&lt;br /&gt;I hope is your best ever Christmas, yet!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MUCH L.O.V.E... FROM OUR HOME&lt;br /&gt;TO YOURS!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 55px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4740199420823022245-5561731059087798611?l=d-e-t.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/5561731059087798611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/5561731059087798611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://d-e-t.blogspot.com/2009/12/merry-christmas.html' title='MERRY CHRISTMAS'/><author><name>Debbies-English-Treasures</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17900029492125393022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SKxNmugjtDI/AAAAAAAAA3c/Eb_4o90nnjE/S220/m%26d.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SzYbGeGquaI/AAAAAAAAE8w/lgypMWcbqGI/s72-c/jolly.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740199420823022245.post-3202204257916330639</id><published>2009-12-02T12:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:59:42.143-08:00</updated><title type='text'>DREAMS DO COME THROUGH...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;My recent &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;absence&lt;/span&gt; has not been without good reason and even now I`m still finding it hard to believe...&lt;br /&gt;that after years of dreaming of one day having my little shop, (since being a little girl,&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt; in fact&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) it finally has materialized one month ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We first had planned of opening a shop last year, (September to be precised) and we had quite a few treasures ready, we even found what we thought was the right shop for our business and so on but our business advisor &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;gave&lt;/span&gt; us, what it was proved to be the best advice ever, which was to wait another year, until the credit crunch was over or at least not as bad...&lt;br /&gt;And so we did, but until then we rented an office just so I could pursue with our website business for one year as some of you may know...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;But after a lot of carefully thinking me and Alan decided to go ahead of making my long time dream come through, and after two months or hard work... &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop7.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Painting, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;pricing&lt;/span&gt;, transforming small pieces of shabby furniture into chic again and more painting, this time our display cabinets that my sweet Alan made...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; Hurray we can finally open the doors to our new costumers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop23.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop23.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;E.V.E.R.Y.O.N.E has been so kind to us!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; Strangers which are now friends and costumers of ours have being so very supportive and have been helping us one way or another.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;And we truly appreciate their kindness! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes praise or words of encouragement means so much more than people realize... to me anyway!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop9.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Although I also must say a HUGE THANK YOU to all of our loyal website costumers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;(Specially this lovely couple... Maisie and Tom) who have been shopping with us since I first had my first website which was called &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Tres&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Chic, four years ago?&lt;br /&gt;Wow! has it been that long?&lt;br /&gt;And of course, I &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;couldn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;`t leave you out... another HUGE THANK YOU  goes for you as well, my blog friend(s) for your support!&lt;br /&gt;Although I`m afraid I have been away for the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;blogland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for so long, and I feel as if I have neglected you all! So apologies from me to you!&lt;br /&gt;Another HUGE THANK YOU to our family and friends for your support when in doubt, and specially Alan`s sweet parents for looking after our treasures...&lt;br /&gt;a lot of the time, so we could get jobs done.&lt;br /&gt;But the bigger THANK YOU OF ALL, must go for Alan, for making another one of my dreams come through...&lt;br /&gt;I`m still finding hard to believe that I`m now playing shops for real!:-)&lt;br /&gt;Okay, I won`t bore you anymore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Enjoy looking at the photos of our lovely shop, and I will try to catch up with you all soon...&lt;br /&gt;And by the way, do try to keep warm!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This is what my lovely costumers first see as they come in...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop38.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop38.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I`&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;ve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; received many compliments with this display of  grouped&lt;br /&gt;blue and white china...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop37.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop37.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I`&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;ve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; made the bunting... all by hand!&lt;br /&gt;The fabric that I used was more like for upholstery... so my fingers were quite sore.&lt;br /&gt;But, the pain was worth it in the end. Me thinks!:-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop36.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop36.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Stacked vintage suitcases always look lovely... and more patina they have...&lt;br /&gt;The better!&lt;br /&gt;I used a 19ct french fabric for the heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop25.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop25.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Another pretty view...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop34.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop34.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(This lovely table and lamp have already sold!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Yuppie! So now I`m wondering what to replace them with...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop35.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop35.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The gorgeous curved glass Edwardian cabinet... is also for sale.&lt;br /&gt;And makes a lovely feature in this room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop16.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop16.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Remember my gorgeous wax flapper doll?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop33.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop33.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;She`s been SOLD, to a lovely lady, who`s already becoming a regular!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop27.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop27.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Love the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;hand painted&lt;/span&gt; French box on the photo above...&lt;br /&gt;Hopefully, someone else will!&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop24.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop24.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Lovely Vintage and Victorian plates adorned the walls...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop14.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 948px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop14.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;More pretty treasures, to please the eye...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 906px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop13.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Lovely collection of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;collectables&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;... above.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop18.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 940px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop18.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;More treasures...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop29.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop29.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The middle room...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So much to see... and hopefully sell!:-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop12.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Figurines...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop11.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Teapots...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Tins... For the connoisseur!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop31.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop31.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I first &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;intended&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to paint the small kitchen dresser...&lt;br /&gt;But got SOLD, before me doing it so. Hurray!&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop32.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop32.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Beautiful handmade cushions, granny blankets. curtains and eiderdowns...&lt;br /&gt;Make this corner, cozy and inviting.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop26.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop26.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hopefully, we will have more Vintage attire to sell...&lt;br /&gt;As there`s no other shop in our town who specializes on doing it so.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Clear glass, coloured glass, fancy glass, simple glass...&lt;br /&gt;Oh! And a beautiful Singer manequin also!&lt;br /&gt;Which is been used to showcase vintage brooches...&lt;br /&gt;And has space avaiable, to add a few more to it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop28.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop28.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This ornate mirror was our first sale!&lt;br /&gt;And was SOLD to a lovely young couple who are setting their first home together!&lt;br /&gt;They also bought the black table which I hand painted.&lt;br /&gt;(Thank you so much to both of you!)&lt;br /&gt;These treasures, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;couldn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;`t have  SOLD to a nicer couple.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop30.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop30.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hopt pink painted shelves above the counter unit...&lt;br /&gt;Makes a lovely feature in this room,&lt;br /&gt;and showcases a number of pretty treasures&lt;br /&gt;to entice costumers as they wait to be served...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop21.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop21.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In the third room...&lt;br /&gt;Lovely huge welsh dresser which is for sale, still...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop22.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop22.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The two lovely wall cabinets, have been SOLD...&lt;br /&gt;And I`ve just finished painting tree others to replace these...&lt;br /&gt;(Although they are smaller).&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop19.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop19.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;More painted furniture... in this corner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop20.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop20.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The pretty dressing table... which I also loved painting...&lt;br /&gt;Was SOLD to the same lady who bought the wax doll...&lt;br /&gt;it will be a Christmas present&lt;br /&gt;for her lovely 14 years old daughter.&lt;br /&gt;The original handles were missing,&lt;br /&gt;so I`ve added new handles and the result is a pretty mix of old and new.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/shop/shop8.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I also treated my new costumers with these lovely hearts.&lt;br /&gt;Free when they spent £20.00 or over...&lt;br /&gt;I used Cath Kidston, Vintage and French fabrics for these,&lt;br /&gt;as well as lavender and a vintage glass chandelier drop.&lt;br /&gt;(I`m glad to say, that they all went on the first week!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, more yummy photos to come on my next post!&lt;br /&gt;Must go now and have my beauty sleep, as I`m hoping for another busy day tomorrow!&lt;br /&gt;Sleep tight everyone, and thanks for stopping by!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 55px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4740199420823022245-3202204257916330639?l=d-e-t.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/3202204257916330639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/3202204257916330639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://d-e-t.blogspot.com/2009/12/dreams-do-come-through.html' title='DREAMS DO COME THROUGH...'/><author><name>Debbies-English-Treasures</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17900029492125393022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SKxNmugjtDI/AAAAAAAAA3c/Eb_4o90nnjE/S220/m%26d.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740199420823022245.post-6695946414024136070</id><published>2009-11-27T05:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-26T06:38:38.968-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry For The Delay</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SzYf35bEe6I/AAAAAAAAE9A/ehJ-Nq4Wzf0/s1600-h/CIMG8265.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SzYf35bEe6I/AAAAAAAAE9A/ehJ-Nq4Wzf0/s400/CIMG8265.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419554246754597794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm sorry for the delay in re-opening the website , as we have both been very busy opening our new shop in Chorley.&lt;br /&gt;Hopefully we will have the Website and blog  up and running  soon.&lt;br /&gt;Debbie will be doing a new post explaining all the happenings over the past 2 months and it will be business as usual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for your patience,  Alan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 55px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4740199420823022245-6695946414024136070?l=d-e-t.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/6695946414024136070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/6695946414024136070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://d-e-t.blogspot.com/2009/11/sorry-for-deley.html' title='Sorry For The Delay'/><author><name>Debbies-English-Treasures</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17900029492125393022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SKxNmugjtDI/AAAAAAAAA3c/Eb_4o90nnjE/S220/m%26d.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SzYf35bEe6I/AAAAAAAAE9A/ehJ-Nq4Wzf0/s72-c/CIMG8265.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740199420823022245.post-5970688322365884385</id><published>2009-09-14T11:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-02T12:17:48.413-08:00</updated><title type='text'>HEADBOARDS MAKE-OVERS AND SWEET HUBBY</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Wow! I`m such a lucky girl!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Nearly 15 years ago, I found what proved to be my best Treasure find, yet!&lt;br /&gt;What could it be? You may ask!&lt;br /&gt;My sweet hubby! I say he is a Vintage Treasure, because there`s 10 years difference between us.:-)&lt;br /&gt;Everyday, he manages to delight me one way or another.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Lately he`s been a good help, hanging pictures for me...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/attic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/attic.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I recently bought, this fab. vintage velvet headboard and stool on one of our recent WEBSITE buying trip...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/attic1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/attic1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And decided that it may look great, to use as a pin board.&lt;br /&gt;So he hung that too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And I quite like it! It gives a nice eclectic look, which is what I`m trying to achieve in my loft craft room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This past Saturday, Alan was busy for about 5 hours, tackling our bedroom headboard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;It was pink before, and its now a golden color...&lt;br /&gt;Poor thing, he had to upholster 28 buttons to go with it, hence taking him so long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/bed2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 908px; height: 338px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/bed2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I think is much more in keeping with our bedroom decor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/bed1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/bed1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The rich velvet bed canopy it was originally two huge pairs of curtains.&lt;br /&gt;So I decided to use one to make our bed canopy, for a romantic and luxurious look!&lt;br /&gt;The lady who I bought it from, said that cost her over £250.00!&lt;br /&gt;It does have some minor marks at the back, because of condensation, but who cares?&lt;br /&gt;The photo below, is a close up of the pretty picture that we have above our bed...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/bed.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/bed.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My Alan is so T.A.L.E.N.T.E.D in so many ways...&lt;br /&gt;He taught himself computer programming from scratch, which made it possible for him to give our &lt;a href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/"&gt;WEBSITE&lt;/a&gt; a complete new make-over.&lt;br /&gt;There`s so many more things that I could say about my sweet hubby...&lt;br /&gt;But one of the things that attracts me the most to him, is how a good daddy, caring hubby, and friend he is...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And he as a soft side too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/ben.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/ben.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The photo above, was taken yesterday at his parents home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; He is holding our adorable 10 month old nephew, that we only got to meet twice so far,&lt;br /&gt;because his lovely mummy &amp;amp; daddy and his cute 3 year old brother, moved to live in Holland.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;By the way, I wish them, a safe journey home, today by ferry!&lt;br /&gt;Dear Becky and Graeme, thank you so much for coming all this way, to allow us to spend precious time, with your beautiful children!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;So in this post, I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU  for my Alan, for everything that you do and for having the patiente of a saint...:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;And for just being YOU!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Sometimes, it`s so easy to take the people in our life that we L.O.V.E the most... for granted!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 55px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4740199420823022245-5970688322365884385?l=d-e-t.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/5970688322365884385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/5970688322365884385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://d-e-t.blogspot.com/2009/09/headboards-make-overs-and-sweet-hubby.html' title='HEADBOARDS MAKE-OVERS AND SWEET HUBBY'/><author><name>Debbies-English-Treasures</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17900029492125393022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SKxNmugjtDI/AAAAAAAAA3c/Eb_4o90nnjE/S220/m%26d.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740199420823022245.post-7595649385323005503</id><published>2009-09-09T12:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-02T12:20:58.813-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Early Mornings and Website Make-Over</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Welcome to D-E-T! I`m so glad that you have decided to stop by...&lt;br /&gt;Things are now okay in my end... although the past few days, have been a bit difficult!&lt;br /&gt;Now that my 3 precious treasures are back at school... I feel a bit sad and lack business orientation.&lt;br /&gt;First I couldn`t wait for the past six weeks to go fast enough so I could go to our premises and work on listing many more beautiful treasures... and now that I have my freedom to do it so again... I somehow feel lost.&lt;br /&gt;Mostly because I`m a bit concerned regarding our kids going back to school.&lt;br /&gt;A mother never stops worrying, I suppose!&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, again my Prince Charming (Alan) is on hand to reassure me that they will be fine!&lt;br /&gt;I know, I`m such a worrier!:-)&lt;br /&gt;So there`s no more doing this for me, in the mornings...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/toast.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/toast.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Instead I will be rushing like a headless chicken, making sure that my 3 treasures look presentable and arrive to school in time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;After that, finally I will be able to go to our premises and get back to what I L.O.V.E doing... List, list, list...&lt;br /&gt;By the way... Our &lt;a href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/index.php"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; has a new look! It is now simpler to navigate and has a fresh look to it. Which I truly LOVE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;A good start to get me motivated to list many of the beautiful treasures, that I have accumulated in the past 6 weeks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;If you are new to D-E-T, the photos below... are just a few examples of what to expect from us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;MANY MORE ROMANTIC TREASURES&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/romantic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 381px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/romantic.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;CLASSIC TREASURES&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/class.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 587px; height: 338px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/class.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;VICTORIAN ERA TREASURES&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/vic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/vic.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;COUNTRY TREASURES&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/country.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 375px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/country.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;GLASSWARE TREASURES&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/glass.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 447px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/glass.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;CHILDREN...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/children.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/children.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;TEXTILES and more...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/textiles.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/textiles.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hope you have enjoyed looking at these photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And a big thank you to our costumers, for allowing us to do what we do best!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Another great thing that I`ve got to come, is returning to the gym.&lt;br /&gt;I started going just before the school holidays, but stopped, as I prefer going in the mornings. And it wasn`t possible, since my 3 treasures being off school.&lt;br /&gt;In the mornings, there`s mostly older ladies, and we have a good laugh! With the oldest being 82! Wow! She sure doesn`t look it!&lt;br /&gt;I found these ladies to be such inspiration to me! With a great sense of humour and great zest for life!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;That`s it for today! Thank you so much for visiting my blog!&lt;br /&gt;And hope to see you here again, soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 55px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4740199420823022245-7595649385323005503?l=d-e-t.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/7595649385323005503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/7595649385323005503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://d-e-t.blogspot.com/2009/09/early-mornings-and-website-make-over.html' title='Early Mornings and Website Make-Over'/><author><name>Debbies-English-Treasures</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17900029492125393022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SKxNmugjtDI/AAAAAAAAA3c/Eb_4o90nnjE/S220/m%26d.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740199420823022245.post-2738543426330263132</id><published>2009-09-01T13:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-03T03:22:12.578-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mum`s Wedding Anniversary</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Hello everyone, I hope that this post finds you all healthy and happy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;We had a great Bank Holiday, specially on Sunday. As we went to my mum`s and step-dad 6&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Th&lt;/span&gt; Wedding Anniversary party!&lt;br /&gt;I decided to surprise both of them with this cake that you can see on the first photo below, which was made to order by a friend!&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to be quite simple, so I could personalise it myself!&lt;br /&gt;So I`&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;ve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; decorated it with some pretty &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;faux&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; flowers to all sides and two adorable vintage ducks on top.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/cake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 919px; height: 225px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/cake.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As I walked through the door holding it... it moved my dear mum to tears of J.O.Y!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I also wanted to make a special gift. So I decided to make a big heart. At first I &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;intended&lt;/span&gt; to add the cross-stitch word to the center of it, but then I thought that it would be such a shame not to show the pretty fabric, so I came up with this idea...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/lov.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/lov.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And here is the heart, complete with lace, beads, vintage glass chandelier drop and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;brooch&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/heart.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/heart.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And here is the finished result.&lt;br /&gt;I also decided to add a pretty flower to the center of the bow, although it is difficult to see on this photo below...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/heart1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/heart1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is how I decided to wrap it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/pres.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/pres.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;With tulle, beautiful &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;faux&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; flowers and a pretty Mother &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;brooch&lt;/span&gt; on the center, for a pretty &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;touch&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/pres1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 909px; height: 338px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/pres1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Of course, I had to make a pretty card also!&lt;br /&gt;A L.O.V.E card to go with the L.O.V.E heart.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/card.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/card.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;All 14 of us had lots of fun, in my Mum`s and Bill`s beautiful home!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/dan.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/dan.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pretty flowers from the garden, adorn the kitchen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/flow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/flow.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And the next two photos, are of my hand-made heart!&lt;br /&gt;What do you think?&lt;br /&gt;Should it be displayed on their guest bedroom mirror or on the door?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/two.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 909px; height: 600px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/two.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;While here, I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to Bill for being a great husband and friend to my dear mum and us, as she so deserves!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 55px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4740199420823022245-2738543426330263132?l=d-e-t.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/2738543426330263132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/2738543426330263132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://d-e-t.blogspot.com/2009/09/mums-wedding-anniversary.html' title='Mum`s Wedding Anniversary'/><author><name>Debbies-English-Treasures</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17900029492125393022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SKxNmugjtDI/AAAAAAAAA3c/Eb_4o90nnjE/S220/m%26d.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740199420823022245.post-317246942185296132</id><published>2009-08-28T13:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-01T02:45:59.126-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Winner And Craft Room Make-Over</title><content type='html'>Hello friends... hope you enjoyed coming to my tea party! I had lots of fun having you around!&lt;br /&gt;I`m going to L.O.V.E giving my beautiful hand-made cupcake pin cushion to one of you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;So here it goes... Good Luck!&lt;br /&gt;And finally the winner as announced by my &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;very cheeky&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; assistant&lt;/span&gt; Dani is:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-88089d2ee8e88e54" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v23.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D88089d2ee8e88e54%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1340378400%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D54A797171B710037163BC50B5E8A1573CCAB4A1F.7C9F24D473A8AF46FB984FD2CDF2A34006062DE7%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D88089d2ee8e88e54%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DbIIY8h05nO559j9fxbRIzVNJfkM&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="flvurl=http://v23.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D88089d2ee8e88e54%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1340378400%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D54A797171B710037163BC50B5E8A1573CCAB4A1F.7C9F24D473A8AF46FB984FD2CDF2A34006062DE7%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D88089d2ee8e88e54%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DbIIY8h05nO559j9fxbRIzVNJfkM&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger" allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONGRATULATIONS! &lt;a href="http://colleen-colleensquiltingjourney.blogspot.com/"&gt;Colleen&lt;/a&gt; from Oklahoma in the U.S.A.&lt;br /&gt;Lovely Colleen makes the most wonderful quilts! Well worth visiting her blog for fabulous inspiration, and while there... Why not say hi?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(To all my other friends... Don`t hurry! I plan to host many more fab give-aways, in the future.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now changing subject, this week I`ve started to re-decorate my craft room, which is in my very small attic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/df.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 610px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/df.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(The two photos above... Shows how it used to look a long time ago.)&lt;br /&gt;Until a few days ago... its been very neglected, messy and very untiedy, to be honest!&lt;br /&gt;So enough is enough! It`s time to get the paint brushes ready and start decorating...&lt;br /&gt;Or, so I thought! I`ve been struggling for inspiration, specially which color to paint the walls and my vintage furniture.&lt;br /&gt;After a lot of time and desperation, searching for ideas... I came across the front cover of the Romantic Homes magazine, and I know that was it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/CIMG6179.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/CIMG6179.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The dramatic colors of the room above are so me!!!&lt;br /&gt;Here it goes, a few samples on the wall... for testing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/CIMG6163.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/CIMG6163.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This beautiful Vintage chintz fabric that I just L.O.V.E...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/sd.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 900px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/sd.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Which I hope to use it to give a little make-over to my 14 lampshades and perhaps making a few cushions too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/CIMG6223.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/CIMG6223.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Also, I struggled deciding which colour to paint my Vintage dresser!&lt;br /&gt;I first painted it white. But thought it looked too clinical to my liking!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/as.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/as.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So I decided to paint it again, with my trusty cream paint... which I have used it in all the woodwork in the house.&lt;br /&gt;Not totally happy, I also added the same fabric to the back of the dresser... and voila!&lt;br /&gt;Finally! I`m a very happy chick!:-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/CIMG6269.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/CIMG6269.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Now, let the fun begin...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/CIMG6490.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/CIMG6490.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Finally it`s starting to take shape...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/CIMG6509.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/CIMG6509.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And looking much more organized...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/CIMG6386.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/CIMG6386.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;You can never have too many pretty things to look at...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/gh.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 916px; height: 459px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/gh.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And find a good excuse for owning too many books!&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/ty.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 587px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/ty.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And craft supplies...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/CIMG6391.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/CIMG6391.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And be surrounded by pretty treasures...&lt;br /&gt;For inspiration!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/rt.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 913px; height: 225px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/rt.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The photo below... is of my chair.&lt;br /&gt;I`ve added a vintage bridal veil to it and a posy of pretty flowers for extra pizazz!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/CIMG6520.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 618px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/CIMG6520.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Update: And while here, I just thought to share with you, what I have done to one of my lampshades so far... Still a work in progress! But so far, so good!:-)&lt;br /&gt;One down 13 more to do!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk//images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/qw.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 910px; height: 338px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk//images/others/_notes/New%20Folder/qw.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will share more photos, as the work progresses!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you enjoy your weekend! Whatever you do!&lt;br /&gt;As for my English friends, I`m wishing you all a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 55px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4740199420823022245-317246942185296132?l=d-e-t.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=88089d2ee8e88e54&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/317246942185296132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/317246942185296132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://d-e-t.blogspot.com/2009/08/winner-and-craft-room-make-over.html' title='Winner And Craft Room Make-Over'/><author><name>Debbies-English-Treasures</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17900029492125393022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SKxNmugjtDI/AAAAAAAAA3c/Eb_4o90nnjE/S220/m%26d.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740199420823022245.post-5981442934843967466</id><published>2009-08-24T02:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-02T12:37:18.925-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tea Party - Thanks For Coming</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Oh! How happy I am to have you join me...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Thanks for accepting my invitation for this afternoon TEA PARTY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/thirteen.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/thirteen.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Please, do take a seat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/twelve.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 433px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/twelve.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;These are my two cheeky helpers for this afternoon...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/fourteen.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/fourteen.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I first intended to host this tea party in my little garden... but as it was raining outside, it is now in my living room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Never mind, we won`t let the rain spoil our fun!:-)&lt;br /&gt;Yummy food and English tea are awaiting for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/eleven.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/eleven.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We have some tasty treats.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/six.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 690px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/six.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Cake and juicy strawberries... With whipped cream!!!&lt;br /&gt;Too many calories? Who cares!&lt;br /&gt;Not today, anyway!:-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/nine.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/nine.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Anyone for chocolate?&lt;br /&gt;Come on... Don`t be shy!&lt;br /&gt;I know you want one, or two, or maybe three... :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/four.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/four.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/ten.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/ten.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;No afternoon tea party is complete without English tea and coffee!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/two.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/two.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Do you take milk and sugar?&lt;br /&gt;Sorry! I forgot the spoons... Oops!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I certainly need to polish my hostess manners!:-)&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/one.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/one.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And a yummy cake!&lt;br /&gt;Which I should had put marmalade glaze on top, but as this party was quite spontaneous&lt;br /&gt; and prepared with goodies that I had stored in the cupboards, I &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;didn&lt;/span&gt;`t had the top ingredient.&lt;br /&gt;Never mind, still tasty enough! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/eight.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 334px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/eight.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Please, join me for a chat, as I just L.O.V.E to have your company...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/seven.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/seven.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Well, thank you for stopping by!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/five.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/five.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Time to blow off the candles... for next time!&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/three.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/three.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And put the pretty vintage cutlery and china away...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/fifteen.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 760px; height: 360px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/fifteen.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;But... You &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;didn&lt;/span&gt;`t really think you were leaving empty handed did you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;One of my friends, who leaves a comment in this post, (which will be chosen at random) will get this pretty cupcake pin cushion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Which was handmade by me with L.O.V.E.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/sixteen.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 680px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/1/sixteen.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Consider it as my tea party &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;souvenir&lt;/span&gt; to you. Also included is the saucer to go with it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This opportunity is open till Friday evening.&lt;br /&gt;And is open to all!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Well I guess that is enough from here today!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Being a hostess is quite &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;tiring&lt;/span&gt;... although a lot of FUN! Time to put my feet up!:-)&lt;br /&gt;I truly enjoyed your company!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 55px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4740199420823022245-5981442934843967466?l=d-e-t.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/5981442934843967466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/5981442934843967466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://d-e-t.blogspot.com/2009/08/tea-party-thanks-for-coming.html' title='Tea Party - Thanks For Coming'/><author><name>Debbies-English-Treasures</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17900029492125393022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SKxNmugjtDI/AAAAAAAAA3c/Eb_4o90nnjE/S220/m%26d.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740199420823022245.post-5916992603140199391</id><published>2009-08-13T11:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-24T10:49:48.977-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Daniel`s 7th Birthday</title><content type='html'>This is a post that I should have mentioned a week ago...&lt;br /&gt;And it is a very special one too!&lt;br /&gt;At exactly 10.20p.m on the 7&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of August 2002... Only after 20 minutes of labour, a little ray of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Sunshine&lt;/span&gt; was born on our than shabby dinning room floor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;From the moment I first set my eyes upon him... I knew I was in L.O.V.E... a special type of L.O.V.E... unconditional L.O.V.E!&lt;br /&gt;This little man makes me laugh (most of the time), he is &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;cheeky&lt;/span&gt; on his own special way, considerate and very caring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Although he can also be a little terror sometimes... Can`t we all?:-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG5720.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG5720.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;To celebrate this momentous day in his life and ours, we decided to go to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Disney World&lt;/span&gt; Paris!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;(Sorry! Did I say &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Disney World&lt;/span&gt;?)&lt;br /&gt;What I meant was the wonderful Blackpool Pleasure Beach!:-)&lt;br /&gt;Which is only about 45 minutes drive to get to.&lt;br /&gt;Okay, not quite as exciting, but for now it will do!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Anyway, we have now arrived!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Do you want to join us on celebrating Dani`s 7&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; birthday?&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG4639.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG4639.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Don`t forget to tighten your seat belts as we are going to have a fun filled bumpy day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/ONE.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/ONE.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;On the photos above, Dani got wet on the walking fountain, and on the first photo he looks really cute on the drying booth.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/TWO.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/TWO.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/THREE.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The tooth fairy is yet to come! :-)&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/THREE.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 900px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/THREE.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG4643.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG4643.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG4628.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG4628.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Fancy going on this one?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;No! We &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;didn&lt;/span&gt;`t either! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG4629.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG4629.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG4613.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG4613.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/seven.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/seven.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/four.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 900px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/four.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;On the photos above, the birthday boy, at first &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;didn&lt;/span&gt;`t know what to do... to get the car moving...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;But with a little bit of help of the instructor, off he goes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;-Hurray! I`m having so much fun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/five.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/five.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;L.O.V.E this photo of our Nikki and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Daddy&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;queuing&lt;/span&gt; for the next big ride.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG4618.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG4618.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And this one also... of our beautiful J-Lee and Dani!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Thanks for coming along with us!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your presence, made it even more memorable and we would like to invite you on our other many family outings...&lt;br /&gt;Next on the agenda is the wonderful Lake District!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please do leave a comment, so I know that you have stopped by, and vice-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;verse&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;And a big thank you to you all, who have left such wonderful comments on the two previous posts... You sure know how to make someone feel W.E.L.C.O.M.E!:-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Also on the next post, I will give a lovely TEA PARTY and you are invited!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 55px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4740199420823022245-5916992603140199391?l=d-e-t.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/5916992603140199391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/5916992603140199391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://d-e-t.blogspot.com/2009/08/daniels-7th-birthday.html' title='Daniel`s 7th Birthday'/><author><name>Debbies-English-Treasures</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17900029492125393022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SKxNmugjtDI/AAAAAAAAA3c/Eb_4o90nnjE/S220/m%26d.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740199420823022245.post-7352781304461127847</id><published>2009-08-11T23:31:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-31T03:20:08.024-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Hydrangeas... Beautiful Hydrangeas...</title><content type='html'>Hello! Thanks for stopping by...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Tea or coffee? Do you take sugar! A slice of freshly home baked cake, perhaps!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/Sja0Syo7OXI/AAAAAAAAEfc/-nE8xFhIgDc/s1600/CIMG0288.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/Untitled-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Please, do make yourself at home!&lt;br /&gt;And while here, you may want to have a look at one of my favourite garden blessings...&lt;br /&gt;MY HYDRANGEAS!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG2591.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG2591.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;They are beautiful fresh and bright and are available in a lovely variety of colours...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG2583.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG2583.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And  just like Roses they are just as beautiful when dried.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG0688.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG0688.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Many people remember hydrangeas from their childhood.&lt;br /&gt;And today we are falling in love with them, all over again, as they are recommended for the amateur and the experienced gardener!&lt;br /&gt;Also it`s easy to find hydrangeas that will  bloom in almost any location, since the collection is now so widely available.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG2062.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG2062.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG0691.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG0691.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG0697.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG0697.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I think hydrangeas are such wonderful flowers...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG5104.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG5102.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Don`t you, too?&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG5104.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG5104.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Do you like this pink hydrangea table vignette, on the photo above?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG5123.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG5123.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG5170.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG5170.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG5033.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 561px; height: 746px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG5134.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG5033.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And what about this one, which is recently displayed in my bedroom...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG5026.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG5026.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG5200.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG5200.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; And this one, in my living room mantel...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which hydrangea color you have... Or admire the most?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I`&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;ve&lt;/span&gt; added the blue and purple hydrangea into my wanting list!:-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Please do come back soon!&lt;br /&gt;I would love to see you again!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 55px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4740199420823022245-7352781304461127847?l=d-e-t.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/7352781304461127847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/7352781304461127847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://d-e-t.blogspot.com/2009/08/hello-thanks-for-stopping-by.html' title='My Hydrangeas... Beautiful Hydrangeas...'/><author><name>Debbies-English-Treasures</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17900029492125393022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SKxNmugjtDI/AAAAAAAAA3c/Eb_4o90nnjE/S220/m%26d.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740199420823022245.post-790942699599431278</id><published>2009-08-10T02:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T17:49:09.412-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Warm Welcome To All...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG2457.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/CIMG2457.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A warm welcome to D-E-T new blog!&lt;br /&gt;After a lot of technical hard work from Alan`s side and my creativity...&lt;br /&gt;(Thanks honey! You never fail to amaze me, in everything that you do!)&lt;br /&gt;Together we have come up with a new looking blog, compared to the old one.&lt;br /&gt;We just thought that our blog needed an &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;overhaul&lt;/span&gt; new look... and we are very happy with this one.&lt;br /&gt;(Although it still is a work in progress!!!)&lt;br /&gt;Changes are often hard, and while this one is only a small one, this one is no different.&lt;br /&gt;So many questions now...&lt;br /&gt;How do we change this? And that? Will I and YOU get used to the new format?&lt;br /&gt;Will my old friends still stop by for a visit?&lt;br /&gt;Will new friends find me?&lt;br /&gt;Only time will tell, I &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;suppose&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;But all I can say is that so far, it feels good and very exciting!&lt;br /&gt;It feels good to have a fresh, clean space to fill with what we hope will be many lovely posts!&lt;br /&gt;A new fresh and hopefully &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;promising&lt;/span&gt; BEGINNING...&lt;br /&gt;So, while there &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;aren&lt;/span&gt;`t many pictures on the wall yet, and no chairs to sit in...&lt;br /&gt;The kettle is always brewing and yummy fresh home made cake awaits you, when ever you feel like stopping by!&lt;br /&gt;And we do hope you will come in, and make yourself at home...&lt;br /&gt;Lovely people, lives here! :-)&lt;br /&gt;Also, if you are a regular visitor to our &lt;a href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;, you may have noticed that the past two weeks, we haven`t listed many treasures, as we have been busy with this make-over, and also enjoying some much needed days off, as a family!&lt;br /&gt;And we hope that so have you!&lt;br /&gt;We will also be doing a similar make-over to our site... and business will still continue as normal and we are looking forward to serve you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till next time...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 55px;" src="http://www.debbies-english-treasures.co.uk/images/others/sig.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4740199420823022245-790942699599431278?l=d-e-t.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/790942699599431278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4740199420823022245/posts/default/790942699599431278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://d-e-t.blogspot.com/2009/08/warm-welcome-to-d-e-t-new-blog-after.html' title='A Warm Welcome To All...'/><author><name>Debbies-English-Treasures</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17900029492125393022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LBdAXQWSVec/SKxNmugjtDI/AAAAAAAAA3c/Eb_4o90nnjE/S220/m%26d.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
