April 28th 2015 - Toadstool table n chairs

April 28th 2015 - Toadstool table n chairs

Today me n hubby nipped out to a garden centre 15mins up the road as I want a Lemon Grass plant as wasps don't like the smell of it.  They hadn't got any and didn't know what I was on about!

Well we came back via a small market town, we've been there quite a bit as they have the Factory Outlet Store.  We nipped in.  This was a BIG mistake (in a way) as cost me an absolute fortune!

Outside the front of the store was garden furniture and things and amongst it was a Toadstool Table n Chairs.  It was lovely!  We mis-read the label and price.  We walked round the store and picked up few bits and it was as we got near the till we decided we would get the toadstool table n chairs even though it meant we couldn't get any wood to do the decking this week.  The sacrifices I make for my kids!

Well we thought it was £40 for the table and chairs...... errrr no, £40 for the table and £25 per pair of chairs!  OMG!!! (bearing in mind this is NOT RRP but cheaper!)  BUT they did have an offer of table and 2 chairs for £59!  So we got them.

They are really lovely and we have been and cleared the weeds from in front of fairy garden for them, not sure if this is where they are staying permanently or not, but where they are going for now.  If they are staying here we will have to level thee ground properly and possibly put some more of the purple stone chips down.  I think we have to re-think the entire fairy garden and re-make it bigger like where it was before (where the mud is to) and place the table n chairs at the back by the fence, with the fairies and toadstools at either side.

April 10th 2015 - Fairy Garden

April 10th 2015 - Fairy Garden

Since we moved to our house nearly 2years ago and started working on the garden (which was a jungle) lil man has asked for a fairy garden in part of it.  We fenced off a section after we had cleared it and we're looking at ideas to go in it etc.  I found many on pinterest and made a whole board linked to it.

As we have seen things fairies, toadstools and such cheap we have bought them.  I have also made some small rock houses to go in it.  When lil man went on a school trip last year the shop had an ornament seagull  that says welcome under it - it was reduced to 50p so lil man bought it with his money - his teacher even asked if he was sure that he wanted that and not a toy like his friends and he was adamant he wanted the seagull for his garden and bought a pencil as well.  His teacher explained to us when we picked him up about it and we confirmed he was making a fairy garden.

We also have a statue of a big grey cat in it.  This was named phoenix after our big grey cat that sadly got killed a few years ago, he was a lovely cat and very dosile.  He was missed by us all so we got the statue.

We still need few more bits to go in it but we have plenty of time for that.  I promised lil man that we would have it done by Easter this year, sadly Easter was last weekend BUT I have sorted it today for him.