The gift that keeps on giving!

I was lucky to receive from Santa this little beauty in my stocking and I cannot tell you how wonderful it is and would definitely recommend to any of you crafty diva's out there to go and buy one quick smart.

Granny Chic available to buy on Amazon at the shelf grabbing price of only £10!

The book is devised by two wonderful people one in the States (Dottie Angel) and one in good ole blighty (Ted & Agnes).  It has lots of gorgeous vintage crafty makes inside which are easy to follow and you will end up with a unique piece of granny chic gorgeousness for your home.

I have managed to make a few items from this wonderful book including the 'anything and everything' crochet bag which can be a bit addictive and by the time I finished my first attempt could have fitted the kitchen sink in it!

My next dalliance is going to be the fabric Lampshades I just love these and I know they will look splendid in my humble abode.

Fabric Lampshades granny chic make

If I crack the lampshades who knows a piece of furniture could be my next victim! whoops masterpiece .

Blandishments!

Day 13 A kiss before dinner?
“First give your man a good dinner; then, when he is seated in front of the fire with a choice cigar, there is little he will deny you. I read somewhere lately, ‘Never forget the great truth that dinner precedes blandishments, not blandishments dinner; and though it is true that if you offered him a choice between dinner and kisses, he would say he would take both, yet he would invariably begin with the dinner, and allow the kisses to wait.’”

This is an extract from The Lady Realm 1902 on the Management of Husbands

One for you beach lovers

Surfs Up!

For those of us dreaming of hot summer days on the beach Day 12 brings you that kiss......From Here to Eternity (1953) won 8 academy awards - The classic beach scene between Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in the rushing waves was not written to have taken place there. The idea to film with the waves hitting them was a last minute inspiration by the director. This scene only lasts for 6 seconds before they run up the beach for another passionate kiss!

Kissing in the Back Row

I love the fact that he holds onto his popcorn!

We are now at Day 11 of our 'Kiss a Day' for Valentines and our attention has turned to Cinema dating do we like them or loathe them?   Most of mine were in my teenage years when the cinema was still a cheap night out (ok for the record I am not that old).

I remember them with fond memories but how would I feel about it today as there are so many different equations to contend with, the first challenge is what film do you pick as you don't want to put him off straight away,  so do you go intellectual over a chick flick?  It was so much easier back in my day as there was only one film to choose (I really am not that old)!   Second point do you go for your normal bucket of popcorn and drink or do you look for a more dainty I eat like a sparrow option, also where do you sit if you go straight to the back do they think you are a harlet or if you choose the front do they think you are frigid or blind (ok I maybe starting too sound old!)
So many areas to think about,  already this is turning out to be too stressful so I think in todays world I would have to say I am busy and stay in with a bar of chocolate and a bottle of wine and watch of course a good old classic or go with girls they are not so judgemental!

Marathon of a Kiss!

Its Day 8 of our 'Kiss of the Day' and no kissing montage would be complete without including a reference to a Kissing Marathons.   Now this seemed right up my street and I always fancied breaking a record.  From a young girl I used to try and think of really easy ways I could get onto 'Record Breakers and have Norris McWhirter hand me my record breakers trophy.   So I thought I would check out the rules, now they seemed quite straight forward obviously point 1 find a man who you wouldn't mind being intimate with, so first priority is to check whether Hugh Jackman would be available on that day, now for the serious part it seems you have to follow this strict code to qualify for the top prize

• The kiss must be continuous and the lips must be touching at all times.
• If the lips part - the couple are immediately disqualified.
• Contestants must be over the age of consent in the country the event is being held.
• The couple must be awake at all times.
• The contestants must stand during the attempt and cannot be propped together by any aids, such as pillows, cushions or people.
• No rest breaks are allowed.
• Incontinence pads or adult nappies/diapers are not allowed.
• Couples must not leave the venue during their attempt.

Ok so they may seem harsh but hey I am still in so lets check out what the current record is,  well everything was looking ok up to this point now I think I am in trouble, as the current record is standing at 50 hours.   Good Golly Miss Molly, I can't imagine how you would feel after 50 hours of lip locking and more importantly dealing with a stubble chin that's 2 days of growth to deal with!!

You realise this must have been a tremendous feat as not only having to contend with 50 hours of continuous of lip touching how do you get past point 4 and 7? and for that reason and that reason alone I am having to go and seek another record to break, so the only thing left to do now is find a way to let Hugh down gently me thinks x

Dessert?

Day 9 and we have a couple of sweethearts from the roaring 20's. Many believe the 'X' symbol became synonymous with the kiss in medieval times. People who couldn't write their names signed in front of a witness with an 'X.' The 'X' was then kissed to show their sincerity.

Groovy

Day 7 
..........and dig those hep cats!

Love is the only force capable of turning an enemy into a friend.
 ~Martin Luther King, Jr.~

Love Birds

We discover that there are some weird and wonderful facts out there regarding kissing. Did you know that in Indiana, in the United States of America, it is illegal for a man with a moustache to "habitually kiss human beings" - ha ha true or not that certainly tickled our fancy!

Also keeping on the bird theme did you know that it was once said that if a woman saw a robin flying by on Valentines Day, she was destined to marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow, she would marry poor, but live a happy life with her hubby. Seeing a goldfinch meant there was a rich man in her future. (Anyone see any goldfinches lately ... ?)

Frankly my dear....

Frankly my dear I would have given a damn!

On Day 4 of our 'Kiss a Day' for Valentines we could have not missed out this all time classic...one of my favourite movies of all time, in fact I can't remember the last time I saw this so it is due for another airing me thinks ♥

Do not return to sender!

Ok its Day 3 of our 'A Kiss a Day' for Valentines and we started to think about the men you would have loved to have had the opportunity to kiss and the man that sprung to mind for both of us was the King himself, what women could resist him.   We found this picture and it sealed it for us who would have not had the jelly wobble legs and butterflies!

This though led us to talking about our second love which of course has to be chocolate and who wouldn't want to receive a yummy box of chocolates on Valentines day, so it got us to thinking about chocolate and why it is linked to the day well you might be surprised to find out the following couple of fascinating facts,

Casanova well known as 'The World's Greatest Lover' ate chocolate to make him virile,  Physicians of the 1800's commonly advised their patients to eat chocolate to calm their pining for lost love now these seem like my kind of doctors, so as you can see chocolate satisfies both ends of love well thats our excuse anyway!

A Kiss a day for Valentines ~ Day 2

Pucker Up Girls!
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Of course we all know about Valentines day and most of us look forward to it in fact I wonder whether we all secretly hope to receive a little something just to know that someone loves us, so it got me to thinking where did it all start?.....There are various theories on the origin of Valentine's Day, but the most popular dates back to the time of the Roman Empire during the reign of Claudius II, 270 AD. Claudius didn't want men to marry during wartime because he believed single men made better soldiers. Bishop Valentine went against his wishes and performed secret wedding ceremonies. For this, Valentine was jailed and then executed by order of the Emperor on February 14. While in jail, he wrote a love note to the jailor's daughter signing it, "From your Valentine." Sound familiar?