Lovely Things

1. Holidays. Being on holiday from work and knowing I still have another week off ahead of me. Pure bliss.  I haven't been lazing around though. No sir,  I've been busy creating new Jolly Good things, drawing and....

2. Taking Pictures.  This weekend I've had the living room set up as a photographic studio and have taken new images for all the Jolly Good products.  I spent most of Friday reading blog posts about photography (there are some great ones over on Etsy) and have tried my best to put what I've learnt into practise.  I think they're definitely an improvement on my old photos and I will be using them as I jazz up my shop this week.

 

3. Reading.  It's not been all work and no play.  Being off has given me time to sit down and relax with one of my favourite magazines, Oh Comely.  I especially enjoyed the balloon pictures, shown above, and the article all about biscuits.

   4. Dog walking.  Of course some kind of animal has to be involved in my list of Lovely Things. As well as getting to hold the baby guinea pigs from last weeks post, I've also been getting some exercise with the help of my canine friends.  Almost every week Ross and I do some dog walking for Help For Abandoned Animals.  This week we did two shifts including one this afternoon.   The dogs are always so jolly but after walking 3 today I am definitely looking forward  to bedtime.