Tim's Tag May 2013 - and the Chelsea Flower Show!

I really love the current tag on Tim's blog  for May 2013 so I thought I would join in and have a go. I was especially tempted as Brenda had very kindly given me his new Remnant Rubs on my birthday and I hadn't thought of using them in this resist way with the Distress Stains which I also love. I also have the Mona Lisa stamp and the film strip so really I had to try it! I didn't have an enamel tag so I used a charm bezel with a couple of the rub ons and some more Distress Stains in the middle. I rubbed a little Distress Paint in Picket Fence on the bezel for a more enamel look (ish).

Whilst I'm on here, on my blog, blogging as you do, it seems like a good excuse to happen to accidentally mention my gorgeous brother, John, and my very dear Sister in Law, Nic, who are at the Chelsea Flower Show this week with their exhibit on behalf of Marks and Spencer and Finlays. It is the first time Marks and Spencer have featured at Chelsea and a great honour that John and Nic are representing them. They have been working hard for months on creating a microcosm of the way roses are grown for Marks and Spencer in Kenya in a sustainable way, ensuring that all the water used is recycled. Yesterday I was vicariously completely star-struck at the exciting people they were meeting on press day, but at the same time wanting it to be them in the limelight ('our Nic is just as lovely as Joanna Lumley so why is the camera pointing the wrong way ........!'). Anyway, I am very happy to report a text message when I woke up this morning that they have received a Silver Medal. Hope you don't mind my pride ..........