A couple of very little bits

Hi I have shown you this little washstand breifly before.I painted it in an slightly off white and wanted to add a row of 'tiles' along the back but I did not like my first attempt and despite trying a number of things have run out of patience with it ( in any case the holiday makers are comign for Easter). So in the meantime I have added a 'boat' themed paper to it and think it looks effective enough as a stopgap. I got the stool at the same time as the washstand and have simply covered the set pad with a fabric I bought unline.

I have also tried to make a cooking pot and here it is filled with spuds (potatoes). Potatoes are a very important part of the Irish diet - really the pot ahould be 5 times the size! But this was my first attempt using a lid from a tube of face cream and the handle is card. Hope you like it. I was going to add a white spot like the ones you see for sale but maybe later on. I wanted a lid but by the time I found the button box last night it was too late to work on.

These things have all gone in the Boat House. I am still fiddling with the cardboard cooker for Main Street and am still struggling with it. Nor have I come to a decision about the wallpaper for it. Never mind - as we still have a lot of snow I am sure I will have plenty of time over Easter weekend to work at it - too cold to go out rolling eggs.

Happy Easter in the meantime .