Monthly Archives: September 2015

Day 10 of 100 Pleats ………. Supernatural

Day 10 ……gosh !  10% of the Challenge completed ! ………………… Today is a crazy, busy day and I’m hopping here and there like an indecisive frog. So …….what do I do when I have no time for faffing with … Continue reading

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Day 9 of 100 Pleats ………… And Another Silly Poem

Day 9 and I’m really getting into the swing of things with this Challenge.  No doubt I shall begin to run out of steam soon ………. but, at the moment, the lovely autumnal weather is helping. It is so nice … Continue reading

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Day 8 of 100 Pleats ……Flowers, an ‘Indian Summer’ and a Silly Poem about Boating

Here we are at the beginning of Week 2  of the 100 Pleats Challenge ……..Day 8 ……. and the weather forecasters tell us that the UK is due to bask in an ‘Indian Summer’ for the next week or two. So, … Continue reading

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Day 7 of 100 Pleats …….. That’s a Whole Week Done !!

Day 7 ….yes a whole week ……. and I thought I would go all  ‘arty‘  with a black and white photo. However, I have to confess that this was mainly because the original, colour photo, was of such poor quality. … Continue reading

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Day 6 of 100 Pleats ……….’ Diamonds Are Forever’

Day 6 ……….and another sparkly hair-clip. Yesterday saw the launch of the new theme song for the latest  ‘James Bond’  film ……….so, I thought I would pinch the title of a previous song for my blog. I can’t say that … Continue reading

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Day 5 of 100 Pleats ……and a Rather Silly Poem about ” Getting Fit”

Day 5 of 100 pleats and a modicum of success !!! The lovely folk at StoneBridge Hair accessories set a challenge ….yep ……ANOTHER challenge ……. IN ADDITION to the ‘100 Pleats’ one ………. I know, I know ……… Anyway, this extra challenge was to create the … Continue reading

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Rambling Thoughts; Day 4 of 100 Pleats and a Very Short Story

  Day 4  of 100 pleats and you find me in a ‘happy hippy’ mood ……..all  ‘love and  peace and flowers in my hair ‘ Back in my youth, I almost always wore a flower in my hair.  Usually this was … Continue reading

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Day 3 of 100 Pleats

Day 3 and a tousled French pleat using a beautiful Hair-Fork from StoneBridge Hair Accessories. This is surprisingly easy to use and usually holds my hair perfectly …..with no need for any other hair-pins or grips.  But the eagle-eyed among … Continue reading

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Day 2 of 100 Pleats …..and a bonus story ‘The Lavender Gown’

Here we go …..day 2 and a bit of added sparkle.  I have always loved sparkle. Even when I was a little girl I learned that ….though everything that glistens may not, necessarily, be gold……….. it most definitely could be … Continue reading

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The 100 Pleats Challenge …….. Day 1

Ah, dear readers, here I go again………….. I have accepted yet another challenge.. This time it isn’t one that I have dreamed up !  No…..this time it has been set by those lovely people at StoneBridge Hair Accessories. The challenge … Continue reading

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