Tuesday 10 November 2020

Crochet Homeware Gifts in my Esty Shop

Find a selection of crochet trinket bowls, mug rugs and cloths in my Etsy shop this month. 


Cotton trinket bowls to save polished, wooden or painted surfaces




Soft ecru trinket bowl



Cotton and British Wool mug rugs to stop staining and heat marks
on tables, desks and kitchen surfaces



100% cotton cloths for general household use

click on logo above to go to my Etsy shop or past link into your browser :

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PatriciaRustArt






Friday 30 October 2020

Windmills to the Sea

Windmills to the Sea now available as a Kindle Edition, click on photo to find it on Amazon.


'October 2020 
This year has been hard for everyone. Some of these poems have been written in response to the pandemic, some are from past years. My poems are the compass my heart travels with through life. Walk, for a while, with me. '




Friday 2 October 2020

New Craft Gifts in my Etsy Shop

I am delighted to post about some new craft items available in my Etsy shop, including cards and crochet. Click here to go straight to the shop. 


Set of four bright abstract cards.




Crochet cotton household cloths.

Acid Green Cotton Twine Coasters.



 Fridge Magnets suitable to Post.


Tuesday 28 July 2020

New items for my Etsy shop



I'm happy to announce my Etsy Shop is now back online with new products, including artwork, handmade cards and mala beads.

Burnham-On-Sea, Somerset.


Good luck watercolour card.


Mala Beads on waxed linen, knotted by hand.


Click on logo to open my Etsy Shop in new window.





Monday 18 May 2020

Garden in May...

During the coronavirus lockdown, I have been posting a series of photos each day taken while strolling around our garden. I've posted these on Facebook and Twitter and, for me, they seem to be a moment of quiet and calm amidst the chaos and uncertainty of the pandemic...
Today, I'm posting up a series of  short videos which I hope will give a feel for what's in the garden now.














Tuesday 17 March 2020

Now it has stopped raining...

After so much rain this winter it was beginning to feel like the ground might never be dry enough to start working in the garden. But finally, some sunshine, some dry days and some spare time.
Getting the grass cut to a sensible length has taken several sessions of mowing, a week or so apart, using the highest blade setting to take off the top and allow the grass to dry out underneath.
The lovely soft ground has meant weeding is easy and so is digging. Unfortunately the dog has found the digging good too and we now have a few extra holes in the lawn to fill and seed...



The old shed/summerhouse, with its rotten roof, finally succumbed to the winter storms and so dismantling and clearing out has left us with a big new area to use. The new, smaller shed has arrived, flat packed, so a good project for the rest of this week (holiday! Not coronavirus... ). This will give us much more patio area up at the far end of garden where the leaf-free views in winter are an extra bonus. A little seating area might well be called for. Certainly the water butts will be better positioned and less intrusive this time.


Spring feels in full flight now it has stopped raining. Bees, birdsong, the daffodils almost over, a chance to sit and sketch. To top up pots with compost and split up the pot bound hosta. To check what vegetable seeds are still in date and sow some spinach and lettuce in the raised patio planters after meticulously picking out the weevil grubs and rejuventaing the compost...
Flower seeds need sowing, cosmos, wallflower, calendula and little drifts of seedlings need identifying in flower beds.


At least two butterflies have visited the garden today and a beetle flew past. The whirring wings and unwieldly shape awkward in the air. Washing down garden furniture and clearing away the old moss and dead leaves from paths, weeding out the worst of the winter brambles and self-seeders from walls and decking, the list of jobs is long but now, at this time of year, the light is pushing on past the afternoon and into the evening. Soon there'll be plenty of time to get it all done.

Rosemary in full flower.


Raised planters ready.


Spring colour.


New growth and plant pots to sort out.





Plant identification....





Thursday 20 February 2020

Into the Light - Spring Exhibition

Into the Light - Spring Exhibition



Featuring Local Artists and Artisans:

Monday 17th Feb. to Saturday 29th Feb. 2020
at the
 Crispin Centre, Street, BA16 0HP.