Summer Tealights

Inspired by a feature in Mollie Makes months ago I've finally professed my spray painting skills. I tried to make a few of these jam jar tea lights a while ago but they were a total mess. So in this favourable weather we've been having I took to the garden with a can of spray paint to try again.

I wrapped elastic bands around each jar in different patterns then sprayed them with paint, each jar had 2-3 coats of paint.

They were so easy to make in the end, and actually look pretty good. Once the sun sets they really do give off so much light and looked great nested around the flower pots. Definitely an easy way to use up some of those jam jars you might have lying around.

May Bank Holiday II

Sunday night saw one of the brightest moons I've seen in a very long time! Being the era of snazzy intellectual cameras, myself, my sister and my dad all went outside to take pictures, so imagine us all lying on a wall pointing our cameras out to sea precariously balanced on tiny tripods and that is a typical family moment in our household! (p.s. clicking on the pictures will bring up a slightly larger version)

 This is what we could initially see from the beach hut, but once we stepped outside it brightened instantly.

Playing around with the shutter speed of my camera started to produce even more colour in the rising moon.

 You must excuse the slight wonk on these... I was lying on my side on a wall.. enough said?

The sky to our eye was so much darker and it really is incredible what is actually out there that our eyes just can't quite pick up. It was about 10.30/11.00 at night when these pictures were taken but you'd think it was sun rise.

And a slightly straighter one for those of you who have a thing for parallel lines :)