Jake the Peg

With the extra leg diddle iddle..

Wooden pegs remind me of being little, I'm sure everyone's granny had some, My nanny had some in a orange knitted peg bag, with the invention of plastic pegs they don't have quite the same charm hanging on your line,

My next wee project was to make some pegs to add to my littlest ones 'shabby' bedroom, but at the moment shes still in her cot and her furniture isnt very shabby, so I still have some work to do there,
We moved to our new house at the end of 2011, still have abit to go decorating wise, The state of the house when we moved in is for another ranting post entirely!!

I was sure I had seen something similar online & in those cute gift shops, decided to give it a go myself,
again-  bare with me I'm not hugely crafty but the enthusiasm is there even if the technique isn't!

I eventually found some wooden pegs in Dunelm Mill, nether of the supermarkets close to me had any, paid about £1.40 for 30 also grabbed a ball of string from local shop, the more old fashioned looking the better, but it could look really cute with ribbon instead,

£1.99 from Home Bargains

With Hubby & oldest out at a football game, I set out with some acrylic paint from Home Bargains, I wish I had found these first rather than buy the individual bottles from the local craft shop, Could have saved myself a fortune!

I painted some in pastel colours to match her room and here they are

The other ones were for my oldest daughter her bedroom is in a Paris theme but im not overly pleased with my Eiffel tower painting skills, may redo it,
The Cath Kidston inspired peg was so easy even for a struggling free hand painter like me, that may be my favourite so I will have to make more :)
Please excuse the picture quality I need a new camera. Santa.. hint hint..

Here are some gorgeous ones I found in the Etsy online store Dotty Pegs