WHEN I TOOK MY FLAT HERE AT THE SEASIDE TO RETIRE.
JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER HOME THINGS I DID REQUIRE.
I LIKE TO PUT MY MARK ON THEM ALL AROUND THE PLACE.
LITTLE THINGS MY OWN IDEAS PUT SMILES UPON MY FACE.
THE BATHROOM IT WAS PART TILED QUITE PLAIN BUT THEY WERE NEW.
SO I DECORATED ALL OF IT IN PEACH AND AQUA BLUE.
I LOOKED OUT FOR SOME TRANSFERS FOR THE TILES AS THEY LOOKED BARE .
BUT I SIMPLY COULDN'T FIND ANY OF WHAT I WANTED THERE.
SO I SET MY OLD HEAD THINKING I'M GOING TO MAKE MY OWN.
AS I'VE SAID I LIKE TO ADD MY MARK INSIDE MY HOME.
A BRAINWAVE CAME INTO MY HEAD I THOUGHT OH HOW I WISH.
I COULD FIND SOME MERMAIDS SO I DECIDED TO DO THIS.
BECAUSE LIVING NEAR THE SEA I THOUGHT AN APPROPRIATE DESIGN.
TO STAGGER HERE AND THERE UPON THESE WHITE TILES WOULD LOOK FINE.
IV'E HAD ALL THE EXPENSIVE DECOR TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
AND IV'E HAD SOME LOVELY HOMES BUT NOW RETIRED IT'S A PAIN.
SPENDING ALL MY MONEY ON THINGS EACH TIME IV'E MOVED.
HAS BEEN A VERY EXPENSIVE JOB IT HAS ALWAYS PROVED.
SO NOW ON SECOND THOUGHTS I FIND LONG AS IT IS CLEAN .
AND COMFORTABLY FURNISHED SPENDINGS NOT MY SCENE.
SO I SET ABOUT SOME PLANNING AND OFF I WENT TO BUY.
SOME WATERPROOF TRANSPARENT BACKING I NEEDED TO APPLY.
TO A LOVELY GRAPHIC I HAD FOUND IN A BORROWED BOOK.
SO I SCANNED IT AND I PRINTED A DOZEN OF THIS LOOK.
I CUT AROUND THE MERMAID SHAPE MADE SURE I DID IT NEAT.
THE COLOUR OF THE MERMAIDS MATCHED THE DECOR SUCH A TREAT.
I THEN PEELED OFF THE BACKING OF THE WATERPROOF I GOT.
PLACED IT OVER THE PRINTS I'D MADE AND COVERED ALL THE LOT.
CUT AROUND THE SHAPE AGAIN WITH AN EXTRA OVERLAP.
THEY REALY LOOKED SO GOOD THERE ALL RESTING IN MY LAP.
I DIDN'T WANT THEM VERY LARGE NOR DID I WANT THEM SMALL.
MY IDEA WAS TO SPAN THEM OVER TWO TILES ON THE WALL.
IN RANDOM SPOTS YES STAGGERED SPANNING ONE TILE GROOVE.
I REALALISED IF I TIRED OF THEM THEY WOULD EASILY REMOVE.
WELL I PRESSED THEM FIRMLY DOWN UNTIL SO FIRM AND TIGHTLY STUCK..
THE DOZEN THAT I'D MADE THEY COST £2-00 NOT VERY MUCH.
SO HERE INSIDE MY POSTING A PICTURE FOR TO SEE.
I THINK THEY LOOK QUITE NICE AND I HOPE YOU ALL AGREE.
THEY'VE BEEN ON ALL THE TILES NOW FOR WEEKS AND NEVER MOVED.
WITH ALL THE STEAM AND SPLASHING SO YES I KNEW I'D PROVE.
THAT MY IDEA WOULD WORK AND I AM HAPPY WITH THE LOOK.
OF MY MERMAID TRANSFERS WHICH I COPIED FROM THE BOOK.
THE PICTURE HERE IS A LITTLE DARK AS I'M NOT VERY GOOD.
AT TAKING PROFFESIONAL SNAPS AT ALL I REALY WISH I COULD.
THE SNAP DON'T DO IT JUSTICE BUT THEY REALY DO LOOK NICE.
AND I DON'T THINK I CAN GRUMBLE AT 12 TRANSFERS FOR THAT PRICE.
WELL NOW I'M GOING TO MAKE ONE TO PLACE INSIDE
A FRAME.
TO POP UPON THE WALL BUT NO THIS ONES NOT THE SAME.
RUSS FROM BEAT AT JOE'S BLOG SUPRIZED ME THE OTHER DAY.
WHEN I'D SAID I COULDN'T FIND A MER-MAN OH-NO WAY. (HA).
THE NEXT DAY IN HIS BLOG I GOT A REALY BIG SUPRIZE.
STARING THERE RIGHT BACK AT ME I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES.(HA).
HE'D DRAWN FOR ME A MER-MAN TILE WASN'T THAT SO KIND.
SO I DON'T HAVE TO BOTHER NOW GOING OUT TO FIND.
I LOVE HIS SENCE OF HUMOUR HE PUTS OUT IN HIS BLOG.
SO MY NEW MERMAN PICTURE I'LL PLACE ABOVE MY BOG.
HE-HE-HE
PLEASE EXUSE THE SLANG WORD (HA) IT'S ALL THAT CAME TO MIND.
AND THANKS RUSS FOR MY MER-MAN HE REALY IS MY KIND (HA).
I'LL LEAVE YOU NOW MY J/LAND FRIENDS AGAIN UNTIL NEXT TIME.
I HOPE YOU LIKE MY HOME MADE TRANSFERS IN " MY SIMPLE RHYME" .(HA)
THANX TO EMMI FOR THIS DELIGHTFUL BATHROOM GRAPHIC.
GONE FOR A SPLISH SPLASH NOW WITH MER- MAN.
HE-HE-HE
