Monday 31 March 2008

Zilch...

...its feels like thats what I've done today, where as actually I havent stopped.
Been sorting and clearing again! Defo have my spring cleaning head on :)
A starling decided to fall down our chimney this afternoon too! Now for those that know me, know that I am pathetic with stuff like that happening. Now I havent got a problem getting the bird out the fireplace, but I know I'll have a problem getting the bird once its flew off - lol. This is me were talking about - Dippy Dee - lmao.
So Tels Dad got a phonecall and round he came to the rescue of the bird - and happily chirpy cheep cheep flew off out the window - bless him. Cats werent happy though - they were having a little dance at the sound of the birdie and getting their knives and forks ready - Nevermind.
Our tumble dryer has gone to electrical heaven so we've had to order a new one! Back to having laundry over the radiators for awhile! :( and the mega cool desk I'd got is chipped to hell so needs to be sent back and replaced!
See told ya, this is me were talking about - nothing ever goes smoothly.
Right gonna go finish tidying kitchen then do crafting - hopefully.
No pics today just a boring lecture from me I'm afraid.
**Edited to add** A really lovely friend of mine has now started blogging, I met her through Ebay when I purchased some card toppers, feels like moons ago now. She is such a lovely person, you should go check her blog out, and her card toppers they are super duper. She is even more talented as she has her own design dies for sale.. What you waiting for - go her see her here

Sunday 30 March 2008

Beaming

What a gorgeous day today, the sun is really shining and its warm and summery!!! You know what that means dont you - Its gonna piss it down later - lol
I've finally got round to getting to my allotment today for a couple of hours, I was very surprised to see that it had been rotivated!! In the words of Derek Trotter - Lovely Jubbly...

Dinners in the oven, Rileys screaming, the dogs a sleeping and Jacks playing ala DS...

No crafting to show - but here is one of my 365 photos! I was kinda messing with this one - but I like it.
Enjoy the rest of your gorgeous Sunday! x

Saturday 29 March 2008

Update -

- on my earlier post today.
The rest of the day went well - alright it went okay - still had 'water bowl' issues, but nothing a baby gate high enough for the dog to get under didnt sort out!! lol
The measures we go to eh!!!

I gave my matey her pressie in the 'red paper bag'I've been playing with that bloody photo editor again, I know I'm pretty crap at it but its fun all the same.
Anyways my matey Cazz has a real lack of confidence with driving - but shes got back behind the wheel and is trying a bit of driving one step at a time - Well done honey - Proud of ya
Glad you liked your pressie xxx

Tonight we bathed the puppy!!! He is adorable but does get mucky!!! lolBless he looks like a drowned rat lol
Thats it for tonight folks x

Can I start again!

Its 10.22am and I've been wanting to start my morning again since about - 7.45am -
Can I do that - Can I really turn back time to make the day start better?
Does it really work if I jump back in bed and get out the other side?
Or do I have to just ignore it and get on with it and deal with it and forget it and start again that way.
Just so's you understand what the hell I'm going on about

  • Riley holding Wickets water bowl - water over the floor
  • Riley with Jacks juice - juice over the floor
  • Riley with Jacks new juice - new juice over the floor
  • Riley with Wickets breakfast - doggie biscuits must be tasty to a 14mth old!
  • Riley dunking his biscuit in Wickets fresh water bowl
  • Riley holding Wickets water bowl - water over the floor (dont worry I'm not going mad - I'm not repeating myself - it really did happen - AGAIN)
  • Oooh and Riley in the cupboard with Mummys baking ingredients!
Right so now its 10.28am - my day has now officially started!!!
Riley is in bed, Wicket is asleep, Jack is on the DS and Tel is in bed (nightshift) and I yes I am having a well deserved cup of cha...

I've been updating my 365 days for a few days now - catching up slowly but am enjoying it.

I have a pressie for my friend
this sneek peek will kill her - hahaha...

Friday 28 March 2008

Wet Weather

Theres so much I need to do - outside - but can't - due to the wet miserable weather :(
So what have I been up too today!
  • More crafting for craft fairs coming up
  • Playing with Riley and his very noisy pirate ship
  • Jacks celebration assembly - they were singing about a crocodile and he also took his certificate and medal from the crazy hat walk - bless him.
  • I've done pretty crap with Slimming World - just way too much choc in the house and I have no and I mean NO will power when it comes to chocolate :(
  • I've tried to make up for the chocolate and had a tuna pasta for dinner followed with this lovely sweet dessert
  • Made this to house all my primas - ooh need to buy more just to fill it! :)
Right I'm off - Night night x

Thursday 27 March 2008

L is for

LaurenI've made this for my friends newly born granddaughter.
Hope she likes...

Busy Bee again today with crafting - food shopping - cleaning - school runs - bla bla bla..

Wednesday 26 March 2008

Shattered

yep thats me, literally I'm shattered today!
Rileys been a sod and a screaming one at that. Constant messing of the dogs water bowl was on the menu today... :(
I've managed to do a bit of crafting today - some secret stuff so cant share that yet as they are gifts, and I chucked this little box together, well because I just felt like it lol

Love Bird - PPs, prima flowers, bling and alpha chipboard are from my Bad Girls March kit, buttons from stash.

Gonna go and make a cuppa and finish more ongoing crafting - hopefully - if the boys dont play up - that includes Wicket!He's adorable really tee hee x

Message for Cazz - the Hen Night arrangements are coming along beautifully!!! x

Tuesday 25 March 2008

Do you see what I see...

...a naughty puppy...Riley drops his dummy - Wicket picks it up!!! lol We couldnt believe it when we saw him sitting there with a blooming dummy in his mouth!!! Very comical...
Wicket has settled in really well, the first couple of nights were hard due to him been lonely and yapping for a few hours! But last night he slept through by himself - woke once at 1am, then straight back to sleep - bless him.
Hence no blogging for a few days as I've been either busy or just too darn tired - its late now so this isnt a long one.
Yesterday though I did make some blueberry muffins, and they were scrumptious.

My very dear friend Cazz is getting married, it was a 'secret' but now 'its not' so I can speak out about it - Tee Hee...
LEAVE the Hen Party to me honey!!!! You know what I mean - hehehehe xxx

Sunday 23 March 2008

Quickie

Just a quickie today, was mega busy yesterday with picking up our new addition and then spending the time to settle him in - bless him.
Although at 5am I must admit I wasnt thinking 'bless him'!!!
Just chilled 'in house' today, cooked a nice Sunday dinner and thats about it.
So no crafting no pictures to share.
I am however featured artist of the week over at Robins Blog you can check it out here
I'd like to say a big thank you to Robin for letting me contribute to her feature and its a great idea - certainly picked me up, so thank you Robin xx

Friday 21 March 2008

A jolly Good Friday...

...it's been today!
Jack and I did some spiffing easter crafts today, we spent a good few quality hours together which I wanted so badly. I feel so crap sometimes that we dont do as much 'together' as we did, but its obviously down to him now been at school and Riley coming along and basically having a busier family home to run.
We enjoyed ourselves though, lots of lovely sticky glue, bits of scrap card and chocolate! resulted in these fabulous crafts - our very first Easter Tree -
Easter BasketChirpy cheep cheep
Jacks school Easter bonnet (he doesnt look too happy as he had been told off about 30 seconds prior to taking the pic! lol - bless)
Jack is now at his Nannys for the weekend. Tomorrow is a very special day! Tomorrow we are picking our new puppy up, I am super excited.

Thats it from me, on a sad note, my Aunty passed away, I do believe she is in a better place x

Wednesday 19 March 2008

Clearing and sorting -

- just clearing and sorting...
Thats all I've done this week really, sort out rubbish, sort out stuff for the loft, sort out stuff for the tip, just sort sort sort...

I've managed finally to convince Tel to purchase me the desk I wanted for the utility room!!! Sound strange - not so really - I am a dining room table crafter and it annoys the hell out of me as I know it does Tel - cause I hate packing my bits away - dont we all!
So our utility room needs a lick of paint (and plaster lol) its a very small room but i'm gonna make it as crafty as I can - the desk is brilliant, it pulls out when you want it and pushes back when you dont!! I will update with photos once done - I cant wait. Hopefully it will mean, all my crafty goodness can stay out of the way of the normal run of the household.
I have chosen 'pink harmony' for the feature wall so just want to get it done now - have to wait for Tel to plaster it first though - Come on... lol

I'm back on track with my Slimming World today - considering really! I've done really well and made a scrumptious dinner - Free beef casserole and Healthy Extra wedges!!I'm trying to keep myself occupied with awaiting news regarding my Aunty - so here is todays HS-MS - Peg - A clasping device used to hang or hold down.These are my un-altered pegs - another thing on the to-do list.

Right I'm off to keep myself going - night night, thank you for looking at me and my life x

Tuesday 18 March 2008

Just little ole me -

- Tels still on nights :( Could do with him tonight to be honest - tad lonely - but hey - needs must and all that.

We've been given the bad news that my Aunty wont last the night - I find it difficult to say anything about it at the moment as I feel angry for some reasons and upset for the obvious. I dont think I can really go into why I feel angry! but we all have families and I'm sure we've all felt that at these sad times! Sometimes when families are suppose to be together, they are actually more distant than ever!! Surprising but true!!!
Life can be really shite sometimes cant it.

To try to lighten this post here's my take on HS-MS
Blanket - Fabric sheeting to cover, warm and disguise. We all have blankets - which is your favourite?
This is Rileys favourite blankie - I've edited it to be antique because I think I'm gonna be keeping this for years to come! lol
Books - Bounded collection of pages or to determine a reservation - give us books!
Crap result at fat club tonight - back on it tomorrow for sure - x

Monday 17 March 2008

The Bug

of the spring clean variety! Been very busy ALL DAY and still at it - so Bye x

Sunday 16 March 2008

What a day ~

~ Today was the Crazy Hat Walk breast cancer appeal (note: should have been Crazy Weather Walk) but our Slimming World group, along with our kiddies in tow completed it. Not a great picture of myself - hence the try of editing!! lol These were our hats we were wearing today, mine is gorgeous wallpaper samples I had stuffed in a cupboard, it was suppose to be an easy origami project hat! Believe me, its got a hundred more staples than what it requires!!! lol All in the name of fun though right - we got soaked but the kids muddled through it and were great, we got Avon goodie bags at the end of it and Jack was so chuffed because he got a certificate and medal, which he is proudly taking to school to show and tell in Easter assembly. Bless him.

I have some ubber exciting news, I'll tell in a moment. Some sad news though, my Aunty is very ill in hospital and the doctors doubt that she will pull through. I've spent a fair bit of time on the phone to my Mum, to try and give her comfort, but its so hard isnt it to know what to say!

As a family we went for a two hour drive to Norfolk this afternoon, to make a very important decision about an addition to our family!
Meet Wicket
who will be joining our family on the 29th March! hehehe
Wicket I hear you ask - well dont you think he looks like an Ewok!!!
Isnt he just adorable...
There were two puppies, I loved one, Tel loved the other, so we let Jack decide - he picked mine - hehe x

Saturday 15 March 2008

Taking a break -

- from lots of scrap paper and card! Certainly none of the 12x12 style, hopefully will show you our production line and grand finale of hats tomorrow! lol
Deanne Burtons new sketch has gone live over on Am I a Scrap Addict - Heres my design team contribution for the card sketchpop on over and check out the sketches and see what the rest of the design team have come up with.
Please take yourself over to Kirsty Wisemans blog she has begun to sell tickets for her amazing scrap stash, all monies go to Ellies Trust Fund. Now of course really, I want all that stash to myself - lol - but its about the fundraising, so get on over there, at £2 a ticket its mega cheap and its open till the end of April.
On request from my so called best friend, I have changed my profile picture - she didnt like the last one - lol - will this one do honey...
She doesnt need to make a hat for the walk tomorrow, shes gonna wear her 'blow up doll box' on her head!!! lmao - oh hehehehe
Right must crack on with hat making.. x

Friday 14 March 2008

Brief Encounter -

- thats all I can do for today.
Been busy again today and will be busy all over the weekend, with making hats! walking! and a special visit!!! Will update soon x

Thursday 13 March 2008

Lauren, Di Hickman, Caardvarks & Crop a load of this!

More crafting been done inbetween doing the housework, dinner, school runs, bla bla bla...
Laurens Saturday Sketch - I've started to keep back occasion cards that we recieve, and I'm going to recycle as many as I can, this been the first, I just loved the bear too much not to use him.

Di Hickman's Sketch and Caardvarks challenge of Transport - I'm also still well into white cardstock! I just love these rubber romance stamps so much, I dont want to overload them with colour.
This is for my card box (I chatted about that yesterday), one ready for a teacher me thinks.and yes finally Cropaloadofthis - my super duper ubber gorgeous Crop-a-dile II Big Bite has finally arrived, it took me an age to get into the packaging!! After near on shredding me fingers, finally I held it, and looked at it and thought - what the hell do I do with this then!
Once its been mastered, I'll share my view and creations with you.Not much else happening in this mad household - bar from thinking of the craziest hat I could make for Sunday!! Other exciting stuff happening on Sunday, I'll share with you then!!!

Wednesday 12 March 2008

CPS, Di Hickman, PCJ, Jen Hall and Moi

It turned out to be quite a non stop day yesterday. Walked into town, shopping, coffee, walked home, lunch at Cazz's house then home. Bashed my arm into the baby gate and now am showing off a pretty lumpy bruise - very painful!
Riley's still poorly, full of a cold, or 'snod' as Jack says - lol
Jack was off to the ambulance station with Beavers last night! He really does amaze me, I've said on here before, he can be a very emotional boy at times, and he's going through that stage again at the moment. Last week at beavers he got upset because the ambulance was there and they put the peg on his finger - he didnt like it! This week however, they put him in a bag and sucked the air out of it and didnt even flinch!!! Very strange.
I put a pound on at Slimming World last night! Its okay though I expected it.

I've still busy crafting, getting ready and stocked up for some future craft fairs. I had a thought though today, I never make cards for myself in advance for birthdays, and when I pick them out of the craft fair box, it feels less personal. So today I started to make my stash for peeps. Using some sketches of course, and all pp from the scraps box, the first been

PCJ - the challenge to use the cellophane from your Mothers Day flowersWhilst on the chit chat about Paper Craft Junkies, on 7th April they are launching an E-Mag, filled to the brim wiht crafty goodness, and its free. So pop on over and see what we're all about.
At the moment I'm running a swap shop for Stamped Images, so if you fancy joining in, pop over, put your name down and say hi.
This is a very belated ATC!! for someone too - sorry. x
After showing off my Jen Hall mini book and feeling very proud of myself for completing it, Tel's words were, now you need to protect it!
So I made this - its very own bag - what you think!
Weather awful here, so really rubbish photo :(
Thats it for today folks

Monday 10 March 2008

All scrapped out & HS-MS

Cannot believe that I havent blogged all weekend - amazing!
The winner of the auctionned bag is FE - x
Can you email me your address honey and I'll pop it in the post.
Thank you to everyone else that bidded too.
Me and the boys went shopping in town on Saturday morning, then chilled out the rest of the day, whilst Daddy went to pick his new toy upTo say I am a tad jealous is an understatement! You see I too have a bike license, but alas no bike!!! :(((((((

Sunday was a day off cropping for me with the MK Scrappers again, I have to say I was all scrapped out this week! Really enjoyed myself though, got a few bits done, and had a giggle in the process.
I enjoyed doing this LO of Jack and buddy Jake at the park last year.I used all Scenic Route pp.

I'm not entirely happy with this LO, it still needs more! If you know what I mean, so hopefully will add to it this week. All pp used were My Minds Eye, buttons from stash.

Whilst I had a break from the photo scrapping, I finally got round to altering my lunch box!This gorgeous little caddy holds all my photos awaiting scrapping!!!
I have another LO of my gorgeous fella but I have to add finishing touches to that so will show that another day.

HS-MS is Ticket - A piece of paper or card that give the holder a certain right, usually to enter a placeTeeny tiny story - I use to love Bon Jovi, dont think I do now as much as I did back then, but my buddy Cazz is a huuuuuge fan of his, so I was making her jealous with my ticket - from 1996 may I add - wow - does anyone else keep hold of stuff like that for this long! Its in mint condition too - lol
Phew that was alot to do - back tomorrow x

Friday 7 March 2008

Teggers Fairy & HS-MS

My lovely little soldier today had his visit to the hospital for the removal of teggers, what was suppose to be two turned into three!! The nurse kindly told him that she would email the tooth fairy to kindly let her know that there is now one more tooth!!!
Poor tooth fairy, she'll be bankrupt at this rate!!

I cannot believe how much I have crafted this last few nights, but alas still nothing to show due to finishing touches required!!

HS-MS playing catch up with yesterdays too
Jar - A wide-mouthed container made of glass or pot to contain food
This jar did use to have pasta in! Now it holds my threads - hehe
Badge - Insignia to advertise, show membership of or make a statement with
It doesnt look like much of a badge at the moment, but it will be next Sunday when its taped to me! Our Slimming World group is doing the crazy hat walk for breast cancer awareness, its about five times around Wicksteed Park!!! I dont have a name for badge as I dont know anyone personally that has gone through this - so if anyone would like me to add a name for them, I'll gladly write tons of names on my badge with pride for you.

Something which I found rather funny!!!! My best mate Cazz has finally got her blog off the ground, lol, she's been doing a course once a week at her daughters nursery and they had to make a box!!! She chose Dora the Explorer as her base!! lol Check it out - all the girls at the nursery said it looks more like a blow up doll!!! To say I couldnt stop laughing was an understatement... Love ya honey lmao x

Thursday 6 March 2008

Jen Hall & Howdy Pardner...

I badly forgot to finish off my Jen Hall Class! But its all done now, and I love it.Its a photo book on my family. I wont bore you with all the pages I havent shown you already, but here's a couple of my favourties.At Jacks school today there were celebrating World Book Day, all the kiddies dressed up in outfits of book characters. Heres our Jack as Woody!!! You know - Toy Story - Bit of crap photo editing - just messing with it all at the moment.
Still doing tons of crafting but awaiting for photos to turn up so I can finish them off.

Wednesday 5 March 2008

Busy Bee


I've been quite busy today, altering, creating and sorting!
I've had this ickle house for a while now, its from one of my self addressed kits, the Bad Girls Feb kit was perfect for it, I love My Minds Eye at the moment
This will sit nice and pretty in my hallway.

I've made up some blank LOs for my 365 days prompts, but awaiting photos, so cant share those at the moment.

I've also 'finally' started my A-Z art journal with Its a Creative World, when I say started, I mean I've at least done the journal, figured what I'm going to put in it to get it utd (which is currently the letter E) I still want to add some ribbons to it, but heres my journal so farAgain finally getting round to using my Feb Bad Girls Kit, I mean I have too dont I, March is in the post!!! lol

Before I go, must show!!!Its not as great as other peeps, but I've edited this photo and added text! Yippee - gonna take me awhile to figure it out, slowly but surely though.
Thats it for the moment. x

Yippee & HS-MS

Last night I finally got my stone and a half award - yippee - we also had our photo took for the fundraising we're doing as a group - I'll post that piccy once its in the paper!! hehe
Just a note to add, we raised £85 in our group for Ellies Trust. So thank you to everyone for that and the bag auction is still on going till Sunday. Check this post for details.
A hundred and one things I want to get done today, I dare say just one will!

HS-MS - Fluff - Soft fibers that accumulate in small clumps
Rileys gorgeous all in one, very fluffy, I was going to use the old tumble dryer fluff - it just looked 'wrong' lol

Short but sweet today - my very very very good friends daughter had her baby girl on Monday, bless her, I'm just as excited and in the process of altering something for her! x