MORE PICS...

WE WENT TO LAPLAND!!

I can't believe it's been over a month since my last post!! Sorry, everyone. This has mainly been for two reasons: 1) I've had nothing really to show and 2) the police are investigating the person who left the rather unsavoury comment about my daughter and it put me off a bit.

However, we're just back from Lapland and I wanted to share some pics with you. Oh, and MERRY CHRISTMAS!! XXX

AND LIL G MADE THIS!

Also for our friend, Lil G sat and painstakingly stuck the sparkles on the paper flowers' middles! She also designed it and stuck on the ribbon and the topper. The papers and images are from one of those kits that you can buy and she loved the Papermania pink cards.

Hope you like it! xxx

WE MADE SOMETHING - YAY!!!

No, we haven't forgotten how to make cards, just haven't had a lot of time lately! So, it's our dear friend's birthday on Wednesday and we thought we'd make a little something for her. This is mine (apologies for the dodgy picture, but I was running out of light and the landing window is the only place left at this time of the day that I get to show it in its true colours!!). The papers are from funkyfairys [sic], the flowers are from the stash and the 'How to Know the Butterflies' bits are from the very talented and generous Fairy Davies.

Thanks for looking. xxxx

ANOTHER OF HUBBY'S PICS...

.. taken yesterday. He's tweaked it on the pc to leave only the wreaths in colour. Brilliant, isn't it? xxx

PLEASE SPARE A THOUGHT...

.. for my neighbours. It's his birthday today and it's coming up to the anniversary of the death of her father.. so a mixed sort of time. And there's six weeks to go until their first baby is due.

Except they found out yesterday that their precious little baby has died.

And she still has to deliver him. I have no clue how you cope with something like this and I have no idea what to say to her. I think we'll send flowers.

Will there be a funeral? Does the birth and death have to be registered?

Is there anything more cruel in the world?

So, please spare a thought (or say a prayer if you do) for them.

Thanks for reading xxxx

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

The cutest witch!

NO CARD, JUST SOME EXCITING NEWS!

We've gone and done it... we've booked to go with some friends on a 3-day trip to Lapland in December!! We get to ride in a sleigh pulled by reindeer, have tea with Mrs Claus, help out in the elves' workshop, go husky-sledging, snow tubing and all sorts of things!!

It's costing more than our honeymoon did, but it's a once in a lifetime trip and G will be beside herself with excitement, particularly cos we're going with friends and their little girl.

Just had to share!!! xxx

LOVELY SHABBY CARD

Hi all. Hope you're well? I got asked to make a purple birthday card for a colleague's Mum. So I used Pink Petticoat's papers in 'Lovely' and I think it works! xxx

FORGOT THE BOX!!

Silly billy! Uploaded the card but forgot to show you the box - senior moment!

A BABY GIRL!

One of the chaps I work with is now a proud Daddy to Charlotte Olivia, so I made this for him and his partner.

The papers are from FunkyFairys "Gorgeous Ginghams", the flowers are from my stash and the stork image is a rub-on from Melissa Frances.

I'm hoping to decorate a candle to match! TFL xx

A VERY QUICK BIRTHDAY CARD!

Needed some mojo and fast! Made it for a friend at work and I thought I had another day to do it, but then I realised she's on leave for her birthday - eek!! Hope she likes it. The papers are FunkyFairys, sentiment is Melissa Frances and the lovely postcards are downloads from Fairy Davis. TFL xxx

LIL G MADE THIS, TOO

She made this from a kit we found. I cut the bits out for her - not too keen on letting her loose with a guillotine just yet - and then left her to it.

I tied the string onto the tag, but she chose where to put it. I think we have another budding crafter among us! I hope you like it. I'm very proud of her and she's very proud of it!

Well, we had to find something to do this weekend cos we've been stuck in the house for two days. Hubby's car gave up the ghost in a HUGE way on Friday night (head gasket blew) and he's working all weekend so he had to take my car.

Frantically trying to find a set of wheels before Tuesday, when we are both at work, in totally opposite directions (and about 20 miles in either direction from our house)!

So crafting seemed like a good way to keep her amused for a couple of days. We've also painted another of those laundry

tablet boxes and we're waiting for that to dry before we cover it in paper, like the one I made with Pink Petticoat papers a while back.

TFL xxx

TRIED SOMETHING NEW.... ERM......

No pearls or blooms or ribbon - thought I'd try a different style. The flower is from Melissa Frances (some things are just too hard to give up! LOL) but apart from that, just plain and simple papers and string. And I don't like it.... xxx

NIECE'S 18TH BIRTHDAY CARD

Well, still not too sure I've found me mojo.. they're all starting to look a bit same-y to me, but I needed to get this made today and in the post, so I hope she likes it! TFL xxx

HHMMMM, MOJO'S DEFINITELY FADED...

Well, it's been a while again.. where does the time go? Nearly August Bank Holiday already!! Got to get the sprouts on for Christmas soon!!!
Anyway, made this, but really not sure if I like it. I think I do, cos the colours are lovely, but don't think I'll send it. What do you think? xxx

LIL G MADE THIS!

It's for our cousin's birthday. I cut them out and she did the rest.... She was getting very fed up of the little foam pads but I let her do them all before mentioning my foam tape!! I'm a bad parent.... x

I BELIEVE...

... who's with me?

I MADE SOMETHING!! AND ABOUT TIME TOO!

Hi all! Only got about two days' notice for this one; it's needed for this Friday and I'm on leave after tomorrow, so I had to get it done sharpish. Apologies for the pic - quite late at night now!
I was asked to make it by someone at work who is going to a wedding (obviously!) and I hope she likes it... bit out of practise!! Hugs xx

.. the box...

PS. Hubby helped me make the box, cos I never seem to get the corners straight! x

NO, I HAVEN'T DISAPPEARED!

OMG I can't believe it's been nearly a month since I blogged!! Had a rotten time lately; deaths, illness, legal battles, etc. One bit of good news is that I have a new baby cousin, Lilly May, which is brilliant news!!
Seem to have totally lost me mojo, too. Need to make a couple of wedding cards and some birthday cards, but I keep walking into the craft room, looking at it all and walking back out again. Nothing. Rien. Nada. Not a hint of inspiration!
So I'm off to visit all your blogs to see if I can glean some sort of spark to make something.
Oh, I heard back from the Road Safety people too. Waste of space. Just told me that with all the extra vehicles on the road, it's now national good practise to teach this stuff. Yeah, I get that, but only as a last resort. Not as the safest thing to do. He kindly sent me some evaluation forms of the lady who did the training - how marvellous is she?? Well, not very in my book.
So I made my point, but it won't change anything.
Hugs xxx