a quick round up

OMG what a crap bad blogger I am - or did I want to leave my rock star son up there for longer?? lol


OK so manic week - Love the fact kids are off school - no having to get up and do the school morning stuff - BUT sadly I have a couple of orders to complete and I really wanted to play.


Still the money will be be nice cos I am off to Florida on Monday YAHOOOOO a late honeymoon for Doug and I and NO BOYS - we are going here have a look such luxury - a pool and a hot tub. Then a short walk to the beach and sunsets BLISS.

......and craft shopping have I mentioned that I do intend to have a chill out relaxing holiday BUT craft shopping is sooooo relaxing yeah?



So back to NOW - washing machine packed up FAB HUH no worries Mum lives just round the corner - except hers has been dead for the last 2 weeks - BUT she has an engineer round later today - so fingers crossed please.


Doug and I purchased an ipod nano at the weekend TO SHARE - we really MUST talk about what share means. Its a fab little tiny gadget with a lovely sound so we have 120 songs each to upload mmmmm should be fun.



I can show you these Daisy Crazy ATCS now... I love making these

OK not really much else to say - Doug loved his Valentines tin - just as well! - I guess I will see you all when I return at the beginning of March

Will miss you - I do love to have a nosy into your lives - don't blog too much *WINK*

Love n' stuff xxxxx

teenage kicks

OMG I am blown away by this

Please click and look

Ok so I am gonna GUSH please feel free to click away NOW

BUT THAT WAS MY SON THE ROCK STAR.......at his 1st gig

I did the proud mum bit and clapped and cheered and screamed and cried my way through the gig...think that is the right word OMG better learn all the language

But LOOK did he ROCK or what.....BTW he is the one at the back in the white shirt and black tie awhhhhhhh bless him ooo that was so NOT rock star ish was it

I meant to say COOL!!! LOL BUT how good was that band and how proud am I can you tell

Ok I am going now....thanks if you stayed xxxx

Not really sure if this counts

BUT I loved making it...so let me know is this Ok for the DCM and Speshal dare?
Doug if you are reading this FAT CHANGE but you never know STOP!!! OK



It is Doug's valentine card but its in a tin !

inside are several circles

and lastly

so not actually got anything to say and you can see what I have been doing.........back to wedding stationery for me now.....I am going away in a couple of weeks I really MUST knuckle down and get these orders done....

and there is SO MUCH playing to be done :(

A bit like the cows tail ....

ALL BEHIND :)

Em and Carol are launching FANTASTIC scrappin' Challenges and me in my own little world thought I had weeks...but No so 'Me' was done Friday with the next challenge finished on Saturday......so I can breathe. Actually I do love these Scrappin challenges I have so much to learn and half my problem is not knowing where to start and what photo to use to at least with the challenges I get a starting point IYSWIM...so here they are

I LOVE the photo of ME not cos its of me BUT because of what you can't see........I am in a skanky nasty vest top, no make up, and the tattiest pair of holey cut off jeans you EVER have seen...and I am watching the boys in the pool as I read and eat my breakfast and ITS NOVEMBER AND 8.30AM...oooo that'd be Florida then :)

and now my boys......

A lovely week end for us...our usual manic Saturday, Dan has to be here and David has to be there and we do the carrying and then a quieter Sunday...Doug and I delivered some wedding Stationery and then headed to Milton Keynes. We had a lovely lunch in Chiquitos and then a mooch round the shops...and I had M & S vouchers now apart from Craft shops this is my fave shop in the world and I never spent a thing ...I do need more practise.

Just a quick thank-you for the lovely comments you have been leaving...the Elegant lady stamps, as I call them, are from Friends and Oyster stamps

spent the day in hospital lol

Set off after the school run to pick up Caz, best friend. We had booked a ‘Trading Places’ pitch at our local hospital. Arrived at Lister hospital and unloaded..Caz did the lift I ran up the stairs…HATE SMALL SPACES I am such a wuss and NOT once did I win.

Anyway all set up and then they start

Silly potential customer Number 1 “do you have any condolence cards”
Me “ well I have a couple of thinking of you and ‘blank’ cards will these do”
I showed her some simple stamped silver roses on black and also a gold very plain but ideal IMHO
Silly potential customer Number 1 “ oooo NO wanted something much more cheerful, no one liked him!”

Wow what could you say???? So I laughed and never got the sale

And the next

Silly potential customer Number 2 “ have you a card for a depressed man”
Me already grinning “ well not specifically does he do anything
Silly potential customer Number 2 “Yeah sits around depressed”
And she went !!!

Silly potential customer Number 3 “ did you make these”
Me “well the sign says HANDMADE but I lie” nah I never really said that BUT I so wanted to

And they went on an on ……..

Still we made over £100 and had a good gossip and plenty of coffee so all in all a nice day……till I came home ....

....to be greeted with David telling me he HAD to be at drama for a rehearsal at 6pm and Dan had to be at the swimming pool for 6.30 for a gala and tea was at 6!!!! Flippin’ kids honest they can’t do anything unless it at the last minute we roped in help and they all got to their destinations…waiting on a call to collect Dan soon…although he did phone earlier to say he came 3rd in a race and was knackered…shame really as he has 3 more to do :)

And lastly the DCM little extra sketch thingy



.....AND!!! Have I told you my really BAD NEWS.....my QK squeeze has ceased to be!!! it broke and off getting repaired I feel bereft.....god I never realised how much I used it

nothing to say...played all day

I DID love the metal madness DCM so with that in mind I PLAYED

are you still watching this space??

..if you are you can stop now here are my 1st efforts for the DCM

I tried to make it masculine so managed to steer clear of those BIG BLOOMS!!!
I then had a christening card to make so have included that to....

Hope you have all had a nice week end....ALL hark at me that assuming anyone is reading this.

We had a quiet and relaxing week end. Doug has been cooking from Tana Ramsays cook book chicken and mango on Saturday and prawns and noodles Sunday...mind you they both had posher names mmmmm lovely!!!