Where has the time gone?

I didn't realise it has been so long since I posted on here....here is a quick catch up...My Daughter kelly got married in August - it was a small family wedding and even though it rained at one point and was a bit dull it was a lovely day and her dad and I felt very proud :-)


Steve and I have just 'celebrated' our Pearl wedding anniversary (30yrs) although we didn't go out we had a celebratory egg and chips for tea!

I started going back to the local craft club once a fortnight even though we don't seem to get much crafting done! more coffee biscuits and chat! ;-)

I am in the process of helping a friend in the village set up her craft shop - all the fittings have now been completed and we are busy ordering stock and filling the shelves - I didn't realise how hard it would be trying to decide what were the best items to stock - hopefully we have got it right or it wil be right by the time we open which should be last week in November / first week December.

I have found a great idea for making wreaths! they are made out of 'rags' cotton material and ribbons, and have sold a couple to date have made 5 started last weekend (beginning November)









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Glorious Sunshine :-)

Well what a glorious few days of sunshine we have had here in sunny Wales :-) Hubs and I have been abel to get in the garden over the past two weekends re-designing it... still along way to go as we have decided to move the pond down the garden and put it into the ground, the original pond at the moment looks like a small swimming pool and is a bit of an eyesore!

Was asked to do three 30th anniversary cards last week and am pleased to say the ladies who ordered them were well pleased :-) Flowers were the order and NO birds!






Also made some more samples a couple of weeks ago for MCS here are a some of the cards from the Mystical Metalics cds

Swap card & Birthday card!!

Had to make a couple of swap cards and a birthday card for a friend... I used to struggle making mens cards and still do sometims but thought this worked well as he plays guitar and used to be in a band years ago.

More Sample pics

Just a few of the latest samples I have done for MCS The Collectors Edition...Really enjoyed working with this cd, I had the Kds section to work on :-) there are so many digi images on the set am looking forward to playing and improving my colouring in :-)

Tidy Craft Room ..........

Well after making more samples for MCS The Collectors Edition... my craft room was a total shambles!!!! I Had my grandaughter Gracie for 3 days after she had been to school so thought it a good idea to tidy and sort it out plus label everything as I keep forgetting just what I do have!







I also decided to put my ATC picture on the wall! I have collected a fair few over the past couple of years and thought it such a shame to have them all hidden away so framed them.

Some more cards and waffle

Easter Card I made for my Grandaughter :-)



There are days when I can craft and craft and all turns out great, and other days I sit there playing with paper and images etc and nothing seems to work........leave it for an hour or so go back and hey presto it's like magic......the creative head starts working!

May 5th

Well it has been a while since I updated my blog so thought it about time I did!
It's Steves birthday today, we had family round for a roast dinner.......oh how I hate the washing up after! :-(

Thought it also about time I posted a few more of my cards, most of them are samples I have been making over the past few months for My Craft Studio.

This is one of my first parchment cards....not sure I could get into this as it seems to take forever!


The next few cards are from MCS Deco Follies CD