Especially for Paula .............

Well she has rapped my knuckles a couple of times now for being missing in action for such a long long time, so decided I really must update the blog.

So what's been happening? Well I suppose the most important thing is that I am a woman in love! Oh yes indeed, well and truely snagged and bagged. Now of course, you know I never seem able to take the easy route but hey, what's 3500 miles when love someone, right? Mr. L. lives in the USA (oh there's a surprise I hear you say), but at least it is East Coast; Virginia to be kind of precise. I had a wonderful two weeks there back in August which went just so amazingly well that we had to get Mr. L. to Ireland and spend another two wonderous weeks together here in October. Next get together will be on Boxing Day when I head back west for another 10 days or so. All is going better than I could have imagined and I never thought I'd say this, but my ex. E. did me a favour. Mr. L. is the most wonderful, lovely, loving guy I could have hoped for. We laugh a lot together, share very similar views, hopes and dreams. He is definitely one in a million and I am well and truely besotted and blessed.

So for curious minds, here's a little layout I did of my favourite pic of him so far. Who says manly and bling don't go together? I find it so hard to resist putting a lil sparkle on any of my projects!!



Work has been challenging, I now do a national role which means I'm working right across the UK. More travel!! Not filling me with a lot of enthusiasm as it's just so tiring, but there are lots and lots of people who are facing redundancy across the country that I try and focus on being thankful that I am still employed.

I've also been doing quite a bit creatively. The little canvas below is a blatant scraplift of one done by the wonderfully talented Tracie Hudson. No point in trying to improve upon perfection! If you haven't seen her work go and check out her blog she's amazing, so talented.



Sew, what next .... well fabric!!! I did a needlework qualification when I was at school and recently I've joined in a Fabric CJ which has just soooo inspired me to get sewing again. The left hand page is my first page, the one on the right is the page I did for Sharon (Magpie) who's work is amazing - I want to go visit Sharon so she can teach me her wonderful machine embroidery skills!!



OK so is that good for now Paula? I sure hope so!! Promise not to leave it so long next time.

Aloha

Sorry I haven't been around for a while but I've been kind of busy with real life stuff! Pain in the rear how it get's in the way of the virtual world - ;o))

Anyway thought I'd share the latest of my little projects. It's a girlfriend mini book, although could be adapted for any celebration or occasion of course. It'll be running on 17 May at Forget-me-not Papercrafts. If you want further details just leave me a note - although I don't expect any of you UKS ladies will need further signposting.

Hope life is treat you and yours well. Will do some blog hopping over the weekend and check in with how you all are. Love n hugs xoxoxoxox

Go to your room ......

you've been a bad bad blogger!

Well I haven't been around for ages, have I? Thought it was about time I let you know I am alive and well - better than well in fact, tip top form and ready for anything (eh .... well most anything lol).

Work is frantic but good and I have to say just lately it's been so busy that it really did remind me how much happier I am when things are buzzin and I'm trying to fit too much in to my day. Being bored just doesn't suit me.

I've been scrapping and have another little project class planned for Forget Me Not and will try to upload here when it's ready to go. If you have a special girlfriend, then girlfriend, this one could be just the ticket.

I had the pleasure of the company of two wonderful guys yesterday (gutter ladies, out of the gutter!!) and their mom's. What a great day, the evidence of which is below. As you can see I took the opportunity to get some piccie takin practice in too.




Almost have a few panels finished for my photography course finished now. If only the workbook were underway too - is it just me or do we all leave these things hanging weightly around our shoulders until the last minute when we are pushed and stressed!!

Ok so as far as blog goes - hoping that it's not so long before the next post. Hope all you Norn Iron, Jelly and crafting ladies are looking forward to Spring with a lil bounce in your step. Love to you all.

Coming to a Scrap Shop near you soon ......

Alright, well I've been doing some creative stuff and this forms part of a class I'm doing at ForgetMeNot Papercrafts on 8th March.

Had a lot of fun doing this, not too hard, not too time consuming but effective so hoping to see some of you then!





So how was your Valentines Day? Were ya all lurvvveeeedddd up!!?????


Phew, first week back at work, squillions of email etc., but it's good to be back to the land of the livin, guess the ole travelling roadshow continues. Next stop, London!

A quickie

Well in my efforts to sort out my storage and space etc. I had a little jaunt to Ikea with Sam and Mum - well I say a little jaunt, it turned out to take us about 4 hours to get round the store (partly because we had to keep doubling back to find mum bless her!). I found this Lekman boxed which fits their shelves and they actually fit in to the ones I currently have - and even better a sheet of 12 x 12 fits too, conveniently hiding all the bits and bobs inside - cool eh?? Can you imagine the fun co-ordinating your favourite range of scrapping papers with your craft space - ok so I need to get a life ;o))

I'm definitely going to get three more although they stick out the back of my shelves a bit but eventually I'll replace it with the Ikea one. Does anyone else feel like their craft room/space just is consistently in need of one major tidy up!?

Oh and a funny story - walking around Ikea my mum came upon a basket full of hats in the children's dept. She noticed one that she thought would suit Sam and lifted it for her to try on. Mum did a little jump when she found it to be still warm - turned out the hat belonged to the big edjit who was trying on the kiddie hats beside her lol! Leave it to Mum. Oh and I then mortified both Mum and Sam in KFC. They were playing one of my favourite tunes and so I started singing - rather too loudly for Sam lol, imagine her face when I said I was going to get up and dance in front of the counter so I could see myself on their security screen!!

Blink ........

and it's gone. January that is. Wasn't it fast? At last we're starting to see a little lengthening in the days, you've got to love that - I do because for me it's a sign that soon winter will be over and there will be new life springing forth. All those pretty lime green shoots and leaves, lambs in the fields and hopefully some better weather to get out and about and enjoy nature.

I've been a bad blogger I know, not posting for ages! Been busy around the house trying to tick off some of the projects that I had promised myself I'd do in 2007. Getting there, and it does feel great to be making progress with things that just seemed to be around forever.

Ok I promised I'd show off my bathroom when it was finished - well, it's getting there, but some little bits and pieces to be done. I've tried bribing my pal with the promise of dinner so hopefully in the next week it will be complete. Anyway as it's only bits and bobs I thought I share these pics with you. I'm really pleased with how it's looking - very grown up!







I've been working hard on decluttering too. Definitely therapeutic, and the advantage is the house is tidier, easier to find things and easier to clean.

Oh and some of you may have seen this but those who haven't, I had an experiment with dry run-on decal paper for the computer and made these fancy corners for my boudoir wall. It's just about finished now - only thing left to complete it is some nice rich dark chocolate - now come on girls - a leopard never changes it spots lol!! Some day my prince will come - just wish he'd arrive via airmail rather than pigeon post!

Time just flies ....................

Where on earth has half of January 2008 just gone??? I know when you are younger your elders tell you that time passes more quickly the older you get, well it seems that they're not joking.

Been working on a scrapbook album for a friend and have probably got about a 5th of it done. 20 years of pictures is a lot to scrap and I do feel quite a weight of responsibility to do the memories justice. I've also signed up for more deco swaps and funnily enough the title of todays post is very much the theme for the page to send to my swapee. It's still drying, so when it's done I'll try and update and post a pic.

Little Toyah seems to be doing ok in terms of health, certainly she's eating fine and just wanting to be with her "mummie" 24/7. We have cracked the sleeping apart though lol, thank goodness, she was waking me four and five times a night and I can't handle that at all.

Bathroom project is still "work in progress", hoping it will be done very very soon and then I can share my latest makeover with you. Never really stops does it? Always something needing done or fixed.


Oh and if you read this before 9pm tonight and have Sky, there's an interesting programme on Sky One on women who marry BNP members or work for the BNP party. I'll probably want to scream and throw things at the tele., but I am fascinated to know how they think and how they justify the unjustifiable!

Catch ya later folks xox