Some Little Calendars for The Xmas Fair

A CRAFTERS POEM.........................

Crafters are a funny bunch,
We'd rather craft than eat our lunch.
The housework, it can always wait.
It will be there on some other date.
No craft is left to be untried,
No creative thought to be denied.
Craft supplies - they're everywhere!
We're never caught without a spare.
Can our time be better spent,
Than practicing our creative bent?
Let it be said when we are done,
We worked, we laughed, we had lots of fun.

by Debbie Garrett

My Girlies relaxing!!!!

Mirryn the oldest and largest and Heather the youngest and tiny one! While we were having tea they decided to keep us company up on the easy chair in the dining room! Cheeky monkeys.

Childhood Fun

I found this on another blog so thought I would share it with you all, it is all so true and just makes us appreciate what childhood fun we had in our time, it has all changed so so much, we were so lucky really.


According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 70's probably
shouldn't have survived, because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based
paint which was promptly chewed and licked. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,
or latches on doors or cupboards and it was fine to play with pans.
When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip-flops.
We would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags - riding in the passenger seat was a treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle and it tasted the same.
We ate chips, bread & butter pudding and drank fizzy pop with sugar in it,
but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.
We shared one drink with four friends from one bottle or can and no-one actually died from this!
After running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to reach us and no one minded.
We did not have video games. No 99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones,
no personal computers, no DVDs, no Internet.
We had real friends - we went outside and found them. We played elastics and rounders.
We fell out of trees, got cut, and broke bones but there were no law-suits.
We had fights but no prosecution followed from other parents.
We played knock-the-door-run-away and were actually afraid of the owners catching us.
We walked to friends' homes. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls.
Our youth club was in a derelict house and actually had rats!
The sweets in the tuck shop were often chewed.
We played for hours in the local woods, which is now an housing estate.
The chippy was opposite the park so we would eat bags of chips with scraps while sitting on the swings.
We lived a mile from the nearest village & had to find our own amusement, which we did easily because we had imagination!
This is something the youth of today sadly lack.....

Floral Florish in Yellow/Gold

I am not that pleased with this card at all but posting it anyway,maybe it will grow on me!

Orange & Silver Theme

Penny Black Saturday Challenge White on White

Its me - updated pic!

some cards

My New Craft Workshop

Hope you like it, its pink, pink and more pink and my haven of peace and creativity I am so lucky!

Blog Candy Giveaway

at the Card Grotto. Michelle has fabulous candy to be won it is the second anniversary of her blog, pop over and have a peek - www.cardgrotto.blogspot.com

I have returned the blogging world....................

sorry not been bloggin for such a long time but hey I have returned so watch out fr all my latest creations soon, I need to find my camera! Even though I have not been posting I have still been following all your fantastic blogs.

Some beading creations made last night

Golfing Lover

Swell News

Happy Birthday For A Nurse

This is a card I made ages ago and didnt post to my blog as been lacking time and inspiration lately. It was for my mum's friend's daughter, apparently she loved it so that was good!

Mothers Day for a Monkey Loving Mum

Hello remember me?!!!!

Hi folks sorry not been around blogging for the last month cant believe where the days have gone. |Since I started my new job I have never had a minute back working fulltime is hard but settling down now and enjoying the job greatly.

Hsppy Easter to you all xx

Lighting Candles

I am very cut up about the sad sad story of poor Jade Goody and do understand that many many other young people are probably going through this awful disease which we dont know about. Jade seems to be in my mind morning, noon and night I dont know if anyone else feels the same at the moment. I have just lit a candle at www.gratefulness.org for Jade and had a good few moments of reflection on this life we live in.
I am now off to see my dad for a few hours, he is 72 this year and I am so,lucky to have him, my mum and my stepdad maybe I need to realise this more eh?
I have been thinking about going to church, I mentioned it to my hubby and my mum last year when things were really bad on the work front etc and they just seem to laugh - me going to church!!!!!
I was christened in Church of Scotland as a baby and I feel if I go now maybe I can learn a lot about this life and it may make me understand things better and make me a different person. Maybe I should go and sit in sometime soon and see how I feel.

Exciting News

I have received my first Wedding Stationery Order for my mum's friends daughter's wedding on 5th September 2009. I am really pleased she liked my samples. I have started work on the Save the Date cards for now. Will post one for you to see soon.
Have a great day everyone.

Another Award OMG thanks so much

I received thisaward from the lovely Elaine over at http://simplicrafti.blogspot.com/
thanks so much Elaine I am well chuffed.

Update............

hello everyone not been around much last week and a half as I have been enjoying my new job as a mortgage packager so much. I feel like I am back to my old self again, working 9am - 5pm doing a job thats suits my capabilities and is something for me to give 100% to and better myself again. I am really happy.

This weekend my friend Tracy and I are going to Scottish Bead Fair in Perth on Sunday cant wait, dont have that much cash to spend but just to look at all the different beads and get some jewellery ideas will be great, a good day out for us.

I have been craft shopping!!!!!!!!

I have got the four sets of stamps by www.daisyanddandelion.com they are called candyfloss & marshmallow, daisy & dandelion, bubbles & squeak and pickes & onion and OMG they are so so so so so so CUTE! Cant wait to get home and have a play.

HHMMMM??? I AM CONFUSED.......

......instead of my blog followers going up they have gone down from 79 to 76, weird i thought people would like the chance to win a wee surprise, never mind looks like I need to forget about reaching 100 now!!!!!

I received this Award From Hazel

check out Hazel's blog out here
thanks Hazel I love following your blog.

Remember Remember To Follow This Blog......

.......and tell your friends too, as when I reach 100 followers there will be a crafting surprise for one or two lucky bloggers. Spread the word xxx

Spring Cleaned & Freshened Bathroom

Some Good News Yipee!!

As many of my blogging friends may know when I was made redundant due to the credit drunch last July it had a really bad effect on me things havent been that good since and my health has also suffered quite a lot. I have just been floating between being unemployed and temporary jobs that are not what I am used to and very depressing and soul destroying to be honest. However guess what folks I have just been told this morning I have been successful after interview last week and have a job in a town local to me as a Mortgage Packager, I am over the moon, back to a 9am-5pm job in an office. I have been tucked away in the call centre environment which has been hard to deal with lately but needs were a must!
So I start my new job on Wednesday cant wait something to get my teeth into again and enjoy.
I am so so happy today.

A Wee Blog Facelift

Hi everyone, I have just given my blog a wee facelift hope you like it, I do it has taken me ages just pottering around, all good fun.

Not been crafting today as been "spring" cleaning the bathroom from top to tail, touching up paint etc, cleaning windows, blinds, floors, skirtings my goodness it looks fab!

I am shattered now, so off to bed for me now, feel a great achievement though!

Oh its great to be popular "blush blush!!!"

I have received yet another award from Traceythanks Tracey these awards brighten up my day no end.

Thanks Mar you are so kind

I received this gorgeous award from MarG she is such a lovely blogging friend, thank you Marion I really appreciate this.

Thanks Tracey you are a gem

I received this award from Tracey she is a gem of a lady, thanks Tracey.xxx

Hello,I'm here and I'm Fine!!!!!!

Hi there thanks for all your kind words and emails lately it is much appreciated. I am much better just getting on with things and ben working 1pm til 9pm Wed, Thur and Today then all day tomorrow so not much time for blogging (boo hoo)!!!
Luv to you all x

A Very Busy Crafting Day

I am having a great crafting day on my day off today, did crafting last night too made a big dent in the mothers day card orders which I have and also started some mothers day decorative candles, I have posted below some of the cards I have made, I must say I love green just now makes me feel spring like. Keep popping back as lots to post over the next few days.

There seems to have been a large breed of penny black teddies over the last 24 hours WOW I love them!

Pink Pink and More Pink! - Mothers Day Cards

Green To Feel Spinglike - 2 Mothers Day Cards

A Hard Day At the Grooming Salon

Both my girlies have been to "Mucky Pups" today the grooming salon they go to, hard work for our girls quite a stress, being shampooed, rinsed, dried, hair cut, nails cut, teeth and ears cleaned they are both shattered as usual!

This is my wee baby Heather the youngest Westie relaxing on the futon in my craft room here beside me, ah bless her!

Some Pics of My Girlies!!!!!!!

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone

Hope everyone has a great day.

I havent posted much this week as been busy working and been inundated with card orders for Valentine's Day from my work colleagues. I have made 21 cards for orders! I just said to my hubby this morning, its great to think that 21 people are opening up personalised cards this morning that I have made! I hope they all like them.

We are off out soon to Dobbies for breakfast them out for meal and drinks tonight with our friends, so looking forward to the day ahead.

I am so so saddened to read the news about Jade Goody on the front of the paper today that she only has months or weeks to live and they cannot do anything for her, this has effected me this morning and I feel so sorry for her, her family and her beloved sons. Life is so unfair. I am really going to enjoy my day today hey who knows thats ahead of us.

I am off to light a wee candle for Jade to do my little bit.

Catch you all soon.

Blog Following

I love this feature and have found out that I now follow 200 blogs OMG! The reason I know that is I cant follow anymoe now we are only allowed 200 boo hoo!!!

Anyway a wee freebie on offer here I have 69 followers at the moment, I want to reach 100 followers of my blog when I reach that 100 there will be a blog candy gift sent to the follower who is the lucky number which I will pick. (for example: if you are my 10th follower and I pick 10 then it would be you!) It will be a lovely crafting item I havent decided what yet as it will be a surprise.

So come all you bloggers get following my blog and make others aware of this target I have too.

Good Luck everyone, if I get over 100 followers there will be a second gift for a runner up.