The Captain Jack outfit went down a storm and apparently he had a great day at school. There were about 10 Captain Jacks I think so the idea was certainly popular!
I haven't had any electricity until now so I have spent the day making some christmas cards. I decided to do Bookatrix ones today and I am pleased with the results. I have only made one before but once I got into it I couldn't stop and have made 4 and cut out lots of pages for making more! I have made matching boxes too. I will post up some pictures tomorrow so you can all see my efforts.
My son Will is at a friends tonight for a sleepover so hubby and I are taking advantage and going out for a meal which will be a real treat - we havn't been out for ages so we are both looking forward to it - and a lie-in tomorrow morning too, sheer bliss!
Well, I must tidy away all the crafting 'mess' for now and jump in the shower and make myself beautiful - lol.
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Friday, 5 October 2007
Thursday, 4 October 2007
Life in General
Well, it's 5.45pm and there is a lasagne in the oven which is nearly ready, some garlic bread and some fresh veggies and it smells wonderful in here I can tell you! Can hardly wait for the next 10 minutes to pass so I can get stuck in - yummy!
Today I finished my first challenge for the Crafters Companion, Crafty Addicts challenge - its all done apart from some flowers which got missed in my kit but Lou has since posted them to me so as soon as they arrive there is a space waiting for them. I have to say I am pleased with the result but I can't show it on here yet because we are all posting them on the same day on the CC Forum which isn't until the end of the month.
I am still waiting for my kit for the Papertake Challenge and I hope it doesn't get held up for too long by the postal strikes.
I managed to get outside today and do some gardening - hasn't the weather been gorgeous today, a really lovely day of Autumn sunshine just like I remember as a child! Managed to tidy up a rather messy corner of the garden near the pond - I noticed that there are still lots of dragonflies about and the fish were all up hoping to be fed.
Whoopie - the timer has gone off so dinner is ready !!! Will finish this post when I've cleared my plate!
I have to say that was delicious.
Panic stations - my son just announced that they have to dress up as a character from a book for school tomorrow, nothing like a bit of notice. He says he wants to go a Captain Jack Sparrow and assures me that there is a book of Pirates of the Caribbean (not sure about that one!) so we have hunted high and low for his special 'Captain Jack' headband - which we found eventually under his bed (along with a lot of other long lost treasures and something green and furry which we shall not mention - god alone knows what it was!). We then found an old pair of trousers which we cut up a bit, got one of Dad's old white t-shirts and found a big brown belt ..... wow, its as though Johnny Depp was here - lol, wishful thinking - but he does look good. I hope tomorrow's bus driver is of sound constitution because there will be a very strange collection of children on the bus tomorrow including a Simba the Lion, Harry Potter and Will Turner to name a few!
Tomorrow I plan to do some more gardening when I finish work and then I will crack on with some more Christmas Cards for the Christmas Craft Fayre I am doing in November. I want to make some gift boxes too because I think they will sell well, especially ones specially sized for CD's and Play Station Games! At least I hope they will!
Thats all for today - goodnight all.
Today I finished my first challenge for the Crafters Companion, Crafty Addicts challenge - its all done apart from some flowers which got missed in my kit but Lou has since posted them to me so as soon as they arrive there is a space waiting for them. I have to say I am pleased with the result but I can't show it on here yet because we are all posting them on the same day on the CC Forum which isn't until the end of the month.
I am still waiting for my kit for the Papertake Challenge and I hope it doesn't get held up for too long by the postal strikes.
I managed to get outside today and do some gardening - hasn't the weather been gorgeous today, a really lovely day of Autumn sunshine just like I remember as a child! Managed to tidy up a rather messy corner of the garden near the pond - I noticed that there are still lots of dragonflies about and the fish were all up hoping to be fed.
Whoopie - the timer has gone off so dinner is ready !!! Will finish this post when I've cleared my plate!
I have to say that was delicious.
Panic stations - my son just announced that they have to dress up as a character from a book for school tomorrow, nothing like a bit of notice. He says he wants to go a Captain Jack Sparrow and assures me that there is a book of Pirates of the Caribbean (not sure about that one!) so we have hunted high and low for his special 'Captain Jack' headband - which we found eventually under his bed (along with a lot of other long lost treasures and something green and furry which we shall not mention - god alone knows what it was!). We then found an old pair of trousers which we cut up a bit, got one of Dad's old white t-shirts and found a big brown belt ..... wow, its as though Johnny Depp was here - lol, wishful thinking - but he does look good. I hope tomorrow's bus driver is of sound constitution because there will be a very strange collection of children on the bus tomorrow including a Simba the Lion, Harry Potter and Will Turner to name a few!
Tomorrow I plan to do some more gardening when I finish work and then I will crack on with some more Christmas Cards for the Christmas Craft Fayre I am doing in November. I want to make some gift boxes too because I think they will sell well, especially ones specially sized for CD's and Play Station Games! At least I hope they will!
Thats all for today - goodnight all.
Monday, 1 October 2007
Well, its October 1st, doesn't time fly? The nights are drawing in and its getting chilly now - just the right sort of weather to be indoors making cards, atc's and fat pages, doing crafty challenges and generally any type of papercrafting - and being able to do them without feeling guilty about the weeds in the garden!
Waiting for my first challenge pack from Lou (Crafters Companion forum), I am in group 1 and there are five of us, the pack looks great so I cant wait to get stuck in. I hope that I can be inventive enough when it comes to making up the packs for everyone else.
I'm still trying to work out how to put pictures and nifty little gimmics on here and hopefully one day soon I will get it right. I know someone who has done a grand job with her blog - you know who you are Jeannette - lol (see the link) so I think I will have to ask her for some help.
Jeannettes blog is well worth a visit as it has lots to see and some great links too - she has done a fab job on it.
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