Wow it has been ages

Didnt realise it had been so long since I posted on my blog :S
I am back at work (have been for 2 weeks) and settling into the normal routine after 6 weeks hols. Didnt do a heck of an amount over the summer to be honest. Went to Glencoe for a week with the family but apart from that I just relaxed at home, pottering in the garden. I got the faerie mural finished and so is the pond and got quite a bit of various crafting done.
I started painting the kitchen but aint progressed much further with it to be honest, must try to get a bit more done this weekend as it is starting to bug me now that it looks untidy and there are no curtains up.
Anyway must go get ready for work. x

Pond filled and another captured faerie :)

Weather aint been the best today, so didnt get any of the mural done (thought it too dodgy to start incase the rain caught me out). Got the pond filled and the edges done with small stones AND made another captured faerie. This cage was actually a free gift that Vikkie got with stuff she ordered online for us. It was delivered to me as I am going out again to visit in a few weeks. She said I could decorate it for her and I have had great fun relaxing this afternoon creating and chatting with Vikk. Just hope she likes the finished product. :)

xx

First week of the hols, sun, gardening and outdoor craftiness

Well this is the first week of the hols and it has been great. The weather has been lovely up till now and I have been outside the majority of the day since Saturday, which I love.
Last week I made my first captured fairies, one of which aint actually in the jar yet as the jar I had wasnt big enough, but the 2nd one (Autumn fairy) just needs the lid to get decorated. I think I could become quite addicted to doing them actually.
I have been very busy in the garden, the pond is finally in situ and I started planting some stuff today, cant wait to get the pond plants though. Me and the girls decided the other day that we would do a mural on a plain bit of wall, it has been fun drawing it up and we are slowly getting it painted, although the rain today stopped play. Mal aint too happy as it is fairies but hey, I spend the most time in the garden so he will just have to live with it lol
Anyway here are the pics for you have a look at x

Another afternoon crafting with Vikk ..... another banner :)

Well got up this morning and it was chucking it down AGAIN :( so had no other option but get myself down to a bit of serious crafting AGAIN :D.  I managed to make another banner, I think I could quite easily get addicted to them and had lots of fun doing this one. Decided to use scraps of paper I had from my Once Upon a Springtime stack which was great as I managed to use most of the BITS up without having to sacrifice any more of the precious paper. This one is destined to Norway to Vikkie, as I had made her an envelope mini with the papers a few months ago so this will go alongside it hopefully.
Anyway here it is  :-

Crafting today

Hiya everyone, the weather was absolutely pants today so at least I had an excuse to spend the afternoon and some of the evening crafting, (a lot of the time with Vikkie).   I wasnt quite sure what I was gonna make, I had a couple of options as Vikk had bought me a dress form and a cute little suitcase to alter but in the end I decided to make a banner from flags which says SUMMER (I am living in hope that summer weather will arrive for us soon). I made it mainly from paper that had come free in crafting mags I have bought, so it was quite nice to use it up. I used citrus type colours as they seemed the most summery and in the end I was quite pleased with the way it all turned out.

So here it is x

Gardening News

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a lovely weekend.   To let you know I am a keen gardener as well as crafter and over the summer months I am probably most likely found pottering in the garden. When we moved here a few years ago we decided that as the garden was pretty big and had very little done to it and we were basically starting from scratch we would create a veg patch, which we did. As you can see from the pics attached my veggies are doing pretty well this year again, except my peas which are a bit of a disaster. I bought another packet of seeds today so after getting tips from my Dad I will replant some tomorrow I think as it aint to late yet to do so.  At our old house I had built a pond and had goldfish and the occasional frog, Mal made it extremely clear that no pond was getting built in this garden as the whole digging of the last one turned out to be a nightmare due to a huge slab of granite appearing right in the middle of the sizeable hole we were trying to dig. So huge infact we had to pay a builder to come break it up with pnuematic tools :S oopsies.... but while me n Vikk were in Edinburgh last weekend we visited Dobbies garden centre and we spied a much smaller pond which was a bit of a bargain, I couldnt resist.   Anyway the long and short of it is Mal relented and I am now starting the clearing of a patch of grass so we can start excavating a hole to put the liner in. No goldfish this time though, just a more natural type of pond is on the cards and I am very excited about it and hope to attract lots of wildlife. I am a big kid at heart and love the thought of insects and small ponds creatures filling my pond by this time next year. I will show you the process as it goes along over the summer as it will def be a work in progress.

This week has gone too quickly :(

Hi everyone, just thought I would stop by to tell you all about my week with Vikkie. She arrived Monday night (well should have done :S) unfortunately her flight was delayed due to technical problems and she didnt get to Scotland till 1.30 am which meant it was almost 5 am before we drove back to ours. The next day (or should I say THAT day) was spent having a duvet day and watching films as we were both shattered. Wednesday I had work but afterwards we went to the garden centre and a bit of clothes shopping and had a fish supper (not on the beach though, a bit too chilly for that). Thursday we headed off to Aberdeen with Iona, had supper at Frankie n Bennys, bought some stuff from Hobby craft and New Look and very nearly got our feet nibbled by fishes (decided against it in the end though).
Friday me n Vikk headed off for our weekend in Edinburgh. We had a fab time, out on Friday night for a couple of drinks then next day visited a Butterfly House and the Edinburgh dungeons which were a scream quite literally, then as Vikk had an early check in Sunday morning, carry out Chinese carpet picnic, film and bed early on Saturday night. We had a right laugh and it was nice to chill out with my bestest friend.
Loves ya loads Vikk xx

Week not going quick enough :S

 Well just a few days left now till Vikkie comes to visit again and I cant wait. I have missed her loads since visiting hers in the Easter hols and it will be so nice to spend some quality time together again. We have a few things planned - going to visit her dad, fish supper on the beach (weather permitting lol), bowling, Hobbycraft shopping and a weekend in Edinburgh and while I am at work I am hoping it will be weather that she can sit outside n chill in the garden with a book (not literally CHILL like :S)
The new papers came and I went online for inspration before cutting into them as I was slightly traumatised at the thought. I spied a YouTube

 by a lady called Suzie McGuire and copied quite a bit of her album as it was so lovely. I have attached a few pages to let you all see.
Anyway best go as I dont have much news to tell
x

Star Book

 Hiya :)
 I have been making a star book the past couple of evenings and I finished the pages tonight. Have no idea about the front cover yet but thought I would publish the pages as they stand.
Hope you like ;)

Been a while :S

Havent been blogging for a while so thought it was time to get back into the swing of it again. Has anything been happening?? hmm not much really. Havent done huge amount of crafting but I have some new paper I am waiting for (ordered them this morning) which I am gonna use to make a mini album for my bestest friend as a surprise. She has been pretty supportive lately and listened to a lot of wailing from me over various things and I want her to know how much I appreciate it. She has problems of her own to deal with and I guess I dont take them into consideration all the time, which is pretty selfish of me. Anyway this morning when I got up I went online and ordered papers I know she loves with the intention of making her an album, so I cant wait for them to arrive.
I decorated a couple of wooden letters that Vikkie sent me and I also have altered a notice board in the past week, apart from that I havent been doing too much crafting.
Vikkie is hopefully coming over in 2 weeks for 6 days but we are both a bit worried that the volcano in Iceland erupting will put a halt to our plans, I will just be keeping my fingers crossed.  A big worry is that Isla wont get home tomorrow as she has been in Barcelona on a school trip and I am hoping that she gets home safe and sound according to plans tomorrow evening.

Anyway that is enough rambling for today x

New Obsession?? (perhaps)

Okay I could strangle Vikkie, I blame her entirely!!!! I think I might become obsessed with these journal pages, I have done another couple and although perhaps not as nice as the first 2 at least I used my own ideas and not lifted anything from anywhere else.   The next problem is I think I might just HAVE to buy more stamps to use on these pages, as I'm sure you can understand it would get pretty boring if each page has the same fonts or background images :P
Anyway here are the latest 2 for you to have a look at x

The weekend

Well yesterday was National Scrapbooking Day (or so I was reliably told).   Unfortunately I did no scrapbooking although I did do a couple of altered journal pages. Vikkie has been well into doing these so I thought I would give them a go to see what the fuss was about. Well it was me that ended up having the fuss lol. Being the drama queen that I seem to be, I found the whole thing a bit messy and stressful, although I was pretty pleased with the results. The first one I borrowed the idea for and adapted slightly from a youtube video done by Rach0113. Her work is amazing and her stash must be amazing too as she always seems to be using different stuff. The 2nd one includes a Delta Goodram song and I found it a lot less of a strain to do, I must be getting the hang of slapping paint about or lightening up or something.
We had a bit of a drama yesterday too as Isla ended up in A&E getting her leg glued and steri-stripped as she managed to fall and gouge quite a deep and sizeable hole just below her knee. Hopefully her birthday today will go a bit better.

TFI Friday

I have no idea what I am gonna do next week when I have to work a whole 5 day week, what with holidays and school inservice days lately, next week is gonna be a culture shock.
This week has been pretty uneventful. Got to see the family photos we got taken the other week and I have to say I was pretty pleased with them, and many more nice ones to choose from than I thought there would be as I HATE getting my photo taken :S
On the crafting front I havent done anything since the fairy canvas. I have spent the past few days sorting out my craft supplies and thanks to a new storage box for my paper and card I have freed up a drawer and have now managed to get everything I might use in one room and not in a seperate cupboard where I tend to not look and find stuff hidden away when it is all too late. I am feeling very organised and hopefully I will get some crafting done this weekend.
Right off to work I guess :P
byeee x

Another canvas

Did this canvas tonight (just hope it aint too pink :O ) and I had to include my most favourite thing ever  ............... a glittery butterfly trail :)

Holiday Monday :)

Feel a bit less bi-polar today :)
Anyway I was off to Hobbycraft nice and early this morning to get some art stuff for Isla's birthday. Had suggested to her I would buy an easel in an effort to blackmail her into keeping her room a bit tidier (honestly she would live in a hovel if I turned a blind eye). So on the promise that she would try harder it was decided that we would get her one.  On looking yesterday online I was a tad horrified at the price and on further contemplation I decided that a free standing one might be hazardous to her bedroom carpet (I just had visions of acrylic paint splatters :S ) so today I went for an inbetweenie type one, can sit on the desk also doesnt look silly if it needs to be left on the floor (have to have my "not enough floor space when bedroom is messy" bargaining chip). I also got her some oil paints (which she has never tried before) and some palatte knives. I was really good and didnt buy much else to be honest although the acrylic stamps sets, especially the alphabets were calling out to me but I managed to resist.
This afternoon was spent crafting mostly. I altered a canvas which I am quite happy with. While I had been rummaging in my stuff I discovered sticky foam leaf shapes in autumn colours so I decided to do an autumn themed canvas (with a fairy as the focal point). Anyway here it is.

Sunday

I have nothing more inspired for the title of this post I'm afraid. Went to church as Iona was doing the bible reading, ate lunch, sunned myself  on my new sun lounger (very comfy) for an hour, got help importing images for the cricut (thank you x ) made a tag or two, cooked supper and ate same, imported a pic solo and made a card. Now I am in bed as I feel like crap for the second night in a row.

Hope everyone had a more inspiring day than me x