Day of crafty stuff and Royal Wedding

Well I had the TV on today from just after 7am when Mal left for offshore watching the media frenzy that was the Royal Wedding. Isla came downstairs and watched with me, while she was painting a canvas for Vikkies hubby for his birthday. I suddenly decided about 10.50 while waiting for Kate to arrive at the cathedral that I hadnt actually seen Iona, so I thought I had better check she was okay as she hadnt even come down for breakfast (and that is sooo unlike her!!!) She was still curled up in bed watching the wedding too lol. I wouldnt call myself a Royalist by any stretch of the imagination but seeing all the pomp and ceremony like that always brings a tear to my eye :S
I spent quite a portion of the afternoon crafting. With Vikkies help last night and with a little bit of shouting (on Vikks part) and sulking (on my part) I managed to update my cricut so I could do more with it. So this afternoon I had a bit of a play and got a bit of coaching from Vikk (not sure if that sounds dodgy or not :S )
Anyway I made a couple more tags (yes I am still obsessed) and a 12 x 12 page which I will attach. Hopefully tomorrow I can be even more productive.

Gonna get my head down as I feel knackered x

Found the elusive tags :)

I found the missing tags at lunch today, lurking in the dining room so here they are :)

Tag obsession :O

Okay I think I might have a tag obsession at the minute. It appears to be the only thing I seem capable of making just now. Also I am gonna have to get a grip of my paper/card buying. I went into my paper stash last night looking for something specific and it is quite ridiculous the paper I have and some of it has been in there for years, either because I like it lots or because I think what the hell possessed me to buy that (usually some weird patterned stuff) anyway "Note to self" ....... MUST use up some of the crap before buying new AND I have to stop buying stamps my storage box is getting pretty full and it aint a small box !!!! :O Best not get my hubby started on the ribbon box either :S oops - mind you I blame Vikkie for that completely ;) she got me fired up one day while we were online shopping and I kinda got carried away. So the long and the short of it is my purse should really be kept hidden from me for the foreseeable future me thinks.
Isla's 14th birthday is coming up in just over a week and I have no idea what I am gonna get her. Possibly art supplies as she is right into her painting and drawing, she aint having a party this year, just a sleepover with friends. Last year she had a murder mystery party set in the Wild West, I had great fun making backdrops to hang up and organising costumes for me and the girls so this year seems a bit of an anti-climax. I love hosting parties for the girls (especially with a theme and fancy dress) I get right into it.
Oh geez look at the time again. Have to get up and at them at least |I have a long weekend to look forward to and I intend spending lots of time scrapping and relaxing as I still feel I am recovering after been ill last month.
Hope you like the tag I have attached (I wonder how many I will make this weekend lol )
xx

Another week over since last I blogged

Where are the day, weeks, months going at the moment. I cant believe another week has gone by. I was crafting tags this week but unfortunately I left my camera at school the end of last week so didnt get pics of them before posting them in various parcels to Vikkie. I might make some more over the weekend as Vikk is gonna give me lessons on my cricut as I feel I aint using it to its full potential.
Me n Mal had a wedding on Sunday, which was nice if not just a little bit weird and emotional. Angharad had been due to marry a close friend of ours but on his stag weekend with other biker friends he was tragically killed, so although we are obviously delighted to see Ang happy it was a day full of contemplation for us and a few others there.
Anyway hopefully i shall have crafty stuff to share next time but must run as I have to get ready for work xx

Gardening and crazy cat

Hi folks, I have been out in the garden for a little while each evening this week as it has been so nice. The veg patch is filling up - my dad gave me onions and shallots to plant in exchange for some seeds I gave him. So far I have peas, mangetout,broad beans, rocket, 2 types of lettuce, radishes, parsnips, onions, shallots and leeks. It gets exciting when the shoots start to show as they are just now :) I love gardening anyway (always have done) but it is so satisfying to grow your own food and it feels great being able to go out and pick what you want. The garden is starting to feel more like my own now. When we moved here a few years ago it was in a bit of a mess,( obviously the previous couple werent gardeners) and although we had the big garden I have always wanted, it broke my heart to leave the old house as I had the garden there the way I wanted with a pond and all sorts. Now we have a few beds with shrubs n flowers although I would like a lot more. Definately a work in progress.
Now for the crazy cat bit lol - one of our neighbours down the street on the opposite side has a cat which since we moved in here our 2 cats absolutely hate!! Mickey comes quite regularly to visit and even has the audacity to sit on the window sill and actually bang on the window with his paws to wind our 2 up. My windows end up a right state and how my window blinds have survived is a mystery. Merlin spends a lot of time in the evening on Mickey watch, usually he sits on his hind legs upright like a meerkat does on sentinal duty looking down the street for him and we have tried on many occasions to catch him on camera doing it. Well the other day he spied Mickey down the street but unfortunately my car was a bit too far up the drive for the meerkat stance to be any use so he ended up completely upright on 2 legs propping himself up against the window, we just had to get him on camera!!
On the crafting front i think I have lost my mojo a bit :( apart from a 12 x 12 page I did for Vikkie featuring a pic we took of the 2 of us when I was over at hers I havent done any and I am thinking of tidying eveything away for over summer. hmmm we will see. Anyway better go I am away to talk to Vikk for a bit :)

Back at work :S

Oh well first day back at work been and gone and guess what........ it feels like I have never been away :P
I had a nice weekend pleasing myself in the garden, I worked really hard and even managed to drag hubby out to do the really heavy stuff (which is a miracle as the only gardening he does is the mowing!!) I got the veg patch pretty much planted up just a few things to do and lots and lots of pruning of trees and bushes which was desperately needing done. It was a beautiful weekend and on Sunday I even dusted off my shorts n vest :O. The cats had a lovely weekend too sunning themselves out in the garden, keeping me company.
I was a bit reckless too and on a visit to the garden centreyesterday I treated myself to a lovely fairy which I had spied the week before. I decided she was too beautiful to be subjected to the Scottish weather so she has pride of place on my stairs.
Well (thinking of my stomach as usual!!!) I better go make dinner x

Grey skies today :(

Well after the wonderful warm weather at the weekend we are back to grey skies today. It looked lovely out yesterday too but was really cold, so I holed myself up inside and did a little crafting. Looks like the same could be on the cards for today as I dont think it can make up it's mind whether it will rain or not. When I was in Norway I got a couple of wooden letters and Vikk gave me the word LOVE, so the other day I had a go at altering them and I have to say I was really happy with the way they turned out. The V and T I actually covered with body glitter that the girls had lying about that never gets used (not that I dont have glitter mind you but I just liked the colours) I had to spray my initial with charcoal fixative spray though as there was a black residue coming off to touch. The LOVE i just smothered in glitter - what fun and what a mess I made :) Not sure what I will do today I did start an envelope mini but I quite fancy doing some 12 x 12 pages for a change, havent done in a while. Anyway better get up I am still dossing in bed, just the kind of grey day for doing that.

 
See you soon x

Back in Scotland

Hello all, here I am back to the usual routine of daily life after my jaunt to Norway to see Vikkie. I had a lovely relaxing time, shopping, touristy stuff and a little bit of crafting. I think Vikkie was probably glad to see me go on Friday so she could get a rest AND get her bed back. I am very proud of myself for managing the solo travelling and the hire car not that I didnt have a few moments of worry and panic.
I think Vikk enjoyed having me over (well I hope she did) I know I can be hard work (but she does know that anyway lol) but hopefully I wasnt too stressful :S
I am hoping to go out in the summer for a week, so fingers crossed that works out. I might go price flights today at some point.
I will be out to the garden today again I think. I am trying to get the veg patch planted up. I got a fair bit done yesterday - 4 rows of parsnips, 2 rows lettuce (different varieties) 2 tripods of peas, a row of garden canes with broad beans and a row of spinach. I bought leek seeds and spring oinions oh and sweetcorn. I havent tried growing them before so we will see how that goes.
Hopefully I will catch up with Vikk online today too as we seemed to keep missing each other yesterday which was very frustrating. Anyway better go cats need breakfast and so do I :)

xx

Tomorrow !!!!! :D

OMG well everyone I am doing tomorrow what I have never done before :p It has taken me 41 years !!!! Sad I know but tomorrow I am travelling ALONE :O to Norway to visit Vikk and I am SOOOO EXCITED!!! (How sad is that pml)
Hopefully we will have a fab time and get some crafting done together. I am hoping for plenty photos I can scrap when I get home.
Will tell you all of my adventures when I get back
Hugs x