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