WooHoo soon be the hols :)

Good grief it has been a week since I posted AGAIN!!! I have no idea where the days are going just now.
I am getting excited as I go to visit Vikkie next week in Norway and I cant wait. We are hoping to do lots of crafting and maybe a bit of shopping, but either way it is gonna be a chill out week as both of us are in need of a rest and putting our feet up for a while.
Crafty wise I have altered another birdhouse, I think I am addicted!!! I have even ordered more of them. Seriously considering trying to sell some of them tho as I really cant have them all in my house lol. I have made a pin cushion out of a little wooden box and altered a small chipboard box too. I have started my second junk journal this week although I still aint totally comfortable making them yet for some reason (possibly not tidy enough for my slight OCD tendancies to handle lol)
I ordered a heap of steampunk type charms n bits n bobs today not sure what I am gonna use them for but I just really fancied them.
Anyway almost bed time so I will post a few pics at the end.
Sweet dreams everyone :)

Where has the week gone again :S

Well I have had a pretty busy week this week, mostly involving the garden, which is now starting to look a bit more respectable. Still got a bit to do and the veg patch has to get planted up but at least most of the weeding is done now. I finally painted the last bit of tree on the faerie mural me and the girls started last summer. The bottom bit of the tree was behind a bush and I couldnt get it finished because of the leaves n twigs. As it is just starting to bud again I thought I better get a wriggle on and finish it.
Crafty wise I have been pretty quiet. I did have a go at making a pin cushion out of a little wooden box and made a mothers day card for my mumsy but other than that I aint done much.
It was Mothers Day yesterday and I had a pretty nice day. I spent the morning in the garden pottering in the sunshine. Then had a quiet afternoon as the kids went out on their bikes then our neighbour came over for a BBQ in the evening (her hubby is away for a month so I didnt want her sitting alone with her kids on Mothers Day)
Anyway that is enough of my ramblings tonight, I am gonna go read for a while.
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First uncrafty day in a week :(

Well it is official today, I am only working 9am till 1am (well at least till the summer hols anyway).  As I have not been feeling the best lately I came to the decision to bite the bullet and ask for reduced hours at work as I was feeling it was a struggle to have any quality home time as I was trying to juggle work, housework and the garden and failing pretty much with all of the above and getting myself stressed out about it.   This way I am only losing 5 hours off my total hours yet still have the whole afternoon to myself which is working out great so far.   As I said I have made the decision to do half an hour to an hour in the garden everyday so I can keep on top of stuff there, then spend a short time doing a bit of housework and then I have still time to sit and relax crafting for a while too before it is time to cook.   This way I am hoping that weekends can be spent doing things I WANT to do not the things I HAVE to do.  It was a lovely day today so this afternoon I was out the garden doing a bit more of the much needed weeding.   I have been crafting of an evening but I had to go out tonight so I guess the crafting will just have to wait till tomorrow. The only thing I started this afternoon was trying to make a paper mache mask using a thin plastic mask as a molde, I will keep you posted on how that goes.  Hopefully tomorrows post will be more interesting than todays lol
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Monday again

I have no idea where the weekends go. I had a nice relaxing weekend, I did a bit more of the garden which is good as it is starting to look a bit tidier now thank goodness and I even planted some peas.   I have to start thinking about what other veg I am gonna plant this year.    There will definately be parsnips as they grow really well for me.   Other than that I aint given it much thought yet.
I have just been clearing out my cupboard and having a look to see what I have that I can alter.   I have found a dress form that Vikkie gave me ages ago, but it kinda scares me lol as I dont have the foggiest what to do with it - any suggestions would be much appreciated.
I found a little suitcase yesterday which I altered and I really enjoyed doing that, just wish I had a few more of them and as I am onto my last birdhouse I am gonna have to find some more things to do.   I also need to buy some more acrylic paints as at the minute I am using Isla's (my youngest) cast offs and half tubes.
I shall attached the pic of the suitcase for you all to have a look at and hopefully I will get something done this evening that I can put up tomorrow
Have a good evening x

Hmmm what will today hold??

Well another morning and up till now the sun is shining although living in the North East of Scotland that means nothing.   We can have a taste of all the seasons within the space of a morning sometimes lol

Crafted last night again, just to keep my hands busy really so I altered another birdhouse.   I have only one left now but I am thinking I will have to buy some more, mind you I aint sure what the heck I am gonna do with them all, only so many you can display :P

If the weather stays nice I will go out to the garden for a while.   I have made a promise to myself that I MUST do an hour out there everyday, just so I can keep on top of everything.  That way I aint knocking myself out for hours on end and not able to do anything for days afterwards.   (So many promises to keep to myself just now :O but I know I can do it)

I have a couple of swaps I have to parcel up and get posted tomorrow so I will do that today too.

I wish everyone a restful Sunday x

Oh here is the birdhouse I altered last nite, I like the darker one better I think and oh I did try the crackle glaze AGAIN and AGAIN it failed miserably :(

Another month nearly past since I blogged and it aint been a good one :(

Hey guys,
Seems terrible to come on here n moan but hopefully it will be kinda cleansing to offload to no-one in particular. I aint had a good month since my lovely week the last time I blogged. Most of it self inflicted I have to say but a small amount down to health issues.
Anyway I have found this quote that I now have beside my bed so I can look at it every morning, infact todays crafting might be to make a pretty plaque or something to have it on so it can be a permanent fixture and hopefully it will be a reminder to me of how bad things have gotten of late through my own stupidity.
The quote reads - "SOMETIMES THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS NOT THINK, NOT WONDER, NOT IMAGINE, NOT OBSESS.   JUST BREATHE AND HAVE FAITH THAT EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT FOR THE BEST"

I have come so close this week to losing the most precious friendship I could possibly have and I think this quote sums up a lot of what I have been doing.  I am not proud of myself and how I have been behaving and I am well aware that changes have to be made and hopefully having this to waken up to everyday will help that and climbing back onto the wagon again regards my intake of alcohol which had fallen by the wayside in the past few months and especially in the past couple of weeks and was making things a hundred times worse.

Anyway enough of my problems, I might be back later with some crafty pics to upload

Well here is my afternoons work, an altered bird house. I am quite happy with it, although it wasn't quite what I intended to begin with. It started off me trying to crackle glaze it with PVA but it just wasnt happening for me and after a couple of failed attempts I eventually gave up n scraped most of it off and just went with the shabby distressed look lol
I have another couple so I might do another one in a different style tonight. No crackling for me tho I will leave it to the experts :S
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