Card made for sisters birthday - hope she doesn't look on here before then! But if I don't do it now, I'll forget.



A4 hammer white card, bits and bobs cut out from old cards, or random bits of card. Pink insert and peel off stickers from stock. Only thing bought were the shoe confetti. Pinched the handbag idea, think it works really well.

Ah bless!

The ducks looked very confused this morning; the wall they are swimming over is 6ft, and is at the side of the walkway which is normally 3 ft above the river level.

Being a bit too British

I was going to post this 'elsewhere' but changed my mind.

Staying in a hotel in Shrewsbury that I regularly stay in, small, family run, glorified B&B really.

Just done the typical British thing, of not really complaining when something is wrong. I'm in a different room, but still got the freeview, had been here half an hour and the pipes started banging; tried to do all sorts, turned the radiator down, ran the hot water tap, but it didn't stop so went and told the owner. But did it in quite an apologetic, sorry its my fault sort of way. He went straight to the room next door and adjusted something. Fixed it. So off I went for something to eat. Came back and there it was again. If I was American, I'd have demanded a different room; and some money back etc. But they were so apologetic, I couldn't. It's something to do with the people next door adjusting the valve on their radiator, somehow affects mine and I get an airlock. That and the fact that I'm coming back here again, and otherwise it suits me fine.

New Year, new start.

Have packed my lovely new holdall ready for the journey to Shropshire, complete with all the little toiletries. I'm also taking some card and my camera, as I want to re-use a lot of this years cards. Maybe treat myself to a cuttlebug.

But actually, having succumbed to the lurgy, haven't been updating anything very much.

So need to work out challenges for the year, goals for the future etc. for another blog I'm part of. I also need to update CV, and maybe do an online course.

When there's nothing on the telly, I've taken some of my small stamps away with me, and have done some 'colouring in'.

Here are some examples of the stamps, will post them as fully made up cards when they are done.

Photos of the various embroidery projects I have started over the years. For various reasons they didn't get made into anything. These are not really showing the sizes well, but the tiger is about 10" square, the lady is about 10" x 6" and the little boy about 7" x 5". I was thinking of putting the tiger onto a cushion, the others can really only be framed as pictures.

Reading the random post from October, I was going to find the lead for the camera. Still not found it. But spent last night sat in hotel room watching the new version of the Good Life and doing some stamping. So, if I can't find the wire I will at least try to find the SD card converter, and then I can put up all my lovely little robins etc.

There is something sooo relaxing about sitting, watching telly, with a set of watercolour pencils.