February

Another month has gone but looking back February was quite a crafty month!

I did really well with the Folksy listing club but think I might have a break for a bit. I really need to make quanity now for the April fair..... more about that later :)

My journal seems to have taken a back seat...... or should I say it's been buired under magazines by my chair! Must try harder this month!

Last night was Make, Do and Mend so I'm recoviering today! It was our busiest one yet with 30 people squeezed into one room.......oh my goodness!!!

Hope you're all having a good week

Holiday.......

At last it's my week off!!! It started yesterday after working the whole weekend, I had a lovely day yesterday doing nothing! Well I did clean the fridge but the rest of the day was taken up with TV & knitting..... perfect!!!

I've been really busy making things over the last week as I try to list daily on Folksy. 

This is what I've made so far...

I've sold a few cherry brooches so needed to make more, these will be great for the Retro Ruby Fair I'm attending in April.

Do you want to see how my journal is coming on? 

I'm trying to do at least one thing a week so it doesn't end up in a cupboard! This is something I've never done with a book before....

It took some doing, that spine was a tough one! If you count the leave this page blank that's another one to tick off!

The last thing I did.....

So now it looks like this....

It's starting to look a little dog eared now but I'm liking it :)

I'll let you know what I do next.

Today I'm suppose to be sailing to France, we leave late tonight from Plymouth & return tomorrow early evening. Just a quick break for something to do, the price was very good so we thought why not..... it'll be nice to have breakfast in France!

However when we booked it last week we forgot it was February & the weather isn't good....no wonder it was cheap!

Checking the weather yesterday it said gale force 6, now I'm rubbish on boats & rarely use them so what should I do??? 

I've also woken up with a start of a cold..... grrrr I was so looking forward to doing something! My head tells me to stay home, nothing worse then feeling sea sick with a bad cold & having to spend 6 hours in a french port..... :(

I'll be back later to let you know if I was brave & to show you more of my makes.

January 2011

We're already 1 month into 2011.... how did that happen?

But that means spring is waiting around the corner.... hooray!!

January is always a tough month as it tends to be a bit miserable which isn't helped by the media telling us nearly every day this is the worse day of the year...etc...etc!

Here's a look back over my January....

We've had a few sunny days which Nanny has enjoyed.... see bottom left!

A sneak preview of the blanket I made for Kelly's baby...... she should have it now so I can share :) The flower pattern is from Rose.

I'm not working today which is great because the sun is shining! 

I have lots of jobs, one being to empty the Make, Do and Mend bags from Tuesday night....wow it was a busy one & when I got home at 10pm I didn't have the energy to put everything away. I'll also be sorting out all the admin, I hate that job as it's so time consuming but hey it's only once a month.

I did see The Kings Speech..... I loved it! My sort of film, great story, great acting & no stupid special effects! Did anyone else well up at the end??? I really want to see it again which is very unlike me..... looking forward to the DVD coming out. Fingers crossed for Colin Firth on Oscar night.

Hope you're all having a great week ...... back soon as I'm on holiday next week.....yippee!!

Wreck This Journal part 2

OK I'm not even going to say how fast January is going!

I've enjoyed being normal this week with having the weekend off :) but the time has slipped by & I haven't done everything I wanted to do however I did spend some time with OH. Sometimes I forget to do that what with work, craft fairs, Folksy, Make, Do and Mend...... it was nice to relax & do very little.

Only 1 more week at work then I have a week off....yippee!!! Really need it before I end up on Mary Portas for bad customer service...... you can only bite your lip for so long. I then have my normal 2 weeks off in March to look forward to....... I just hope the things on my list can wait that long!

On Monday I headed to the post office with this....

It arrived back to me on Wednesday but just look what happened....

After a slight panic attack I remembered what this book was about but it's still troubling me!! OH joked that I may even have to buy another one.

I plan to take it in the shower next & get that over with.

I managed to finish Kelly's blanket this week with the help of Rose & her lovely new flower crochet pattern. I won't share photo's just yet in case Kelly has time to take a peep.

I've also been finishing some knitted bears for my Folksy shop.

Bit of an odd question but does anyone do Burlesque? 

I need to know how to attach Pasties..... I won't use the N word as god knows what kind of people will start following me! 

My friend has been asking me for a year to make her some, I'm also doing a fair in April & I think they could sell. Please let me know your thoughts.

I may go to see The Kings Speech today....... I'm so looking forward to seeing it :)

Have a good week....over & out!

Wreck This Journal.....

Thanks for all your comments on my last post..... it seems you're keen to give it ago. Please let me know how you get on & spread the word yourself.

So back to the point....

I saw this book on a blog months ago & added it to my Amazon wish list in the hope someone would give it to me for Christmas..... nope!

A couple of weeks ago my online buddie Lorna did a post about hers...here

She was also kind enough to give me a shout when it was back in stock @ amazon.

So it arrived on Tuesday & has been sat on the sofa ever since..... I did have a look & I must say I'm feeling nervous about it! 

The reason being I'm a Virgo! I've never wrecked a book in my life..... never broken a spine on a book..... never fold down the corners of the pages..... never written in a book. I have to use the same pen in my diary & if it runs out half way through I get most upset! 

How will I cope???? 

I thought this would do me good....... I drive everyone mad, including myself!

I'm going to let myself go.... go crazy...... rip the pages out..... draw all over it....

but take it in the shower???? ooohhh I'm not sure!!

The first thing I'm going to do is post it to myself........ just in case it gets lost!

So it's back on the sofa tapped up with reindeer tape waiting for it's trip to the post office tomorrow.

That's the easy one done...... I'll keep you update!

Have a good week