A New Addition To The Family

This is Rosie. We adopted her from the next-door neighbour, with their blessing I hasten to add! She spent most of the summer in our garden and we fell in love with her. When the weather turned cold, we allowed her to stay in the kitchen at night although we were still not feeding her at that point. However, when it got to the point that she was spending ALL her time with us and not going home for her food, I started to feed her. The neighbours were aware of this and happy - they had bought a puppy a couple of months before - so we agreed that she would remain with us.

You have no idea how much having a cat has changed our lives. I love cats but Mark and Max are both allergic to them. Max doesn't care because he loves them too, but we keep her in the kitchen, to minimise the sneeze-causing fluff in the rest of the house. Even Mark finds her cute and talks to her in the morning when he gets up for work. She has become such a part of our family...

So Sorry

I have not posted anything for TOO long. I have been working hard at my Weight Watchers job and have hardly had any time for crafting. I have designed another bracelet, but writing it up is something else! I must do it or I will forget how I did it...

Card-making has fallen by the wayside as all my WW stock is in the way of my craft boxes. I have made sure that my beads are easily accessible though! The intention to bead is there but the time isn't - oh for another two hours in the day and drip-fed caffeine lol.

Anyway, I wanted to post and wish everyone (well, anyone still looking on here!) a very merry Christmas. Happy new year to everyone too.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

No need to say any more than that! Hope all you bloggers out there have a lovely festive time and a wonderful 2010.

Keep crafting and producing the wonderful items that you all make so well. I am going to blog hop more next year and try to join in more swaps. That can be my New Year's resolution.

Floral Cards - Well Spring HAS Sprung After All!

Today I went all floral and spring-like. I bought a flower head punch and some lovely card, so decided to put them to good use when I got home. I got a bit carried away (these are just a few of the ones I made (blush)). Again, I'm no David Bailey and they really do look better in the flesh.

A Bracelet and Two Cards

The bracelet is similar to the one I made for my son's teacher in December, but thinner. I think the colours work together beautifully. It is made in tubular peyote stitch called a Cellini Spiral.

The cards have been made for Gill at Hollingdale Designs who makes the most fabulous glass and polymer clay items.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

That's it!

Hope you all have a fantastic 2009 - with lots of fun, love and chocolate. Oh, and champagne (glug).

My resolutions this year are to walk Max to school more often than I have been and to get to my target weight this year. I really do want to do this, so I will keep this blog posted. I am not looking forward to weighing in at my WW club next week, after a month away, but I will bite the bullet and get back on track...