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I am making the effort to write today purely so I don't fall back into the habit of not updating the blog. Haven't been well the last few days ... sickly child aren't I? I'm cold and feel dirty and could really go a coke right now ... oh and some chocolate too. Had a really lovely week catching up with Annie, cooking meals, chatting, drinking wine and laughing ... boy she makes me laugh. I've made some birthday cards for members of my team at work and been creating ATC's which I haven't scanned yet. Dear Heart has been working a lot lately and I miss him ... shock!

Contemplated whether I would try and start up a family day care here and then rejected the idea. This is my little family's haven and I can't spoil that. All the things I would have to put away to baby proof the house again is enough to make me reject the idea ... I love having my elephants and nic nacs out again after they went into hibernation when the Princess was tiny. At the moment I look after a boy of 5 and a girl of 2.5 on Thursday evenings and after the "poo" disaster this week (walls, clothes, toilet seat ...) I don't think I could go through the whole potty training experience again. The Princess was a nudist and pretty much trained herself so I had it easy.

So the search for meaning or at least a career is still on.
Ciao for now

Mistaken Identity

I spent a night tossing and turning because I was trying to work out what I would make for an ATC challenge with the theme "Brown, Pink and White". Finally I knew what I would do when I remembered I still had these pink heart faux seals and was really happy with the result until I went to upload the picture to the challenge photo folder and realised it was actually meant to be a "Black, Pink and White" theme. AARRRGGGHHH!!! Luckily I had to send off a Lady Of The Month ATC to Deb so this one is winging it's way to her - not her favourite colours but I hope she doesn't mind.

So back to the drawing board to make the correct ATC for the challenge. Decided to go with the same sort of design and the card below is the final result. Not 100% happy with it but enjoyed the challenge anyway. This one is called Daisy Dreams.

dem fishes got da blues

I had fun making this ATC for a Blue themed swap. I painted the background with watercolours then handstitched in four different shades of blue for texture and with all that blue I just had to add the fish - stamped in blue ink of course. To finish off I covered the whole card with 3 layers of clear embossing which I cracked after it cooled and rubbed blue ink into the cracks. I'm really pleased with this one.

Fanny's First Ride and Fanny Falls

These two ATC's were made for a Transportation themed swap. I couldn't resist when I saw these images - 1901 porn is really quite funny and so tame compared with what is published these days.

Avoiding the housework ... again

Hey Hey! I should be doing housework as I have an old friend coming to stay tonight - however being an old friend I figure she will cope with the state of the house. Annie is lovely and she makes me laugh!

My brain is finally back on track and I have been consistently going to work and not hating it :-o

But that does mean less time for making things. I'm really loving embossing powders at the moment - I purchased some Opals at Paperific a few years ago and haven't done much with them until now ... felt they were to pretty to waste which is crazy I know so now I am thinking they are too pretty not to use and just having some fun.

So bye for now as I am off to make something else (hahahahaha)

Twins

I told you I couldn't give her away so I had to make her twin this week. She is just a little different than her sister - I couldn't dress them exactly the same now could I? She is all packaged up in an envelope and will go winging her way to My Queen tomorrow.

Have I ever mentioned that My Queen is an incredibly amazing and creative woman? Take it from me she is!

I have had the laziest day today ... Princess Ruby and I have spent the day snuggled up reading the first Harry Potter book ... she has been my Saturday night date for the last four weeks while watching the movies on TV - I only fell asleep once (blush). And now she is in the bath and Dear Heart is cooking dinner - if only I didn't have to do any ironing I'd be in heaven.

I have completed my Stamped Image and my Postage People ATC's however I won't be giving a sneak peak of these because they aren't due to be swapped out until May and June respectively and I wouldn't want My Queen to behead me! The next theme is something arty and I am struggling with that. A theme for another group (mostly located in the USA) is "Woman in the Moon" and I've had an idea for that so may work on that this week and leave the arty theme for later. Also pondering on how to alter some ATC's I made that I'm not totally happy with ... hmmmmm.

And my final comment - what on earth am I going to do with my life? Feel so adrift and lost at the moment.

Magnet Mayhem

I've been very slack work wise this week so have had a lot of time to play in my not-so-secret-room. Mental health has been a bit wonky ... doing ok now I think.

This lovely lady was created for a "magnet swap" due next month - I like her soooo much that I'm not sure I want to give her away. I may have to make her a twin or come up with another idea all together.

Sometimes the ideas flow and everything comes together beautifully ... a lot of the time I struggle and am not always happy with the end result. If asked I usually comment that I make stuff however my Dear Heart has started to correct me ... I don't make stuff I create art! Knew there was a reason I loved him.

Back to work tomorrow so off to do some more creating before then ... oh and I need to look up postage people on google.

Ciao