production line

This evening I have a mini production line going, getting some cards all ready to go. This week seems to ge whizzing by, Stuart's fortieth is on thursday and I still need to wrap presents etc. I have been organised and got the presents, and a cake, and Holly is drawing him a card at this very moment. I hope she gets it finished before he walk in the door! : )

home

We are home from Brighton, exhausted after a wonderful weekend. We've walked miles, eaten lots, shopped even more and had an all round good time. It was a shame that the weather didn't match our mood, which meant that our walks along the seafront were few and quick, but I think generally we were lucky that it stayed dry most of the time. I made the decision to not take my camera, and just enjoy the weekend 'in the moment' if that makes sense, so I have no pictures to show you, so I am adding here a random picture of one of my favourite fabrics, which I think is a marrimeko design. I am looking forward to a nice quiet evening hopefully sewing, then probably an early night. Hope you all had great weekends too? : )

Off to the seaside!

We are off to Brighton for the weekend, as a joint wedding anniversary and birthday (husbands 40th next week!) treat. My in-laws are coming to look after Holly, and our bag is (very almost) packed. I am very excited, and my fingers are crossed that we have good weather. We are back on Sunday, so rest assured all purchases made over the weekend will not be held up and will be posted on Monday. : )

mothers day

I know I'm a bit slow posting this but I realised that in my last post about the weekend I neglected to make any mention of mothers day. My little sweetheart made me this gorgeous magnet which now lives on our fridge, and this is Holly and I after we had been bouncing on the trampoline - note the plate of 'barbecue chicken' we are just about to enjoy! : )

sunshine

What a glorious weekend we had here in London, sunny and warm, just perfect for spending outside. We spent all of Saturday in the sunshine, Stuart at the allotment and Holly and I in the garden. I spent most of the time digging and clearing - stopping for breaks to jump on the trampoline and eat pretend barbecue food made by Holly (yum, I wished it was real). Holly and I made the curtains when the playhouse was new, we finger-painted them together. By mid afternoon I had finished two new flowerbeds, and so we all went to the garden centre and picked out lots of lovely plants, which got planted yesterday. So this is the result of all my hard work, it doesn’t look like much yet, but it is such an improvement. : )

Yay!!

I was on the front page of etsy! Well, not me exactly but one of my leaf series artworks! How exciting! And another little notebook has made it as far as being listed, into my etsy shop this time. Is anyone else glad it is friday? It has been a really sunny and warm week here in London and I so hope it continues that way for the weekend. I have lots of garden things planned, and if the weather is horrible I will have to do paint stripping which I have certainly had enough of lately. Holly and I cooked this asparagus and pea frittata earlier, can't wait to get my teeth into it (Holly already has)! : )

new 'craft'!

All three little black notebooks have now gone to new homes, so I am in the process of making some new ones, this time with brown 'craft' type paper covers (still moleskines). This first one is listed now in my folksy shop, I have another two underway. I will be catching up with you all asap, we have been dashing all over the place since I finished work, we've just got in from Hollys first dancing lesson where she is dancing with a partner (it is very cute watching her do the jive and the cha cha cha with a little boy! They are better than I could ever be after only one lesson, and she didn't want to come home she was having such a good time) and then in 20 minutes I am off to my body combat class. After that I won't be fit for much! : )