Bean-Induced Blushes!

Well, I've had a productive day, finishing off notepads for the craft fair I'm attending tomorrow. I made some long ones for those Christmas lists:

And you can never have too many cupcakes so here's another:

I've also made use of some pre-patterned notepads from Studio G, by adding my own embellishments:

I think I'm all set, packed up and ready to go. Only thing is, it's been a day of comfort food-eating and I'm beginning to wish I hadn't consumed so many beans (baked ones on toast for lunch and butter beans in a veggie curry for dinner!) This could have some unfortunate consequences for any potential punters visiting my stall tomorrow and also for my fellow crafters who have to share the hall with me!



PARRRRP! (oops, sorry!) :)

Shoes 'n Bags!

I had some girly birthday cards to make this week so I went with the old shoes 'n bags theme -

After all, I'm sure there aren't many girlies out there who don't like shoes or bags or both!! (I hope!)

Meet Me On Monday 12

Evening All! The nights are fair drawing in but I have my trusty hot water bottle underfoot, the blinds drawn and I'm ready to create! That's if I can get my printer to work as it's been giving me some problems lately :( Don't let me down, technology! Especially as I'm just about to make personalised Christening cards available in my shop!!

Now, without further ado, on with this week's....

Meet Me On Monday!

Over the next seven days I'm going to be -

Making: A final lot of stock for this event on Saturday! More long notepads waiting to be decorated and calendars to be bagged!

Drinking: Spiced pear and ginger cider; one of several autumnally-flavoured ciders I hope to sample on these cold, dark nights!

Watching: Tonight, a programme called Mummifying Alan. I'm a bit weird and am interested in things like this!!

Reading: The Girl Who Played With Fire by Steig Larsson. I read the first book in the trilogy earlier this year and was hooked. Great bathtime reading!!

Wearing: Cosy knitwear - once I've bought some! Nothing in my wardrobe feels warm enough at the moment!

Remembering: That I've also listed some Little House gift tags in the shop - great for making New Home cards!

You can join in with MMOM here - it's great fun!!

Love It When a Plan Comes Together!

I love it when a day's productive, I really do! Once I'd got my food shopping done, I put the heater on in my craft room and there I stayed, making things.

My pig characters have been revamped:

As have my robins:

And frogs:




I've also managed to fix a problem with my printer, and I've just enjoyed a lovely, unhealthy dinner of nachos (yum!) and homemade Chocolate and Chestnut Tart.

I'm now preparing to light a scented candle and curl up on the couch to watch Kirsty's Handmade Britain!

Bye all!

Meet Me On A Monday #11

This week I will be/have been:

Wishing: It would stop raining as Mushroom Cottage is in danger of being washed away!

Eating: Mushroom Stroganoff - yum! And fajitas - double yum!

Drinking: Vanilla-flavoured coffee out of my Pip the Cat mug.

Watching: My cat playing with his toy, even though he's 14 - cute!

Making: Notepads galore!

Visiting: The National Museum of Scotland with Himself then taking a lovely walk through the Meadows in Edinburgh, with the autumn sunshine dappling through the trees and russet leaves fluttering down from their branches as we passed. Sigh. I do like autumn.

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Time Is Flying

More extra days worked this week, a now-unwonky floor, and a mammoth sort-out of my book collection - it's all added up to a very fast week!! I have been making things but the pesky ever-darkening evenings aren't conducive to good photo-taking, plus most of my cards have been commissions, so there's not much I can show you.

I did put together a quick baby card using cute elements from Buzzcraft:

I just added the bow for a finishing touch.

And, once again, it is the weekend. I hope you all have a lovely one!

Not Enough Hours...

Sorry for my recent lack of blogging, folks; extra hours at work and unexpected happenings in day-to-day life (including needing to get a man in to sort out my wonky floor!) have somewhat compromised my crafting output. Even a Crafting 'n Chinese night with my ex-Paper Mill Shop colleagues didn't actually, er, involve any crafting!! Sigh. I just can't wait to get some time at my desk to create!!!

When I did allow myself 2 McSquillionths of a millisecond to put pen to paper, I worked on some designs that I hope will be suitable for Christening cards:

I've taken to using some fab watersoluble metallic pencils given to me by my Uncle for my birthday. They apparently look brilliant on dark paper but I haven't had time to try that yet!



I am trying to add more hours to my day though - I've recently reduced my TV package so I'll get less channels and can't record anything! Hopefully less choice of things to watch will mean more time spent crafting!

That's the plan anyway!!!