Monday, 16 April 2012

A bit of this and a bit of that

Well the Easter holidays are drawing to an end and I've started preparing more lessons! I think this next half term is going to be very busy, you know when you have a feeling... Anyway, I'll show you some things I've been doing and making recently...The books that I requested from the library are arriving slowly but surely. I need to make some of these hehee! Funny little things!
 Last time I was writing to my pen pals I realised that I was running short on my selection of papers and cards. I decided to make a new batch for next time! I enjoyed making things different to what I normally do. These french pictures came on an A4 sheet for 25p - there were 15 in total, what a lovely bargain!
 I also used a sheet of Chinese pictures which are printed on really good quality vellum. Again, these were 25p for a big sheet! As you can see I love washi tape, it's my favourite most used crafty bit ever and I'm running low on it. Boo!
 I took a photo whilst I was sat under a blossom tree the other week. My friend asked for a copy (which I'm going to frame for her) and I've made her some cards with the photo on too.
The photo...
Have you heard of Moo? They make lots of personalised items with photos on. I managed to get a freebie of business cards. It's nice to have some cards with pictures of my makes on because it makes it more individual. I can 'refer a friend' if you'd like to get some special offers...just let me know!
 Pen pals! You've been asking about what books I like and am reading currently. Well! I got given a voucher this week so I got these four books. Sophie Kinsella is my favourite fiction author, I especially loved the shopaholic series. Turns out Sophie now also writes under the name of Madeleine Wickham so it's opened up a brand new selection of books!
 This is my post office bag! This was it full to the brim of all your letters to send! They're on their way gang!

Monday, 9 April 2012

Happy Easter

Here's what my dining room looked like!
 I took great pride in laying the table. I made all the decopatch eggs and decorated the plate. 
 Everyone had a few treats.
 There's my pegs coming in useful again... 
 Boo!
 Lemon cake
Hope everyone had a nice Easter. 

Crafty Room

I promised to show you my crafty room didn't I! It's been a lot of hard work but well worth it now. I wish I had some before shots to show you. 
We literally gutted the room and started all over again... I've been organising every shelf and sorting through my handmade crafts and storing them appropriately. 
 My grandma knitted those Care Bears!
The 'my favourite memories box' contains all your letters! 
xoxo


A weekend away

Remember me saying that Pete had another surprise for his 30th birthday? Well this was it! We went to York for the weekend. This is York Minster
We also visited York Sweet Story on their opening day. 
 The tour was really interesting because we got to see how chocolates are made. I'd never really considered how they made the shells for chocolate so I learnt something new!
 There's lots of old buildings and cobbled streets around York which are nice to look around. 
You know how I love a tea room!
We happened along a street that was full of charity shops! I had a little root in this one because it had a vintage section upstairs. I got two jumpers and two bags and they were so cheap. Yes that's Pete you can see outside reading his book!
Then we made our way to the Bed and Breakfast The Wolds Retreat which is part of Madhyamaka Kadampa Meditation Centre
 
As you can see from the photos it was a really lovely place set in 42 acres of beautiful grounds. 
We were lucky enough to have breakfast in the window overlooking the grounds for both nights we were there. Such a lovely start to the day!
We went on 3 specific walks around the grounds
So peaceful!
 Lake walk
 Hehee!
 A roaming chicken!
 Woods walk 
 We saw the most amazing sunset too.
 The following day we went to Burnby Hall Gardens which was in the next town. 
 I had fun taking photos, it's been a while!
 What a cute face!
 Giraffe statues
A lovely trip away. 


Thanks for the mail

Thanks to Becky and Rusty for the mail!