And breathe...it's Friday

Today I thought I'd try just 'be' without letting pressures, demands, thoughts and life take over. Of course, it's easier said than done so I set a small target of reading a little of my book. I love Sophie Kinsella's books and the Shopaholic series are my all time favourite.

I also must send a big thank you to Claire for such thoughtful mail! I loved your letter (we're spooky similar!) and pretty postcards. Plus, how did you know I'd always wanted to read this magazine?! Thank you very much. It was wonderful to have a nosey with my super-brew!

Did I feel bad about having some quiet time? A little! I do feel more refreshed now though...watch out weekend, I'm coming to get you!

xoxo

Tea's Up!

I must tell you about the new Russian Tea Room and Emporium in Skipton.

There's a wonderful shop downstairs where you can smell and read about the 159 varieties of tea, buy Russian food, home wares and accessories.

 The friendly staff are always on hand to offer advice and wow just look at all the Russian dolls!

 The tea room is upstairs and is nice and cosy. 

I tried the Russian Caravan black tea which was lovely.

 I couldn't resist buying this from the shop on the way out!

Happy Valentines Day

Thanks for the Valentines Cards and recent mail! They're just great.

This card made me laugh so much Becky!

Inside... hehee!

I have had a busy few days since I broke up for the half-term holiday and it's still freezing! I've had a bit of a spring clean and found lots of household items and bric-a-brac that we no longer need. On Sunday I went to do a popular local table top sale where I sold some of the items.

I was next to a lady that I know, she was selling clothes and arts and crafts materials. I REALLY had to stop myself from buying everything! Instead, I limited myself to a box of 12x12 fancy scrapbook pages for only £2. I'm going to have a go at making envelopes after receiving some lovely snail mail in fab envelopes recently #feelinginspired! 

 I also made some magnetic Peg It! sets made using limited edition Liberty of London material tape and then I listed them on Etsy.

 It was also my brother in law's birthday so he came up from London with my sister in law and we had a small family party which was really nice. I even made this bunting to display!

Also, we all had our own personalised cupcake as there's a lot of 'special' birthdays coming up in our family and some recent achievements to be acknowledged!

Now I have to get some of my crafts ready as I'm having a stall at a community centre tomorrow.

Give away #2

Hi everyone! I've been replying to your letters and also writing to some new people too. Before I make a trip to the post office I thought I'd do another give away. If you would like to enter to win this great book then please leave a comment on this blog post in the next 24 hours and include your email address. Good luck! You can read about the book here.

*Update: the winner is Bree.