Scrapbooking Zombie!

It's 12:30am here and I'm just about to head to bed after a srcapbooking frenzy! Haven't done any scrapbooking since Charlie was born so I thought I had better catch up. Got 4 pages done for his mini-book and have a few more ideas up my sleeve to finish it off.

Charlie got some injections today which went ok. He weighs 16' 12.5"! He's a bruiser!! He will be 16weeks old on Friday and I can hardly believe time has gone so fast. He has changed so much and he's giggling and screaming like mad!

I'll scan my new pages in tomorrow, but now off to bed!

A Home in the Country!?!?

You would have thought that it would have been legal and quite possobly a SANE decision to want to build a new house on land you own in the country!! Seems that it's not so simple!

We applied for planning permission in March 09 to get a replacement dwelling on this site. The planners want to turn us down as there are only 3 walls substancially intact. CRAP! We have proof that it was a house from 1897-1964 but this is doesn't seem to matter. We met with them this morning to try and convince them to let us have permission. We don't feel that hopeful and we'll have to wait another few months to find out their final decision.

We really want to be country but their is nothing else we can do. We will have to leave it in God's hands.

This is a few pics of the farm we want to live on. It's all surrounded by trees and absolutely lovely!

"Mama Sew" Stamp

I have just received my new Mama Sew stamp this morning and I'm really pleased with it. I bought it off Love to Create Stamps on Etsy. Todd was great to chat with (I mean email with) and he produced a great stamp for me and at a better price that I could get here at home in Northern Ireland.

I really love the faded colours and think that I'll use the blue one for my labels.

PS just worked out how to add a hyperlink!

Temporary Computer Setup!!

If you can call it that! With one now not starting up (Yeah!!) and the other going dark every two seconds I have come up with the following solution. Although I must give some credit to my husband Ian for thinking of it! I now have attached the moniter of the home computer to the laptop so when the screen darkens, as it just has, I can continue using the computer!! It seems to be working relatively well at the moment!

I Hate Computers!!

I have decided tonight that I actually want to physically harm a computer! I fancy using a baseball bat and thumping it up into tiny little pieces!! I'm trying to sort out the operating system on our home computer, which turned out to be counterfeit after having an upgrade, but it won't allow me and if I'm totally honest I don't understand half of the stuff it's asking me to do. On top of that my work laptop has decided to turn the backlight off on the screen and I haven't a clue what that's all about!

SO I would really, really like to smash a computer up into wee pieces - just for the fun of it!

(Actually just writing this has been helpful. I don't feel just as manic now!)

Kirsty's Accessories

These are the wee flowers that I have made for my brother's fiancee, Kirsty, for my cousin's wedding on Friday. I used the flower pattern from Pink Paper Peppermints to make the flowers.


I doubled up the flowers for her hair piece and stick it to a clear plastic comb.

I'm really pleased with how they have turned out. The wee flower on the shoes look really great.

I'll post some pics of the wedding when I get them!

My First Quilt

I can't believe that I have actually finished my quilt for Charlie. I started it about 4 months ago but then he came along and put a spanner in the works! I'm really pleased with how it looks, although some of the stitching is more than a bit ropey! But Charlie won't notice! I love the Alexander Henry fabric and would love to make some more things with it.

I decided to make one after going to a geeky craft show with my other nerdy friend!! There were loads of quilts on display which were really modern and trendy and then I discovered Flickr! WOW!! There are millions of quilts on this site! I spent hours looking through them and finally was inspired to design my own. Now I know it's not fab and my quilting definately leaves a lot to be desired but for a first attempt I feel it's not bad! Hopefully as I make more I will become more skilled and they will begin to look more professional!

Just noticed the other day that the matt finish on my changing mat has gone shiny from use! Will know for again just to use the vinyl with the shiny finish to save any hassle. I fancy making one of those cot bumpers to match my quilt but not sure if I can manage it.

Rosette

I made this for a plain navy t-shirt after spotting that my niece's similar t-shirt hade been embelished with badges. I just used circles of fabric to make the 2 rosettes and then added the button to hold them together. I like the way it's off to the side, I think it makes it more quirky! I'm going to make a few of these in different colours, with and without ribbon so I have a variety to wear!